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Messenger Pastor Al’s Message

“All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.” (Luke 2:18-19)

Everything around us in our world says that Christmas is over the day after we open our gifts, but I want to encourage us to consider something. Why do the scriptures record the verse above about Mary’s response to all that happened at Jesus’ birth? What might these words have to teach us as well?

Before we move with haste past Christmas into the New Year, let us follow Mary’s lead and find ways to cut time out of our days to continue to ponder the amazing gift, the amazing grace, that was showered on us in the birth of Jesus.

To possess a secret joy and to hold a marvelous mystery in mind and heart is to rise above the grind of daily life. Centering the self on the things that are most precious, opens a space of serenity where one can truly be at rest. In that sacred space, we can ponder on God’s surprises; there we can dare to know the heart of God and feel good-ness and grace.

It is also true though that God comes not only in those serene moments, but just as Jesus came wrapped in the swaddling clothes, our experience of God, at times, comes in the midst of the struggles and sorrows of this world.

Seeing God can be challenged by clatter and clamor, but when the truth of why Jesus has come resides deep within us, we can be the ones who can offer stillness right in the middle of chaos. We can be the ones who can ponder the possibilities that everyone else struggles to comprehend. When we have been touched by the truth of who God revealed Godself to be in Jesus, we can see the arrival of the Kingdom of God where it often is revealed; in the weak and the ordinary.

So may we all step into the stillness, look deeply into the mystery of what God has revealed to us in the birth of Jesus – how it happened, where it happened, why it happened - and how these truths can change the way we see and interact with the world this day and every day.

As we move into this New Year, let’s follow Mary’s lead. Let’s find the ways to avoid the temptation to move ahead with haste. Let us keep the story of Christmas in our hearts and minds. As we travel into the season of Epiphany, may it truly be a time that we continue to treasure this story and ponder what Jesus’ coming means for our lives and how he is continuing to come each day.

God’s Peace,

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Sinai Lutheran Church welcomes, challenges, and nurtures disciples to serve the church and love God’s world.

Love your coffee and chocolate? There are sev-eral choices of

Fairtrade coffee. SERRV sale continues every Sunday for the Holiday season! Stop by the

SERRV table in the narthex and choose something for yourself that will also benefit others. We are looking for someone to take over this ministry. Let Pastor know interest!

Poinsettias for Christmas If you wish to purchase Poinsettias for our

Christmas Eve services this year, there is a signup sheet in the Nar-thex. Cost is $10. We will send one of our elves to purchase the Poinset-tias—as many as we have dollars for. You may designate in memory of or in honor of if you desire and may pick up to take home after the 8:00pm worship on Dec 24th.Those not picked up will adorn our sanctuary on the 29th. Deadline is Dec.15th.

PLEASE NOTE… Sinai’s office will be CLOSED Tuesday, Dec 24 at noon, & Wednesday,

Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st and hours between Christmas and New Years will be relaxed. Emily will also be at her Spiritual Direction residency on January 27-29 and office hours are as follows: Jan 27 closed at noon, open 9-12 Jan 28 closed 9-nnon, open 12-3 Jan 29 closed 9-noon, open 12-3

Cards for our Homebound are located in the fellowship hall for anyone to sign before we deliver or send on as we go caroling on Dec 15h. They love to hear from their Sinai family! You will also find some Advent resources for families with children as well as daily devotions in the narthex. A daily digital resource can be found from Luther Seminary called God Pause and the link is available on the Sinai website, www.sinailutheran.com under the Documents & Forms tab. There is a separate Advent Devotional called Hark, the Glad Sound which is printed for you in standard and large print and also available in the narthex

Sinai’s Youth Christmas Program will be held on Sunday, December 15th between services at 9:15am in the sanctuary. A cookie reception will follow. Invite family and friends for this special program! Prac-tice will be on Saturdays, December 8 & 15 from 11-noon. Sunday School fam-ilies (pre-4

th) are

asked to bring 1-2 dozen cookies for the reception after the pro-gram.

The Flower Chart 2020 is posted on the North bulletin

board and ready for you to fill in your name for the Sunday altar flowers. Cost will be $40.00 each Sunday for two bouquets with no flowers during Lent or Advent which will give you the option to donate a monetary gift to a charity of your choice.

On Baptism of

our Lord Sun-

day,

January 12th,

parents, sponsors and congrega-

tion will renew baptismal promises

in worship with our newly baptized

members of the calendar year

2019. We will recognize the anni-

versary of baptism for

Jayden Lippold, Kinsley Nelson,

Matilda Kronberg, Rowen Rue-

ther, and Skylar V on Seggern.

Christmas Eve Candle-light Worship Tuesday, December 24th 4 PM , 8 PM Worship with Holy Communion.

The Fellowship Committee invites you to the Annual Caroling and Soup Evening, Sunday, December

15th. We will leave the church at 4:00 pm and carol to our members in care facilities or homes and then meet

back at the church for fellowship time together. We would like everyone to bring a pot of soup or chili to

share and cinnamon rolls to share. The fellowship committee will provide drinks, crackers and other soup fixings. Come join the fun and share some Christmas Spirit with

our members who are not able to worship with us. The entryway lift construction is

almost done! The handicap lift is

about ready to be used beginning

Sunday, December 15th. Thanks

to the congregation for your support-

ive vote to continue this project to be

welcoming to all who enter Sinai’s

doors! Once all contractors are

done, the alarm will be enabled.

