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Second Sunday of Advent – December 8, 2024

We gather on the Second Sunday of Advent at 10am for worship

& our Annual Christmas Pageant

Forerunners and messengers advance the advent of our God.  While John the baptizer’s voice in the wilderness may be the principal focus of the day, Malachi’s prophecy could as easily herald the coming Christ as forerunner of the Lord of hosts.  Finally all the baptized are called to participate in the sharing of the gospel.  In so doing we prepare the way for the coming of Jesus and assist all people in capturing a vision of the “salvation of God.”

You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.

There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!

Coffee Fellowship:  Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!

Upcoming Events: 

  • Sat. Dec. 7 – Bake sale set up 10 am to noon, bring your items then
  • This Sunday, Dec. 8  10 am
    • Christmas Pageant (invite a friend)
    • Angel gifts due
    • MMRR Bake Sale
  • Tues. Dec. 10 – Church Council 6:30 pm
  • Weds. Dec. 11 – Bible Study 11:00 am & 7:30 pm
  • Thurs. Dec. 12 – MMRR Womens circle 10:30 am (cookie & gift exchange)
  • Mon. Dec. 16 –  Women’s Café Group 6:00 pm (offsite party)
  • Sun. Dec. 22 – Christmas Potluck 11 am
  • Tues. Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve worship 7:00 pm:  ushers needed
  • Tues. Jan. 7 – Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. )
    1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink    Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359
  • Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
  • Fridays –  A.A. 7:00 pm
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First Sunday of Advent – December 1, 2024

We gather on the First Sunday of Advent at 10am.

Advent is about the “coming days”.  God’s people have always lived in great expectation, but that expectation finds specific, repeated enunciation in the texts appointed for these four weeks.  The ancients anticipated a “righteous Branch to spring up for David.”  The Thessalonians awaited “the coming of our Lord Jesus with all the saints.“  Jesus’ contemporaries hoped for the time “to stand before the Son of Man.”  With them we eagerly await the coming days:  another Christmas celebration, a second coming, and the advent of Christ in word and supper.

You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.

There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!

Coffee Fellowship:  Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!

Upcoming Events: 

  • Now – Dec. 8  Angel gift tree
  • Tues. Dec. 3 – Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. )
    1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink    Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359
  • Sun. Dec. 8 – MMRR Bake Sale & Christmas Pageant (need congregation participants!)
  • Tues. Dec. 10 – Church Council 6:30 pm
  • Thurs. Dec. 12 – MMRR Womens circle 10:30 am
  • Mon. Dec. 16 –  Women’s Café Group 6:00 pm
  • Sun. Dec. 22 – Christmas Potluck 11 am
  • Tues. Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve worship 7:00 pm
  • Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
  • Fridays –  A.A. 7:00 pm
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Christ the King Sunday – November 24, 2024

We gather on Christ the King Sunday at 10am.

Even after Israel had experienced the vagaries of kings, the people still longed for a true king to set things right.  He would have the king’s title of Anointed One (Messiah); he would be the “one like a human being” (son of Man) given dominion in Daniel’s vision.  Jesus is given these titles, even though he is nothing like an earthly king.  His authority comes from the truth to which he bears witness, and those who recognize the truth voluntarily listen to him.  We look forward to the day he is given dominion, knowing his victory will be the nonviolent victory of love.

You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.

There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!

Coffee Fellowship:  Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!

Upcoming Events: 

  • Now – Dec. 8  Angel gift tree
  • Sun. Nov. 24 – Consecration Sunday & Thanksgiving Potluck and children’s Turkey trot
  • Nov. 25 – 29  Preschool Closed
  • Mon. Nov. 25 –  Women’s Café Group 6:00 pm
  • Tues. Nov. 26 – Newsletter Collating 2:00 pm.
  • Wed. Nov. 27 – Bible Study  11 am & 7:30 pm
  • Tues. Dec. 3 – New Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. )
    1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink    Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359
  • Sun. Dec. 8 – MMRR Bake Sale & Christmas Pageant (need congregation participants!)
  • Tues. Dec. 10 – Church Council 6:30 pm
  • Thurs. Dec. 12 – MMRR Womens circle 10:30 am
  • Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
  • Fridays –  A.A. 7:00 pm
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Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost – November 17, 2024

We gather on Sunday at 10am.

November begins with All Saints Day and ends in  or near Advent, when we anticipate Christ’s coming again.  It is fitting, then, that the readings today tell of the final resurrection and the end time.  In the turmoil of hope, fear, and disbelief that these predictions provoke in us, Hebrews sounds a note of confident trust.  Christ makes a way for us where there is no way, and we walk it confidently, our hearts and bodies washed in baptismal water, trusting the one who has promised forgiveness.  The more we see the last day approaching, the more important it is to meet together to provoke one another to love.

You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.

There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!

Coffee Fellowship:  Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!

Upcoming Events: 

  • Now – Dec. 8  Angel gift tree
  • Mon. Nov. 18 – Choir rehearsal & dinner 4:30 pm Fellowship hall
  • Tue. Nov. 19 – NL deadline
  • Wed. Nov. 20 – Bible Study  11 am & 7:30 pm
  • Sun. Nov. 24 – Consecration Sunday & Thanksgiving Potluck and Turkey trot
  • Mon. Nov. 25 –  Women’s Café Group 6:00 pm
  • Tues. Nov. 26 – Newsletter Collating 2:00 pm.
  • Tues. Dec. 3 – New Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. )
    1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink    Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359
  • Sun. Dec. 8 – MMRR Bake Sale & Christmas Pageant
  • Tues. Dec. 10 – Church Council 6:30 pm
  • Thurs. Dec. 12 – MMRR Womens circle 10:30 am
  • Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
  • Fridays –  A.A. 7:00 pm
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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost – November 10, 2024

We gather on Sunday at 10am.

Widows are visible everywhere in today’s readings.  Jesus denounces those scribes who pray impressive prayers but devour widows’ houses.  He commends the poor widow who in his view gave far more than the major donors.  Jesus doesn’t see her simply as an object of compassion or charity.  She, like the widow of Zarephath who shares her last bit of food with Elijah, does something of great importance.

You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.

There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!

Coffee Fellowship:  Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!

Upcoming Events: 

  • Tues. Nov. 12 – Church Council 6:30 pm
  • Wed. Nov. 13 – Bible Study  11 am & 7:30 pm
  • Thurs. Nov. 14 – MMRR Womens circle 10:30 am
  • Mon. Nov. 18 – Choir rehearsal & dinner 4:30 pm Fellowship hall
  • Sun. Nov. 24 – Consecration Sunday & Thanksgiving Potluck and Turkey trot
  • Mon. Nov. 25 –  Women’s Café Group 6:00 pm
  • Tues. Nov. 26 – Newsletter Collating 2:00 pm.
  • Tues. Dec. 3 – New Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. )
    1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink                   Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359
  • Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
  • Fridays –  A.A. 7:00 pm
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