Our 2024 Advent 4-week book study will begin on Nov. 25th and 26th.  You may choose from Pastor Erika's Monday evening 6:00pm virtual zoom session, Pam Ekey's Tuesday morning 10:00am session in Room #105, or a Randy Kelly's Tuesday evening 6:00pm session in Room #105.  You will read Walter Brueggemann's "Names for the Messiah". (Books are $6.00) In Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titles Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. "Names for the Messiah" ponders each title and how the people understood it then, how Jesus did or did not fulfill the title, and how Christians interpret Jesus as representative of that title.  Christians have claimed from the beginning that Jesus was the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. The author tackles the questions: “What were these expectations? and Did Jesus fulfill them?"