Join us as Pastor Ken Locke leads us in 9am Worship with Communion in the Sanctuary and on Zoom.

Pastor Ken Locke is serving as our Transitional Pastor. Pastor Locke has a great deal of experience in working with congregations in transition. He will lead the congregation through a time of study and discernment that will prepare us for our next full-time pastor.

You can view the bulletin here

Scripture Lessons:

Old Testament Lesson:  Isaiah 11:1-10

New Testament Lesson:  Romans 15:4-13  

Gospel Lesson:  Matthew 3:1-12

The YouTube Video can be accessed here. Pastor Ken Locke “The Fruitful Community”

The Audio file can be accessed here. Pastor Ken Locke “The Fruitful Community”

The Radio program from today can be accessed here. Pastor Ken Locke “Good News/Bad News” recorded on November 27th.

The Sermon manuscript can be found here.

Announcements for this week can be viewed here.

Scripture is read from NRSV Bible (New Revised Standard Version)
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Sermon:                                                                               Rev. Ken Locke
Children’s Time                                                                   Jennifer Zander
Liturgist:                                                                              John Neville
Cantor:                                                                                Carol Wetzel
Organist/Pianist:                                                                Kris Bartelt

Gathering Music:         PH 11 O Little Town of Bethlehem vs. 1 & 4
TEXT: Phillips Brooks, 1868
MUSIC (ST. LOUIS 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6): Lewis Henry Redner, 1868
                                             PH 31  “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” vs. 1 & 2
TEXT: Charles Wesley, 1739, alt.
MUSIC (MENDELSSOHN 7.7.7.7.D with refrain): Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; arr. William Hayman Cummings, 1855
                                             PH 41 “O Come, All Ye Faithful” vs. 1 & 3
TEXT: John Francis Wade, c. 1743; trans. Frederick Oakeley, 1841, alt.
MUSIC (ADESTE FIDELES, Irregular): John Francis Wade, c. 1743; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

 GTG 85 “Light One Candle” vs. 2 (during the lighting of the candle)
TEXT: Wayne L. Wold, 1984; © 1984 Fortress Press (admin. Augsburg Fortress)

MUSIC (TIF IN VELDELE 10.7.9.6): Yiddish folk song; arr. Wayne L. Wold, 1984;
Arr. © 1984 Fortress Press (admin. Augsburg Fortress)
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 Hymn GTG 378   We Wait the Peaceful Kingdom
TEXT: Kathleen R. Moore, 2010; © 2010 The Hymn Society
(admin. Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.)
MUSIC (MERLE’S TUNE 7.6.7.6.D): Hal H. Hopson, 1983; © 1983 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188.
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Hymn   GTG  583   Glory to God
TEXT: Trad. liturgical text
MUSIC (GLORIA (Taizé)): Jacques Berthier, 1979; © 1979, 1981 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.)
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Service Music GTG 552 “Holy, Holy, Holy”
TEXT: Trad. liturgical text
MUSIC (LAND OF REST): American folk melody; adapt. Marcia Pruner, 1980; arr. Richard Proulx, 1984; adapt. © 1980 Church Pension Fund; arr. © 1986 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Service Music GTG 553 “Christ Has Died; Christ is Risen”
TEXT: Trad. liturgical text
MUSIC (LAND OF REST): American folk melody; arr. Richard Proulx, 1984; © 1986 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Offering Prelude on Aberystwyth                                                        by Healey Willan
from Healey Willan
Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ Set 1, Peters Edition No. 6011
© Copyright 1956 by C.F. Peters Corporation, New York
All rights reserved

Offertory PH 427 Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service (vs. 1)
Text Albert F. Bayly, (1901 – 1984) 1961:alt © Oxford University Press
Hymn Tune: Blaenhafre, Welsh Melody
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Hymn GTG 163 Wild and Lone the Prophet’s Voice
TEXT: Carl P. Daw Jr., 1985; © 1989 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188.
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MUSIC (ABERYSTWYTH 7.7.7.7.D): Joseph Parry, 1876, All rights reserved.  
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Closing Refrain PH 9   O Come, O Come, Immanuel (vs 1 & 2)
TEXT: Latin prose, pre-9th cent.; trans composite
MUSIC (VENI EMMANUEL, LM with refrain): Plainsong; adapt. Thomas Helmore, 1852; arr. John Weaver, 1988; arr. © 1990 John Weaver

Postlude Oh, Come, Emmanuel                                                                by Wilbur Held
From “A Nativity Suite” by Wilbur Held
© Copyright 1959 by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO
All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

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