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“O COME, LET US ADORE HIM, CHRIST THE LORD!”

While the temperature throughout the past month has not reflected it (apart from a very weird Halloween weekend snowstorm), the month of December – and therefore our Christmas celebration – are upon us!  As we approach the most beloved holiday of the year, I wanted you to be aware of our December schedule since there will be special worship opportunities for us to help us celebrate the birth of the Christ child once again.        

This year, Christmas Day falls on a Sunday.  In keeping with our long held tradition, we will offer a single worship service Christmas morning.  We will once again gather at 9 AM for a service of Holy Communion to be celebrated in our nave.  There will be no 8 AM chapel service nor any Sunday School on Christmas Day.

In fact, there will also be no chapel worship service on Sunday, December 18th.  On that day, the Sunday School children will present their annual Christmas program at 10:45 AM.  In order to give our full support to that effort, we are canceling the chapel worship service that day as well.  There will be one other significant change that day as well.  Because of the nature of the Sunday School program and the props needed to support the program, our worship service on December 18th will be held in the Kaiser Auditorium and not in the nave, so please be aware of that.

As is also our custom, we will also gather on Saturday evening, December 24th for our traditional Christmas Eve worship service of lessons and carols.  That service will begin at 7:30 PM. 

Finally, while it falls in the month of January and not December, please also be aware that there will be only a single worship service at 9 AM in the nave on Sunday, January 1st.  It is a rare occasion when New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, but that is the case this year.  Once again, there will be no Sunday School nor a chapel worship service on that day.

Peace.

In His service,

The Rev. Dr. Gary J. Langensiepen
Pastor

e-mail:  pastor@stjohnswindish.org
Office:  (610) 868-3282
Study:  (610) 868-3599