Sunday School Christmas Program Rescheduled, December 21

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Dear Good Shepherd Members,

The Sunday School Christmas Program has been rescheduled to this Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 5:30pm. We will have sandwiches following worship. Please bring a plate of cookies to share if possible.

This Week at Good Shepherd, December 19-25

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Tuesday, December 20
7:00 p.m. – Congregation Council Meeting

Wednesday, December 21
7:30 a.m. – Men’s Breakfast
6:00 p.m. – Choir and Band at Aase Haugen

Thursday, December 22
NO Adult Bible Study

Saturday, December 24 – Christmas Eve
4:30 p.m. – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service with Holy Communion

Sunday, December 25 – Christmas Day
8:45 a.m. – Band Rehearsal
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion

Photo by Marilyn Anderson of the street next to Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, January 2016.

Worship Service and Christmas Program Canceled, December 18

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Due to the extreme weather, the worship service and the Christmas Program scheduled for Sunday, December 18, have been canceled. The band concert at Wellington Place at 1:00 pm Sunday will still happen. Everyone is invited to come share in fellowship and caroling with the residents.

Prayer Service from Christmas Lutheran Church, Bethlehem, and National Cathedral, December 17

bethlehem-streetsThe 10th Annual Prayer Service simulcast between the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. and Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, Palestine is happening this Saturday, December 17 at 9 am, CST. It will be offered through web streaming from the National Cathedral’s website.

Pr. Mitri Raheb, of Christmas Lutheran Church,  and Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land Bishop Munib Younan typically participate.  The photo in this post was taken January 2016 on the street next to Christmas Lutheran Church.

 

Devotion for the Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 18

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The ELCA has created a series of four Advent devotions entitled “Liberated by God’s Grace” for each of the four Sundays in Advent.  Here is the link for the devotion for the Fourth Sunday, December 18.

Advent Devotion 4

Bishop Eaton notes that “churches shaped by the 16th century reformations—the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Episcopal Church, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America all participate in a ministry of reconciliation.” Over fifteen years ago, these churches’ respective full communion agreements inaugurated new relationships.  Bishop Eaton says, “We are committed to working together toward reconciliation—of the church, and of the deepest social ills that plague our world. It is our hope, together with you, to be signs of anticipation—of the “already, but not yet” of God’s realm of reconciliation, justice, and peace. In this spirit we have prepared a series of devotions for the season of Advent…”