Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 Christmas Trees December 10, 2020 Ingrid Hudson I plugged in my tree last week and three strands of lights were out. For a week, I just forgot about decorating it. I said, “oh well”, “who cares”, “next year”. Today, I added a strand of lights (even those had bulbs out), but it made a …
Advent 2020: Hope
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 Hope & Peace December 9, 2020 Pastor Fritz Did you know that, in one Christian tradition, the four candles on the Advent wreath symbolize hope, love, joy and peace? To experience Pastor Fritz speaking about HOPE, featuring a very interesting 4 minute “cartoon,” watch this video:
Advent 2020: Away in a Manger
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 Away in a Manger December 8, 2020 Thomas Evans For today’s Advent Calendar, please enjoy Thomas Evans playing Away in a Manger with the cello and David Beecher accompanying on piano.
Advent 2020: December 7, 2020
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 December 7, 2020 Laura Musil We got engaged during the Advent Season of December 1975. This was a big time in our lives: the anticipation of being married along with the anticipation of Jesus’ birth on Christmas Day. We celebrated as our families made plans for a wedding and the arrival of our Savior. It was a …
Advent 2020: Changing Traditions
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 Changing Traditions December 4, 2020 Marty Benoit Norseland is a small, rural community in the south central part of Minnesota. About a mile west lies New Sweden Township. Scandian Grove Lutheran Church and Norseland Lutheran Church have been community strongholds in the area for more than 150 years. Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of …
Advent 2020: December 3, 2020
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 December 3, 2020 Barbara Anderson Advent is a time for hopeful waiting. God has set times for doing certain things. He has a calendar and your name is on it: ‘For the time to favour her [or him]… the set time, has come.’ (Psalm 102:13 NKJV) As we plan, prepare, expect, we become spiritually attuned and ready …
Advent 2020: Joy to the World
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 Joy to the World December 2, 2020 Sarah Juhasz For today’s Advent Calendar, we invite you to enjoy Sarah Juhasz playing Joy to the World with the handbells on a belltree.
Advent 2020: Blue Christmas
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 December 1, 2020 Tina Patrick Blue Christmas Comfort Have you ever felt as though you were watching a divine moment in action before your very eyes? It happened to me years ago at the Blue Christmas service at our church. A friend of mine had lost her husband the year before so I invited her …
Advent 2020: November 30, 2020
Christ Our Shepherd Advent Calendar 2020 November 30, 2020 Pastor Fritz Wiese “For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.” Isaiah 24.18 “Ready or not, here I come!” As children, do you remember yelling this line if you were the “seeker” in a game of Hide and Seek? After you counted to 30 so your friends could …
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