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St. John Lutheran Church (ELCA)Mineola, IA

Pastor Luke Kuenzli

Order of Service and Worship TextsFor Virtual Worship

Adapted from Evangelical Lutheran WorshipHoly Communion Setting 2

December 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic

THIS SUNDAY: December 6, 2020 – Second Sunday of Advent10:30 – Virtual-only Worship and Communion with YouTube Live stream

A time for sharing and prayer regarding the American Flag and its place in the sanctuary will be rescheduled for a later date.

TUES – No quilting through DecemberM/W/F – Preschool

NEXT SUNDAY: December 13, 2020 – Third Sunday of Advent10:30 – Virtual-only Worship and Communion with YouTube Live stream

* If you would like to put a Newspaper article clipping up of one of our church family, you are welcome to do so on the bulletin board. We would love to read it!

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Virtual Communion:During Sunday worship (starting the 6th)OR by other arrangement with Pastor Luke.

Pick up a prepackaged communion cup/wafer at church at any of the following times (or use your own bread and wine/grape juice from home):

Communion Pick-Up Times: Monday/Wednesday/Thursday – 9:30am-Noon, or 1:30pm-5:00pm, or evening as arranged. Tuesday – 2:00-5:00pm, or evening as arranged. Friday/Saturday – by arrangement only.

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St. John Lutheran ChurchMineola, Iowa Phone (712) 526-2268Website: stjohnluthchurchmineola.orgPastor Luke Kuenzli

December 6, 2020 10:30amSecond Sunday of Advent

We are called to glorify God, grow in faith,

and build community.Mission Statement

SERVICE OF THE WORD – COVID-19 In-Person + Virtual

Covid-19 Precautions for in-person worship We will require masks be worn while you are in the building. Refusal to

wear a mask will result in your being asked to leave. We will be practicing social distancing of 6 feet. Open pews are marked, and

closed pews are cordoned off and labelled. Please don’t gather in the hallway or enter any closed spaces. Restrooms will

be limited to single-person/family use at any given time. Those who do not comply with social distancing policies will be asked to leave.

There will not be singing, prolonged unison speaking, communion, or fellowship time. Virtual communion begins December 6.

We continue to advise (not require) that persons in the vulnerable population groups of 65+ years of age and anyone with underlying medical conditions remain home.

We ask that anyone with any respiratory symptoms (cough, sniffles, sneezing, sore throat) or fever please remain home. You will be asked to leave if you are displaying such symptoms.

We ask that if you are traveling to areas of high virus activity, you remain home for the Sunday following your travels.

Hand sanitizers are located throughout the open areas. Feel free to use them!

Food DriveThe Women of St. John are having a food drive and collecting

for Mills County food pantry all through the month of December.

Kid-friendly cereals, canned tuna, chicken, pears, peaches and mixed fruits. Dry pastas, toilet paper and feminine hygiene products ALWAYS welcome and needed.

Items will be collected in the shopping cart. Only food items

The Mills County Ministerial Association will not be hosting Soup and Song this

year due to pandemic concerns.Please designate gifts to the

MCMA Energy Assistance Fund to support Mills County residents in need.The church office can collect these gifts

and send them all together!

Christmas PoinsettiasPurchase for $10 each.

These are used in the Poinsettia Tree, and can be taken home with you after the Christmas Eve Worship service.

Sign up for one or more on the list in the hallway,

or let Michelle know.

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Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Setting 2) (*Stand)

Prelude Welcome/Announcements

GATHERINGLighting of the Advent Candles

Blessed are you, O Lord our God, ruler of the universe. John the Baptist calls all people to prepare the Lord’s way for the kingdom of heaven is near. Bless us as we light the candles on this wreath. Baptize us with the fire of your Spirit, that we may be a light shining in the darkness welcoming others as Christ has welcomed us, for he is our light and our salvation. Blessed be God forever. Amen.

The first two candles are lit, signifying the Hope of God’s promised Messiah and Peace of God, as we sing:

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*Confession and Forgiveness (from sundaysandseasons.com)Blessed be God, Father, ☩ Son, and Holy Spirit,whose forgiveness is sure and whose steadfast love endures forever. Amen.

