Advent Midweek # 2 December 13, 2023

Focus for our Midweek Gatherings ---
Don’t Take Christ out of Christmas
A place to call home: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church & School
In the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, welcome home. We especially welcome to our house of 
worship our guests who have joined us today. We pray you will be strengthened by the good news 
about God’s grace, love, and forgiveness to us through Jesus.
We say with the Psalmist, whether here on campus or viewing online, “I rejoiced with those who said to me, 
‘Let us go to the house of the LORD’” (Psalm 122:1).
May the Lord continue to help us grow in His grace and knowledge as we hear, speak, and sing His 
holy Word.

Worship Focus: It cannot happen, Christ taken out of Christmas … so we might say; however, in a 
way it already has happened, has it not? While Christ will always remain the reason for Christmas, the 
world has not always connected and celebrated Christ with Christmas; the danger is there for us who 
know about the connection between Christ and Christmas. How can we avoid such a danger? What 
can we do to point others in Christ’s direction at Christmas and beyond? Our worship tonight is one 
of the ways to do just that.