8am – 12 noon Congregational Workday December 3rd 2016
8-9AM Breakfast prepared by HTLC Youth
9-12 Workday. Get grounds ready for the holiday season.
Christmas Services 12/24 and Sunday 12/25
Again, this year, there will be two Christmas Eve Services
5:30 p.m. will be a Service of Lessons and Carols w/ Holy Communion and Candle lighting. This is a more family-oriented service with a Children’s Sermon and a nursery will be provided. Holy Communion will be by intinction.
11:00 p.m. will be a Liturgical Service w/ Holy Communion and Candle lighting. This worship service has a gospel processional and Holy Communion will be at the altar, similar to what we do on Sunday mornings. This service is for those who desire to be in worship during the midnight hour of Christmas Day.
On December 25, Sunday, Christmas Day
We will have one combined worship service at 10:00 a.m. (No Sunday School). It is not that often that we get to worship together on Christmas Day as a church family. Come join us on this meaningful day in which we celebrate the birth of our Lord.
Advent Services Dinner and Services
We will have Advent Services on Wednesday night during the Advent Season
Advent Series
Serivce starts at 7PM
November 30 “Adventuring Into Advent”
December 7 “Witnesses to Christmas: The Animals”
December 14 “A Christmas That Lasts”
Meal at 6PM
prepared by
11/30/16 – Katie’s Ladies
12/7/16 – Youth Group
12/15/16 – Luther’s Ladies
The cost for the meals will be Adults $4.00, Children 5 to 12 years of age $2.50, 12 years and up $4.00, or Family $12.00
ADVENT DEVOTIONALS
The new Advent Devotional:
From Heaven Above, is ready for you to pick up a copy in the Narthex. Please
limit one per family.
HTLC Youth to set up Chrismon Tree after the December 7th Service
2016 Christmas Pageant
The Christmas pageant will be on Sunday, December 11th, during the Late Service. All ages are needed to participate in this year’s program. Please prayerfully consider being a part of this delightful Christmas tradition! We will be using an original script created by Brenda McGowan.
Practices are during the Sunday School Hour:
•November 20
•November 27
•December 4
And on Wednesday nights before worship at 5:00 p.m.:
•November 30
•December 7
A full dress-rehearsal will take place on Saturday, December, 10 at 9:00 a.m. Our final
rehearsal will be Sunday, December 11 during the Sunday School.
12/4/16 5 PM Holy Communion Rite of Healing
Sunday, December 4th 2016 5PM
In the tradition of the Church, Holy Trinity will have a Service of Healing. For centuries Luke’s role as gospel writer has been rivaled only by his reputation as physician. Not only does he emphasize the healing work of the Lord in the gospel, but he also demonstrates the healing power which the Spirit gave to the apostles in the early church.
We believe as followers of Christ Jesus that our Lord desires our wholeness and healing.
Broken bodies, minds or spirits are not our God’s intent for us. Yet, we live in a world broken by sin.
During a Service of the Word for Healing, we gather for the purpose of hearing God’s healing Word for us. The Rite of Healing is a time of intentional prayer for healing — healing of mind, body, spirit and relationship. We pray intentionally for the healing of friends, family, and ourselves.
After the Scripture Readings, Sermon, and Prayers of the People, time will be given for silent prayer and for those who desire to come forward and kneel, as part of the Rite, the minister places his/her hands on the recipient’s head and prays. Oil, the ancient balm of healing and anointing, will mark your forehead in the shape of a cross.
Again, your prayers may be for yourself or a loved one. The Rite of Healing, an act as old as the Church, calls to our minds the promises of God to comfort and to remain with us.
You are encouraged to invite a friend and join us for this evening.
In Christ,
Pastor Fischer
10/30/16 Reformation Sunday History
REFORMATION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2016
On this day we remember Martin Luther, born in 1483, nine years before Columbus discovered America. He studied law at the age of 21; became a priest at 23 and a doctor of theology at 28; wrote and nailed the 95 thesis at age 33 and 34; was ex-communicated and became a fugitive at 38; translated the Bible into German at 40; and died from a stroke at the age of 63, an internationally admired leader. His teachings stressed justification by faith, universal priesthood of believers; and supremacy of scripture which form the cornerstone of Protestantism.
11/20/2016 Thanksgiving Service
This years Anderson Community Thanksgiving Service will be a First Baptist Church of Anderson, at 5 PM on Sunday November 20th. The church address is 307 S. Manning St.
11/12/2017 9:50AM Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting
Our next Congregational Semi- Annual Congregational Meeting will be November 12, 2017 beginning at 9:50 a.m.
Angel Tree
ANGEL TREE
Thank you!! All tags have been removed from the tree. You will help make some children very happy this Holliday Season.
The Angel Tree is in the Narthex now.
If you want to help a needy child (who is not being helped by any other organization)
1 Pick a tag off the “Angel Tree” in the Narthex and go shopping
2 Leave gift, with tag attached, in the church office. GIfts shoudl be returned NO LATER than, Wednesday, November 30th. After November 30th, you are responsible for delivering your gifts to AIM.
3 Please do not wrap gifts
Trick-or-Treat So Others May Eat
Trick -or-Treat So Others May Eat — The youth will meet after the Late Service on October 23rd and head to Subway for lunch and then go to the neighborhoods to distribute the bags. We will once again have bags available for the congregation to make donations. You may pick up your bag on the 23rd and bring it back on the 30th filled with food items and place them in the narthex. Then on October 30th, the youth will join in the potluck meal after the worship service and return to the neighborhoods to pick up the filled bags. We will need some vehicles to help with the pick-up. If you are able to help, please see Amy Goodson
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
209 Broad Street, Anderson,
South Carolina, 29621
(864) 224-4220
htlc@htlc-anderson.com