Together let us honestly and humbly confess that we have not lived as God desires. Silence is kept for reflection.

Loving and forgiving God, we confess that we are held captive by sin. In spite of our best efforts, we have gone astray. We have not welcomed the stranger; we have not loved our neighbor; we have not been Christ to one another.Restore us, O God. Wake us up and turn us from our sin. Renew us each day in the light of Christ. Amen.

People of God, hear this glad news: by God’s endless grace your sins are forgiven, and you are free— free from all that holds you back and free to live in the peaceable realm of God. May you be strengthened in God’s love, ☩ comforted by Christ’s peace, and accompanied with the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Gathering Hymn “Savior of the Nations, Come” #263

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Greeting The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you.

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*This is the Feast p.122

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Salutation The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Prayer of the DayStir up our hearts, Lord God, to prepare the way of your only Son. By his coming strengthen us to serve you with purified lives; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

WORDFirst Reading: A reading from Isaiah 40:1-11

1Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.

3A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. 5Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the field. 7The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. 8The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. 9Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!” 10See, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.

...Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God!

Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 Two lectors read responsively by whole verse.1You have been gracious to your land, O LORD;

you have restored the good fortune of Jacob.2You have forgiven the iniquity of your people and blotted out all their sins. 8I will listen to what the LORD God is saying;

for you speak peace to your faithful people and to those who turn their hearts to you.

9Truly, your salvation is very near to those who fear you, that your glory may dwell in our land.

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10Steadfast love and faithfulness have met together;righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11Faithfulness shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

12The LORD will indeed grant prosperity, and our land will yield its increase.13Righteousness shall go before the LORD and shall prepare for God a pathway.

Second Reading: A reading from 2 Peter 3:8-15a.8Do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed. 11Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire? 13But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home. 14Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; 15aand regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. …Word of God, word of life. Thanks be to God!

*Gospel Acclamation

Prepare the way of the Lord. |All flesh shall see the salva-tion of God.

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*Announcement of the Gospel The holy gospel according to Mark 1:1-8. Glory to You, O Lord!

*The Gospel is proclaimed 1The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; 3the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’ ”

4John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. 8I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

…the gospel of the Lord. Praise to You, O Christ!

Sermon Pastor Luke Kuenzli

The Gospel of Mark, as many of you may be aware, is the shortest of the

four Gospels. It is missing what we might think to be important pieces of

information. For example, in this season of preparing for our celebration of

Christ’s birth, we hear nothing, from Mark’s Gospel, about angel visits, nothing

about Mary and Joseph and their journey to Bethlehem. No shepherds and

heavenly choirs, no magi and bright star, no massacre of the innocents by Herod,

no flight to Egypt. In fact, Mark has nothing at all to say about Jesus’ birth. Zip.

Zilch. Nada.

We might ask why Mark didn’t include any of this, and come to the

conclusion that it was already in Matthew and in Luke, so Mark didn’t feel the

need to say it again… but Mark was written before Matthew and Luke, and those

three Gospels share a lot of other material in common… so why not the nativity?

And if we’re not going to talk about Jesus’ birth, then why would Mark feel the

need to talk about Jesus’ baptism – his new birth?

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Of the four Gospels, Mark’s is the shortest, and also the most action-packed.

You jump quickly, in Mark’s account of Jesus’ life, from one moment to another,

without any smooth transitions, without much flowing. It’s a more helter-skelter

approach to telling the story.

I don’t know about you, but I think that seems pretty apropos for the year for

which we are approaching an end. 2020 has felt like Mark’s Gospel to me, in some

ways. A frantic and frenetic jumping from one thing to another: from closed to

open and back again; from one political spat to another; from tragedy to protest to

riot to waiting with bated breath for the other shoe to drop; from planned events to

alternate options to winging it. This year has made many of us tired. I get tired

quickly reading Mark’s Gospel, too. It’s just so fast-paced.

