Christmas Eve - The Power of Our "Yes"
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Release Date: 12/25/2025
Christmas Eve - The Power of Our "Yes"
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Christmas Eve - The Power of Our "Yes" - Pastor Hannah Witte - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: In this Christmas message, Pastor Hannah walks listeners through Luke 2, inviting us to slow down and step into the wonder of the first Christmas night. She highlights how God enters the world not through power or prestige, but by interrupting ordinary lives—Mary, Joseph, and later the shepherds—with an unexpected invitation to trust Him. Though none of them seek the spotlight or have the accolades the world celebrates, each responds with a simple but courageous...
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Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
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Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
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Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
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Advent Week One: A Genealogy of Hope
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Advent Week One: A Genealogy of Hope - Pastor Hannah Witte - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: Pastor Hannah introduces Advent as a season of waiting and reflection, inviting the congregation to remember Jesus’ first coming and anticipate his return. This leads into the reading of Matthew 1, emphasizing that the genealogy is an origin story rich with meaning rather than a list to skip. Pastor Hannah highlights three themes in Jesus’ lineage: it is multi-ethnic, featuring women like Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba; it is full of broken yet beautiful...
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Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
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The Parables of Jesus - The Bags of Gold
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
The Parables of Jesus: The Bags of Gold - Pastor Hannah Witte - . Like us on or watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: In this week’s message from Ann Arbor Community Church, Pastor Hannah invites listeners to enter into Jesus’ parable of the bags of gold from Matthew 25:14-30 with fresh eyes. Pastor Hannah helps listeners see that the story isn’t primarily about productivity or comparison, but about faithfulness and trust in the character of the master—who represents Jesus. She explains that each servant received what they could handle, revealing a master who knows,...
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The Parables of Jesus: Awake and Waiting
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
The Parables of Jesus: Awake and Waiting (Matthew 25:1–13) - Pastor Donnell Wyche - . Like us on or watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: In this sermon, Pastor Donnell Wyche explores Jesus’ parable of the ten young women waiting for the bridegroom, highlighting how it invites us to live with spiritual readiness, not fear. He reminds listeners that the parable isn’t about purity or moral worth, but about preparation — about having “oil” that lasts through the long night. The wise and foolish alike had lamps and fell asleep, but only those who brought extra oil...
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Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
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Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
The Parables of Jesus: The Parable of the Weeds - Jonathan Hurshman - . Like us on or watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: Jonathan Hurshman brings us an honest, heartfelt sermon examining Matthew 13:24-30. He explores cultural context of the hearers and the world that Jesus was speaking to brilliantly, and invites us to be people who take Jesus at his word, trusting that Jesus is far more brilliant than we are. At the core of his sermon, Jonathan uncovers the question of the parable, how will we live as people of the kingdom of God, in a world where evil grows...
info_outlineChristmas Eve - The Power of Our "Yes" - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org. Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch
Summary:
In this Christmas message, Pastor Hannah walks listeners through Luke 2, inviting us to slow down and step into the wonder of the first Christmas night. She highlights how God enters the world not through power or prestige, but by interrupting ordinary lives—Mary, Joseph, and later the shepherds—with an unexpected invitation to trust Him. Though none of them seek the spotlight or have the accolades the world celebrates, each responds with a simple but courageous “yes,” and that trust draws them into intimate, life-changing encounters with God as Jesus, the Savior, is born.
Pastor Hannah reminds us that the good news of Christmas is first shared with the overlooked and ordinary, revealing a God who delights in meeting people right where they are. Like the shepherds, listeners are invited to move beyond hearing about Jesus and to go and see for themselves—trusting that God is as real and present as the ground beneath them. The message closes with a gentle challenge to create space for God this Christmas by choosing presence over distraction, opening our hearts to deeper intimacy with Emmanuel, God with us.