Text: Luke 1:36-56; Isaiah 35 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/12/The-Power-of-Joy.mp3"][/audio]   "From the depths of who I am, I rejoice in God my Savior." That is quite a thing to say when you…
Text: Luke 1:65-76 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/12/The-Incovenience-of-Peace.mp3"][/audio]   Right off the bat, I want to offer some context for the poem of praise from Luke 1.  Sometimes called Zechariah's song or Benedictus,…
Text: Luke 1:46-56; Isaiah 2:1-5 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/12/Magnify-the-Lord-Magnify-Hope.mp3"][/audio]   Advent has begun! We had a kind of soft open a couple of Sundays ago with the scripture from Isaiah 9 about…
Texts: Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 1:46-55 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/12/Sing-for-Joy-and-Liberation.mp3"][/audio] It is the third Sunday of Advent! We’ve lit the pink candle, which is pink in recognition of Gaudete Sunday, a celebration of…