Mark doesn’t give us the back-story – Matthew’s genealogical account or

Luke’s longer story about the origins of John the Baptizer and Jesus’ birth or John’s

cosmic rendering of Jesus’ eternal being as the Word of God – Mark just jumps

almost right to where Jesus really started to get going, because for him, that was

where the good news began.

But, at the same time, Mark recognizes that we can’t simply jump right into

The Big Thing – we wouldn’t be able to cope with that! He starts his audience with

someone they know and love. It isn’t an accident that Mark refers to the prophets

(the verse claims to be citing Isaiah, but the first part is actually closer to a quote

from Malachi 3:1, though it is thematically related to the second portion, which

echoes Isaiah’s promise of a voice crying out in the wilderness). The Prophets were

very good at seeing what everyone else couldn’t see – God’s presence and activity

in the world. It was kind of their job to point the way to what God was up to. Well,

Mark is now doing the same. Where Malachi says “See, I am sending my

messenger ahead of you,” we could read, from the Greek translation “See, I am

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sending my messenger before your face.” That’s what Mark does. He puts it all

right out in the open, from the very first verse, right in our faces.

He tells us right up front what he is going to talk about: The beginning of the

good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. There it is. Jesus is good news because

he is the Christ, the Greek word for the Hebrew Messiah, the one promised by the

prophets. Jesus is good news because, as Mark tells us from the get-go, he is the

Son of God. He puts it right up in our face, so that we have no doubt what he’s

talking about and how important it is. But again, we need something more familiar

with which to begin, so he goes on to describe John the Baptizer, but only in the

brief space of seven verses, just enough to pique our interest.

Still, it is interesting that Mark gives us more about John the Baptizer than

he does about Jesus’ birth… It seems clear that for Mark, the fact of birth – the

reality of being born – is secondary to the promise of God, that there is something

more to life that what we see around us. So, he sends the message right before our

faces: Jesus – promised Messiah – good news – Son of God!

What is it that we keep before our own faces? What are we watching? What

are we looking for? To whom is our attention turned? In this past year, our faces

seem to have been turned everywhere BUT toward the one place where they need

to be turned – the one person to whom they should be turned. Does what we watch,

what we see, what we read, what we spend our hours and days contemplating…

does it give us hope? Does it bring us peace?

This season of Advent is all about our preparing for Jesus’ coming. But if we

are to take our cue from Mark’s Gospel, as we will for much of the next year, then

the most important way that Jesus comes didn’t happen 2,020 years ago (give or

take); for Mark, the more important reality isn’t the birth, but rather the re-birth

that comes through a life lived in faith in God’s promise.

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That means a willingness to repent, to face our own wrongdoing and the

wrongdoing of others from which we have turned our faces, whether in discomfort

or in a feeling of helplessness or in willful ignorance. A life of faith, for Mark,

means a life of action, of holding up both the reality of the world in all its fallen

glory, AND the promise of redemption through the presence and activity of God.

It is important to be baptized with water (or Jesus wouldn’t have been so

baptized) but John points to a further baptism – one that doesn’t come from our

decisions and willingness, but from Jesus giving us the gift of God’s Holy Spirit –

a Spirit who is named, in other places in scripture, “The Comforter.”

“Comfort, O comfort my people,” says your God, as he sends the good news

right before our faces. The Good News of Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah, the

Son of God who lives with us and within us. The Good News of Mark’s Gospel,

that God is active in our world. The Good News that even when there is much

going on around us to draw our attention away from God’s face, God sends the

good news before our faces, wherever they are turned, to draw us back to him.

Though grass withers and flowers fade, and people do too – a reality made

all too apparent in the still increasing number of deaths related to COVID – though

our lives wither and fade, the Word of our God will stand forever! Jesus is lifted up

on a high mountain called Calvary, and we can proclaim with the angels and the

prophets, “Here is your God!” He is right there before us, showing us the depths of

God’s love in a way we cannot ignore, though it pains us to see it so. This reality –

not the birth of Jesus Christ, but his death – is where Mark places his emphasis.

