December 2023
Events
Dec 2, 2023
VoP Set-up and Run-through
Voices of Praise set-up and run-through will begin at 3:00 pm and take place until just before worship service, which begins at 5:30 pm.
Dec 2, 2023
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Prayer Shawl Ministry resumes monthly meetings starting Saturday, May 1, 2021 from 4:00-5:00 pm. Join us in the library every first Saturday of the month at 4pm to sit and knit (or crochet or loom knit!), or just to visit. This group welcomes everyone with an interest in the ministry of creating handmade shawls, blankets, and prayer cloths for use during baptisms and pastoral care, regardless of your experience in the fiber arts. If you’re interested in learning this type…
Dec 2, 2023
Contemporary Weekly Worship
Both In-person and Online Our weekly Saturday service offers the ancient faith in a modern and informal style. Music at this service is led by our house band, Voices of Praise. Their style blends contemporary, bluegrass, folk and classical. The roster has changed a little over the years, but the sense of teamwork and the zeal for God’s work has never flagged. The members of Voices of Praise do not think of themselves as performers, but as worship leaders, inviting…
Dec 3, 2023
“Simple” Traditional Weekly Worship
Currently being held in-person only. Please join us for our weekly early Sunday “Simple” service with traditional liturgy, an inspiring sermon, and holy communion. Our Sunday morning “Simple” service is spoken word only and vintage Lutheranism: liturgical but not stuffy, with a constant focus on God’s love, communicated through the Word and Sacraments.
Dec 3, 2023
Sunday Social Hour
Join us for refreshments and conversation
Dec 3, 2023
Adult Sunday School Class — Experiencing Christmas
Discover how everything changed when God was born. Christmas is when God surrounded the divine with senses of his own. That first noel was when God had eyes to see suffering, ears to hear our cries, and hands to hold those in need, and all of these senses were bundled in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. “This will be a sign to you,” the angel told the shepherds, and they traveled to Bethlehem and found a child. What signs…
Dec 3, 2023
Traditional Weekly Worship
Currently being held in-person and online. Please join us for our weekly Sunday service with traditional music and liturgy, an inspiring sermon, and holy communion. Our Sunday morning services are vintage Lutheranism: liturgical but not stuffy, with a constant focus on God’s love, communicated through the Word and Sacraments. If you like classic hymns, a booming organ, the voices of a choir raised in song — and a few moments of silence for prayer and meditation — this is the…
Dec 5, 2023
Weekly News Items Deadline
Please submit any news items for the weekly email blast and printed news to office@oslc-warrenton.com by 9:00 am. Thank you!
Dec 6, 2023
Confirmation Education
Confirmation teaches baptized Christians who wish to become Lutheran Martin Luther’s theology on the Ten Commandments, the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, Baptism, Confession, and the Eucharist. … Students usually take confirmation classes through 7th and 8th grade. For enrollment, contact the church office or one of the pastors.
Dec 6, 2023
Senior High Youth Group
Calling All Senior High Youth! Let’s try a new thing! Beginning September 21, youth group meetings will be held on Wednesday nights at 6:00 in the youth room (rm. # 7 off the Fellowship Hall). Please join us for pizza and planning during the first two meetings (9/21 & 9/28). A fun Saturday outing is in the works, and details will be coming your way soon. Meanwhile, come join us during those first couple of meetings to help plan things…
Dec 6, 2023
Adult Choir Rehearsal
Adult Choir Rehearsal will begin at 7:30 pm on Wednesdays in the Sanctuary/Nave but use of the space to set-up for this event will begin at 7:00 pm.
Dec 7, 2023
Adult Bible Study with Pastor Michael
A Sneak Peek at the Weekly Readings! Each week, we read a series of lessons together in worship, and hear a sermon that touches on at least one of them. But wouldn’t it be great if we knew which lessons we would hear in advance, so that we could understand them more deeply? If only there were some way to get a sneak peek. Good news: there is! Each Thursday, Pastor Michael will introduce us to the lectionary for the…
Dec 7, 2023
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
Does This Ring a Bell? Not by itself! ― It needs you to ring it! Now that social distancing is behind us, we are bringing handbell / handchime music back into worship. If you already have experience or if you are interested in learning to play handbells / handchimes, please contact Rhoda Thompson through your church directory or the church office (or in person on Saturdays at the 5:30 worship service). This is for anyone interested in playing handbells /…
Dec 8 – 9, 2023
Senior High Overnight Retreat December 8!
We are meeting on Friday, December from 8pm to 9:30am. Please let us know your plans by completing this brief form! Link Permission Forms Here There are lots of things planned: We will pack personal care kits, devotional times. play “dark games,” silly games, competitive games, solve a mystery, enjoy a campfire with treats weather permitting. Bring: a snack to share with the group, readiness to join in the hilarity and the more serious discussions, an open heart, something…
Dec 14, 2023
Dec 15, 2023
Monthly Newsletter Items Deadline
Please submit any news items for the monthly newsletter (The Messenger) to office@oslc-warrenton.com by 10:00 am on the 15th of the month. Thank you!
Dec 17 – 18, 2023
Christmas Program and Santa Visit!
Christmas Program and Santa Visit! We invite you to enjoy a delightful, original children’s Christmas Program, followed by a visit with Santa on Sunday, December 17, from 10:30-11:30 am. The program will be presented during the regular Sunday morning service. Then the children will be led out of the room by the Jolly Old Elf for a party in the fellowship hall. There will be simple costumes available for your child if they wish to participate…
Dec 26, 2023
Fellowship Committee Meeting
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Dec 27, 2023