The Bright Star of Bethlehem Advent Weekly Worship Series
To be Held at Bethlehem Lutheran
The members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church invite everyone to spend the Christmas season at Bethlehem. Please join us for any of the services listed below in our sanctuary located at 155 Linwood Ave. in Ridgewood, NJ. We will be celebrating the blessed birth of Christ and the love of family and friends. What better place than Bethlehem to spend the Christmas season!
During these troubled and unsettled times, find the true comfort and joy that Christ brings this Advent season with the Comfort and Joy weekly Advent series for traditional worship. Each week in this series, parishioners will find out about the different types of comfort Christ comes to bring (revealed in Isaiah 40) and experience the resulting joy that can be lived out in Advent. Hymns in the series include “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People,” “On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry,” “Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel,” “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates.” Each service begins at 7:30 p.m.
DECEMBER 3: THE PEACE OF CHRIST (Isaiah 40:1-2): True peace comes only through Jesus Christ and the forgiveness that he brings. He ends warfare without and within. He is the DECEMBER 10: THE PARDON OF CHRIST (Isaiah 40:3-5): We prepare the way of the
Lord through repentance, as the forgiveness we receive through Christ makes the rough places of DECEMBER 17: THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST (Isaiah 40:6-9): We remember that Christ is present with us now & that he will come again in glory on the Last Day.
DECEMBER 21: SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: Please join us as the students of our Sunday School lead the worship service at 9:30am.
DECEMBER 28: 1ST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS: THE POWER OF CHRIST (Isaiah 40:10-11): God himself came to live among us & be our Savior, but his power was displayed in the weakness & humility of the manger & the cross. This service will begin at 9:30am.
We truly hope to see you and wish everyone a joyous Christmas season and a beautiful finish for 2014. The members of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgewood want you to know that God has a plan for you and he loves you. Our faith is in Christ. Our guide is in the Bible.
Our love is for all. Come celebrate with us. For our regular worship schedule, we offer 2 Sunday services: Contemporary Praise Service at 8:45am and Traditional Worship at 11am with Sunday School and Bible Class at 10am. Please join us at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood.
