OUR REDEEMER NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 20123 - JANUARY 2014 ++++++++++++++++ OUTDOOR CHURCH SIGN REFURBISHING We remembered the following parishioners and friends SUNDAY SCHOOL I/m/o ROBERT C. STROHLEIN who have gone to PAGEANT NEWS Given by: Richard Gehringer their eternal home Jo & Jerry Stencel over the last year: I/m/o STEPHANIE STROHLEIN This year the Pageant will be Michael Baraniak Given by: Jo & Jerry Stencel on Sunday December 15 at 4:00 Robert Brinsley Douglas Butler I/m/o GREGG FINLAY pm. Please mark your William Campbell Given by: Jo & Jerry Stencel calendars. Join the children Beryl Dovak as they tell us the story of I/m/o ROY BAZYLEWICZ, SR. Gregg Finlay Given by: Esther Madden Maureen Fiovante Jesus’ birth in our living Linda Freudenburg Nativity! I/m/o my Father, Robert Gelston JAMES McLAUGHLIN, SR. Vivian Kendelhardt Given by: James McLaughlin Horace Kneer SUNDAY, Rehearsal will be on: Florence Lippman Roger Lizzol DECEMBER 8 Alice MacLaury Dec 13 - Friday after the 9:30 AM service (one James McLaughlin 6:00 -8:00 pm Grace Mens service only). Meeting Starts Full Rehearsal Jeanne Miller approx. 10:45 am. All voting Susan Molidene members 18 years and older Anna Mott Martha Petricek are urged to attend and vote Walter Rube, Jr. for our new Council members. Stanley Stahurski Stephanie Strohlein Louise Teich Edward Vandervoort ADVENT/CHRISTMAS/EPIPHANY 2013-14 CHURCH NEWS!! ORLC GIVING ENVELOPE Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, ANGEL TREE - Please take an ornament and ALERT! return it by December 13th. Preferably “Stir up your power, Lord Christ and Come” wrapped and tag securely placed. Thank Thus we pray - the prayer of the day - on Advent I and kick off the Advent Season. you. Please be sure the tag is with the item Sometime in December, you will Brothers and sisters in Christ, Advent is one of my favorite seasons of the church securely! receive a QUARTERLY envelope year. I love it’s color - deep blue - the color of Hope! Advent is a a little like Lent. TLES is receiving gifts as well. They are packet mailed directly to your Believe it or not it has themes of a call to repentance from the prophet John the requesting backpacks, underwear, socks and home. The envelope will be Baptist, “Prepare the way for the Lord”, the voice cries in the wilderness, but it undershirts for the homeless. This is a pertinent to the church calendar. service project for the youth. .Youth should leans more to the message of encouraging us to hope as the Lord Christ has sign up to help. You will retain promised to one day return. Advent is a time in which we wait (be ready) for the your envelope number. We ask Lord’s coming, prepare for the Lord’s coming, rejoice in the Lord’s coming and Christmas Caroling to Sick that you use your envelopes on a look for the Lord’s coming in three ways. In the past, as we make preparations for th and Shut-ins December 18 . All Youth are regular basis. You will receive the Christ event at Christmas - God becoming one of us, making his home among invited. - Hot Chocolate party to follow. twice a year your record of giving - us. In the present, his word proclaimed at worship & study his presence celebrated useful for tax purposes. in the bread and wine of Holy Communion and his promise to one day return as we proclaim every Sunday , “Christ has died, Christ has risen, and Christ will come ADVENT COIN FOLDERS again”. THANK YOU to all who donated food, money and turkey’s for our ARE AVAILABLE IN THE “Stir up our hearts, Lord God and prepare the way of your only Son”. We pray that Annual Thanksgiving Basket Drive NARTHEX. Please take one Christ may come and be born in our hearts. for Lutheran Community and for your daily Advent Family Services & local families. devotional. “Stir up the wills of all who look to you, Lord God and strengthen our faith in your Thanks to you all! coming”. Yes, this season is about celebrating, but it is also an opportunity to STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE strengthen our faith so that we are transformed by God’s grace, God’s love us so that we may walk in his way. Remember, Jesus is, “The way, the truth and the life”. THANK YOU TO OUR WEDNESDAY WORK CREW AND So my brothers and sisters in Christ, I really look forward to celebrating God’s ALL OUR REDEEMER presence among us this Advent and Christmas. It is a season to rejoice and be glad VOLUNTEERS who collected food for God is Emmanuel, that is, God with us! at local supermarkets in November “Stir up your power, Lord Christ and come”. for LCS. They collected over 5,000 lbs of food and money to purchase The peace of the Lord be with you always, more food! WOW! Thank you all. The Rev. Ronald M. Klose, Pastor Each year at this time we request your donations for Poinsettias to beautify our chancel during the Christmas Season and to provide for the special music we enjoy at our Christmas Eve services. If you wish to contribute to either (or both) of these, please complete the forms below and include it with your donation. Thank you. SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 4:00 PM The Sunday School Living Christmas Pageant will be held on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 at 4:00 Plants are $15.00 each. Number of plants you wish to order PM. Join us that day as the Sunday School children tell us the story of Jesus' birth with live animals. Celebrate with us after the service in the Parish Hall at the Sunday School Reception! In memory of
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE SCHEDULE In honor of 5:00 PM - FAMILY COMMUNION & CAROL SERVICE - This service is planned especially for families with In thanksgiving for children. A celebration of the birth of Jesus in lessons and carols. I’ll pick up the plants after the service on Christmas Day. Please have the Altar Guild deliver plants to the sick and shut-in. 7:00 PM - CANDLELIGHT EUCHARIST- Listen to the Christmas Name Envelope No. message from Old and New Testaments. Join in the Carols. Receive Holy Communion together as Address Phone a family.
