If you or anyone you know needs prayer or wishes to be added to the prayer list please email your request to bethanytanunda@gmail.com and they will be included in the Church Bulletin prayer list.
Monday 18th December, 8 pm for an 8.30 pm start. BYO chairs and torches.
Port & Kuchen will be served after the program. All children attending will receive a honey biscuit.
Once again the Moculta Lutheran community, Gnadenberg and Gruenberg congregations, are getting ready to present the annual Live Nativity.
It will be held on the property of Michael and Sue Falkenberg, 798 Moculta Roadso. Follow the signs along Moculta Road.
Invitation to both men and women, to attend their Christmas Lunch beginning at 12 noon on Thursday, December 14th at Langmeil Hall, Tanunda. $20 per person.
Reply to Irene Schubert at 8563 3394 or Raelene Mattner at 0407 602 540 by December 7th, 2023.
There will be an offering to support the work of the Australian Lutheran World Service. We look forward to you joining us.
2nd Sunday of Advent
9.00 am Tabor Holy Communion Service with Pastor Paul Kerber
10.30 am Bethany Holy Communion Service with Pastor Paul Kerber
LCA Readings
Isaiah 40:1-11 Prepare the way of the Lord
2 Peter 3:8-15a The day of the Lord
Mark 1:1-8 John the Baptist prepares the way
Prayer
Stir up our hearts, Lord, to prepare the way for your only Son. Help us by his coming to serve you with pure hearts and minds.
We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Worship Service
9.00 am Combined Service at Faith Jnr School, 16 Maria St, Tanunda. Service will be followed by a Call Meeting.
This week's LCA Readings
Isaiah 64:1-9 Open the heavens and come down!
1 Corinthians 1:3-9 As you wait for Christ's return
Mark 13:24-37 No one knows the day or the hour
LCA Prayer
Stir up your power, Lord, and come. Protect us, so that we may be rescued
from the threatening dangers of our sins, and saved by your deliverance.
For you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER
If you or anyone you know needs prayer or wishes to be added to the prayer list please email your request to bethanytanunda@gmail.com and we will include them in the Bulletin Prayer List.
Lutheran Care Christmas Hampers “Thank so much for your continued support”
Item Collection Point: The Hub - Aim: 25 Hampers
Items required: Cereal (medium), Long life 1Lt Milk, Custard & Fruit Juice, Tea/ Coffee/Milo (small/medium), Plumrose Tinned Ham 340-450gm, Mixed Tin Vegetables, Tinned Fruit, Vegemite/Jam (small-medium), Sweet Biscuits, Christmas Lollies, Chips.
Alternatively, cash donations can be made to The Hub to cover the purchase of required items.
Invitation to both men and women, to attend their Christmas Lunch beginning at 12 noon on Thursday, December 14th at Langmeil Hall, Tanunda. $20 per person.
Reply to Irene Schubert at 8563 3394 or Raelene Mattner at 0407 602 540 by December 7th, 2023.
There will be an offering to support the work of the Australian Lutheran World Service. We look forward to you joining us.
SERVICES THIS SUNDAY:
9.00 am Tabor HC Service with Pastor Sam Davis
10.30 am Bethany HC Service with Pastor Sam Davis
THE LAST SUNDAY OF THE CHURCH YEAR
As the church year draws to a close, the readings begin to reflect themes of eschatology, that is, the ‘last things’. The ‘Last Sunday of the Church Year’ may be seen as a day when the focus is on God’s ‘fulfillment’ of his judgment and salvation. For us Christians, this is at the same time the ‘fulfillment’ of the hope to which we were called at our baptism.
LCA Readings
Ephesians 1:15-23 Christ reigns at God’s right hand
Matthew 25:31-46 The King’s final judgment
LCA Prayer
Lord God, the heavenly Father, let your dear Son, Jesus Christ,
come quickly and take to himself his bride, the church.
Bring us, together with all the redeemed, into your glory.
We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.