Welcome

is located at the corner of Custis Road and Chippenham Parkway between the Forest Hill Avenue and Huguenot Road exits. We invite you to join us in worship, service, and love, and we look forward to welcoming you at 10:00 am on Sunday for our morning worship. We are a warm and inclusive Lutheran community, and worshipers are encouraged to dress comfortably (masks optional) and participate as they are able in the liturgically based service. We are a growing church and understand that newcomers are simply friends and members we do not yet know. Hope to see you soon!

If you are not ready or able to return to in-person worship yet, we continue to offer an online option for the Worship Service “Live” on our Facebook page. The complete service is printed in the Bulletin (below).  The recorded service is available later, on this website (below) and on YouTube.

Sunday, December 3, 2023
First Sunday of Advent

Introduction

Stir up your power, and come! The psalmist’s plea in Psalm 80:2 has become familiar to us in the Advent prayers. Isaiah wants God to rip the heavens open. Both cry out for an apparently distant, angry God to show up, to save, to restore. When we hear Jesus describing the coming of the Son of Man with stars falling from heaven, it can sound dire and horrible, not like anything we would ever hope for. But when we really look at the suffering of people God loves, we can share the hope that God would tear open the heavens and come.

Click here to read the Bulletin for this Sunday

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Listen to our choir:

People Look East
Adult Choir with piano accompaniment

Gaudete
Adult Choir with percussion accompaniment

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To watch our recent Worship Services, see our webpage: Recent Worship Services
To see photos of our recent Arts and Crafts Exhibition, see our webpage: Arts and Crafts Exhibition 2023

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Welcome Video

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