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January 8, 2023 Service

As we celebrate Epiphany today, may we see the rising of the Light, Jesus Christ, who overcomes the darkness. Jesus brings us into the Light and shows us that He came for all people, including us. We welcome all people to God’s house this morning. Link to Service video on Vimeo Link to service bulletin

Christmas Day Service

As we gather on this Christmas Day, it is most appropriate to celebrate Holy Communion, and thus not only to hear of but also to receive with the mouth the Word Who became flesh and dwelt among us (Jn 1:14). A Blessed Christmas to us all! Link to Service video on Vimeo Link to service bulletin  

December 18, 2022 Service

It is exactly one week before Christmas. In six days, the sanctuary will be much fuller than normal. Many who are usually absent from worship will be present. As you prepare to celebrate Christmas rightly, this Sunday provides an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be present – for us and for God. Link to Service video on Vimeo Link…

December 11, 2022 Service

The season of Advent is a time of hopeful anticipation—not only for December 25th, but even more for the second coming of Christ. Christians live in constant hope for that day. But during the season of Advent, our longing becomes more explicit and acute. The annual celebration of the incarnation reminds us that, as surely as Christ first came hidden as a…

December 4, 2022 Service

The Advent season as a whole is a time in which the Church not only prepares to celebrate the Feast of Our Lord’s Nativity but also looks forward in repentance and faith to our Savior’s glorious second coming. This second Sunday of Advent emphasizes the hope believers have based on the present fulfillment of God’s promises Link to Service video on Vimeo…

November 27, 2022 Service

Advent prepares the baptized both to celebrate our Lord’s having already come and already redeemed His fallen creation and to look forward to His coming again in glory. The Collect of the Day is addressed to God the Son. To Christ we pray, “Come!” For what purpose? That “we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by…

November 20, 2022 Service

The Last Sunday of the Church year is a day of awe and glory. When the wood is finally dry (Gospel, Lk 23:31), the distinction between the unrepentant thief reviling Christ (23:39) and the penitent thief seeking Christ’s mercy (23:42) shall be made known throughout the earth as the distinction between “the righteous and the wicked.” Link to Service video on Vimeo…

November 13, 2022 Service

The end of the church year always focuses on the last things of this life and this age. The Nicene Creed confessed before the sermon will remind the congregation of “the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.” You may say at the Service of the Sacrament, “Amen! Come, Lord Jesus,” and His return is announced as…

Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner

You are invited to our Annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner on November 24th at noon.  If you and your family or someone you know will be alone on Thanksgiving Day, please come to St. Paul’s at noon for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. When: Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 24th at NOON Where: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bremen Delivery is available To sign…