Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, Colorado

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team. 

This week, “The Cry of Hallelujah” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.

A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/)

As we now celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord, we will light the fifth candle, the white Christ Candle.

Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle. 

May God bless you as you listen and worship.

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team. 

This week, “Behold The Lamb of God” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song of the same name.

A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/)

This week, we light the final purple candle of LOVE.

Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle. 

May God bless you as you listen and worship.

Sermon Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 (NRSV)

Mary was a devoted teenager who loved God. She, along with others, was waiting for God to do what he had promised through the prophets to do; send a king in the line of David who would set things right. After an encounter with the angel Gabriel, Mary uttered her most famous words, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” 

She then offers a song of praise recorded in Luke 1:46-55. With this song, Mary announced the beginning a kingdom Mary Mother of Jesus Luke 1:46-55 (NRSV) December 20th that stands in stark contrast to any nation (past, present, or future). 

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team. 

This week, “Deliver Us” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song of the same name.

A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/)

DELIVER US

This week, we light the pink candle of JOY.

Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle. 

May God bless you as you listen and worship.

Sermon Scripture: Luke 24:1-12 (NRSV)

We are in the third Sunday of Advent. During Advent this year, we are exploring the stories of women who have helped to share the Gospel in their generation. Perhaps none of these are more important than Mary Magdalene. If you'll extend some me some grace, let's explore this resurrection story during Advent.

All four of the Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John - place Mary Magdalene at the scene of the resurrection as the first witness to this world-changing event. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the central story of Christianity. And at the center of the resurrection story is Mary Magdalene. This should not be overlooked. The importance of this would be hard to overstate....but how did Mary get here? How did she become the person right in the middle of it all?

Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team. 

This week, “A New Battle Hymn” as inspired by Audrey Assad’s “Your Peace Will Make Us One.”

A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/)

This week, we light the second purple candle of PEACE.

Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle. 

May God bless you as you listen and worship.