December 25, 2011
One Service 10:30 A.M.
Civic Center

In a Dream
Acts 2:17; Matthew 1:20; 2:12, 13, 19, 22

Sunday Morning Single Service

Focused Kernel:

What do you do when all your dreams lie shattered at your feet? You take the dream you receive from God and you obey it!

We often don't associate the birth of Jesus with broken dreams, but the birth of the Messiah is boat that sails on the sea of broken dreams — Israel's broken dreams under Roman domination, Mary's broken dreams of the life she would have imagined as young girl getting married, Joseph's shattered dreams with Mary's pregnancy, and Herod's dreams of unrivaled supremacy in Israel. But into these broken dreams, God brings other dreams that tell of his miraculous gift, that protect the newborn Messiah, and bring Joseph and Mary and Jesus back home to the place where God had planned for them to be all along.

Key Items of Focus:

• Personal Dreams
• Broken Dreams
• God-sent Dreams that surround Jesus' birth
• Our broken dreams provide a space in our hearts to receive the dreams of God to bring Jesus to life in us and provide a future for us that is full of hope and blessing and life and reunion.

Key Scriptures:

• Acts 2:17
• Matthew 1:20; 2:12, 13, 19, 22

Communion Focus:

• TBD

Drama, Media, & Connecting Pieces:

• Pre-video:
• Video: to go with Phil's sermon, probably the close of it: Joseph's Dream

Key SoHills Emphasis:

• Christmas
• Family
• One Service

Sunday Evening: Sundown

No Sundown Service this week. One Service at 10:30 A.M.