Christmas Inspiration

A Year's Changes Come Slowly

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 23, 2024 at 7:38 PM

Pastor Tim spent time in Busiek State Forest to better think about the time between the Newborn servant coming into the world and when we, His followers, will get to experience His triumph.

This Week at Little Hills

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 21, 2024 at 11:14 PM

Pastor Tim thinks about how God brought light into existence, we turn from the light, but Christmas is the story of God bringing that light back to us.

He Was Like Me, I'll Be Like Him

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 16, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Two truths come out of Jesus being a human being: one that reminds us of His understanding of our situation and one that reminds us our present state is not the destination.

This Week at Little Hills

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 12, 2024 at 12:22 AM

Pastor Tim thinks about how we look to the wrong things in life and how Christmas calls us to a corrective.

O Christmas FaithTree 2024

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 06, 2024 at 7:03 PM

O Christmas (Faith)Tree is something very special: a celebratory service at 7:00 p.m. on December 6 that interweaves favorite Christmas carols and songs — both old and new and in a range of styles — with the story of Christmas that runs from Genesis through Revelation.

Christmas at FaithTree

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 06, 2024 at 3:53 PM

FaithTree has so much happening this Christmas and so do our local church friends. If you’re looking for the best ways to celebrate the season, check out these great opportunities.

O Christmas Stream

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 06, 2024 at 3:49 PM

Join us and our friends at FaithTree partner churches for a continuous rotation of Christmas music, nostalgic fireplace scenes, meditations from Scripture and more throughout Christmas weekend and then all the way through Epiphany. Whether you want just a few moments of Christmas joy or want to watch the whole thing, it will be streaming 24x7 all Christmas week.

Give More than a Fruitcake

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 03, 2024 at 1:42 AM

To understand Christmas, we need to understand who Jesus is and what He gave for us. It gives us a direction for what He intends for our lives.

O Christmas FaithTree 2024

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 02, 2024 at 1:17 PM

O Christmas (Faith)Tree is something very special: a celebratory service at 7:00 p.m. on December 6 that interweaves favorite Christmas carols and songs — both old and new and in a range of styles — with the story of Christmas that runs from Genesis through Revelation.

Christmas Eve at Little Hills

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 02, 2024 at 1:15 PM

Join us on December 24 at 7 pm on Christmas Eve as Little Hills — a special moment to prepare our hearts for Christmas Day. During the service we will share in the culmination of our journey through the Four Gospels telling of the Savior’s arrival. We will share in readings from God’s Word, singing Christmas carols and enjoy a candlelight service to celebrate that our Savior is born!

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The Christmas Fruit

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 22, 2023 at 3:21 PM

As we give gifts small or large, simple or snazzy, this Christmas, this year’s devotional booklet invites us to reflect on the profound ways in which God gifts us to give the best sort of gifts to others. We will go on a twelve day journey through Galatians 5:22-26, exploring how the Holy Spirit transforms us to embody the essence of Christmas hope in the year ahead.

Twelve Told

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 23, 2022 at 2:57 PM

While the four Gospel writers tell us much about what happens at Christmas and we’ve explored that this Advent in our series Four Told, the rest of Scripture speaks either to the coming of Christmas or reflects back on its significance. The Twelve Days of Christmas give us an opportunity to reflect on the multifaceted meaning of Jesus’s birth.

Because of Christmas

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 24, 2021 at 5:52 PM

Over the Twelve Days of Christmas, Because Of Christmas will help us to see what happens for each of us because Jesus was born that first Christmas morn.

The Light of the World

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 22, 2020 at 11:58 AM

Over the coming days we will embark on a journey through Scripture and the pictures it gives us of our God lighting our way through the darkness we face throughout life.

Jesus Came for Us

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 25, 2019 at 1:12 PM

Please join us in devotional journey as we look at some gifts far more incredible than a partridge in a pear tree. These are the gifts from our God as Paul describes them in the Letter to the Romans. This devotional has twelve readings exploring the ways Jesus coming into the world is for us.