Rev. Janet DoyleElmer Presbyterian ChurchThird Sunday in AdventDecember 12, 2021Scripture: Psalm 126; Luke 1: 39-49Sermon: It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year: Gift of JoyJoy is such a wonderful emotion. Scientists generally define joy as a positive emotion where you have feelings of freedom, safety, and ease, that generally arises in response to something…

Rev. Janet DoyleElmer Presbyterian ChurchFourth Sunday in AdventSunday, December 19, 2021Scripture: 1 John 4: 7-21Sermon: It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year- Gift of LoveLast Sunday we lit the candle of joy. We light it and the Candles of Hope and Peace again as we remember that Christ, who was born in Bethlehem, will…

Rev. Janet DoyleChristmas Eve 2021December 24, 2021Scripture: Luke 2: 1-20Sermon: What Child Is This?He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He worked in a carpentry shop until he was thirty, and then for three years he was an itinerant preacher. When the tide of popular opinion turned against him,…

Rev. Janet DoyleElmer Presbyterian ChurchSunday, December 26 2021Scripture: Psalm 46; Matthew 2: 1-23Sermon: A Place of RefugeYesterday was Christmas day, the day we waited for as we walked through the Advent Season. We read our Advent devotional, had four weeks of our Advent series on “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Last Sunday we had “The…