Sermon: First Sunday of Advent

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2023.

      Sermon - Advent I 2023 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37.


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