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Have you ever had someone tell you something that completely changed your world? It may have been good news or it may have been bad news but the moment you heard it, you knew that your life would never be the same? Today we're continuing in our Christmas series entitled, "Birth Announcements," studying place in God's word where we find the announcement of the birth of Christ and showing us what that means for us. Today we're in Luke chapter 1 where the angel Gabriel appears to a young Jewish girl and tells her something that completely and forever changed, not only Mary's world, but ours as well. It’s where we find "the announcement of grace." Have you ever had someone tell you something that completely changed your world? It may have been good news or it may have been bad news but the moment you heard it, you knew that your life would never be the same?

Peace, it sounds nice doesn't it? We live in a world that is anything but peaceful. Even our personal lives so filled with strife and stress that peace seems more like a pipe dream than reality. So, is peace in our lives even possible? This week, Pastor Clay takes us to Isaiah chapter 9 to show us God's birth announcement of peace and what it means for our lives today. It's hard to put a price tag on the value of having peace in our lives, but as we'll discover today, God's idea of peace is much more than absence of conflict in our lives.

Well, we've hardly had time for our Thanksgiving dinner to settle and already the Christmas season is upon us. Today on Crosswalk we're beginning a brand new series especially for this season of the year. 'Birth Announcements' is the title of this series and as you may have already guessed we're going to be looking to God's word to see the announcements of God's Son coming to earth. We're kicking this series off today in a passage of scripture that you might not normally think of when talking about the birth of Christ, but it is in fact the first place we find the promise of the One who would come to save the world. If you can open up a copy of God's word turn with us to Genesis chapter 3 verse 15 as Pastor Clay explains to us "The Announcement of Hope."

Have you ever had someone do something for you that didn't turn out very well? All of us have probably been in situations where we've said, or at least been tempted to say, "Thanks for nothing." Of course none of us would ever say something like that to God. But is it possible that being thankful for "nothing" is a good thing? This week, Pastor Clay is going to show us how being thankful to God for "nothing" can be a good thing. That may sound confusing, but 1 Corinthians chapter 15 is the text for this week and where we find some of the "nothings" that we can be thankful for.

How we worship and offer thanksgiving to God matters. Today we continue our series entitled, "Thanksgiving, It's Not Just For Pilgrims," and we're turning our attention to Psalm 100. If you were with us a couple of weeks ago when Pastor Clay took us through Psalm 95, then much of what you hear today will sound familiar. The themes of thanksgiving and worship are obvious in both of those psalms, but today Pastor Clay is going to point out the various aspects of our thanksgiving that we find in Psalm 100.

How we worship and offer thanksgiving to God matters. Today we continue our series entitled, "Thanksgiving, It's Not Just For Pilgrims," and we're turning our attention to Psalm 100. If you were with us a couple of weeks ago when Pastor Clay took us through Psalm 95, then much of what you hear today will sound familiar. The themes of thanksgiving and worship are obvious in both of those psalms, but today Pastor Clay is going to point out the various aspects of our thanksgiving that we find in Psalm 100.

As we draw nearer to Thanksgiving, we continue our series "Thanksgiving – It’s Not Just for Pilgrims," reminding us of the importance of thanksgiving in our daily lives. Today Pastor Clay is taking us to Philippians chapter 4, verses 6 and 7, not a passage you think of normally when discussing the subject of thanksgiving, but as we'll hear in today's message, thanksgiving is the key to living a life without anxiety and worry. That's a life that not only good for us, it's good for others to see how following Jesus is making a difference in our lives.

As we draw nearer to Thanksgiving, we continue our series "Thanksgiving – It’s Not Just for Pilgrims," reminding us of the importance of thanksgiving in our daily lives. Today Pastor Clay is taking us to Philippians chapter 4, verses 6 and 7, not a passage you think of normally when discussing the subject of thanksgiving, but as we'll hear in today's message, thanksgiving is the key to living a life without anxiety and worry. That's a life that not only good for us, it's good for others to see how following Jesus is making a difference in our lives.

Today we start a brand new series entitled, "Thanksgiving, it's not just for Pilgrims." As a nation, we certainly have much to be thankful for but for those of us who are followers of Jesus, our thanksgiving goes far beyond the material blessings we may have. As Pastor Clay is going to show us today, thanksgiving is a central part of our faith and it's when we begin to take the gifts of God for granted that we begin to find ourselves in trouble. Being reminded of who God is, what He has done and who we are to Him should fill our hearts with thankfulness to God for His love and grace poured out on our lives

Today we start a brand new series entitled, "Thanksgiving, it's not just for Pilgrims." As a nation, we certainly have much to be thankful for but for those of us who are followers of Jesus, our thanksgiving goes far beyond the material blessings we may have. As Pastor Clay is going to show us today, thanksgiving is a central part of our faith and it's when we begin to take the gifts of God for granted that we begin to find ourselves in trouble. Being reminded of who God is, what He has done and who we are to Him should fill our hearts with thankfulness to God for His love and grace poured out on our lives