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LIVING HOPE CHURCH

12.3.23 Home for Christmas: Advent (Week 1)

Locations & Times

LIVING HOPE WESLEYAN

520 3rd St NW, Madison, SD 57042, USA

Sunday 9:30 AM

Advent: Latin for Waiting

Advent Theme: Home For Christmas

Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)

“The Weary World Rejoices”

Question: What does it look like to rejoice in the weariness?

Rejoicing is not the same as cheerful

Luke 2:1

“A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices.”

Translation: “The entire world thrills with hope on this night that gives it a savior.”

Lamentations 3:19-20

Lamentations 3:21-23

Lamentations 3:24-26

1. A New Day with Jesus.…brings exactly what we need.

Lamentations 3:24

2. A New Day with Jesus…brings us the hope to keep going.

Lamentations 3:25

‘We can live 40 days or so without food. We can live eight days or so without water. We can live four minutes or so without oxygen, but we can only live a few seconds without hope.’ – Author Unknown

Hebrews 10:23

3. A New Day with Jesus…brings the help that we're seeking

Hosea 12:6

Lamentations 3:26

Romans 13:11-12

Sermon-based Study Guide

We want to offer the opportunity for you to go deeper into the Sunday teaching. Printed copies of the sermon-based study guide will be available at the church or you can access the study guide at the button below. This is just one of the ways we can grow and Live. Hope. together!

https://lhwc.org/content/sermons/notes/Advent_Study_Guide_Wk.1.pdf

Pray This Week

Northwest District Church Salem, OR - Northgate Wesleyan, Dane Gjesdal Local Church Madison - Lake Madison Luthern, Phillip Hofinga Nunda - Grace Lutheran, Phillip Hofinga District Leadership Living Hope Church Advisory Council - Derrion Hardie, Floyd Rummel, JoAnn Casanova Ministry Staff - Pastor Kirby Oaks, Jenna Flatten, Dana Neu

ADVENT DEVOTIONAL

If you’d like to prepare your heart for Christ’s arrival this Advent Season, we would like to share an Advent Devotional with you.  This is a 4-week devotional that began November 27th, and has simple daily readings to help us reflect on the birth of Jesus.  We will have these available for you to take home, but if you’d like an electronic copy, simply download the devotional from the button below.

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:af8317d3-441b-4034-ae05-e203ff174db5

HOW TO CONNECT IN DECEMBER

Join us Sunday, December 10th for Ugly Sweater Sunday! Find your ugliest Christmas sweater, and wear it to church that morning.

SAVE THE DATE! December 17th @ 9:30 am, the LH Kids will bless us with their Christmas Program! Then join us after, in the coffee shop, for cookies and hot chocolate.

Christmas Eve is different this year since it falls on a Sunday. We will have a regular service that morning at 9:30 am, and then our Traditional Candlelight Serve will be at 4:30 pm.

FOLLOW UPDATE

THANK YOU!! Thanks to your generosity, the Follow Conference Youth Trip has been fully funded!! We are going to leave the QR code open through the end of December.  All new donations received will go toward the meals of those attending the Conference!  Either scan the code, or click the link below (and choose the Follow Fund) to donate!

https://www.elexiogiving.com/app/giving/lhwc

HVAC UPDATE

All units are up and running, and we have heat! If you’ve been keeping up with our HVAC repairs, here’s more info for you: - Overall repairs for our HVAC units: $30,150.00 - We have received $21,420.00 in generous donations, and all bills have been paid in full. If you feel led to give to this fund above your tithes and offerings, please the online giving link below, and designate the Build.Hope. fund.

Ways to Give. Hope.

Please continue in your faithful giving and tithing with one of these options: * Leave your tithe in the black box as you exit the sanctuary * Use the online giving link below to pay with a bank account, credit card or debit card * Mail it to the church at 520 NW 3rd St, Madison, SD 57042. * Giving by TEXT is hands-down the easiest way to give. Simply text the word GIVE, or the desired dollar amount to our text giving number: (605) 205-8777. If it's your first time, you'll be prompted to register before completing your gift. If you've given by text before, you can give immediately without having to re-enter any of your information--simply text the amount you wish to give--it's that easy! Other Text Commands: EDIT - Make changes to your giving account REFUND - Refund your last gift. You must text REFUND within 15 minutes to refund the gift KEYWORD - See a list of active fund names to use to designate a gift Thank you for your generosity!

Online Giving Link

http://www.lhwc.org/giving

OPTIONS FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP

We continue to provide a number of ways for people to engage with the music and teaching of Sunday morning, realizing that everyone has different comfort levels and access to resources. We offer the following ways to join the service: Sunday 9:30 am - enter through the East Doors of the church building for the in-person gathering Sunday 9:30 am - the service will be LIVE online at https://livehope.online.church/ Sunday 9:30 am and anytime after - the teaching is on our website (lhwc.org)

To Find Out More

Website: www.lhwc.org Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @lhwcmadison

CONNECT WITH US

If you would like more information about Living Hope or to complete your Connection Card, please use the link listed below.

https://lhmadison.elexiochms.com/external/form/962270ba-8e33-4332-99ab-d6ab2ea0abae

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