Sunday, December 14, 2025 Bulletin
Be Amazed: Stars Guide our Way
Advent 3: Peace
December 14, 2025
Gathering to be amazed…
Prelude
Call to Worship
Hymn: We Dream of a Turning VT 209
Candle Lighting
Advent Hymn: Now the Heavens Start to Whisper VT 237
… by God’s stars who guide the way…
Dramatic Reading
Gift of Music – Children singing
Children’s Time
Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7
Sermon: Peace Lights the Darkness
…through the darkness…
Hymn: Bless’d Be the God of Israel VT 223
Congregational Prayer
Offering & Offertory
…and sending us forth with peace.
Announcements
Hymn: He Came Down VT 239
Benediction
Postlude
Leading us in worship:
Bulletin Cover Art: Mark Scheerer
Worship Leader: Kim Lichti
Song Leader: Sara Roth
Accompanist: Doris Martin
Children’s Story: Joy Wagler
Gift of Music: Children’s Sunday School
Dramatic Reading: Ben Linthorne, Scott Wagler
Sermon: Pastor Louise Wideman
Congregational Prayer: Chris Finnie
A/V: Steve Kennel, Cliff Kennel
An unsupervised nursery is available across from the washrooms for children ages 5 and under. Parents are expected to supervise their children while in the nursery.
Special Coin Offering: Wilmot & Wellesley Resource Centre
Today
Christian Education (Sunday School):
11:00 – 12 pm Children’s Sunday School (Age 2 – Gr. 4), basement
11:15 – 12 pm Jr. Youth (Gr. 5-8), MYF (Gr. 9-12+), basement
Adult Ed in Fireplace Room
Coffee Time in the Fellowship Hall following the service.
Choir Practice today at 11 am in the sanctuary.
Next Sunday
9:45 am Livestream and in-person worship
Speaker: Pastor Ben Cassels- Advent 4
No Sunday School for all ages.
Pastors’ Treats during the Sunday School hour.
Bring toques & mittens to place on the tree during the offering for Wilmot & Wellesley Resource Centre.
This Week at Steinmann MC
Dec 15&16 (Mon&Tues) 6:30 – 9 pm: Pickleball
Dec 17 (Wed) 6 pm: LGBTQ+ Listening & Discernment Ad Hoc meeting
Dec 17 (Wed) 7 pm: Choir Christmas Party hosted by Nancy Steinmann Yantzi
Dec 18 (Thurs) 7:30 pm: Orchestra practice
MYF (Grades 9-12+)
Jan 2-3 noon-noon: Lock-in at the church.
Jr. Youth (Grades 5-8)
Jan 15 (Thurs) 6:30-8 pm: Outdoor Winter Activities
Congregational Life
Dec 18 (Thurs): 9 am – 12 noon Steinmann members are needed to help cut rags at the MCC Material Resources Centre. Thank you for your help.
Dec 19 (Fri) 10 pm: Steinmann Bruins, Church League Hockey Game at Wilmot Rec Centre.
Dec 24 (Wed) 6:30 pm: Christmas Eve Service.
Joys & Concerns
Let us pray for healing and hope for:
Milt Mohr as he recuperates from surgery at Guelph General Hospital.
Sharon Leis, hospitalized at St. Mary’s hospital for testing.
Nyle Hofstetter, hospitalized in London following a stroke.
Remember Cathy Knipfel in her journey with cancer.
Scott and Wendy Wagler, along with Jennifer Davidson, are excited to share that, our kids, Tyson Wagler and Olivia Davidson are getting married! We’re looking forward to their marriage in 2027 but invite you to review the invitation in Thursday’s Caring & Connecting Weekly Update for an event to be held on December 21st, 2025 at 1-4 pm.
Community Events
Today 2:30 pm: A LYNC Christmas held at Steinmann MC: A multimedia light and music Christmas special for the whole family in support of LYNC’s Mill Block Community Development. Tickets available on Eventbrite. Contact the church office for link.
Dec 21 (Sun) 4 pm: Longest Night Service at Zion United Church, New Hamburg. This service of readings, music, and candle lighting will acknowledge the feelings of sadness that come with loss. All are welcome.