Maybe you have asked why… Why did Jesus come to live among us, to die

like one of us, for us… why would God require that kind of penalty? I’m not at all

sure that it was required. That kind of substitutionary atonement doesn’t really fit

with the image of God portrayed by most of the New Testament… but if it wasn’t

required, then perhaps it was chosen – not by an angry Father who needed to have

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his wrath satisfied – but chosen by a loving brother willing to take the fall for our

erroneous ways. Chosen by a brother who wanted to bring peace to our hearts and

to our world.

Chosen by a Lord Christ who is patient with us and will come to usher in the

eternal Kingdom after we have had every opportunity to turn in repentance to the

love of God. As Peter says, “Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these

things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the

patience of our Lord as salvation.” Be found by him at peace…

The Word of God, which stands forever, is a word of peace: As the Psalm

says: “You have forgiven the iniquity of your people and blotted out all their sins…

I will listen to what the LORD God is saying; for you speak peace to your faithful

people and to those who turn their hearts to you.”

Comfort, my people. Peace to you. God brings us these things, not by

ignoring the tragedies of life in this world, but by entering into them along with us,

by setting them before God’s own face, and by putting himself before us, again and

again, so that we might turn to him and be saved. This is who God is, what God

does, for you and for me. Thanks be to God. Amen.

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Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,true God from true God, begotten, not made,of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made.For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,

was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Maryand became truly human.For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures;he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the Father and the Son,*who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,who has spoken through the prophets.We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Prayers of Intercession God of power and might, comfort your people and come quickly to this weary

world. Hear our prayers for everyone in need. A brief silence.

Faithful God, you teach us to wait for you with faithfulness and patience. Sustain and support us in our doubts and questions. Nurture our faith as we discern and enact your mission. We pray especially for our collaboration with other congregations in the Mills County Ministerial Association to provide Energy Assistance to local residents in need; for Christ Lutheran in LeMars and St. Peter Lutheran in Brunswick, and Pastor Shawn Brooks; and for the work of Lutheran World Relief in providing aid both in the US and globally. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Loving God, you set the stars in the sky and breathe life into the earth. Renew the face of creation where it is in need of your healing touch. Mend the wounds of

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environmental damage and restore balance to ecosystems so that all creation can declare your praise. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Steadfast God, you never tire of seeking justice. Where people suffer from discrimination, judgment, and injustice, speak words of truth and comfort. Lead us toward a world where faithfulness will sprout underfoot and righteousness rain down from above. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Leading God, you ask us to make uneven ground smooth. Make even the disparities between your people. Sustain and support people with physical and intellectual disabilities. Accompany disability advocates who work for a world accessible to all. Teach us to celebrate the great diversity in our midst. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Tender God, you know sorrow and joy alike. We pray for those in our families and congregation who are not joyful in this holiday season. Comfort those who grieve, be a companion to all who are lonely, tend those who are sick or struggling with depression, and gather all people in your healing embrace. We pray especially for: Cindy McCollester, Jeremy and Jillian Kahl, Katie Hannasch, the family of Clarence Reinig on his death, Kathy Deitchler, Matt Rutledge, Greg Kruse, Paul Heinecke, Sandra Schoening-Woods, Ann Pestak-Vorce, Randy Williams, Luke Harms, Mark Weiler, Karen Engelke, Chuck and Betty Brotherton, the family of Cindy Chenoweth, the family of Jim Mathisen, the family of Burl Vinton, “PJ,” in the hospital with multiple medical issues, Shirley Pedersen as she prepares for a medical test next week, Flo Tompkins, Linda, Hanna Ringsdorf (COVID) Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Eternal God, we give thanks for the saints who have prepared your way in the wilderness and taught us to continue their faithful work, especially Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra. Make their generous lives an example for all. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Draw near to us, O God, and receive our prayers for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Peace The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you.Share a word or a sign of peace with those around you, or send a virtual greeting of peace to someone you’re thinking of.

