ORDER OF WORSHIP

Lutheran Worship -- Page 158

G A T H E R I N G

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

PRELUDE - “Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming” – 16^th century arr. Davidson

HYMN – “Come, O Long-Expected Jesus” –(tune: Hyfrydol) LW 22

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, 2, 3 SH 97

(Announcements & Children’s Message)

T H E W O R D

OLD TESTAMENT (insert) - Isaiah 63:1-3, 10-11

GRADUAL (insert)

EPISTLE (insert) - I Thessalonians 5:16-24

Verse page 165

GOSPEL (insert) - John 1:6-8, 19-28

(Versicles sung before and after reading) page 165

HYMN OF THE DAY - “On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry” LW 14

SERMON: “Light To Know Who I Am and Am Not” – John 1:6-8, 19-28

CREED - Apostles Creed (rise) - page 167

SHARING OF THE PEACE & GREETINGS

OFFERING – Sr. Choir: “E’en So Lord Jesus, Quickly Come” (Rev. 22) - Manz

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 - “Lift Up Your Heads, You Mighty Gates” LW 24

= = = 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 . . . Bill Pietz

Organist . . . Lois L. Jones Prayer Leader . . . Sally McAlpine

Welcomers . . . Mark Thomas & Paul Thomas Jr.

Acolytes . . . . Ashley Hoffmann & Ashley Rodriguez

Ushers . . . . Richard Landseadel, Stephen Jarmusz Jr., Barbara & Michael Turner

Altar . . . . . Doris Baker & Lois Mudie

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FLOWERS - Are given by Mary Eitler and Maria Eitler in memory of husband/father, John Eitler and parents and grandparents.

MARRIAGE – We offer prayers for the marriage of Kimberly Zeltman and Peter Gittere on Friday, December 16, 2005 at 4:00 p.m.

SICK - Jim Lesanti

TODAY - Sunday School rehearsal after worship, with a bagged lunch through 1:30 p.m. . . . After worship – Thrivent meeting; Cookie Walk; and Coffee Hour; and Sunday School rehearsal with a bagged lunch until 1:30 p.m. . . Deadline for JANUARY CALENDAR (Please submit any meeting dates, etc. to church office.)

THIS WEEK - Tues. - 12:00, Women’s Guild Christmas Party, Holiday Inn, Dingens St.; 1:00, Bible Study; 6:00 – 8:00, Confirmation Class - F. I N. K.; Stewardship CANCELLED; Wed. - 3:30, Staff Meeting; 6:30 – 8:00, Basketball Practice for Salem/St. John’s, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reserve Rd.; 7:00, Sr. Choir; Thurs. - 9:30, Bible Study; 6:30, Wedding rehearsal; Fri. - 4:00, Zeltman/Gittere Wedding; Sat. - 11:00 – 12:00 – Sunday School Rehearsal & party with parents; Christmas tree decorating.

OFFICE HOURS - Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri. - 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. – CLOSED.

CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATING - This Saturday, December 17 at 11 a.m. See Fred Bartz – 824-2456.

OFFERING UPDATE - Weekly current collected for Dec. 4, 2005 - $2,490.00; Attendance: 115; 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 Sept.: $12,000.00.

COOKIE WALK - TODAY after worship. Christmas cookies for sale at $3.00 per can full, and take home a variety! Sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

COOKIES NEEDED - Regular & dietetic cookies are needed for the L.S.S. Auxiliary’s annual cookie pack tomorrow. If you bake some, please leave cookies in church kitchen TODAY 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 – Practice will begin – two teams: 13 – 15 years and 16 – 18 years; Wed., Dec. 14, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m., Trinity Lutheran, Reserve Rd.. Further information will be in the DOVE. Any questions, see Jim Krol. Please support our team!

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

REMEMBER YOUR GIFTS FOR MIRACLE SUNDAY, NEXT SUNDAY, December 18, 2005 (Envelopes are mailed with the Dec. DOVE.)

DEADLINE for the Jan./Feb. DOVE is JANUARY 15, 2006 NOT Dec. 11(today)!

POINSETTIA ORDER FORMS – Are included in this bulletin. Please return to Judy Hoffmann or Maureen Wilke TODAY!

REMINDER: The Salem Youth are planning to clean and paint the meeting room behind the stage in the lower social hall. We want to paint a mural and want our young (and young at heart) to submit ideas, in writing, for the youth group leadership to evaluate. Leave in box for Paul Thomas.

2006 Offering Envelopes – Are now available in your mailboxes. If you don’t have an assigned mailslot or have several people in your family, please check the table.

LECTORS - Sign-up sheets for 2006 are available on the bulletin board in the narthex.

CANCELLED – Stewardship Committee, Tues., Dec. 13 has been cancelled and rescheduled for January.

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CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK

BIRTHDAYS: Today – John O’Neill, Warren Pietz; Mon. - P. Franklin Reddon; Tues. - Briar Dils, Rebecca Rylowicz; Wed. - Jennifer Roman; Fri. - Florence Daberkow, Elsie Hegedus.

ANNIVERSARIES: Today - Joseph & Karen Slike; Wed. - David Sr. & Corrine Malinkiewicz; Thurs. - Lawrence & Laura Sparceno; Fri. - Robert Jr. & Julie Schmidt.

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