Advent & Christmas Theme
The theme for this season is: Awake and waiting … salvation is near.
Poinsettias
Poinsettias will be displayed during the seasons of Advent and Christmas.
QC Studio Z
Did you know that QC Studio Z offers Zumba classes in the fellowship hall three times a week? The class schedule is Mondays & Wednesdays 5:45 – 6:45 pm and Saturdays 9:30 – 10:30 am.
For more information visit their website: https://www.qcstudioz.com/
Wednesday Bible Study
Join Pastor Pokora on Wednesday evenings for Bible Study at 7 pm (via Zoom). The focus will be the lessons for the following Sunday. Please e-mail Pastor Pokora (richpokora@yahoo.com) to request the meeting id and password that is needed to join.
Food Pantry & Clothing Closet
Saturdays
The food pantry & clothing closet serve 100+ families each and every week while they are open to the public from 11 am – 1 pm. Several volunteers are needed during this time as well as throughout the week to prepare.
Weekly Food Load
Volunteers are needed to help pick-up/load/unload/put away Friday, December 8th. The process begins at River Bend Food Bank at 8:30 am to pick up the order then unload and put away the order at church at 9:00 am.
Food Pantry & Clothing Closet Donations
Donations are accepted Fridays from 9 am – 12 pm and Saturdays from 9 am – 11 am.
Sunday School (Children’s and Adult)
Sunday school class will meet every Sunday at 9 am during the month except December 24th and December 31st. The children will meet for a lesson or activity and the adults will meet to delve into the scripture for the day.
Worship
All are welcome to join us on Sunday mornings for worship each week at 10 am.
Introduction for Sunday, December 10th
This Sunday is the second Sunday of the church year.
John calls people to repent, to clear the decks, to completely reorder their lives so that nothing gets in the way of the Lord’s coming. The reading from Isaiah gives the context for this radical call: the assurance of forgiveness that encourages us to repent; the promise that the coming one will be gentle with the little ones. Isaiah calls us all to be heralds with John, to lift up our voices fearlessly and say, “See, your God is coming!” We say it to one another in worship, in order to say it with our lives in a world in need of justice and peace.
Scripture (two (2) read Sunday morning)
Isaiah 40:1-11 Good news of God’s coming to a people in exile
Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 Righteousness shall prepare a pathway for God. (Ps. 85:13)
2 Peter 3:8-15a Waiting for and hastening the day of God
Mark 1:1-8 John appears from the wilderness
Fit4Mom
Fit4Mom holds an exercise class from 5:30 – 6:30 pm Tuesday evenings in the fellowship hall.
For more information visit their website: https://quadcities.fit4mom.com//
Wednesday Bible Study
Join Pastor Pokora on Wednesday evenings for Bible Study at 7 pm (via Zoom). The focus will be the lessons for the following Sunday. Please e-mail Pastor Pokora (richpokora@yahoo.com) to request the meeting id and password that is needed to join.
Private Event
There will be a private event in the gathering space on Monday, December 11th from 10 am – 3 pm.
Worship Planning Meeting
The worship planning team will meet Monday, December 11th at 4:30 pm in the church library to plan the season of Epiphany.
Council Meeting
The council will meet on Tuesday, December 19th at 6 pm in the church library.
Christmas Eve Worship
Since December 24th, Christmas Eve, falls on a Sunday this year, All Saints Lutheran Church will have the Christmas Eve Worship Service on Sunday morning at 10 am.
Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 31st is the First Sunday of Christmas. Worship will be at 10 am and will include Lessons & Carols. There will not be Sunday school on this day.