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Christmas Eve! Advent Lunches!
Christmas Eve, Sunday December 24
Sunday Morning
10-11:15 or so, join us in traditional Sunday morning worship
11:15-12:00 informal sharing of coffee, goodies, and fellowship
Sunday Evening
6:45 – 7:00, we enjoy an informal carol sing as we gather and greet one another, then
7:00 – 8:15 or so, a traditional “Lessons and Carols” candle-light service, featuring The Story and beloved songs
8:15 or so, a little more coffee, goodies, and fellowship
Wednesdays, December 6, 13, 20 11:30 – 1:30
11:30 – 12:30. St. Timothy Mid-week Advent Worship will be a “suffrage” (prayers for thanks, our community, and each other) with a informal Bible study on the previous Sunday’s gospel.
12:30 – 1:30, the worshipers will share a pot-luck lunch while making sandwiches for Cultivate Initiative clients as we did for God’s Work Our Hands on September 3.
These will each be a “Service/Service.”
ALOHA, ALL! I HOPE YOU “REGULARS” WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR ADVENT MIDWEEK. SINCE WE ARE HAVING A LUNCH AND STUDY, I’M HOPING YOU’LL HELP IN THE LUNCH BY BRINGING SOMETHING TO SHARE. I’M MAKING MY “CLEAN OUT THE FRIDGE” BEAN SOUP FOR THIS COLD WEATHER. WE’LL NEED ANOTHER HOT DISH, SALADS, DESSERTS, AND BREAD.
WE’LL MEET IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL BECAUSE WE’LL NEED THE SPACE FOR THE SANDWICH MAKING. I’M HOPING WE’LL HAVE AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE FOR THIS.
HOPE YOU CAN HELP AND, CERTAINLY, I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US DESPITE THE WEATHER… SO PARAPHRASING DEAN MARTIN… OH, THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL BUT THE FELLOWSHIP HALL IS SO DELIGHTFUL. SO, WE’LL SERVE AND NOT COMPLAIN… LET IT RAIN! LET IT RAIN! LET IT RAIN!
BLESSINGS IN THIS SEASONS AS WE PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD! PEACE AND ALOHA IN CHRIST – YUKIO, December 5, 2023
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Lenten Special Services
In addition to Sunday 10 am worship services every Sunday in 2023, St. Timothy Lutheran Church will also celebrate:
ASH WEDNESDAY
Wednesday February 24, 2023 at 12 noon and 6:30 pm in the main church sanctuary, with a simple liturgy of the Anointing of Ashes. A cross of oil and ashes is drawn on the forehead. We are marked and loved by the Lord “from dust and to dust”.
LENTEN MIDWEEK SERVICES AND SOUP LUNCH
Wednesday March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 12 noon in the Hospitality house Fireside room with a simple liturgy of Suffrages (prayers for help for ourselves, our families, communities, our world and all people). We’ll share a soup and bread potluck lunch, with a Bible study and discussion about the day’s message. Drop in if you like, or make a reply below, or contact us to let us know you’re coming. We’ll have plenty for you, too.
HOLY WEEK
Thursday April 6 Maundy Thursday at 6:30 with a moving service culminating in the stripping of the altar.
Friday April 7 Good Friday at 6:30 with bidding prayers and adoration of the cross.
Saturday April 8 Easter Jubilee, 1-3:00 pm, when we celebrate with family fun, games, crafts, goodies, and so much more. Contact us and we’ll send you an invitation soon.
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Pandemic Guidelines
What are your pandemic guidelines for Sunday gatherings?
To safely hold worship services, the Oregon Health Authority has mandated all people continue to wear a mask at all times. We frequently wash hands with soap and water and respect the needs of others in regards to feeling safe from infection. Due to COVID guidelines, we are advised to not shake hands or hug during the Sharing of Peace. Instead, we invite you to stand and wave, virtually hug, or make the peace sign.
Each Sunday, please take an individual Holy Communion set located at the church entrance.
During Communion you will be invited to remove the clear plastic film covering the wafer. Be careful that you only remove the clear plastic film on the very top. To do so, pull the hard plastic down to separate the clear plastic film from the foil. After you have partaken of the body of Christ, you will be invited to remove the purple foil covering the grape juice. A paper bowl is located at the end of your pew for your trash.
We review safety measures regularly in keeping with leaders from the Oregon Lutheran Synod, the State of Oregon and the City of Portland in Multnomah county via the Oregon Health Authority. We expect these guidelines will serve us through February, 2022.
Lead me, guide me along the way,
for if you lead me I cannot stray.