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PRUDENCE-NAOMI CIRCLE will meet Thursday, December 17 at 5:30pm for a Christmas Gathering. They will not meet in January 2010. If you have questions, call Gloria at 402-727-4533.

CHARITY CIRCLE will meet Thursday, December 19 at Sinai Fellowship hall with Ruth Circle for lunch. They will also meet on Thursday, January 16 at 1:30 pm at Nye Square with details later.

RUTH CIRCLE will meet on Thursday, December 19 at Sinai Fellowship hall with Charity Circle for lunch. hey will also meet on January 16 at 1:30pm with Ruth Lund hosting and Jodeen

Yurk leading in Bible Study.

Committee Members... your annual report is due in to the church office by Friday, December 27. This report should be a recap/summary of the year.

The Children’s library in the fellowship hall has fabric bags and a few new books in which your family can choose to take home and return when you are done over the holiday break!

NOTICE: the Annual Meeting is scheduled for January 26, 2020 after the 10:30am worship service.

NO Sunday School or Forums Dec 22 and 29. Sunday School will resume on January 5th. Adult Forum will resume on January 12th.

Individuals NOMINATED for

Council, Synod Voting or

Nominating Committee—-

please submit a bio to the

office by December 27.

Also, please plan to have

your photo taken on either

Sunday, January 5th or

12th.

and FELLOWSHIP A sign up to provide treats for fellowship is posted on the North bulletin board. Please join us in the fellowship hall each Sunday between services as adult forums are held. Coffee and snacks are available as we pursue various topics including Bible studies, community groups and Synod topics. It is a casual atmosphere where little ones are welcome. Sunday, December 15—No forum, but join us for the youth Christmas Program with reception to follow. Sundays, December 22 and 29—No forums or Sunday School, resume regular schedule on January 5 Sunday, January 5– No adult forum Sunday, January 12-Steve Navarrette and exec council reviews the 2020 annual budget to be presented at the annual meet-ing on January 26.

We pray for the family and friends of:

Barbara Rodricks mother to Gren Rodricks-Midland

Dining hall manager

died December 5, 2019

The columbarium cabinet construc-

tion is almost ready to be installed.

Sinai will dedicate it in worship on

Sunday, December 22nd. Thanks to

the congregation for their supportive

vote for the columbarium in our build-

ing. There are two scheduled inurn-

ments in December and January.

“So you have pain now: but I

will see you again, and your

hearts will rejoice , and no one

will take your joy from you”

John 16:22

Rowen Teckla-Lynn Ruether was baptized on Sunday, December 15. She was born on November 19 to Brent & Jami. Sponsors are Kari

Harris, Jen Layton & Angela Guernsey.

Skylar Diane Von

Seggern will be bap-

tized on December 22.

Parents are Paul &

Kylie and sponsors are

Scott & Kim Kreikemeier and

Jason & Ruth Horvatich.

Congratulations

to Robert & Emi-

ly Johnson on

the birth of a ba-

by boy, Huxton Robert,

born on November 7.

He is welcomed home

by big sister and broth-

er, Paisley & Beckham.

Congratulations

to Sean & Chelsea

Navarrette on the birth

of a healthy baby girl on

Friday, October 18th.

Eloise Marian is

welcomed home by big

brother Theo.

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11 Mary Von Seggern

14 Zac Duminy

23 Dayton Schwaninger

23 Jayden Lippold

24 Jeff Helget

25 Nancy Baughman

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26 Milo Anderson

27 Lisa Kramme

28 Geraldine Lund

29 Gary Overfield

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SINAI LUTHERAN CHURCH 950 E. 8th St. ● Fremont, NE 68025

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Sinai Lutheran Church 950 E 8th Street Fremont, NE 68025

May Joy fill your home and

Peace find its way to you this

season. Have a Blessed

Christmas and a Happy New

Year from the Sinai Staff!

~Pastor Al Duminy

~Emily Wageman

~Claire Bushong

~Cindi Lamprecht

What a great show of support for the youth cookie walk on December 8th! About $800 was raised that will help with the expenses of the mission trip next summer. Thanks to the youth families and SO many others who brought cookies and treats, made donations and took cookies home!

I want to say thank you to all the friends at Sinai that surrounded me with love during my ordeal with Thyroid Cancer. I can’t tell you how much it meant to me to have you pray for me and thanks to those who sent cards, flowers and food and for Pastor’s visit and prayers before my surgery. I am happy to say the Dr. was able to get it all out so no further treatments will be needed and I feel very blessed by that. Thank you too for all your patience as I regain my speech. Hopefully soon it will be back to normal. I’m blessed to be a part of such a wonderful church family. Jeanne Schwaninger Social ministry, we want to thank you so much for the generous dona-tion of school kits full of supplies, notebooks, pencils, pens, erasers, rulers and so much more! You are impacting the community of Fremont one day at a time and one child at a time. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness. Blessings, Hope Center Kids Thank you to all who provided food for the Nov and Dec LifeHouse meal and to those who helped serve. We received many expressions of gratitude from the residents at LifeHouse. Diane Skurdahl & Jan Kruse

Christmas Eve

Candlelight services at

4:00pm and 8:00pm