Christmas Eve Sermon
Merry Christmas Everyone! As I was preparing for my Christmas Eve Children's Sermon for this year, I found the one from last year. I really enjoyed thinking about the importance of shepherds in God's revelation of Himself to us so I thought I would post the sermon. Remember: it is a children's sermon! Here we are: it is Christmas Eve... the time we celebrate the greatest gift from God – Jesus our Saviour! Now on such a special evening we could talk about so many interesting and wonderful things: We could talk about Mary: and how this young woman became the mother of God’s Son We could talk about Joseph: who took a very pregnant Mary to Bethlehem to be counted with his family We could talk about the angel: who appeared in the night sky proclaiming “good news of great joy for all people.” But... they are not going to be our focus today – as important as they are all. This Christmas Eve, I want to talk about some very ordinary people. Men who were just livin...