ADVENT SERVICES
Join us for Advent Vespers on Wednesdays, December 6, 13, 20th at 7:00 p.m.
Are you ready to craft? Our Children's Christmas Craft Fair will be Saturday, December 9 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Invite your friends, family, and neighbors to come for crafts, face painting, snacks, and pictures with Santa.
Part One of our annual congregational meeting is this Sunday, December 10. We will be electing Council members, come join us and cast your vote. If you have not yet returned your pledge cards, please do so.
Come join us in celebrating Pastor Robb immediately following service on December 17. Bring a great side dish to share, and any great stories you may have.
The Jesse Tree is up! We are sponsoring a local family who are in need this Christmas. Gifts are due by December 17, please take a tag and purchase the item(s) listed.
We are looking for a few volunteers to help in the office with bulletins, checking voice mails, and generally being sure nothing falls through the cracks. If you are interested, please see Mary Shulak.
The Gathering will have its last meeting of 2023 on Friday, December 15 at 11:00 am at the home of Barbara Little. There will be a Christmas ornament exchange, so please bring an ornament and join the fun! St. Luke Guys will be meeting at El Jalisco, 36 Mill Road, McDonough, at 11:30.
Worship This Week
December 10, 2023
Second Sunday of Advent
Readings and Psalm
Isaiah 40:1-11
Good news of God’s coming to a people in exile
Good news of God’s coming to a people in exile
Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
Righteousness shall prepare a pathway for God. (Ps. 85:13)
Righteousness shall prepare a pathway for God. (Ps. 85:13)
2 Peter 3:8-15a
Waiting for and hastening the day of God
Waiting for and hastening the day of God
Mark 1:1-8
John appears from the wilderness
John appears from the wilderness
Prayer of the Day
Stir 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.
