ADVENT BY CANDLELIGHT – SIGN UP TODAY!
Ladies, reserve the date, Sunday, December 2nd to participate in the 4:30 pm Advent by Candlelight at Our Savior. Sign-up sheets for attending, hosting or making a dish to share are on a table in the Narthex. Advent by Candlelight is an opportunity for women to set aside the hustle and bustle of holiday preparation and focus their minds and hearts on the birth of Christ. Beautiful decorations and fellowship provide a delightful atmosphere for the ladies to enjoy music and devotional time by candlelight. Please sign up by November 18th. Please contact Sarah in the Church office if you would like to help with the planning.
CARIS TREE FOR SEMINARY STUDENTS
Our Savior is again participating in the Charis Tree for the Seminary Students and their children. Seven local WELS churches have joined hands to provide gifts for each student and their family. A Charis tree will be on display in the narthex next week for our members to select a name, purchase a gift or gift certificate, and return the gift to the box provided by SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018. We encourage all families who are able to participate in this expression of support and thanks directed towards the students!
Help Spread the Good News!
We are excited for the opportunity to share Jesus and the Christmas story this December 7th & 8th from 6-8pm at Cedarburg Creek Farm and we need your help. In order to proclaim the good news of a Savior with a Living Nativity, we will need people to help with: Costumes, Characters, lighting/Sound, Set-up/Take-down. Want to help? Sign up in the back of church.
SAVE THE DATE!!! CHRISTMAS TREE & CHURCH DECORATING
Will be held Sat., Dec. 1st starting at 9:00 am. We need your help! We all truly enjoy the beautiful decorations in church at Christmas time. Please come and help decorate our worship facility to celebrate our Savior’s birth.
CHRISTMAS CAROLING
Join us for Christmas caroling on Sunday Dec. 9th at 5:00pm. We will meet in the Church office building and head out. Please indicate your plan to participate by signing the sheet in the narthex. Please note that there will not be a chili meal this year.
Christmas at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
The Seminary Chorus, a 52-voice men’s choir composed of students at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, will present its annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 9, at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. in the campus auditorium. Featured will be traditional and contemporary anthems for choir and hymns and carols for the audience. There are no advanced tickets sales; a free will offering is appreciated. The seminary is located 11831 N. Seminary Dr. in Mequon. Find more information on Facebook and at wls.wels.net.
KML ADULT CHORALE CHRISTMAS CONCERT
The Kettle Moraine Lutheran Adult Chorale will present its annual, Christmas concert, titled “To Us a Child Is Born,” on Sunday, December 2 at 4:00 p.m. The concert will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 777 S. Indiana Avenue in West Bend. The program will feature several Advent and Christmas anthems by the choir, with organ, piano, handbells, flute, a brass quartet, and hymns sung by the assembly. A freewill offering will be gathered.
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