Help is on the way (Hope)

An unexpected pregnancy and an over due prayer request. Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, and Zechariah had all found themselves in the middle of a story filled with circumstances that caused them shame. Zack and Liz were ashamed of what hadn’t happened and Mary and Joseph were ashamed of something that happened that they didn’t expect. We all deal with the emotion of shame, especially around the holidays. In week one of this advent series we will discover that Jesus was God’s answer to shame. He was hope in human form and if we just hang in there we will get the help from him that we so desperately need.