Advent - Bethlehem Church

Advent Calendar

We invite you to gather with us this Christmas for worship with beautiful music, powerful words and the amazing sight of our sanctuaries lit with candlelight. The Christmas story is central to Christmas worship at Bethlehem. Each service on Christmas Eve and Day will include carols and communion.

Christmas Eve

MINNEAPOLIS*
10:00 am – special music from Bethlehem’s choirs for Kids and Youth
3:00 pm – instrumental selections from brass quintet
5:00 pm – special music from brass quintet and Bethlehem Chorale
10:00 pm – special music from the Bethlehem Handbell Ensemble, Bethlehem Chorale and Women’s Choral Ensemble

MINNETONKA
4:00 pm – special music from Chancel Choir and Minnetonka Handbell Ensemble

SPIRIT GARAGE
4:00 pm

*All services from Minneapolis will be live-streamed at blctcmn.com/stream

Christmas Day

MINNETONKA
9:30 am

MINNEAPOLIS*
10:30 am

* Service will be livestreamed at blctcmn.co/stream

OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSIST WITH CHRISTMAS HOSPITALITY

Additional Ushers, Greeters, and Communion Servers are needed in Minneapolis. Even if you’re new to the role, we’d love to have you on one of the teams that welcome people to worship.

Sign-up here to help in Minneapolis. For more information, contact Barb Chapin.

Contact Sue Lungstrom to help in Minnetonka.

Advent Calendar Devotional

This year’s Advent calendar includes everything you need to build a chain, but instead of making it all in one sitting and then tearing it apart to count down, we invite you to build it up, adding one link each day until Christmas. Then keep it displayed at home for all twelve days of the season. It’s a simple daily ritual to help us remember the world needs more building up, more connections, more love linking us all together, near and far.

Our theme is “Bethlehem: Close to Home” and the strips for making a chain stretch from Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities to Bethlehem in the Holy Land. Each day includes a scripture reading from the daily lectionary and phrase from that scripture that you might use as a breath prayer or refrain as you go about your day. We hope that adding this simple and creative repetition to your rhythm this season is a welcome reminder that God is making something new, even now!

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