Welcome to worship! The videos will be available at 8:00 AM. Below you may click the images for each part of the service, or, you may click the first photo and allow the worship playlist on YouTube to run through! And please be sure to check out our other announcements below!
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Offerings and Outreach Benevolence of the Month
Did you know, you can give your offerings, tithes, and other gifts for ministry online, as well as by mail?
This month's Outreach Benevolence of the Month is
Lutheran Disaster Response
Thank you!
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All except one of our hymns today come from the hymnal,
Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW)
Gathering Hymn: ELW 256 Comfort, Comfort now my people
Gospel Acclamation: ELW 253 He came down (Verse 1, 2)
Hymn of the Day: ELW 241 O Lord, how shall I meet you
Sending Hymn: Prepare the way of the Lord
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Opening Music, Readings, and Children's Message |
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Hymns, Prayers, Offering,
and Closing Music
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Drive-in Worship Today, and Christmas Eve |
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For those feeling comfortable enough to join us, we will continue with our plan for a drive-in service today. We will also be offering the online YouTube service and Zoom Communion service at 10:30 AM, as has been our pattern.
Please review these special instructions for attending drive-in worship at 9:30 AM, if you have not already done so. We are grateful to First Presbyterian Church and Sharon Head for their advice! Thanks to Trinity's Council, and for the many people who are helping coordinate. We hope this will give you an idea about what to expect, and offer some information to prepare.
We are so grateful for the volunteers who will make this service possible! We depend on volunteers to host services during the pandemic. Please sign up to help Christmas Eve and other occasions, should this service catch on.
The Christmas Eve, drive-in service will be at 3:00 PM. We hope this will meet the needs of those who cannot drive after dark. If you would prefer a later service in addition to the 3:00 PM service, please consider volunteering to assist us in running that drive-in service. There will be YouTube, and possibly a Zoom Communion services provided on Christmas Eve as well as the drive-in service(s).
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Join us for Worship and Fellowship this morning! |
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NOTE: There will be a Zoom Communion at 10:30 AM today!
Today, (December 6th), at 10:30 AM, please join us for a short, live Zoom service with a reading from the Gospel, overview of the homily, and Eucharist. And after that, please join us for a time of fellowship at 10:50 AM.
To join us for the service of Communion and Fellowship following, simply click the link below, or join us by phone. For Communion, you may want to have bread and wine/juice handy!
To join by phone:
Call Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
If prompted, enter the Meeting ID 889 1814 1613 plus the # sign.
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Advent Devotions at Home
This year, in addition to our Sunday services, we invite you to celebrate the season of Advent at home in the evenings. Consider using the Advent Devotions booklet (link below) as a resource for your Saturday or Sunday evenings at home this Advent season. The devotions are designed for use on the Saturday or Sunday evenings in Advent, and are geared for both gatherings of families and pods, as well as those (like Pastor Thomas) who are a household-of-1 at the moment!
Holden Evening Prayer
Trinity will be broadcasting a setting of the Holden Evening Prayer service. Links to these will go out via email on Wednesday evenings, but you can participate any time you would like! It is a service of music and light, meditation, and offers all the "feels." Please join us online. Videos will be posted on our YouTube page (Trinity Lutheran, Santa Barbara).
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Pastor Truls will be retiring at the end of January after 32 years in ministry, and although this is a difficult time to get together and say goodbye, with a little thought, we can ensure our well-wishes go with him and Kathy as they encounter this transition into new ways of life together and opportunities (and hopefully time) for new adventures and hobbies on hold!
Pastor Truls' final Sunday with Trinity will be January 31st. You are invited not only to participate in worship and fellowship that day, but you are invited also to consider making a video of yourself to wish them well, bless them, say goodbye. While you probably have a thousand good memories to share, and ways to say thank you and good bye, please limit yourself to 3 minutes, so the editors can more easily render it all! (LOL) We will do our best as a community to gather them together to go with Kathy and Pastor Truls on the road!
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Zoom Bible Study
December 9th
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Next Wednesday, join Pastor Truls for an online Bible study of next Sunday's scripture readings. At
10:00 AM, simply click the link provided below to join the Zoom session, or call in at the number below. See also the PDF linked here, for your personal study and reflection.
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You may also join the Bible Study by phone: +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 876 8627 8716
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If you have any trouble viewing or accessing the information in this email, please contact Pastor Thomas.
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