Advent and Christmas at Emmaus
The new church year begins by focusing on the humble coming of the Lord. “Advent” is from the Latin word that means “coming.”
Wednesday December 2, 9, 16:
6:00 p.m. Soup Supper at Emmaus Lutheran School
7:00 p.m. Vespers at Emmaus Lutheran Church (Rev. Dr. John Hellwege, preacher) Theme: Savior of the Nations.
Saturday December 19:
9:00 a.m. Christmas decorating at church
Sunday December 20:
5:00 p.m. Children’s Christmas concert, followed by Christmas caroling in Fox Park and potluck supper.
Thursday December 24:
7:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Service (Rev. Scot Kinnaman, preacher)
Friday December 25:
10:15 a.m. Christmas Hymn Sing
10:30 a.m. Christmas Day Divine Service with Holy Communion (Rev. Dr. John Hellwege, preacher)
Every Sunday:
9:15 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Study
10:30 a.m. Divine Service with Holy Communion
Prayer for the Coming of the Lord:
Almighty God, heavenly Father, bestow on us Your grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which Your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility, that in the Last Day when He will come again in His glorious Majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may then rise to the life immortal; through Him who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.