There’s Room for Every Story, with Rev. Dr. Steven Koski.

There’s Room for Every Story, with Rev. Dr. Steven Koski. Series: Advent 2022: Generation to Generation A Spacious Christianity, First Presbyterian Church of Bend, Oregon. Scripture: Matthew 1.1-17.In Matthew’s genealogy, each name contains a story, threading together a lineage that leads us to Jesus. We make room for everyone’s story and even make room for the difficult stories in our own lives. We remember the story of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Jerusalem this first week of Advent.About the Series, Advent 2022: Generation to Generation: This series reminds us of the ways our lives, histories, actions, and stories are interconnected and woven together. In the midst of narratives, policies, and rhetoric designed to divide us, what does it look like to practice belonging to one another? The work of God is always unfolding— in and through us. This Advent season, how will we carry it forth?Join us each Sunday, 10AM at bendfp.org, or 11AM KTVZ-CW Channel 612/12 in Bend.  Subscribe/Follow, and click the bell for alerts.At First Presbyterian, you will meet people at many different places theologically and spiritually. And we love it that way. We want to be a place where our diversity brings us together and where conversation takes us all deeper in our understanding of God.We call this kind of faith “Spacious Christianity.” We don’t ask anyone to sign creeds or statements of belief. The life of faith is about a way of being in the world and a faith that shows itself in love.Thank you for your support of the mission of the First Presbyterian Church of Bend. Visit https://bendfp.org/giving/ for more information.Keywords:story, god, mary, advent, jesus, joseph, hope, christmas, genealogy, held, birth, father, sermon, world, people, grief, day, room, presbyterian, lives, presbyterian, church, online worship, bend, oregonFeaturing:Rev. Dr. Steven Koski, Rev. Kally Elliott, Tyler McQuilkin, Becca Ellis, Brave of Heart, Guests