12.5.21 Announcements & Bulletin
Prayer requests; Please lift up in prayer- Cindy Norberg, Trangsrud family, Luke Olson, Marlys Grindberg, Jack Davidson, Toots Smeby, Julie Burkhart, Arlene Haux, Matthew Lunde, Bennett Mitchell, Garret Fenner & family, Trudy Torgerson, Tanya Ausk, Shirley Berg, Wesley Nelson, Shirley Jermstad, Carol Malone.
Announcements
December Worship Times Norman 9:00am Davenport Worship 11:00am Sunday School during 900am Worship - Davenport Wednesday Kids Club 4:15-5pm Confirmation Wednesday 6:15-7pm **Christmas Eve Worship Service times-- Norman 3:00pm and Davenport 5:00pm
*KAMA Christmas Food Basket items for donation 20lbs of butter (20 boxes with 4 sticks) and five hams. You may give a monetary donation towards these items if you would like. See Pastor Katie or Joan. Delivery to KLC by Dec 18.
*Norman Choir will practice after worship today with the Sunday School kids to prepare for singing in church on the 12th
*Norman Lutheran will be having a fun Gingerbread Manger Scene event following services on Sunday, December 12th. Please contact Pastor Katie if you would like to create a manger scene. All welcome!
*Sunday School/Wednesday Kids Club Christmas programs will be during worship services on Sunday, December 19th. Norman will have treats following 9:00am service. Davenport will have a soup & sandwich lunch following 11:00am worship. All are welcome!!
*BINGO Davenport Lutheran Thursday, December 16th 7:00pm-8:30pm. Davenport Supper Club. Kids are welcome if accompanied by an adult. All proceeds will go toward new audio/video equipment for the sanctuary. Come and join the fun! Bring your friends and neighbors!
*A friendly reminder to Norman members, please take the time to submit your recipes for the 150th cookbook. More information by the bulletin board or contact Deanna Opgrand.
* Norman Members- There are slots left in December including bringing goodies for the Christmas Program on Sunday, December 19 and ushering for the Christmas Eve service Friday, December 24th at 3 p.m. the link is always on the website: ndparish.net and also a direct link here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B4AA8AF23A5FF2-usher. Or you can contact Deacon Eric Berg at 701.799.6338 to sign up.
*Pastor Katie is seeking five individuals or five families who would like to sign up to light the Advent Candle. We need one person/family per week at each church starting this Sunday. You will have a sheet of paper with a Bible verse and prayer to read and will light the candle. It is a very beautiful and meaningful part of the Advent season. The fifth week is the Christmas Eve service which is 3:00 pm Norman and 5:00 pm Davenport. Week 1 – Hope Week 2 – Love Week 3 – Joy Week 4 – Peace Week 5 – Christ
Sign-up link:
**You may find the signup genius links on the Parish website at ndparish.net
*January 2022 Worship Times…..Davenport will worship at 9:00am and Norman 11:00am
Community Events
*Elementary Music Concert Thursday, December 9th at Kindred Elementary South Gym 6:30pm. All welcome! *High School Music Concert Thursday, December 16th 7:00pm in high school gym. *Kindred Parks & Rec event (create craft ornaments) at the Kindred High School December 12th from 3:00pm-5:00pm Free Admission
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Norman Davenport Lutheran Worship 2ndSunday of Advent – December 5th2021
Pastor Katie Kringstad
GATHERING
The Holy Spirit calls us together as the people of God.
PRELUDE/BELLS WELCOME / ANNOUNCEMENTS
GATHERING PRAYER - Dear Lord, I thank you for this day, these people, this church and community. I pray that you would be with us this hour and that you would open our hearts to your word. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
GATHERING SONG Angels, from the Realms of Glory (ELW 275) vs 1-2
LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH
PEACE (ELW p. 152)
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS (ELW p. 94).
PRAYER OF THE DAY (ELW p. 150)
Let us pray. A brief silence is kept before the prayer.
Stir up our hearts, Lord God, to prepare the way of your only Son. By his coming give to all the people of the world knowledge of your salvation; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
CHILDREN’S MOMENT
FIRST READING: Malachi 3:1-4
PSALM: Luke 1:68-79
SECOND READING: Philippians 1:3-11
HYMN OF THE DAY Prepare the Royal Highway (ELW 264) verses 1-2
GOSPEL: Luke 3:1-6
SERMON
HYMN OF THE DAY Prepare the Royal Highway (ELW 264) verses 3-4
CREED (ELW p. 152)
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.*
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
In this season of watching and waiting, let us pray for all people and places that yearn for God’s presence. A brief silence.
You send messengers into the world to proclaim the day of your coming. Make our bishops, pastors, deacons, and lay preachers confident in their preaching, that their words and our lives witness to your grace. Lord, in your mercy.
Hear our prayer.
Send your Spirit to all living creatures that are endangered. Provide them with shelter and care, and bring us into right relationship with the earth that you create and call good. Lord, in your mercy.
Hear our prayer.
Send leaders to our nations, cities, schools, and businesses to work on behalf of those who have lost parents, spouses, and loved ones; immigrants; the imprisoned; those living in poverty; and all who are oppressed. Make them bold in their commitments to justice and reconciliation. Lord, in your mercy.
Hear our prayer.
Send your servants to care for those who suffer. Use our ministries and our lives to reach out with compassion to those who are hungry, oppressed, lonely, or ill. Grant them healing and wholeness. Lord, in your mercy.
Hear our prayer.
Send prophets to speak difficult truths, even when they are poorly received. Embolden those who ask hard questions and challenge accepted ways. Instill in youth and elders alike a passion for pointing to Jesus in all things. Lord, in your mercy.
Hear our prayer.
We remember your saints, both those publicly celebrated and those more humbly remembered. Confident that your work will be completed, we live in faith until the day of your coming. Lord, in your mercy.
Hear our prayer.
God of new life, you come among us in the places we least expect. Receive these prayers and those of our hearts, in the name of Jesus. Amen.
OFFERING SONG: REJOICE, REJOICE, BELIEVERS #244 OFFERING PRAYER:
Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts: ourselves, our time, and our possessions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love, through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
SENDING
God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world. BLESSING (ELW p. 155) The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord’s face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and ☩ give you peace. Amen.
SENDING SONG Angels, from the Realms of Glory (ELW 275) vs 3-4
DISMISSAL (ELW p. 155)
Go in peace. Serve the Lord. Thanks be to God.
