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Women’s Conference Has Been Postponed
News

The 2021 EMC Women’s Conference scheduled for January 29-30 has been postponed due to the risks associated with COVID-19 in our area at this time. The EMC Women’s Committee will be reaching out to those who have already registered with options for what to do with your registration fees. We apologize for the inconvenience and disappointment, but we will notify you as soon as a new date is determined.

Long Expected
Sermon Series

Hope can be a powerful thing. It produces passion for the impossible. It realizes what has yet to be actualized. It binds to the future those who are captive to the present.

But hope can be a dangerous thing. Placed in the wrong object, it can lead to the deepest of disappointment and regret—exacerbating the sting of unfulfilled desires, relegating the longings of the heart to the category of fancy.

In Advent, we remember what it means to hope rightly and find stability in the drama of long expectation. But we do so from the nearside of history’s perspective, looking ahead while looking back—back to the One who fulfills; back to the One who satisfies; back to the One who completes.

He came in just the right way, at just the right time. For those who expect, he exceeds all expectation. Hope of the earth. Desire of nations. Joy of the heart.

Come, thou long-expected!

Series Playlist

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  • But When the Right Time Came

    But When the Right Time Came

    Nov 29, 2020 • 42:41

    God prepared the whole world for the coming of His Son at just the right time. The arrival of Jesus was by divine appointment–on the global stage, at the center of human history. But the promise of Advent is that he also comes to your heart and mine at just…

  • Made In Every Respect Like Us

    Made In Every Respect Like Us

    Dec 6, 2020 • 40:13

    As you and I face daily pressures to lose hope, grow weak in the knees, and compromise our faith, we can turn to one who was made in every respect like us. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Long Expected Scripture: Hebrews 2:14-18

  • Promised Long Ago

    Promised Long Ago

    Dec 13, 2020 • 34:39

    The gospel comes from God. Its substance is the Son. Its attestation is the scriptures, promised long ago. Its scope is all the nations, to bring people to the obedience of faith and for the glory of his name. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Long Expected Scripture: Romans 1:1-6

  • The Man Jesus Christ

    The Man Jesus Christ

    Dec 20, 2020 • 36:08

    There is no peace on earth, but you can have peace with God. A settlement has been reached. The ransom price has been paid. The one God has provided a mediator, who is Christ Jesus the man. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Long Expected Scripture: I Timothy 2:5-6

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