Advent

Be Strong, Your God Will Come

Text:  Isaiah 35: 1-10 Last Sunday, Karen and I went to the Christmas Pops concert at the Wells Fargo center.  It was great.  Even better, we didn’t have to pay.   Thrivent for Lutherans picked up the tab. During the concert we heard a few winter songs like jingle bells.  But for the most part we listened to the orchestra play […]

A Song of Ascents

Psalm 130 A song of ascents. 1     Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; 2          O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3     If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? 4     But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. […]

The Weeks to Come – Come Lord Jesus!

Thanksgiving Worship – Sunday, November 24 (Petaluma) First Sunday in Advent – Sunday, December 1 (Petaluma) Christmas for Kids – Saturday, December 7 (Petaluma) Advent Devotion – Wednesday, December 11 (Windsor) 6:30 soup supper/7 pm devotion Advent Devotion – Wednesday, December 18 (Petaluma) 6:30 soup supper/7 pm devotion Christmas Eve – Tuesday, December 24, 7pm (Petaluma) Christmas Day with Holy […]

A Voice Calls Out From the Desert

Text: Luke 3: 1-6 He shows up this time each year.  It might seem kind of confusing.  Here we are a few weeks from celebrating our Savior’s birth and this man named John shows up.  It doesn’t seem like he belongs.  Soon we’ll put up our manger scene. Mary, Joseph, the Child,  We think of  shepherds.  But we won’t have […]

A New Way to Do Advent

A New Way to Do Advent this Wednesday Evening (12-05-12) 7 pm Petaluma Before we begin, you may: Have a cup of coffee, a cookie or two. Designate your offering for our mission work in India or to ministry to the military Write out any prayer requests When we begin: We’ll be together as family We’ll sing. We’ll confess and […]