Category Archives: Advent/Christmas Posts

“Let your heart sing” a Christmas Eve sermon

12.24.2022 Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20 told Pastor Carter Style “Let your heart sing” Grace Lutheran Church Stratford, CT

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Good Morning Church! 1.03.2021

Good Morning Church! 1.03.2021 Happy New Year! Good Morning Church! Opening Prayer for the Year “He Came Down” (ELW #253 Sung by Al LaPorte) Discovery Time: One Word for 2021 Letter Writing Challenge John 1:1-14 Message “Word of God, Come … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! Christmas Sunday 12.27.2020

Good Morning Church! Christmas Sunday 12.27.2020 “O Come All Ye Faithful” (world premiere by Stockings Full of Coal [Rachael, Tammie, Joe and Geoff]) Good Morning Church! Thanks and Giving “The Friendly Beasts” (Kim Meadows, 12th Century French Carol, Traditional) “Of … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas Church!

Good Morning Church! Christmas Eve Special (with pageant) Merry Christmas Church! Opening Prayer “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” (ELW #386) Christmas by the Shore Pageant: Luke 2:1-20; Matt 2:1-12; Isaiah 9:6 Featured songs: “Holy Child Within the Manger” (WOV #638, … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! 12/20/2020 Advent 4: Love

Good Morning Church! 12/20/2020 Advent 4: Love Good Morning Church! Welcome from Gillette Castle “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord” (new song by Al LaPorte) Advent Candles (LiturgyLink: Advent Candles, 2020. online available: liturgylink.net/11/22/advent-candles-hope-peace-joy-love/ “Light One Candle to Watch … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! 12/13/2020 Advent 3: Joy

Good Morning Church! 12/13/2020 Advent 3: Joy Good Morning Church! Welcome from Chester, CT “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord” (new song by Al LaPorte) Advent Candles (LiturgyLink: Advent Candles, 2020. online available: liturgylink.net/11/22/advent-candles-hope-peace-joy-love/ “Light One Candle to Watch … Continue reading

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Good Morning Church! 11/29/2020 Advent 1: Hope

Good Morning Church! 11/29/2020 Advent 1: Hope Good Morning Church! Advent Candles (LiturgyLink: Advent Candles, 2020. online available: liturgylink.net/11/22/advent-candles-hope-peace-joy-love/ “Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah” (ELW #240, v. 1) Discovery Time “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord” (new … Continue reading

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2019 St. Paul Pageant

Pageant Highlights (photo gallery) “Just Ask” Pageant St. Paul Lutheran Church, Old Saybrook, CT

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Sunday is coming! “The Wisdom of the Magi” – Festival of the Epiphany, Matt 2:1-12

“In the Time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem.” (Matthew 2:1) The coming of the Magi from the East spurs the imagination but also draws us into … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!

Christ be with you always 🙂 Yep, you…Merry Christmas! Photos by Joe McGarry

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