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December 3rd, 2017 Chrismon Service ******************************************************************************************** CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH Church: 905-685-8294, Fax 905-685-7661, www.christlutheransc.ca Vacancy Pastor: Pastor John Makey (905-834-0516) [email protected] Parish Assistant: Louise Gondosch (905-646-1939), [email protected] Business Manager: Karen McCumber, [email protected] Secretary: Pat Kimpel, [email protected] SOUL Ministry: Mim Braithwaite, Heather Simons, Trinda Renson, Deborah Frappier Church Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday—9 a.m. – 12 noon Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChristLutheranChurchSC BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS : Please send to [email protected] . Deadline for submission is Thursday at 9 a.m. ******************************************************************************************** FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT Prayer ; Stir up, we implore You, Your power, O Lord, and come that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and be saved by Your mighty deliverance; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. 9:00 a.m. – Chrismon Service (Musician: Carole Pink) Hymns: Order of Service Insert in your bulletin 10:00 a.m. – Sunday School, CHAT, No Bible Study, Coffee TODAY’S COFFEE HOUR is sponsored by FaithLife Financial. Please join us between services for a special fellowship hour. Bible Study will not be held today, but will resume next Sunday. 11:00 a.m. – Chrismon Service with Baptism (Musician: Carole Pink) Hymns: Order of Service with your bulletin WELCOME GUESTS & VISITORS : Welcome to Christ Lutheran Church! If this is your first time with us please sign our Guest Registry in the back of the church by the double doors. May our gracious and loving Lord bless you as you worship Him. WE THANK OUR ASSISTANTS FOR TODAY’S SERVICES : GREETERS : 11 a.m. Alice Martens (Next Sunday: Anna Schneikart) ELDERS : 9 a.m: Dave Rapp 11 a.m. Glenn Pink COFFEE HOUR : Mary Severy Elly Reck FLOWERS have been placed on the altar this morning to the glory of God by James & Rylan Betts in loving memory of Marcella Jager. BAPTISM : We are happy to welcome Mateo Don Scott-Bonds, son of Jordan & Laura, into Christ’s family by Holy Baptism today in the 11 a.m. service. Mateo’s Godparents are Remi Bonds and Felicia Murtaugh. May God bless Mateo with a lifetime of rich blessings and protection! OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES go to the family and friends of Florence Brunsch called home to heaven last Tuesday, November 28 th . According to Florence’s wishes, a private funeral was held on Thursday by Pastor Makey. She was 3 months short of her 100’th Birthday. May God give comfort to the family at this difficult time. A Special Thank You to the many individuals from our congregation, who are stepping up to play for our services. Thank you to the congregation for being understanding and patient during this time. Please continue to keep our search for a new music director in your prayers.
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December 3rd, 2017 Chrismon Service
******************************************************************************************** CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH
Church: 905-685-8294, Fax 905-685-7661, www.christlutheransc.ca Vacancy Pastor: Pastor John Makey (905-834-0516) [email protected]
Parish Assistant: Louise Gondosch (905-646-1939), [email protected] Business Manager: Karen McCumber, [email protected]
Secretary: Pat Kimpel, [email protected] SOUL Ministry: Mim Braithwaite, Heather Simons, Trinda Renson, Deborah Frappier
Church Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday—9 a.m. – 12 noon Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChristLutheranChurchSC
BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please send to [email protected]. Deadline for submission is Thursday at 9 a.m.
******************************************************************************************** FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT
Prayer; Stir up, we implore You, Your power, O Lord, and come that by Your protection we may
be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and be saved by Your mighty deliverance; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
9:00 a.m. – Chrismon Service (Musician: Carole Pink) Hymns: Order of Service Insert in your bulletin 10:00 a.m. – Sunday School, CHAT, No Bible Study, Coffee TODAY’S COFFEE HOUR is sponsored by FaithLife Financial. Please join us between services for a special fellowship hour. Bible Study will not be held today, but will resume next Sunday.
11:00 a.m. – Chrismon Service with Baptism (Musician: Carole Pink) Hymns: Order of Service with your bulletin
WELCOME GUESTS & VISITORS: Welcome to Christ Lutheran Church! If this is your first time
with us please sign our Guest Registry in the back of the church by the double doors. May our gracious and loving Lord bless you as you worship Him.
WE THANK OUR ASSISTANTS FOR TODAY’S SERVICES: GREETERS: 11 a.m. Alice Martens (Next Sunday: Anna Schneikart) ELDERS: 9 a.m: Dave Rapp
11 a.m. Glenn Pink COFFEE HOUR: Mary Severy Elly Reck
FLOWERS have been placed on the altar this morning to the glory of God by James & Rylan
Betts in loving memory of Marcella Jager.
