The Kingstowne Communion
We exist to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ.
Displaying items 1-10 of 48 in total of The Kingstowne Communion with the tag "christmas".
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Living in Agreement with God
January 3rd, 2026 | 14 mins 1 sec
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Sunday, December 28, 2025 | Post-Christmas Sabbath Sunday | Online worship with an introduction to our January 2026 sermon series
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Christmas Eve 2025: The Material God
January 1st, 2026 | 15 mins 2 secs
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Christmas Eve Worship 2025 | Michelle preaches a sermon about the incarnation entitled "The Material God"
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Wicked Advent: Love That Changes Us
December 28th, 2025 | 30 mins 32 secs
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Sunday, December 21, 2025 | Wicked Advent: The Gospel for Good (Wk 4) | Pastor Michelle preaches in our Advent 2025 sermon series based on the themes of Advent and the story, book, musical & movie of Wicked, with a sermon on 1 John 4:7-12, entitled "For Good: Love that Changes Us."
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Wicked Advent: Joy That Rises in Resistance
December 24th, 2025 | 35 mins 38 secs
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Sunday, December 14, 2025 | Wicked Advent: The Gospel for Good (Wk 3) | Pastor Michelle preaches in our Advent 2025 sermon series based on the themes of Advent and the story, book, musical & movie of Wicked, with a sermon focusing on Luke 1:46b-55, entitled "Defying Gravity: Joy That Rises in Resistance."
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Wicked Advent: Shalom Beyond Appearances
December 9th, 2025 | 30 mins
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Sunday, December 7, 2025 | Wicked Advent: The Gospel for Good (Wk 2) | Pastor Michelle preaches in our Advent 2025 sermon series based on the themes of Advent and the story, book, musical & movie of Wicked, with a sermon focusing on James 3:13-4:3, entitled "Popular or Peace: Shalom Beyond Appearances."
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Wicked Advent: Hope for the Misnamed
December 1st, 2025 | 39 mins 17 secs
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Sunday, November 31, 2025 | Wicked Advent: The Gospel for Good (Wk 1) | Pastor Michelle preaches in our Advent 2025 sermon series based on the themes of Advent and the story, book, musical & movie of Wicked, with a sermon focusing on Isaiah 11:1-11, entitled "Who Mourns for the Wicked? Advent Hope for the Misnamed."
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Coming Soon (Wk 6): "Love, Actually"
January 23rd, 2025 | 16 mins 24 secs
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Pastor Michelle connects one last Christmas movie, a cult favorite "Love, Actually," to the Christmas story and significance of the birth of Jesus.
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Coming Soon (Wk 5): "The Polar Express"
December 26th, 2024 | 35 mins 33 secs
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Pastor Michelle relates the classic Christmas story to "The Polar Express" and discusses the effect of the "uncanny valley" on our perceptions of Jesus.
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Coming Soon (Wk 4): “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” | Rev. Michelle Matthews
December 20th, 2024 | 31 mins 31 secs
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In our Traveler's Christmas service, Michelle recounts the life of Dr. Seuss and his writing of the Christmas classic, while asking whether our personal images of Jesus are filled with the kind of transformative, cosmic wonder that saved the Grinch.
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Coming Soon (Wk 3): “The Santa Clause (and the Problem with Being Good for Goodness Sake)” | Luke 1:39-55 | Michelle Matthews
December 19th, 2024 | 37 mins 52 secs
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Rev. Michelle Matthews talks about "The Santa Clause" and "The Christmas Chronicles," relates a brief history of St. Nicholas, and discusses the disconnect of being good to be on the nice list, when we can only truly be saved by the grace of Jesus.