Advent & Christmas Events
Christmas Eve Service Schedule
Christmas Eve Livestream @ 4pm
2 pm - Join us for a simple Eucharist OUTSIDE on the patio at 2 pm on Christmas Eve. We'll keep our masks on while we sing carols a capella. We'll hear the Christmas story, offer our prayers, and celebrate Eucharist. This service will be no longer than 45 minutes.
4 pm - Eucharist with carols, a cantor and trumpet, a simple Christmas pageant, and candlelight. This service will be livestreamed so that you can participate from home at any time. Nursery is available for this service.
8 pm - Eucharist with carols, a quartet and trumpet, and candlelight. Nursery is not available at this service.
10:30 pm - Eucharist with carols, choir and trumpet, incense, and candlelight. Nursery is not available at this service.
*Note - Masks are required for everyone over age two at all services
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The Greatness of the Lord
A Facebook friend asked recently in a group "What is your favorite gospel, and why?" I immediately wrote, "Luke! It is the good news of a world turned upside-down by the work of Jesus." I also like that Luke is a two-parter. We think that the book of Acts was written by the same person who wrote the gospel of Luke. The story of Jesus continues in the story of the Church.
Dr. Denny Clark, our Parish Theologian, offers several more reasons to like Luke's gospel in his introduction to Luke in our Advent devotions. We will read Luke quite a bit in the year ahead.
Because we are reading Luke, it made sense to focus in this Advent season on a familiar passage from Luke 1 - The Song of Mary. This is the song of trust and hope which Mary sang to God in her own Advent moment, as she waited for Jesus. Her waiting began with these words of praise: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.
Like Mary, we wait. We wait for the coming of God's reign of love in its fullness. We wait to see what our post-pandemic "new normal" will look like. We wait in prayer and discernment. We do not wait as those without hope. With Mary, we wait in confidence, trusting that the One who has done great things in the past will continue to do great things now and in the future.
For our Advent devotions this year, we invited St. Thomas parishioners to share how they experience the Greatness of the Lord in their lives. Read their words as part of your daily devotions, or while lighting your Advent wreath. A liturgy for use with the Advent wreath is included in the booklet. Scripture readings for each day of Advent are also listed.
May this Advent season lead us all to deeper trust in God our Savior.
Blessings -
Rev. Grace
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