{"id":1968,"date":"2025-11-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alamosacrc.com\/blog\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:40:22","slug":"november-16-2025-luke-15-25-the-old-man-and-the-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alamosacrc.com\/blog\/november-16-2025-luke-15-25-the-old-man-and-the-angel\/","title":{"rendered":"November 16, 2025 &#8211; Luke 1:5-25 &#8211; The Old Man and the Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"November 16, 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/abgwR2wBsIA?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;rel=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;color=white&#038;modestbranding=1\" style=\"border: none;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; 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Angel\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next Week \u2013 Luke 1:26-38<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus <strong><sup>L56<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayers of the People<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offering: Our offering this morning will be received for our General Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benediction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Praise and Thanksgiving 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class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:9.0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nletter-spacing:.5pt\">Prelude <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin\">Welcome\/Announcements <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:\nminor-latin\">Call to WorshipGod\u2019s Greeting<span style=\"mso-tab-count:1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><sup><span 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style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:\nminor-latin\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:\nminor-latin\">Confession\/AssuranceChrist our Hope in Life and Death<\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal\"><sup><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.5pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin\"> L<\/span><\/sup><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:\nminor-latin\">Children\u2019s Message<\/span><span style=\"font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\nminor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin\">Children<br>leave for children\u2019s worship<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:\nminor-latin\">Sermon Text: Luke 1:5-25<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\nminor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin\">Sermon<br>\u2013 \u201cThe Old Man and the Angel\u201dNext<br>Week \u2013 Luke 1:26-38<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\n&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin\"><span style=\"mso-tab-count:1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Come,<br>Thou 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