MOST HIGHLY FAVORED LADY:
MEDITATIONS OF THE FAITH OF MARY, MOTHER OF OUR LORD
As we look to the blessed
virgin named Mary who bore the Son of God in her womb, what do we know about
her? As we enter the season of Advent,
we will turn our focus to Mary and what Scripture says concerning her and her
faith. We will look at the visitation of
the angel Gabriel, Mary’s visit with Elizabeth, and Mary’s song-known as the Magnificat-which is found in Luke
1. May God bless you as we head into
this penitential season of preparation, and may He strengthen your faith. Our first midweek Advent worship will be held
this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. The youth
will be serving chili and baked potatoes before worship, beginning at 5:45 p.m.
THE DECEMBER
VOTERS’ MEETING
will be held after Sunday School today.
Approving the 2018 slate of nominations for church offices will be among
the business at hand. All confirmed
members of our congregation, 18 years and older, are encouraged to attend.
CHILDREN’S
CHRISTMAS EVE PROGRAM DRAWINGS:
Children’s artwork will again be featured in this year’s Christmas Eve
bulletin. Submit your black/white
drawing on an 8½ x 11 sheet of plain white paper (drawn with black ink is
best). Preschoolers will draw something
in their Sunday School class. Please
turn in to Jessica Morphew by TODAY.
CHRISTMAS
CAROLING: Meet here at church today at 3:00 p.m. if you
would like to go Christmas caroling to our shut-ins. Then come back to the fellowship room and
enjoy soup and cookies and good fellowship!
THE ELDERS will meet this
Wednesday after worship (8:00 p.m.).
CHOIR PRACTICE for our special Service of Song planned for December 24 at 9:00 a.m. will
be held before the midweek Advent services on December 6, 13, and 20 at 5:00
p.m. in church. Questions??? Please contact Lori Hill at 812-350-1474.
CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS: If you would like to put
poinsettias on the altar/in the narthex, please contact Karen Schlehuser
(812-342-6140) by Sunday, December 17.
Persons may order through Karen or purchase on their own (please let
Karen know so proper set-up can be prepared).
CHRISTMAS TREAT
monetary donations may be given to the elder or ushers on duty or Joanie Otte
by Sunday, December 17.
CHRISTMAS CARD DELIVERY will again be done by our youth for 25 cents per card – local delivery
only, please. A box is in the narthex
for card drop-off.
EVERYONE INVITED: As we get ready to celebrate the birth of our
Lord, everyone is invited to an open house at the parsonage on December 17
between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. No need to
bring anything – there will be plenty of cookies and snacks – just come and
enjoy some time of fellowship with one another.
Hope to see you there!
In Christ, the Whitmore
Family
POSITION AVAILABLE: The school board at St John’s White Creek Lutheran
School is accepting applications for the position of Principal.
The position is full-time and will involve working with students from grades
K-8. The position requires the candidate to have a Master’s Degree and
Administrative Licensing. The individual may have teaching duties in addition
to administration responsibilities. We are seeking someone caring and diligent
about the Christian education of our children, so a Lutheran background and
Synodical training is preferred. Please send your resume to the school
office by January 11, 2018.
BIDS FOR SCHOOL CUSTODIAN need to be submitted to the church office before the
5:30 p.m. meeting of the Board of Education on Thursday, December 14. Dates for cleaning run from June 1 – May 31.
HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF EVENTS RELATIVE TO
THE REFORMATION:
1520-Leo X issues papal bull Exsurge Domine, giving Luther sixty days
to recant or be excommunicated June 15.
·
Luther
burns the papal bull and a copy of Canon Law, December 10
1521-Luther excommunicated by papal bull
Decet Romanum Pontificem, January 3
·
Luther
appears before Diet of Worms and refuses to recant, April 17-18
·
Charles
V issues Edict of Worms, declaring
Luther a public outlaw and criminal and making it illegal to have Luther’s
books, May 25.
·
Frederick
the Wise hides Luther at the Wartburg Castle for eleven months.
·
Luther
translates the New Testament into German, December – March, 1522
·
Philip
Melanchthon publishes the first Lutheran dogmatic text, Loci Theologici
·
Anabaptist
Thomas Munzer begins preaching against infant baptism.
SCRIP GIFT CARDS: If you give gift cards for Christmas, you
can order them through Scrip - convenient for you and helps earn funds for our
school! Check with Becky before this Thursday,
December 7, for a Scrip order form.
HATS, SCARVES, MITTENS, AND GLOVES are being collected
for the Eastside Community Center in Columbus.
All donations may be put either in the box in the narthex or the front
hall of school by Friday, December 8.
TICKETS for Trinity’s
donation drawing, Tickets for Textbooks,
need to be purchased from our Trinity representatives, Sue Voelker or Tom
Schroer, before this Friday, December 8.
BLOOD DRIVE: Trinity Lutheran High School, this Thursday,
December 7, 2:00-6:00 p.m., sponsored by Trinity junior, Riley Bartells as his
Eagle Scout project. Please consider
giving to this life-saving effort!
STEWARDSHIP
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: 1 Cor. 1:9
“God is faithful,
by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” The faithfulness of God is our great
comfort. He has made promises to us and
He will keep them. He is kind and loving
toward us and will not break faith with us.
This gives us the confidence to step out in faith, to leave fear
behind. So when it comes to following
the Lord’s commandments for our daily lives: we know His will is best for us
because our God is faithful.
T BLESSINGS ON YOUR WEEK! T
