Messiah continues our weekly schedule with the Divine Service on Sunday, December 22nd at 10:00 am. The service is scheduled to be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/messiahgr, our website and our Facebook page. Sunday School & Bible Class will be held beforehand at 9:00 am, with a joint opening for both groups in our Fellowship Hall.

Into the little Bethlehem town enters the strength of the Lord, and His name is Jesus. Christ comes as a frail infant to accomplish the will of His Father in heaven - to mature & become the divine sacrificial offering for sinners. He is the innocent to be slain. We are the guilty to be acquitted by His mercy. There can be no greater confession for the whole church but to respond with Mary, “My soul magnifies the Lord.” (1 Samuel 2:1b, 2, 5b–7 & Luke 1:46b–47; Micah 5:2-5a; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45)

Join us to celebrate the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, December 24th at 7:00 pm. This service is also scheduled to be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/messiahgr, our website and our Facebook page.

Deep darkness shrouds us in burden, oppression, tumult, ungodliness & worldly passion. Sin seeps into our lives in overt & deceptive ways. But God triumphs over every evil in the explicit confession of the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasing Father, Prince of Peace, who is Jesus Christ. His name resonates in the courts of Caesar, the streets of Bethlehem, the skies of angels, the fields of shepherds, the feeding trough of animals, and on this night in the proclamation of His holy Church. (Isaiah 9:2-7; Titus 2:11-14, Luke 2:1-20)

Celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ at Messiah’s Divine Service on Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25th at 10:00 am. The service is scheduled to be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/messiahgr, our website and our Facebook page.

The Word of God publishes the good news of our beautiful Savior Jesus Christ, whose radiant light disperses the darkness of sin & illuminates the life of men. No other published word conveys such cataclysmic change. The power of sin is disarmed. The reign of God is unleashed in the song of joy, the radiance of God the Father, and the speaking of Jesus - for in Him the Word becomes flesh & dwells among us. (Psalm 98:1-4; Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-12; John 1:1-18)

Messiah continues our weekly schedule with the Divine Service on Sunday, December 29th at 10:00 am. The service is scheduled to be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/messiahgr, our website and our Facebook page. Sunday School & Bible Class will be held beforehand at 9:00 am, with a joint opening for both groups in our Fellowship Hall.

The glory of the people of Israel & the revelation to the Gentile nations are continually unveiled in the redemption of God’s people. From Israel’s dramatic exodus from Egypt; their restoration through conflict & turnmoil in the land of Caanan; and now in the definitive presence of Jesus Christ beofre the righteous & devout Simeon - God’s redemptive intervention is unmistakable. Christlike compassion, kindness, humility, meekness & patience permeate the Church, and we stand unmistakably forgiven & redeemed. (Psalm 98:1–4 & Isaiah 52:10; Exodus 13:1–3a, 11–15; Colossians 3:12–17; Luke 2:22–40)

Celebrate the eighth day of Christmas & the beginning of 2025 at Messiah’s Divine Service on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1st at 10:00 am. The service is scheduled to be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/messiahgr, our website and our Facebook page.

The Lord’s benediction needs to be articulated constantly in our life’s journey, which oscillates back & forth between sin, guilt & confession and mercy, life & grace. The Divine Service unwraps the promises of God in Word & Sacrament, concluding with the comforting words “The Lord bless you & keep you.” And He does! Christ alone justifies us through faith, granting believing Jews & Gentiles an edict of equality - all the faithful are baptized, forgiven heirs of heaven. (Psalm 40:6-8, 16; Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 2:21)

Messiah continues our weekly schedule with the Divine Service on Sunday, January 5th at 10:00 am. The service is scheduled to be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/messiahgr, our website and our Facebook page. Sunday School & Bible Class will be held beforehand at 9:00 am, with a joint opening for both groups in our Fellowship Hall.

Only twelve years old, Jesus, the boy in the temple, is already full of the wisdom of God. As Solomon prayed for wisdom as God’s greatest gift, today we are given a glimpse into God’s wisdom. His wisdom is the greatest & highest wisdom: that a person is not & cannot be saved by his own works or actions, but solely by faith in the gift of Jesus Christ. We become God’s children & His own family by God’s action of adopting us. (Psalm 147:1, 5, 11–12 & John 1:14; 1 Kings 3:4-15; Ephesians 1:3-14; Luke 2:40-52)