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Pointe of Grace Lutheran Church ~ Mukilteo, Washington ~ 425-263-8730 ~ www.pointeofgrace.org
December 24, 2017
Grace Notes
Sunday, Dec. 24
ADVENT 4 Worship
9:30 AM with Lessons
& Carols, Holy Com-
munion; then Fellow-
ship. All classes re-
sume Jan. 7.
CHRISTMAS EVE
WORSHIP 7:00 PM
with carols, commun-
ion, candlelight. Christ
the Savior is born!
Monday, Dec. 25
CHRISTMAS Day
Worship 9:30 AM with
carols, communion,
candlelight. Full of
grace & truth!
Tuesdays & Fridays
POG WALKERS
resume Jan. 2.
Wednesdays
WOMEN’S BIBLE
STUDY resumes Jan. 3.
TEEN LOUNGE re-
sumes Jan. 10.
Thursdays
SPACE FOR GRACE
prayer and meditation
resumes Jan. 4.
Sunday, Dec. 31
EPIPHANY SUNDAY
(OBSERVED) 9:30 AM
with Holy Commun-
ion; then Fellowship.
Children’s and adults’
classes resume Jan. 7.
NEW YEAR’S EVE
POTLUCK AND
GAMES, 6-9 PM
(observing New York
New Year’s). Members
of the Islamic Commu-
nity of Mukilteo will
join us. To welcome
them, please bring
vegetarian or seafood
dishes to the potluck.
Sunday, Jan. 7
RECEPTION OF NEW
MEMBERS in worship.
Welcoming children,
welcoming Christ
CHILDREN’S MEMORIAL (above). On Dec. 10, for the second
year, we offered a respectful
grief ritual for people
mourning a child’s death.
WINTER PARTY (right). Students at the Teen Lounge’s
winter party built several
gingerbread coffee houses
from kits generously donated
by Starbucks in Mukilteo.
The Starbucks manager (right, center) was impressed by the
Lounge’s interactive style.
WINTER PARTYGOERS at the Mukilteo Teen Lounge Dec. 13. Thanks to adult volunteers and coordinator Laura Crawford
(front row, right), about 40 students were welcome to stop by, eat, talk, laugh, play games, dance, and have fun.
As we celebrate Jesus’ birth as a baby, we are glad that Pointe of Grace serves children: through Packs for Kids (feeding more than 80 each week), the Mukilteo Teen Lounge after school program, Godly Play Sunday school, and our preschool (117 students).
Pointe of Grace Lutheran Church 5425 Harbour Pointe Blvd.
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Church phone 425-263-8730 is forwarded to Pastor Joan Beck. Pastor John Beck 503-998-2331, [email protected] Pastor Joan Beck 503-804-3384, [email protected] Volunteer office hours T & Th 10 AM–2 PM and W 1–4 PM. The pastors have days off after Christmas. Please feel free to call them on their cell phones or via the Pointe of Grace number.
GODLY PLAY “ADVENTURERS”—the older students—prepare to assemble small models
that are part of LEGO Advent calendars, such as the Christmas tree (right).
LIGHTS FOR THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Ron Evans, Rolf Olsoy, and Jason
Raaum (above) hung the lights around the building entrance
(right). John Yanni and Kris Taylor (upper right) placed the indoor greens with Ron Evans, Colleen
Nollette, Lanny Parish, Mary Roper,
Susan Torgerson, and Rungfa Yanni.
Advent morning,
Christmas evening
There might be people who think that Christmas Eve lasts all day on Dec. 24. Technically it doesn't begin until sundown. It’s not really Christmas Eve until 4:22 PM on the 24th.
Starting a new day at sunset (rather than at midnight by the clock or at sunrise) is something the Christian church calendar adopted from Jewish believers. We can see the “evening and morning” cycle marking each day in the Genesis 1 creation story. The Jewish Sabbath still begins on Friday evening. Our big festivals like Christmas and Easter both begin with an “Eve” service the night before.
Why is this important? Because if you are thinking that every service on Sunday, Dec. 24, is a Christmas Eve service, you will be surprised. Our morning ser-vice is an Advent service. The gospel reading is not from Luke 2. The baby is not yet in the manger. We will sing a few Christmas carols Sunday morn-ing because they make sense with the readings, but most car-ols will be saved for the actual Christmas services at 7 PM the 24th and 9:30 AM the 25th.
Advent is the season of prepara-tion for Christmas, starting four Sundays before Dec. 25. This year, since Christmas is on Mon-day, the fourth Sunday of Ad-vent happens to be Dec. 24 and it gives way to Christmas in less than 24 hours.