BAPTISM: We are happy to welcome Mateo Don Scott-Bonds, son of Jordan & Laura, into
Christ’s family by Holy Baptism today in the 11 a.m. service. Mateo’s Godparents are Remi Bonds and Felicia Murtaugh. May God bless Mateo with a lifetime of rich blessings and protection!
OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES go to the family and friends of Florence Brunsch called home to
heaven last Tuesday, November 28th. According to Florence’s wishes, a private funeral was held on
Thursday by Pastor Makey. She was 3 months short of her 100’th Birthday. May God give comfort to the family at this difficult time.
A Special Thank You to the many individuals from our congregation, who are stepping up to play for
our services. Thank you to the congregation for being understanding and patient during this time. Please continue to keep our search for a new music director in your prayers.
DAILY SCRIPTURE MEDITATIONS: Monday: 11 Cor. 1: 15-22 Wed.: 11 Sam.7:4-9,11-14a,16 Friday: Heb. 10:19-25 Tuesday: Mic.2:1-2,9,12-13 Thurs.: Isa. 64: 1-3 Sat.: Rev.22:12-14,16-17,20-21
EVENTS THIS WEEK: Monday: 7:30 p.m. – Choir Practice Tuesday: 9:30 a.m. – Precious Moments 10:00 a.m. – Fellowship Committee Meeting Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. – SOUL Bingo-Sing-a-long 7:15 p.m. – Recovery Meetings Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – SOUL Crafts 11:30 a.m. – SOUL Lunch Group & Bible Study 7:00 p.m. – Confirmation 7:30 p.m. – Heaven Help Us Friday: 10:00 a.m. – MAD Friday (SOUL) 7 – 9:30 p.m. – Youth Christmas Party Saturday 10:00—11:30 a.m. – Sunday School Practice (Grades 1-8 only)
PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO Bible Study at Luther Manor during the month of December. We
will start back up again on Tuesday, January 9th.
PRECIOUS MOMENTS: If you know a pre-schooler invite their family to join us Tuesday mornings 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. here in the Church Nursery. We learn about Jesus through play, songs, crafts and even snacks. Friends are welcome to join us!
ADVENT LESSONS & CAROLS: Second Sunday in Advent, December 10th at 4 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Seminary, 470 Glenridge Ave. Featuring the choir of Resurrection Lutheran Church and the Seminary Chorus. No admission charge. Free-will offering.
NATIONAL YOUTH GATHERING 2019: The Logo for the Gathering is WORTHless There is nothing you are worth less than Romans 5:8. Log onto www.NYG19.ca to find out more about the Gathering in Langley British Columbia, or check out the sheet in the youth room. In Fisherville we heard of some families already putting monthly money aside. Youth ages 13 (finished grade 7) – 18 are invited to attend.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS—Facebook Update: We now have over 100 followers on
Facebook! If you do not yet "Like" our Facebook page, please consider doing so. Many of our members continue to
share our community events with friends on their Facebook walls. This has been a great help in spreading the word about what is happening at Christ Lutheran. Also, if you indicate that you are "Going" or "Interested" in one of our events, this action will show up in your friends' feed; again sharing with others what we are doing. Thanks for your support in this! Finally, committee heads, if there are any upcoming events for the fall/winter please email me in advance so I can get a head start on the graphics for our Facebook page. Email: [email protected] Subject Line: Christ Lutheran Facebook.
Last Sunday Attendance: (Nov. 26th, 2017) 9 a.m. –55 11a.m.- 61 Total: 116 (’16 – 151)
Budget Weekly Need Last Sunday Year To Date + / (-)
Current: 265,688.00 5,012.98 7,720.35 204,515.22 (36,107.82) Missions 25,000.00 471.70 1,523.00 21,846.05 (795.55) Property Improvement 203.00 10,571.50
ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER (EFT): Going south this Winter?? We still need to keep the
bills paid while you are gone. You can help by making you donations via EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) so while you are gone, you can rest assured that your donations continue.. Enrolment forms are on the bulletin board in the narthex (entryway). Your donation can be modified or stopped at any time. Please see Heather Simons or Karen McCumber.
MEMORIAL DONATIONS have been given to Christ Lutheran Church in memory of Ernie Schappert
by Twila Gall, Ilse Neukirchner, Erick & Deanna Albrecht, Anna Schneikart and Gloria Meyer.
BULLETINS BY E-MAIL: If you would like to receive the bulletin by email, please send your email address to Judy at: [email protected] SAVE FOR SOUL: Please save your milk-bags for SOUL. We are cutting them for mats for Haiti.
Please leave them on the SOUL counter downstairs.
