November 30, 2025 -  1st Sunday of Advent - Service starts at 8:30am

Thank you for joining us for Cowboy Church here at the Chip. It is our

honor to serve you this morning. You are among friends: relax and enjoy

our beautiful western setting. We trust that the music, the message, and

old-fashioned cowboy hospitality will encourage you today.

ecclesia song

We are called to faith, gathered in love

Sent with hope to change the world

We are called to faith, gathered in love

ecclesia, ecclesia, Church at the Chip!

   Called to Faith, Gathered in Love

   Sent with Hope – ecclesia!

Advent Candle #1: Jesus, the Source of True Hope

Isaiah says,

“The root of Jesse will come,

even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
in him will the Gentiles hope.”

May the God of hope 

fill you with all joy and peace in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit 

you may abound in hope.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! 

According to his great mercy, 

he has caused us to be 

born again to a living hope 

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

(Romans 15:12-13; 1 Peter 1:3)

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“What Shall We Do?"

Baptism Sunday

Mark 1:4-11; Acts 2:36-41

Advent is the traditional season of preparation for the arrival (i.e., “advent”) of the Messiah. God sent John the Baptist to get the people ready for Jesus’ arrival, and Peter is the one God chose to first proclaim the Good News about Jesus’ resurrection. In both cases, the people responded by asking, “What Shall We Do?” We’ll talk about that this morning....