Pastor Brian Podcast

      Merry 12th and Last Day of Christmas! First of all, I want to thank you, our listeners, for taking time with you and your family to read scripture and pray to our Savior Jesus Christ together with us during these Advent and Christmas seasons! Also, a special welcome and thank you to our many new subscribers and listeners who joined us during this special time. We are so glad you found us and look forward to being with you as you continue to grow in prayer along with us! If you could rate and review us wherever you listen to us (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Sticher, Deezer, etc) . . . that would really help! Additionally, I want to extend a profound thank you to the Adult Education Committee at Gary Church (www.garychurch.org) . It was their fantastic idea to use this podcast as a way to follow the different Birth Narratives of Jesus in scriptures throughout Advent and Christmas. They, along with Pastor Carey Willimas Bebar, worked so hard at not only finding wonderful readers, but participating themselves. Thank y’all so much!!!

        I wanted to take a moment to talk about Pastor Brian Podcast. As you know, since Holy Week of this last year (2020) and the beginning of the pandemic we have made a unique prayer podcast every weekday. It has been a joy and absolute privilege to journey with you through prayer, especially during these trying times. However, even as the release of the vaccine has brought a dawn to this dark pandemic, the pastoral needs in our community and congregation have never been higher in all my years of ministry . . . and they continue to multiply. People are facing real difficult and challenging decisions and crisis. Also, many have been reaching out to God in ways they never have before. As I have been praying about this I feel the Holy Spirit is moving me to spend all of my extra time in addressing these growing needs and opportunities to share Christ’s saving love. Thus, I will be making some changes to Pastor Brian Podcast. Don't worry . . . we are not going anywhere!!! Yet, there will be some tweaks to the format. 

        Next Monday we will start Season 4 of the Pastor Brian Podcast. Beginning with this coming season, we will be coming to you weekly, on Mondays. The podcast will be designed so you can use it every day. Although, there will not be a unique podcast every day, this podcast can be used over and over again throughout the week to help you pray. And hopefully, in the near future, there will be some really exciting new directions the Podcast will go. I can’t tell you too much now, since we are still working on the details . . . but we think you will be really excited and pleased! So stay tuned to this podcast feed! 

        Needless to say, this podcast has been a gift to me in these last nine months. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! The kind notes, emails, prayers, the encouragement, as well as our growth in reaching new listeners and subscribers all for God’s glory, has been a delight! I am looking forward to continuing to journey with you in prayer and I can’t wait to experience the ways we will grow together in Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior. Therefore, I will see you next week for Season 4 of the Pastor Brian Podcast . . . and I’ll look forward to praying with you!  

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On the 12th Day of Christmas . . . we celebrated what God did for us in these seasons of Advent and Christmas!!! Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (02:14), Scripture (02:52), Devotion Question from Scripture (03:28), Prayer with Rev. Shannon Stringer (03:48), Beth Tobias (06:40), Blessing (07:10), End (07:34). Mary and Joseph come to deeper understanding of who Jesus is in Luke 2:51-52. Blessings!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!

May 11 pipers fill you home with merriment! :) Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (01:54), Scripture (02:31), Devotion Question from Scripture (03:22), Prayer with Rev. Shannon Stringer (03:41), Christian Villanueava (06:33), Blessing (07:06), End (07:31). Jesus speaks to his parents in Luke 2:48-50. Blessings!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!

This is our last week of the Christmas Season! Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (01:54), Scripture (02:31), Devotion Question from Scripture (03:13), Prayer with Rev. Shannon Stringer (03:38), Luanne Jones (06:30), Blessing (07:16), End (07:41). Mary and Joseph dash back to Jerusalem to find Jesus  in Luke 2:45-47. Blessings!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!

Christmas Blessings!!! Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (01:54), Scripture (02:29), Devotion Question from Scripture (03:15), Prayer with Rev. Dr. Chris Pierson (03:38), Reid Moreland (06:16), Blessing (06:49), End (07:15).  Bring in the New Year by following the child, Jesus, and his family into Jerusalem in Luke 2:41-44! Blessings!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!

Happy New Year!!!  Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (01:54), Scripture (02:29), Devotion Question from Scripture (04:24), Prayer with Rev. Dr. Chris Pierson (04:44), Cathy Mousseau (07:23), Blessing (07:49), End (08:15). We hear from King Solomon of God's time and salvation in Ecclesiastes 3:1-11a ! Blessings!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!

It is New Year's Eve 2021 (praise God)!!! Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (01:54), Scripture (02:29), Devotion Question from Scripture (04:43), Prayer with Rev. Dr. Chris Pierson (05:02), Suzy Wible (07:40), Blessing (08:08), End (08:33). Solomon, and his line, are posed a question in 1 Kings 3:5-14! Blessings!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!

On the sixth day of Christmas . . . our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (01:54), Scripture (02:29), Devotion Question from Scripture (03:50), Prayer with Rev. Dr. Chris Pierson (04:08), Michelle Sweeney (06:47), Blessing (07:19), End (07:43). The apostle speaks of the new heaven and new earth in 2 Peter 3:8-13! Blessing!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!

FIVE GOLDEN RINGS!!! Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (01:54), Scripture (02:29), Devotion Question from Scripture (03:33), Prayer with Rev. Dr. Chris Pierson (03:53), Kelly Heighway (06:32), Blessing (07:01), End (07:26). Today we hear from another prophet, Isaiah, as he proclaim the joy of the arrived Messiah in Isaiah 49:5-7! We are praying for you this week!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!

May your week be starting with the joy of Christ's arrival!  Our Podcast includes a: Gathering (00:00), Lighting the Christ Candle (00:30), Opening Prayer (01:54), Scripture (02:29), Devotion Question from Scripture (03:19), Prayer with Rev. Dr. Chris Pierson (03:46), Josh Ditmer (06:24), Blessing (06:57), End (07:22). The prophet speaks of the Messiah in Jeremiah 31:15-17! Blessings!

• "Magical Christmas" by Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Visit the site and you will find a catalog of music which you can browse and use!