During times of crisis, people rely on Lutheran LAST BIBLE STUDY MEETING OF THE YEAR: ​ ​ Settlement House as a place where they can find safety, Thursday, December 17 @ 1:00pm focusing on The ​ caring, and hope. This has been especially true during this Burial of Jesus, Jesus Has Risen, Jesus Appears to ​ pandemic, where their services have meant the difference the Disciples, & The Ascension of Jesus from Luke ​ between hunger & health, isolation & connection, life & 23: 50-56, 24: 1-12, 36-53. Just log on with a Bible, & we ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ death. By supporting them, you are accompanying people will go through the study together! Join the Zoom during some of the most difficult moments of their lives, and gathering at: https://zoom/us/j/515677818, or call 1 (646) you remind them that they are not alone. To learn more & to ​ ​ ​ ​ 558-8656 and enter Meeting ID# 515 677 818. Last time donate, go to https://www.lutheransettlement.org/ today. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ we focused on The Crucifixion & Death of Jesus from Please contact Jennifer ([email protected]) for a list of ​ ​ Luke 23: 26-49. local organizations if you are looking for food assistance ​ ​ Final Days to order Holiday Paint Kits! Our holiday or looking to donate to help. ​ ​ ​ ​ paint kits are a fun activity to do with your family and even Even in a year when the needs can seem overwhelming, the make a great gift! Each kit includes 2 canvases of your ​ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Good Gifts choice, paint and paint brushes. Email Dana Harrison ​ provide an easy way to make a real impact. Share the love @ [email protected] for details on the four ​ of Christ one goat, school uniform, or water well at a time: painting choices. Please have your orders in by ​ ​ ELCA Good Gifts (https://goodgifts.elca.org/). Gifts starting December 14. Paint kits can be picked up at Gloria Dei ​ ​ ​ ​ as low as $10. Church on Dec 20. A time will be provided with your order confirmation. CASH ONLY is due at the time of pick up. The cost is $30.00 a kit. Thank you and Happy Holidays! SAVE THE DATES! Youth Gathering: Monday, MINISTRY TEAM AND OFFICE STAFF ​ Pastor: Karyn L. Wiseman, [email protected] December 14 @ 6pm. Click to join Zoom meeting: ​ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83355654139; Sunday Senior and Lay Ministry: Betsy Maier, [email protected] ​ ​ ​ School Gathering: Wednesday, December 16 @ 6:30pm Kids and Family: Dana Harrison, [email protected] ​ ​ (via Zoom); Lunch & Learn: Friday, December 18 @ Tweens & Youth: Pastor Karyn; Dana Harrison Third Sunday of Advent ​ ​ Music Director: Ya-Jhu Yang, [email protected] 11am (via Zoom); Blue Christmas Service: Sunday, ​ ​ ​ Praise Band Leader: Chris Schmer, [email protected] Sunday, December 13, 2020 December 20 @ 3pm (in-person & livestreamed). ​ Office Staff: Pam Kops, [email protected]; Jennifer Suit, ​ ​ Order of Worship for Conversation & Connection. Join on Zoom: [email protected]; [email protected] ​ ​ ​ https://zoom.us/j/515677818. Or call 1 (646) 558-8656 Property: Robert Maxwell, Manager, [email protected]; ​ ​ ​ ​ in-person & online 10:00 a.m. service and enter Meeting ID# 515 677 818. We will share, pray, Jeff DeHaven, [email protected], Keisha Wilkins, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ www.gloriadei.com/sermons and check in with each other. Email Jennifer [email protected] ​ ([email protected]) for next week’s dates and times. Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9:30am-3:30pm & ​ ​ Friday: 9:30am-1:00pm We are a community committed to: The Growth Opportunity Center is continuing to provide ​ Living in prayerful ways. services to their patients using telehealth during this time ​ ​ ​ ​ Giving back because we have been blessed. of separation. Several therapists are willing to waive fees ​ to frontline workers. Visit the gocenter.net; or call Serving others through mission. ​ ​ ​ 215-947-8654, option 4 with any questions, option 5 for Gloria Dei Church ​ ​ Coming together to worship God. new patients. The GO Center is dedicated to enhancing 570 Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006; 215-947-8200 ​ ​ Strengthening our relationships. the lives of individuals and families. www.gloriadei.com ​ ​ Asking questions and continuously learning. ​ ​