Church Organist: Christ Lutheran is currently seeking a music director to play at both our Traditional
and Contemporary services. If you are interested, please email your resume to: [email protected]. Thank you!
A BIG THANK YOU for your support of our Bazaar last weekend. We very much appreciated
help with contributions and donations and help working at the Bazaar itself. It was wonderful to
have many of our congregation out on Sat. to make purchases from the various tables and to have
lunch with us, or make use of the ‘take out’ feature for later at home. We look forward at our
January meeting to sending donations to many organizations so that financial gifts are given to
many in need. We thank FaithLife also for their grant of $300.
LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES INFORMATION:
Lutheran Hour Ministries—all info.—www.lhmcanada.org
LISTEN TO THE LUTHERAN HOUR, Sundays on CHAM 820 at 8:00 a.m. Next Sunday’s topic (Dec. 10th) “Prep Time” (Mark 1: 1-3) Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ken Klaus – Preparing for Christmas is quite different than preparing for Christ. Today’s Lutheran Hour message explores those differences.
Children’s Christmas Practice Schedule Saturday, December 9th –10-11:30 a.m.— Sunday School Practice (grades 1 – 8)
Saturday, December 16th— 10 a.m. to noon—Sunday School Practice (all grades dress rehearsal)—followed by Pizza Lunch Family Day Event
Sunday, December 17th 11:00 a.m.—Children’s Christmas Program
This morning is a very special service remembering the work of our Lord in the symbols we have used in the life of the Church. The Chrismon Tree (white) tells the whole story of the birth, life and salvation of our Saviour. The ornaments were made by the late Linda Duckett of our church, and so we remember her also this morning, as we focus on a number of the symbols. Members (listed below) will be invited to come forward to place the ornaments.
Early Service Late Service
1. “The Epiphany Star” Karen McCumber John Gondosch
2. “The Manger” Mackenzie Harmer Christina Coghlan
3. “The Angel” Marge Stark Ian MacDonald
4. “The Chalice” Tom Kuhl Gloria Meyer
5. “The Latin Cross” Walter Betts Mary Silver
6. “The Sacrificial Lamb” Audrey Betts Kathy DeKouchay
7. “The Butterfly” Judy Slingerland Louise Gondosch
8. “The Dove and Shell” Kathy Kuhl Fran Porteous
9. “The Shepherd Staff” Gillian MacDonald Erick Albrecht
10. “The Fish” Paul Simons Paul Simons
11. “The Cross and Orb” Mark McCumber David Coghlan
12. “The Crown” Samantha Harmer Howard Bogusat
13. “The Circle with IHS” Elly Reck Paul Wachs
God bless us in this special service today!
Operation Christmas Cheer
To share the joy of Christmas with those in our community
who are less fortunate than we are, the “Outreach Committee” is planning to distribute, again this year,
complete Christmas turkey dinner packages. We are asking for confidential referrals from our members. Last year we helped 25 families by making up 25 baskets.
We need your help by:
Providing us with confidential referrals which can be placed into a box located in our church narthex Donating the funds required for the purchase
of perishable and non-perishable food items which will be purchased just before the packages are distributed
Letting the Outreach Committee, Judy Mason—905-641-7546
Brian Bogusat—905-468-1355 Howard Bogusat—905-468-3566
know if you would be willing to help package baskets Praying that this project is a success and that those
who receive these gifts are touched by the joy and wonder of our Saviour’s birth and by His love
for each one of us.
(please note that we are collecting “monetary donations”
ONLY for this project)
Thank You!
December Family Fun Day !! Saturday, December 16th
12 - 2 pm (after Sunday School Program Dress Rehearsal)
You are
invited
to come and
join us for
Pizza Lunch!!
Then,
(after we practice caroling)
we will go Caroling at Luther Manor!!
Followed by some great and fun
“Cookie Decorating”.
Please come and enjoy some
“Christmas Fun”
(contact Lorraine Kaija by texting 905-964-5837 for more information)
Christmas Services
Please feel welcome to attend any or all of these services!
Sunday, December 3rd
9 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Chrismon Service
Sunday, December 10th 11:00 a.m.
Lessons & Carols Service with Communion
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Sunday, December 17th
11:00 a.m. Children’s Christmas Program
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Sunday, December 24th
10 a.m.—Joint Worship Service (No S.S.)
7 p.m. & 11 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Cantata Service
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Monday, December 25th
10 a.m. Christmas Day Worship
with Holy Communion
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Sunday, December 31st
10 a.m.–Joint Worship Service NO Sunday School
7 pm - New Year's Eve Service @ Grace Lutheran
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Also—YOUTH HOLIDAY LOCK-IN 7:00 p.m.. -- Tuesday, Jan. 2nd
to 9:00 a.m..— Wednesday, Jan. 3rd
