2011 ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Our 2011 mid-week Advent Vespers services will commence on Wednesday, November 27 at 7 PM.  This season we will use Holden Evening Prayer, a setting by liturgical composer Marty Haugen.  Our theme for Advent Vespers this year is based on Savior of the Nations Come, the famous Advent hymn by Saint Ambrose of Milan.  Martin Luther translated Ambrose's work from Latin into German.  Luther's translation is the basis for the English versions found in the hymnals of numerous church bodies.

November 27 -- First Sunday in Advent.  Please bring a non-perishable food offering for the benefit of the Lutheran Mission Society.

• 8:30 AM:  Service of Holy Communion
• 9:45 AM:  Sunday School / Bible Study
• 11:00 AM:  Service of Holy Communion

November 30 -- Wednesday Advent Vespers at 7 PM

• The sermon text for this service is Isaiah 40:1-2. 

December 4 -- Second Sunday in Advent

• 8:30 AM:  Service of Holy Communion
• 9:45 AM:  Sunday School / Bible Study
• 11:00 AM:  Service of Holy Communion

December 7 -- Wednesday Advent Vespers at 7 PM

• The sermon text for this service is Isaiah 40:3-5.  

 December 11 -- Third Sunday in Advent

• 8:30 AM:  Service of Holy Communion
• 9:45 AM:  Sunday School / Bible Study
• 11:00 AM:  Service of Holy Communion

December 14 -- Wednesday Advent Vespers at 7 PM

• The sermon text for this service is Isaiah 40:6-8.   

December 16  –- Saint Paul's Lutheran School Christmas Choral Concert at 7 PM

December 18  –- Fourth Sunday in Advent

• 8:30 AM:  Non-communion Service.  Our church's choirs will lead this worship service of anthems, carols, and Bible readings.
• 9:45 AM:  Sunday School / Bible Study
• 11:00 AM:  Non-communion Service.  Students from our Sunday school will present a Christmas pageant.

December 24 -- Christmas Eve

• Family Service at 7 PM
• Candlelight Service at 11 PM
• The sermon text for these services is Isaiah 40:10-11.

December 25 -- Christmas Day

• 9:30 AM:  Service of Holy Communion
• The sermon text for this service is Isaiah 40:1-11.

January 1, 2012 -- The Circumcision and Name of Jesus

• 9:30 AM:  Service of Holy Communion