Hope in the Lord who saves

1st week of Advent   

In the beautiful contempletive music of Holden Evening Prayer, we hear a message of hope and anticipation.  

In Psalm 130, we hear that God hears our call from the depths and we should continue to hope in the Lord who brings salvation.  

 When we hear Jesus describing the coming of the Son of Man with stars falling from heaven, it can sound dire and horrible, not like anything we would ever hope for. But when we really look at the suffering of people God loves, we can share the hope that God would tear open the heavens and come.

Worship Liturgy

Order of Worship & lessons

WORSHIP VIDEO

Learning Resources

This Wednesday Advent Service will be available starting Dec. 2, 12pm here.

Worship Liturgy

Holden Evening Prayer


Amen.

Readings & Psalm

Psalm 130

Mark 13:33-37
The sudden coming of the Son of Man

Learning Resources

Learn more with the additional resources in this post.  Click through this post to find the materials.

Nativity Event 2021

Nativity Event 2021

Drive-through Nativity Story Saturday, December 18,   5:00pm - 8:30 pm    This year we will again tell the story of Jesus' birth outside in lights, art, music, and a living creche scene.   Come enjoy a colorful lighted series of signs and characters that show and tell the Biblical Nativity story with classical Christmas carols as you pass slowly through the parking lot.   The story of Christ's birth will be told in lighted signs and figures lining the path from the entry of the Grace...

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Adult Bible Study  – Justice, Law, History- Dec 2021- Feb 2022

Adult Bible Study – Justice, Law, History- Dec 2021- Feb 2022

Adult Bible Study  - Starts December 5 Sundays after Worship:  11:15am in Ronnencamp Hall However, we will continue to email to those that wish. Contact Frank or Sue at fssndavis@msn.com if you wish to get the Bible Study lessons emailed to you or want to learn more about the class. Stay well.Justice, Law, History The study focuses on Old Testament scriptures and the interaction between the ideal of justice, God’s pursuit of justice in history, and God’s gift of the law that allows humans to...

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Offerings of Thanksgiving

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Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Acknowledgments:

 

We thank the following for today’s flowers:  

Pentecost 15, Lectionary 25, 9/13/2020 

Copyright texts may be a smaller font to fit more information on a slide. These copyright acknowledgments are in the approximate order they occur in the service.

Liturgy and Hymns, Arr. © 2020 Augsburg Publishing House, admin. Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS000406.

“All Creatures Worship God” Tune: Public Domain, Text. Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission, One License.Net # A-706744

New Revised Standard Version Bible, Copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

“Let Us Go Now  to the Banquet,” Text and music © 1994 GIA Publications, Inc., 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638. www.giamusic.com. 800.442.3358. All rights reserved. Used by permission. One License.Net # A-706744

“Take My Life,” Text, Public Domain; Music, Music © 1999 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved, see above.