Midweek Message from Rev. Aaron Baughman (12/2/20)

A Midweek Message for December 2, 2020
Hello everyone at St Paul,

This Advent Season we’ll be following the poetry series, Those Who Dream. These poems were written by the Rev. Sarah Are, who is the Founding Creative Partner of A Sanctified Art and is the Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adults at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Social Work, and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary. Sarah loves to combine her love of all things creative with her passion for God. She believes that the Church has a responsibility to open every door to God, so that those of us who are visual, kinesthetic, or relational learners all have equal opportunity to engage God to the fullest of our abilities. Sarah feels called to live her life welcoming people into the church by using her energy and passion for beautifully scripted words, raw and relevant liturgy, and hands-on worship experiences to engage our longing for God and the need for justice in this messy world.I hope you enjoy this Advent journey with us and remember you can join us for our midweek services on Wednesdays online at 7:00PM or at anytime on FB or YouTube.  Remember to keep dreaming!In the name of Jesus, Rev. Aaron BaughmanAt-Home Communion for Everyone 
Would you like to participate in communion from home?
 St. Paul is now offering at home communion to everyone who is worshiping from home. Simply send an email to Jeanine at jeanine_secretary@sbcglobal.net or call her at 614-563-3230 to sign up communion kits will be blessed by Rev. Aaron before distribution. Be sure to note how many people are in your family when you reply to Jeanine so that we can be sure to get you the right amount. Our next installment will be for Christmas Eve and the whole Christmas season. Be sure to sign up to receive your candle for the at home candle light service, included in our next communion kit .  If you are interested in helping with distribution please let us know!Christmas Eve Service

This year we hope to have one Christmas Eve Service at 6:30pm.  Due to coronavirus restrictions, available seating (sanctuary + Multi-Purpose Room) could be insufficient to meet demand, so advance reservations will be required.  Reservations will be accepted beginning on December 1st.  To make a reservation, please make your request with Jeanine Sherman, via email at jeanine_secretary@sbcglobal.net (preferred method), or telephone (and voicemail) at (614) 563-3230.  Be sure to provide your name and the number of persons who will be attending Christmas Eve Service in your party. Reservations will close December 20. If we happen to go live stream only for Christmas Eve, if you make a reservation, you will receive a gift basket so you can follow along with the service. We are going to do a live stream for the Advent services on Wednesday and the Christmas Eve service.
  
32 “But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Beware, keep alert;[b] for you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. 35 Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, 36 or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.”

 – Excerpt from Mark 13The First Week of Advent –  DREAM, don’t sleep
They say you will come like a “thief in the night,”The hour unclear, the day easily feared. But I toss these words over the edge of my tongue,And they don’t taste right. A thief is one that I lock out.A thief is the one that I fear. So I ask myself—Did I downgrade you to no more than a thief, Great Builder?Did you form me from the dust,Breathe life into my bones,And paint the horizon into the sky, all for me? And was all of that fine,Until you asked me to love my neighbor as myself?Was all of that fine,Until you said, “Dream, don’t sleep”?Was all of that fine,Until you asked me to wake up to the suffering in the streets? Did I imprison you to the role of the thiefTo keep you from getting too close? Forgive me, Great Builder.Tear down the door to my house.Crawl through the window.Slip through the attic fan.Dance in the security light.Scream through the letterbox until I hear you again.For this house is your house.You built it.You belong here.I am begging you,Break back in.

Sarah Are | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
This Sunday will be livestream ONLY
Instructions to watch Live StreamYou don’t have to watch it live.
You can watch it anytime during or after the service.You can go to youtube.com and search: “St. Paul Lutheran Church New Rome, OH” You can subscribe and get an email when we are live. It is also posted on our website and Facebook page.Facebook-www.facebook.com/stpaullutherancolumbusohiochurch website: http://stpaulnewrome.comHere is the link for our worship on 11/15/20 for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost: https://youtu.be/F4ZX0JpPLTHIS COMING SUNDAYs HYMNS 

GREETING HYMN Gathering Hymn    ELW 254   Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Advent Hymn    ELW 240 v. 1     “Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah”
HYMN OF THE DAY      ELW 249  On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry
BENEDICTION   ELW 247   “Come Now, O Prince of Peace” This Week’s Prayers 
 REMEMBER IN PRAYER:  Fred Berkemer, Barbara Bradley, Ruth Hunter, Tillie Walls, Betty Danish, Don Montgomery, Richard Wiener, and Wes Porter  BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK:  Ruth Billman, Teresa Lehnert, John Hank, Terri Miller, Darlene Mitchell, Pam Weber, Kadee Norviel, Tyler Lumbard, Patrick Sherman, and Duane Dellinger
By Ryan Kennedy | December 2, 2020 | Uncategorized |