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December 31, New Year's Eve
Worship followed by a very nice toast and in the
good Lutheran traditions: Food!
Pastor Gohl had a
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Sunday,
December 27th
The Rite of Confirmation.
Breakfast at 9 AM,
Worship at 10:30. |
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Above and right, a good time was had
by all at the Unity breakfast. Jack Roeder and Kent & Linda Gruzs put on an
awesome pancake and sausage plate. |
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Left above, Andy, Jan and Jen from our Contemporary
Praise Team offered the music for the beginning of the worship service.
Left, Bill Nies sings
O Holy
Night, listen to it on this link. Above, part of our Childrens
Choir singing "Silent Night".
Right: The chancel decorated and ready. |
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Above left, Pastor Kay explains what Confirmation is about to the children.
He had the confirmands join them!
Listen to what he said on this link.
Right, the confirmands presented to the congregation. |
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Above and left/right, each confirmand received a
cake in their honor. Below, pictures of the whole group.
As with all our pictures, click any of these to
download a high resolution copy that is suitable for printing.
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Left, the class strikes a pose. Below left, Brooke and Heather, below is
Tara and Ryan, below left is Jacob.
Upon this confirmation of the vows made for them at their Baptism, these
young people become adults in the eyes of the Church. The preparation
for this day takes almost two years. |
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December 24, Christmas Eve
We celebrate the Birth of Christ in many ways. A
very rich tradition is the use of music in our worship. We were most
fortunate to have an "all star cast" arranged by our Director of Music,
Vernene Rodgers Lenz (shown left). |
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Top
left, Vernene Rodgers-Lenz with Harpist Lindsay Buffington and tenor soloist
Norman Shankle. Above left, soprano soloist Emily Krich. Left, Ms
Buffington and bell ringer Carol Thomas. Right, Andy Evans lead the praise
team at the 5:30 PM contemporary service. Not shown was trumpeter Robert
List, The Gregorian Chamber Society and music assistant Susie
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Pfarr
who also contributed. We also had the joy of hearing our Children's Choir at
5:30 and 7:30 worship services.
Right, the Chancel Choir sings
Handel's Alleluia as the Introit at the beginning of worship.
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Listen to the dialog Sermon,
"The Telephone Call"
by clicking this link.
Left, Robert Sacks lights the Advent Wreath and
Christmas Candle. Above and right, Hightman Hall are ready for the
Contemporary Praise Service |
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Above
row, light is an important part of our celebration, as Christ is called "The
Light of the World". We use candles. Above right, only candles provide our
light while we sing "Silent Night, Holy Night".
Right and Left, Pastor Kay and Pastor Gohl
officiated all four services this day. |
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December 20, 4th Sunday of Advent  |
& The
Blizzard of 2009  |
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December 13, 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Left, Edna Rau explains Blanket Sunday at the
Children's Time.
Right, Pastor Gohl preaching. |
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December 6, 2nd Sunday of Advent.
Baptism of Jordan Faith Myers |
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