Gethsemane annual Borderland Trip to Eagle Pass is January 8-10, 2016.
Youth 18 and under must have a parent or guardian with them. Annual mission trips include: community garden, painting, cleaning, carpentry, modified Bible School, Spanish worship Sunday morning.
Brochures in the narthex.
Thursday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
| 12 Noon | Christmas Eve Eucharist |
| 7:00 pm | Christmas Eve Candle Light Family Worship, Santa Lucia,Christmas apples |
| 11:00 pm | Christmas Eve Candle Light Worship, Santa Lucia, Christmas apples |
Friday, Dec. 25 – Christmas Day
Nativity of Our Lord
| 8:00 am | Swedish Julotta (Sanctuary) |
| 8:30 am | Christmas Fellowship (Narthex) |
| 9:00 am | Eucharist, Carols, Christmas Story (Sanctuary) |
Waiting is just so hard, isn’t it? And yet every child knows the wonder-filled delight of waiting through Advent for the baby born in Bethlehem. Children, of every age, are invited to the Children’s Advent Festival on December 20th at 9:30am in the Multi-Purpose Room. Children will hear the story of the Prophets, the Holy Family, the Shepherds, the Angels, and the Magi told by St. Nicholas and St. Lucia. It will be a festive morning for all ages, with refreshments, goodies, song and story! Don’t miss it.
Children preparing to help tell the story through play acting and song, are invited to special rehearsals during Advent Midweek Connections on December 9th and 16th and during the Sunday School hour on December 13th in the Multi-Purpose Room.
The Angel Giving Tree to benefit T.A. Brown Elementary families has been placed in the narthex. Plan to fill your Advent/Christmas Season with the spirit of giving by being a Gethsemane Angel and giving a gift to the Angel Giving Tree.
Saturday, December 19, Gethsemane youth gather in the Music Room 9:30 a.m. to prepare and deliver the gifts for Angel Tree families. Please return your gifts for our families at T.A.
Brown Elementary by Wednesday, December 16.
ADVENT WEDNESDAYS
DEC. 2ND, 9TH & 16TH
Advent soup prepared by Viola Hall & Tim Huston
@5:30pm
Learning & Fellowship for all ages Confirmands meet with Pastor Susie @6pm
“Holden Evening Prayer” Eucharist @7pm
Confirmands meet with their mentors after service
Come light the Advent candles in preparation
for the twelve days of Christmas!
ADVENT TIME
The liturgical church year invites the baptized community to be transformed into the Advent Community by lighting candles in the Advent wreath, singing the traditional Advent carols, commemorating St. Nicholas, 4th century Bishop of Myra on Dec. 6; celebrating the first Lutheran worship service in Austin leading to the birth of Gethsemane congregation on Dec. 12; and learning from Santa Lucia to share with others on Dec. 13.
Advent is for the faithful anticipating the celebration of the One who came, comes, will come again—- ”Come, Lord Jesus. Come.”
