The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd - LCMS

Worship

Sunday Service

9:00am
Education Hour
10:15am

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Readings for:

December 1, 2019
First Sunday in Advent
First Reading
Isaiah 2:1-5
Second Reading
Romans 13: 11-14
Gospel Reading
Matthew 21:1-11
Liturgical Color
Blue

Advent / Christmas Services

Wednesday, Dec. 4, 6:30pm, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Bear to us Kindness
Sunday, Dec. 8, 9am, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Bear to us Peace
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6:30pm, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Bear to us Tenderness
Sunday, Dec. 15, 9am, Gaudete Sunday, Sunday School Pageant
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 6:30pm, Service of Lessons and Carols, Concordia Classical Academy and Good Shepherd Choirs
Saturday, Dec. 21, 3-5pm, Christmas Caroling
Sunday, Dec. 22, 9am, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Bear to us Love
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 4pm and 10pm Christmas Eve Candle Light "Our Emmanuel Comes!"
Wednesday, Dec. 25, Feast of Christmas Day

Lectionary Summaries
lutherancalendar.org

Rev Vance and Linda Becker - Serving the Lord in Kenya

Stewardship

Matt. 21:3 – “If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” Just a colt and her foal. How significant could they be? Could they really be used by the Lord for some great, heavenly purpose? This is one facet of stewardship we often forget: it is a blessing to us to be of service in the Lord’s kingdom. What honor the Lord bestows upon us by using our gifts for His goals.

Life Message

“Here is why Christmas matters … ‘[H]e too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death …’ (Hebrews 2:14a). Imagine that. He needed a human body so it could be nailed to a cross. He needed human blood so it could be poured out as a sin offering for the world. For you. And it all started in Bethlehem. What can you say to that but ‘glory to God in the highest!’” Pastor Mark Jeske, Time of Grace - A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life www.lutheransforlife.org