ANNOUNCEMENTS ORDER OF WORSHIP STATEMENT OF FAITH Gloria Dei Church Closure. All in-person meetings, Welcome & Opening Prayer We believe that the way we treat one another is the activities, & indoor worship services have been ​ cancelled effective immediately through January 4, Litany: fullest expression of how we live out our faith. 2021. "After prayerful consideration... the Congregational ​ P: Let us prepare our hearts as we await the coming of We find our approach to God through the life and Council Executive Team and I have determined that we will ​ our Lord, teachings of Jesus Christ who is our model for living and; suspend in-person worship and activities during this state-wide pause... We have been through a lot this year C: Let us watch for the one who heard our cries We recognize the faithfulness of other paths which may ​ as a community of faith..." Go to our website also lead people to an experience of God. (https://gloriadei.com/) to read Pastor Karyn's full message and shouldered the suffering of our world, ​ ​ P: Let us anticipate the coming of Christ’s eternal world We stand in God’s grace and to the congregation regarding this closure. ​ with wholeness, reconciliation and plenty for all. We live that grace in our attitudes and actions toward ADVENT CHALLENGE. Gloria Dei challenges YOU to ​ ​ C: Let us wait in expectation for the day when one another. match the $8,000 in our Missions Beyond Our Walls fund to double the amount to $16,000! These funds will then be God’s glory is revealed in all its fullness. We understand the church as a community of people donated equally to St. Francis Inn (http://stfrancisinn.org/), ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ALL: Amen and Amen! who together make up the body of Christ as The Welcome Church (https://thewelcomechurch.org/), & ​ ​ ​ Feast of Justice (https://www.feastofjustice.com/), three Advent Wreath Lighting: Wilma Kuhnle We strive to serve the spiritual, emotional and physical ​ ​ ​ ​ very worthy organizations helping people in the Opening Song needs of others. Philadelphia area dealing with food insecurity and Statement of Faith We are inclusive, as Christ was, and welcome all people homelessness. As an extra incentive, Pastor Karyn has ​ ​ Video: “Here’s To The One” by Hillsong UNITED seeking a closer relationship with God. agreed that she will wear an Eagles jersey if we reach the $8,000 goal AND sing the Eagles fight song one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI6dsm6L0bk We believe that the questions are as important as the last time if we bust through this goal! When donating ​ ​ ​ https://hillsong.com/united/ answers, that living the mystery is a more sacred position online, please designate Missions Beyond Our Walls for ​ Children’s Message than church tradition and doctrine, and your donation. When donating by check or cash, please write Missions Beyond Our Walls or Advent Challenge on Scripture: John 1: 6-8, 19-28 We strive to love all, serve all, in Jesus’ name, as we ​ ​ ​ ​ the memo line and/or outside of the envelope. Message – “Joy to the World” Pastor Karyn proclaim our mystery of faith that: Christ died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again. SHINING STAR 2020 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. Song We need YOU to make this important ministry a success​ ! Prayer & +The Lord’s Prayer We need volunteers to assemble boxes, unload food, Closing Song & Offering unpack food, assemble meals, & deliver meals. Go to ​ ​ Church News https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040c44adaa2ea1f85-sh + THE LORD’S PRAYER ining to read all of the relevant information & to sign up. Blessing for the Week Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. ​ Final Days to Order Poinsettias for the Sanctuary. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in ​ These beautiful plants will grace the Sanctuary the last Lectionary Readings: Sunday, December 20 heaven. Sunday of Advent & on Christmas Eve. You may purchase Fourth Sunday of Advent Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our one or more of these plants "In Memory" or "In Honor" of someone special. *Cost: $20 each *Deadline: Sunday, First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; ​ ​ ​ ​ December 13 *Email Jennifer ([email protected]): Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 and lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ number of plants & for whom they are "In Honor of" and/or Second Reading: Romans 16:25-27 For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for "In Memory of" *Mail: your check to the Church Office with ​ Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 ever and ever. Amen. Holiday Flowers written on the memo line. ​