This is the first sermon in the series titled “Starting Again”.

Theme – The new year is always a time when people naturally think about starting over in some way in their lives. That’s what New Year’s resolutions are all about. The good news is that God is a God who allows “do overs.”

The text for the sermon was taken from 2 Corinthian 5:17.

 

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This is the fifth and last sermon in the series titled “How Christmas Changed the World”.

Theme – Why did God send his one and only Son in the world? Because he is passionate about having a relationship with us.

The text for the sermon was taken from Isaiah 9:7.

 

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This is the meditation from our Christmas Eve worship service.

Theme - It feels good to think about the “Baby Jesus.” It makes for nice Christmas cards and nativity scenes. The Baby Jesus makes us feel good. But when our focus is only on the Baby Jesus, we miss the big picture. The Baby Jesus is not the sum total of who Jesus was. The good news is that we can know the real Jesus!

Hope you are having (or had) a very Merry Christmas!!

 

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This is the fourth sermon in the series titled “How Christmas Changed the World”.

Theme – Isaiah speaks of peace when the Messiah comes.  The angels in the Christmas story sang, “Peace on earth!”  What does that mean?  Three things:  First, we can have peace with each other because of Jesus.  Second, we can have peace with God.  And third, we can have peace within ourselves.

The text for the sermon was taken from Isaiah 9:5 and Luke 2:13-15.

 

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This year, we will have one Christmas Eve Service at 7:00 p.m.  The service will be what we call a “Darkness to Light” service in which the lights in the sanctuary are gradually brought from–well–darkness to light!  It’s a neat way of experiencing in a visual way the coming of Jesus into our dark world.

The service will end with candle-lighing on the patio.

We hope that you’ll join us!

(If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call:  858-490-3995)

This is the third sermon in the series titled “How Christmas Changed the World”.

Theme – All of us carry burdens. Some of our burdens are heavy; some burdens are light. But regardless of the burdens we carry, the promise of Christmas is that God takes away our burdens!

The text for the sermon was taken from Isaiah 9:4 and Matthew 11:28-30.

 

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Pete Contreras gave the sermon at the ordination service for Nate Landis.

Pete is the lead pastor at New Vision Christian Fellowship in San Diego.  Pete also serves as Executive Director of Second Mile Urban Ministries, a non-profit that provides tutoring and mentorship opportunities for at-risk youth.

 

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Exciting news!

Northminster’s Sunday morning youth program for junior high and high school students is currently undergoing some adjustments.  Until recently, the students have been leaving after the children’s message and meeting in the youth room for a Bible study.

We think it would be great to get the youth more involved with the church, and to help accomplish that, junior high and high school students will begin attending the full Sunday morning worship service.  Following the service we will now have a Sunday morning youth group for half an hour from about 10:45-11:15 a.m.

Our hope is to develop an exciting Sunday morning program for junior highers and high schoolers that they’ll want to bring their friends to!  There will be times for discussion, times of teaching, times of worship, and times of fun.  And we would love for any of you who love God and love kids to help out with this!

Thanks for your prayers as we try out this new format!

Blessings,

Chelsea Knox, Youth Director
Markus Watson, Pastor

This is the second sermon in the series titled “How Christmas Changed the World”.

Theme - Christmas is all about joy!  Not only did the prophet Isaiah speak of the joy that would come when the Messiah would be born…  Not only did the shepherds rejoice when they saw Jesus in the manger.  Not only did Simeon and Anna rejoice when they saw the child Jesus.  But we, too, can rejoice in the hope we have because of Christmas!

The text for the sermon was taken from Isaiah 9:3.

 

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This Sunday—December 7—is an exciting day here at Northminster!  At 4:30 p.m., Nate Landis will be ordained as an evangelist within the Presbytery of San Diego—and we get to host the ordination service here at Northminster!

Here’s the other exciting part of this—once Nate is ordained he will officially be Northminster’s parish associate!  As an evangelist, he will continue to be involved in Urban Youth Collaborative, a San Diego based youth outreach organization that Nate founded a couple of years ago.  As our parish associate, he will be a resource to us as we continue to learn what it means to live missionally—and we will be a resource to him as we work with him to reach to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of our city.

Please come and support Nate on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. at Northminster.  This service will be both a time of great worship and the joy of witnessing what God is doing in Nate’s life.  After the service, we’ll have reception in Congdon Hall with lots of good food!

See you Sunday!

Pastor Markus Watson