Sunday, December 15th

December 20, 2019
Mitchell Quijano
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Sunday, December 15th

Bilingual 10:00 AM Service

Speaker:

Beth Gray

Lighting the Third Candle of Advent, the candle of “Love”

On Sunday, December 15th, we will be lighting the green candle of “love”. Last Sunday, we lit the Candle of Peace. Today, we light the Candle of Love. In their old age, God gave to Zechariah and Elizabeth a son called John. John spoke to the people bravely in the desert, denying his own comforts and prepared to die for what he believed. John taught that we should share what we have with others, treat each other kindly and show God’s love. He did this because he cared, he was called, and he wanted all to have an opportunity to repent and find God’s forgiveness.

We count it in mere hours now.

Soon the first pains of labour will be felt.
Soon the Light will shine in the darkness,

soon the baby will be born.
Soon God will once again break into our lives,
coming in a way that is expected yet unusual,

challenging our expectations

and calling us to see life differently.

God of birth, God of light,

in this time of song and prayer and silence,
reawaken in us the awe of Christmas.
As we hear again the story of a young woman and a surprising visitor,
remind us that we are called to respond to you in unexpected ways.
And when we leave this place,
may we be willing to sing praises

for a young woman who said YES

and the birth that we prepare to celebrate.
We pray in the name of the child

who even now is starting to push from the womb,

who would later teach his friends to pray saying
Our Father…

Church’s Eventos

Come and join us on Christmas Eve for our Candlelight service, as we remember a night in WWII, when no lights could be lit and when our Church laid out on the front steps their candles, “lighting up the world”. This is a night in which we each remember that we let our lights shine – that Jesus came to earth so that each of us would be “the light of the earth”.Each Christmas Eve, we spend a moment remembering that star that shone so bright and lead the way for the wise men, and we light our candles to show the way for each of us to follow.

Each Christmas Eve, we joyously sing Carols together, and enjoy the presentations from Hijos del Rey, as they present their acapela harmonies and soloists who lovingly come to present to the King their songs of praise.

Come and join us!

¡Ven y únete a nosotros!

More information – Para más información, puedes contactarnos al
314-1004 | 6458-4909 WhatsApp
Facebook & Twitter: @BALBOAUNION
Email – Correo electrónico: Office@balboaunionchurch.org
We are located at – Estamos ubicados en: Calle Enrique Linares, #776. Balboa, Ancon.

Yard Sale 2020

Balboa Union Church will hold its Yard Sale on Saturday, February 1, 2020.
The funds collected will help us to ensure the continuity of our Social Programs, Food Basket delivery to Seniors (bridging families Program) and Food Aid to the project “Girls of the Capital”
To can help us donating: Clothes – especially children, toddlers & babies, power tools, sporting equipment, skates, scooters, tricycles, & bicycles, toys, household items (irons, dishes), furniture, gardening equipment, jewelry, bedding – quilts, sheets, curtains, shoes & boots, glassware, flower pots, picture frames and any other item (in conditions) you might have and would like to get rid of it.

We would be happy to come and pick these up from you, call us at 314-1004 or send us a WhatsApp at 6458-4909

More information:

314-1004 | 6458-4909 (WhatsApp)
Office@balboaunionchurch.org
Facebook & Twitter
@BalboaUnion

Anuncio – Announcements

Balboa Union Church has 1 apartment available for rent. The apartment is 120 m2 approx, 2 rooms + studio (which could be transformed into a kid’s room), 1 full bathroom, living room, kitchen, internal terrace, deposit and extra space for tables, excellent green area with trees and a lot of space for kids, 1 parking space -on street-, in addition, it is located in one of the safest areas of Panama, with 24-hour surveillance by Canal Police office and easy access to “Puente de las Americas”, less than 5 minutes from Albrook Mall and Marcos A. Gelabert airport (Albrook’s airport), less than 5 minutes from the Amador Causeway and easy access to the center of the city.

The apartment is ideal for workers of the Port of Balboa (less than 5 minutes walking) and/or for workers of Panama Canal Offices.

More information at 314-1004 or at 6458-4909