Welcome Pastor Wally Seibel
It's official! Pastor Wally Seibel is now our Intentional Interim Pastor. Please introduce yourselves and welcome him when you have the opportunity. Pastor Wally is passionate about serving congregations in transition with over 37 years experience as an Interim Pastor. He will be located in Tyler on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesday. If you need to contact Pastor Wally, please email at rollinrev@gmail.com or call at 903-249-9668.
No Sunday School November 29th
There is no Sunday School scheduled for November 29th. Classes will resume on Sunday, December 6 at 9:45. We look forward to seeing you there!
A Prayer for Thanksgiving
Heavenly Father, on Thanksgiving Day, we bow our hearts to You and pray. We give You thanks for all You've done, especially for the gift of Jesus, Your Son. For beauty in nature, Your glory we see, for joy and health, friends, and family. For daily provision, Your mercy and care, these are the blessings You graciously share. So today we offer this response of praise with a promise to follow You all of our days.
— Mary Fairchild
Retrieved from: https://www.womansday.com/life/g23705728/best-thanksgiving-prayer/
The North American Lutheran Church
November 2020 Newsletter
Here are the highlights from the November 2020 Newsletter:
- Remembering Paull Spring, first bishop of the NALC.
- Bishop Paull Spring and the NALS.
- Sealed in faith.
- Ministry update from Pastor Valery Hryhoryk in Belarus.
- Ministry update from Stephen Katterhenrich.
- NALC Executive Council update.
- Ministry update from Kevin and Sarah Pfister in Bulgaria.
- Introducing “Fresh Eyes for Mission Summit” – Ministry Matters from Pastor David Wendel.
- NALC Advent devotions.
- NALC Disaster Response seeking Christmas gifts.
- Youth and family ministry update.
Retrieve your copy at https://thenalc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/NALC-November-2020-web.pdf
Advent Devotions
Prepare the Way of the Lord, an Advent devotional booklet for 2020 is now available at the The North American Lutheran Church website.
Retrieve your copy at https://thenalc.org/advent-devotional-2020/
Good News, Great Joy
Thank you shoebox shoppers. Because of your kindness and generosity, 67 more children will receive a gift, perhaps, for the very first time.
Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse writes “I am deeply grateful for your heart for packing Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes for children in need. All over the world, these gift-filled boxes become tools for local churches
to share God’s love and the Gospel of Jesus Christ”.
…and that, dear friends, is the greatest gift of all!
Sincerely,
Chris and Sarah
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