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MEAL

GREAT THANKSGIVING

The presiding minister continues:

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Eucharistic Prayer and Words of InstitutionThis God of whom we speak, of whom we sing, in indeed a Holy and Mighty God, powerful and merciful. And this God not only came to us, but became one of us; God grew in Mary’s womb, nurtured by her body, and as he grew, the hope and fears of all the years drew near to their fulfilment.

On the night in which he was born, our Lord Jesus took a body, in all its human brokenness, and his mother placed him in a feeding trough – a foreshadowing of another night, when Jesus would offer his own body, broken as food. That night, when God came to earth, the new covenant began to take shape, a covenant begun with the pains of labor and brought to completion with the agony of the cross. On the night in which he was born, our very God became very human, so that he might live and die for us.

On the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread, gave thanks; and broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. Again after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying, take and drink, this is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.

For as often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim that the Lord comes, that the Lord has come, that the Lord will come again. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

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God who comes to us, pour out your Holy Spirit upon this bread and wine, and upon all your people gathered here: grant us faith so that we may live in hope; lead us into Peace with self, neighbor, creation, and Creator; bring us the Joy of living in the freedom of salvation; send us out with the Love that is born in Bethlehem and in our hearts; so that we may proclaim Christ in word and deed. Amen. Come, Holy Spirit.

All glory and honor is yours, O God, who comes to fulfill all expectation in the most unexpected of ways, through Jesus Christ the Word made flesh, with the Holy Spirit who breathes life into a dying world; now and forever. Amen.

Gathered together by the Holy Spirit, we pray as Jesus taught us:Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory,

forever and ever. Amen.

Invitation to Communion:Even as we watch and wait, Christ is here. Come, eat and drink.

At this time, peel back your pre-packaged communion cup’s top (clear) layer to remove the wafer, then the next (foil) layer to open the juice cup.OR, prepare your bread and wine or grape juice from home for your communion.

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If you are by yourself, eat the wafer or bread as the Pastor speaks these words: The body of Christ, broken for you. You may reply: Amen.And drink the wine or grape juice as the Pastor speaks these words: The blood of Christ, shed for you. You may reply: Amen.

If you are with family members or others, you may choose to serve the meal to one another using the words above.

After communion, we sing:

Prayer after CommunionGracious and abundant God, you have done great things for us, and we rejoice. In this bread and cup you give us life forever. In your boundless mercy, strengthen us and open our hearts to the world’s needs, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

SendingBLESSING

The Creator of the stars bless your Advent waiting,the long-expected Savior fill you with love,the unexpected Spirit guide your journey, ☩ now and forever. Amen.

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Sending Hymn “Rejoice, Rejoice Believers” #244

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Dismissal Go in peace. Prepare the way of the Lord! Thanks be to God!

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UPCOMING:December – Virtual Communion begins:

During Sunday worship (starting the 6th) if virtual only ORWednesdays/Thursday (staring the 2nd) if worship is in-person and livestreamed.OR by other arrangement with Pastor Luke.

Wednesdays, 11am: meet.google.com/ixe-mnpg-eejThursdays, 6:30pm: meet.google.com/uwh-pewk-hms Sundays, during 10:30 Worship, via YouTube Livestream

Pick up a prepackaged communion cup/wafer (or use your own bread and wine/grape juice) at church at any of the following Communion Pick-Up Times: Sunday – before/after 10:30 worshipMonday/Wednesday/Thursday – 9:30am-Noon, or 1:30pm-5:00pm, or evening as arranged. Tuesday – 2:00-5:00pm, or evening as arranged. Friday/Saturday – by arrangement only.

December 24th, Christmas Eve Worship 3:30pm and 7:00pm(IF in-person ) – RSVP ONLY, so that we can plan for proper social distancing. Contact Pastor Luke or Church Secretary Michelle Woodrum to reserve your spot in-person. Both services will be livestreamed. No communion.(IF Virtual only ), no RSVP required; same times, with virtual communion.

January 17th – Annual Congregational Meeting after Sunday WorshipVirtual Meeting Option: meet.google.com/pwo-bcny-rip

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