Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24 -- 6:30pm -- A "Family Service" including Holy Communion. The service is unique and focused more for younger folks. The service will include the Sunday School presentation, called "Our Christmas Tree", which will be our sermon. Holy Communion will be celebrated and, with an eye to time, we will distribute Communion by "continual Communion" in the main aisle. (St. John's Church does this at the Family service ONLY.) Battery-powered candles will be available for younger folks who shouldn't really be handling a real candle. Silent Night/Stille Nacht will be sung by candlelight in both English and German.
Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24 -- 8:00pm -- A "traditional" service of Holy Communion. Pr. John will preach and we will include St. John's traditional candlelight singing of Silent Night/Stille Nacht in both English and German.
Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25 -- 10:30am -- Since Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year, Pastor John insisted on celebrating a service. Holy Communion will be offered to all who attend, but the form of the service is undecided at this time. I don't know how many people will attend, nor do I know if we will have musicians. The service will be more quiet and meditative.
New Year's Day, Sunday, January 1, 2012 -- 10:30am -- A service of Holy Communion will be celebrated to start the new year. Again the style of the service is undecided, but there will be a worship service.
I'd like to invite all who read this to join us at St. John's to celebrate the wonderous gift of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ and to dedicate the new year to worship and service. I hope to see you there.
Thanks for the artwork. For those not in the know, it was drawn and written by our daughter Katie quite a few years ago.
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