G A T H E R I N G

+ + + Q U I E T Time - - Reverence Before God + + +

PRELUDE - on “Puer Nabis Nascitur” - Praetorius

HYMN – “Hark The Glad Sound” LW 29

INVOCATION & CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION - page 158

INTROIT & GLORIA PATRI (insert) - sung by all

KYRIE page 159

HYMN OF PRAISE – “Gloria” page 160

COLLECT OF THE DAY - read by all - (insert)

LIGHTING OF ADVENT WREATH – “Light One Candle” – v.1 SH 97

(Announcements & Children’s Message)

T H E W O R D

OLD TESTAMENT (insert) - Isaiah 63:16 b – 17; 64:1-8

GRADUAL (insert)

EPISTLE (insert) - I Corinthians 1:3-9

Verse page 165

GOSPEL (insert) - Mark 13:33-37

(Versicles sung before and after reading) page 165

HYMN OF THE DAY - “Once He Came In Blessing” LW 30

SERMON: “Awake to What’s Under Your Nose” – Mark 13:33-37

CREED - Apostles Creed (rise) - page 167

SHARING OF THE PEACE & GREETINGS

OFFERING – Sr. Choir: Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth” – Praetorius-Haan (see back page)

OFFERTORY page 168

S E N D I N G

PRAYERS FOR TODAY’S NEED AND MISSIONS - (insert)

(At the words: “Lord in Your Mercy” -

Congregation responds: “hear our prayer.”

(the congregation is invited to offer prayers)

LORD’S PRAYER page 176

BENEDICTION page 174

HYMN - “The Advent of Our God” LW 12

= = = Misson: SALEM/Peace - As the Father sent me I send you. = = =

Vision: Preach – Teach – Heal – doing what Jesus does.

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ASSISTANTS IN TODAY’S WORSHIP

Officiant . . . Rev. David F. C. Wurster, Ph.D. Lector . . . Claire Carlson

Organist . . . Lois L. Jones Prayer Leader . . . Claire Carlson

Welcomers . . . Fred Bartz Jr. & Elinor Jentsch

Acolytes . . . . Brandon Becker & Ryan Shanahan

Ushers . . . . Sue Gifford, Russell Alessi Jr., Ken Kushka, Barbara Turner,

Michael Turner

Altar . . . . . Doris Baker & Lois Mudie

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NEXT SUNDAY - Sunday School rehearsal after worship; bring a bag lunch through 1:30 p.m. . . . and 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Candlelight Vespers at First Trinity Lutheran Church, Tonawanda, NY.

THIS WEEK - Mon. - 12:00, Quilters (bring lunch); 6:30, Servant Ministers; Tues. - 1:00, Bible Study; 6:00, Confirmation Class; Wed. - 6:00, Worship Committee; 7:00, Sr. Choir; Thurs. – 9:30, Bible Study.; Sat. - 7:30, Freudig Singers “Pie Concert” at Salem.

OFFICE HOURS - Monday – CLOSED; Tuesday – Friday – 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

OFFERING UPDATE - Weekly current collected November 20, 2005 - $2,089.50;

Attendance – 117; Weekly current needed: $3,185.00. Deficit in current fund at the end of July - $6,783.00; at the end of August: $9,700.00; at the end of September: $12,000.00.

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FRIENDS OF MUSIC & CULTURE presents – “Freudig Singers” – This Saturday, December 3, 2005, 7:30 p.m. at Salem. Tickets - $10.00 – available from Maureen Wilke, Ruth Wurster, or Ray Yox.

PECANS - Will be available today outside the choir room from Elinor Jentsch, Norrine Nagel, or Marjorie Zawada. Cost is $8.00 per bag with proceeds going to Valparaiso University Guild and students.

CHRISTMAS CANDLELIGHT VESPERS - Next Sunday, December 4, 2005, 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m., First Trinity Lutheran Church, 1570 Niagara Falls Blvd., Tonawanda, NY. Free will offering; coffee hour after 7 p.m. service; babysitting for children 4 & under; candlelight procession, choral & instrumental music, handbells, congregational singing, & Children’s Choir from Holy Ghost Lutheran School, Niagara Falls (4 p.m. only); sponsored by Pioneer Camp & Retreat Center & Valparaiso University Guild, Buffalo Chapter.

COOKIES NEEDED - Regular and dietetic cookies are needed for the L.S.S. Auxiliary’s annual cookie pack on Monday, December 12^th. If you are kind enough to bake, please leave cookies in church kitchen on Sunday, December 11^th and mark “FOR L.S.S.” These cookies, as well as homemade ornaments and booklets, will be distributed to nursing homes in the area. Thank you. - Gladys Matson

BOYS BASKETBALL – Will begin – two teams: 13 – 15 years and 16 – 18 years; First practice will be Wednesday, November 30 at 6:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran, Reserve Rd., West Seneca. Further information will be in the DOVE. Any questions, see Jim Krol. Please support our team!

CHRISTMAS CARD EXCHANGE - Starts TODAY! Please give all donations to Joanne Kushka before Sunday, December 18, 2005

WOMEN’S GUILD CHRISTMAS PARTY – Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at 12 noon, at the Holiday Inn, Dingens & Rossler.

POINSETTIA ORDER FORMS – Are included in this bulletin. Please return to Judy Hoffmann or Maureen Wilke by SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2005.

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CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK

BIRTHDAYS: Today - Grace Belter, Matthew Gravius; Wed. - Ruth Carr, Tina Wickins, Catherine Yetman; Thurs. - Paul Sheppard Sr.; Fri. - Joan Byrnes, Nicholas Miller; Sat. - Warren Bellinger.

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Sr. Choir: “Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth” – Praetorius-Haan

1. Come, Thou Redeemer of the earth, and manifest Thy virgin birth.

Let ev’ry age adoring fall; Such birth befits the God of all.

2. Begotten of no human will, but of the Spirit, Thou art still The Word of God

in flesh arrayed, The promised fruit to man displayed.

3. Thy cradle here shall glitter bright, and darkness breathe a newer light,

Where endless faith shall shine serene, and twilight never intervene.

4. All laud to God the Father be; all praise, eternal Son, to Thee;

All glory, as is ever meet, to God the Holy Paraclete.

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