Fourth Sunday in Advent
December 22, 2024
Dear People of Saint John’s,
This Sunday we will be celebrating an Advent Nine Lessons and Carols service at 10 a.m. This festive liturgy will feature the children and special music, and as it does not include a sermon or the Eucharist, it is especially accessible to friends, neighbors, and family who may not usually attend church. Coffee hour will be provided through the generosity of Isabelle Andrews and Jeff Anderson. Please invite your peeps, and come!
Invite them also to our Christmas Eve services. We will have two:
December 24: 4 pm family service
9:30 pm chime concert
10 pm Eucharist
A timely word from Thompson Howell bears repeating:
Have you ever thought about possibly joining the Choir of St. John’s? Are you curious about being part of a church choir and leading the congregation musically each week? Join the Choir and me at our 10pm service on Christmas Eve to get a taste of the experience!
We’ll all meet for a rehearsal at 8:30pm that evening to go over hymns, service music, and a simple anthem we’ll be singing for the Offertory.
Please contact Organist & Director of Music Thompson Howell at thowell@stjohnstroy.org if you’re ready to lend your voice to a festive Christmas Eve celebration.
Looking ahead, we need volunteers for coffee hour for December 29th and beyond. Please call the office to sign up, or put your name on the list in the hallway.
Ordos as well as new directories are available in the Narthex. We are providing the announcements in a separate stack from the bulletins. The announcements are also available online. For those of you who will be worshiping with us via live stream, be sure to let us know that you are there through the chat feature, so that we can greet you at the passing of the Peace. The services and bulletins will be found below. Come join in worship!
With gratitude for our life together,
Mother Judith
Live Stream Bulletin Calendar & Announcements
All hymns can be found in the bulletin this week.
Sunday's Hymns |
Hymnal |
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| Processional Hymn | ~ Once in David's Royal City ~ | |
| After Lesson 1 | ~ I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light ~ | 490 |
| After Lesson 2 |
~ How Far is it to Bethlehem ~ |
Choir |
| After Lesson 3 | ~ O Day of Peace that Dimly Shines ~ | 597 |
| After Lesson 4 | ~ Tell Out, My Soul | 438 |
| After Lesson 5 | ~ Oh the Father's Love Begotten ~ | 82 |
| After Lesson 6 | ~ Sing of Mary, Pure and Lovely ~ | 277 |
| After Lesson 7 | ~ Away in a Manger ~ | 262 |
| After Lesson 8 |
~ Angels We Have Heard on High ~ |
96 |
| Recessional Hymn | ~ Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending ~ | 57 |
What to Look For (to Send a Chat)
Once you are viewing the live stream by pressing the link above, there should be a "conversation" to the right of the stream (Top Chat). Like this:
Messages populate from the bottom of the box. You add your message by typing on the "Say something..." line and pressing Enter (or clicking/tapping on the right-pointed arrow under your message). Other messages that come in after yours will file in underneath yours in the running chat above the entry line.
If you're watching the live stream in full screen mode, you'll need to find the chat box. This might be found using the arrow at the bottom center of the screen under the red line. You'll have to click or tap on the screen to see this option, similar to when you want to pause or change the volume, etc.
See that little white down arrow/carat under the red line and Scroll for details? If you tap on that, the screen pulls up, and you see the chat box. You may need to scroll up further to see the "Say something" line.
Sunday Liturgy will be available on YouTube after the conclusion of the 10 am service.
For our YouTube Channel Videos click here ==> All streamed services
Click on the Subscribed button and then the Bell in the upper right hand corner of our channel to be notified of any new videos.
Here are other links that you may find helpful:
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Stations of the Cross |