11:00 PM - CANDLELIGHT EUCHARIST - Midnight Communion We are fortunate to again have the services of the Classical Strings Quartet available to us for Service with lessons, carols, candlelight for the our Christmas Eve services. If you are able to contribute toward this please complete this congregation. This service is the highpoint of our form and include it with your donation. Christmas celebration! Amount $ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In memory of CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE 11:00 AM - HOLY COMMUNION In honor of
NO Saturday Worship December 28, 2013 CHRISTMAS 1- December 29, 2013 In thanksgiving for 9:30 AM - Holy Communion Name Envelope No. CHRISTMAS II/EPIPHANY- January 5, 2014 9:30 AM - Holy Communion Address Phone
Happy New Year Please place your Poinsettia orders and donations for Christmas Music by December12 th. Thank You! Please make checks payable to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and place in oVering plate or mail to: Mrs. Doris Christiansen • 1733 Taft Court • Seaford, NY 11783 Please mark checks Poinsettias and/or Music DAY CARE NEWS Nursery News December/January Every year the holiday season seems to start earlier and earlier. I love the holidays and enjoy shopping, but seeing Christmas decorations next to Halloween ones in October is a little much. I can’t imagine how the children comprehend it all. When I was a kid the holidays were dealt with one The voices of children singing about the birth of Jesus and the beauty of at a time (now I am showing my age!) Santa wasn’t seen until the end of the Thanksgiving Day Christmas will be heard throughout the month of December in our school. We are Parade. This constant rushing makes me sad, although I am guilty of it as well. I know since living once again preparing for our annual Christmas Presentation with our 3 year olds, on Long Island if there is something I need for here at Day Care or home, I better purchase it as soon as I see it in the store, or it may not be there later. I did start watching the Christmas Hallmark and the Story of the Nativity, our Christmas Pageant, with our 4 year olds. movies too. My excuse is that I love the holiday and there is just not enough time for me to do it all These very special events are always a joyful reminder of the true meaning of the in the twenty-five days before Christmas! season. Day Care deals with the holidays in the correct order and at the right time! We had a great Halloween Parade and Party and were very relieved that the weather held out for us. The children were really excited, for some it was their first ever and for others it was very exciting after the We will look forward to the patter of reindeer feet on the roof, bringing Santa disappointment of last year. to our school this month. The children will get to tell Santa what they want for The start of November had us visiting with Dr. Pinto again for her Music Class. Then we had our Holiday Photos with photographer Ann King. The parents are relieved that they do not need to Christmas and get a candy cane, while we snap a picture as a keepsake for mom make an appointment at the mall for photos. The children really did a great job as Miss Ann is very and dad. So cute! friendly and they feel at ease with her. The parents generously donated money and food items for the Thanksgiving Food Drive. The children enjoyed bringing those items to Chapel where Pastor spoke to them about giving thanks. The children will be celebrating Jesus’ birth with an all school birthday party for He led us in prayers and songs of Thanksgiving. We enjoyed our monthly Yoga class with Miss the baby before we break for our Christmas vacation. The children will wear Chris. party hats, enjoy a puppet show, sing Christmas carols, play some birthday party Each year we have a traditional Pow Wow. The children create Native American vests, headdresses, drums, and jewelry to prepare for the day. They sing songs about turkeys, Native Americans, games, and of course enjoy some birthday cupcakes. They will take home a Pilgrims, and being thankful. Both classes love to beat on their Tom Toms as well. It is a loud religious ornament as a gift from Our Redeemer School to add to their trees at celebration, but once the eating starts you wouldn’t believe how quiet it becomes! The Toddlers home. It is wonderful to teach children in a school that embraces the love of make butter from heavy cream and the Pre-K exercise their culinary skills by making corn muffins faith, as well as the other components of education! for the occasion On Wednesday we serve a grand feast of turkey and all the sides! This gives the children a chance to sample the different foods with their friends. They dress in their choice of American Indian or Pilgrim attire that they created. January 15th and 16th will begin our Open House Registration for fall of 2014. Interested families can call for an appointment to come see our school, and Right after Thanksgiving we will switch gears and start our preparation for Christmas. The Toddlers have their very own program called The Toddler Sing Along. They make props and sing songs of the register for classes. If you know of anyone interested in our nursery school season. The Pre-K spends the month singing and preparing for their Pageant. We will attend a programs, please have them give us a call as soon as possible, as popular time slots monthly chapel with Pastor Klose and the Nursery School to learn about Advent and the Birth of do fill quickly. New classes are also forming in mid-January for our mommy & me Baby Jesus. All rooms work hard on making homemade Christmas presents and cards for their families. The parents really enjoy these handcrafted gifts as they become keepsakes for years to class, Together We Go, (18 mos.-2½ years) Thursdays 9:00-10:20 and Playgroup come. (2½ years & up) Tues. & Thurs. 12:30-2:30.
On behalf of the Teachers and Staff of the Day Care, I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year! May God Bless you and your families as we celebrate Christmas, and move into a Warm Regards, new year! Melissa Bires-McGee Caitlin DiLemme, Director