This Sunday+
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164: St. Jerome (Lion)
The First Sunday of Advent
Sunday, November 30
8 AM — Indoor Holy Eucharist Rite I
9 AM — Outdoor Holy Eucharist Rite II
9-11 AM — Child Care
10 AM — Indoor Holy Eucharist Rite II & Live Stream (with choir)
10 AM — Church School
11 AM — World’s Greatest Coffee Hour
Special Announcements
This Sunday
Advent Wreath Making
Join us for this traditional family event in Morrill Hall after the 10AM service. Families are invited to enjoy coffee hour and, at the same time, visit our tables to make a complimentary Advent wreath. We will provide candles and greens, and welcome you to bring more from home. Please bring your frame from last year and clippers if you have them. We will have a limited quantity on hand as well. Begin a prayerful countdown to Christmas!
Advent Devotional On Sale at Coffee Hour
At Coffee Hour today, don’t miss the chance to purchase Beginnings and Endings (and what happens in-between), an Advent daily devotional book by Maggi Dawn. Limited copies are available for $10.
This Sunday is the LAST DAY to register for the 2025 World’s Greatest Christmas Pageant, so we can continue our behind-the-scenes work.
Pageant participants are those in a threes pre-school program through those in seventh grade. We will need plenty of help from parents too. Stay tuned for more on that!
138: Dialogue between Faith and Science (Maltese Cross and Atom)
Sunday’s Music
Sunday, November 30
Our Offertory Anthem, Handel’s And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (from Messiah) needs no introduction or commentary. But what about our Organ Voluntaries (organ solos on Laissez paitre vos bêtes (“Let your flocks graze”) and our Anthem during the Communion, O come, divine Messiah? The original text, Venez, divin Messie (“Come, divine Messiah”), to be sung in Advent to the tune of Laissez paître vos bêtes, was penned by the Abbot Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663-1745): the English version dates from 1872. Venez, divin Messie is still sung throughout France during Advent and Christmas. I arranged this version for our Choir (with organ accompaniment) in 2019.