The Ridge Church

This week we are highlighting one of the recipients of our Advent giving: Ji-young Ahn. After retiring from his role as Pastor over Nahnum church, Ji-young is now headed to Southeast Asia to minister to missionaries in the region. Please keep Ji-young in your prayers this holiday season as he prepares for his journey in the coming year.

Advent focuses on Christ’s two comings: His incarnation and His return for His bride, the church. We must remember the purpose for His first coming. The apostle Paul tells us why He came saying, "For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh" (Romans 8.3). Christmas is about what God did for us, which we could not do for ourselves. JI Packer said, "The cradle led to the cross – we must see it in this context. It is more than a marvel of nature, but a marvel of grace". As we read this week, let us remember His purpose for coming.
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Come celebrate the Advent season with us! Say "hi" to one of our Elders - Greg Crow, his wife Joda and their two children, Logan and Catherine.

For Christians, we have long linked the month of December with the birth of our Savior and a month of anticipation called Advent. Adventus is Latin for arrival or coming. The arrival we wait for is Jesus’s arrival. We look back rejoicing at Jesus’ birth, but with the same waiting as God’s people of old, we wait for Jesus’ second coming. Join us this season in following the stories of the arrival of Jesus and let your heart be filled with worship for Him.
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Come celebrate the Advent season with us! Say 'hi' to one of our Elders - Graham Hagood, his wife Suzanne, and their boys Jake & Gray this coming Sunday!