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Welcome to Advent, the season of watching and waiting in hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Portions of this bulletin are from Sundays and Season copyright 2020 Augsburg Fortress. Intercessory prayers are adapted from blogs.elca.org Worship in the Home for November 29, 2020. Music is used by permission for streaming/podcast under One License # 713862 and Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License # 26108) or it is in the common domain. The prelude Maranatha, Lord Messiah is taken from the Gather Hymnal, 3rd edition; the remainder of the music comes from the Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymnal. Visual Images: 1. Pastor Anne’s collection 2. Pixabay.com

Synod leadership recorded worship for congregations whose pastors and deacons were participating in Region 1's First Call Theological Education. Bishop Shelley Wickstrom, Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee, Bishop Rick Jaech, Bishop Kristen Kuempel, and Bishop Laurie Larson Caesar. Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Matthew 25:31-45 Preacher: Bishop Rick Jaech Songs: Softly and Tenderly; Just As I Am; Jesus Loves Me Copyright: Public Domain Song Leadership: The Misner Family

Is Jesus the Messiah hiding in plain sight, in the bodies of the poor and needy ones of this world? Come, let us reason together. Join us for worship today: Matthew 25:31-46. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Portions of this service are from Sundays and Season copyright 2020 Augsburg Fortress. Music is used by permission for streaming/podcast under One License # 713862 and Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License # 26108) or it is in the common domain. Whatever You Do lyrics are by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, used with permission. Visual Images: 1. Angelico, fra, ca. 1400-1455. Last Judgment, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=47755 [retrieved November 9, 2020]. Original source: http://www.yorckproject.de. 2. Bruegel, Pieter, 1564-1638. Seven Acts of Mercy, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57786 [retrieved November 9, 2020]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brueghel-Umkreis_Werke_der_Barmherzigkeit.jpg 3. Fischer, Tony. Soup Kitchen at the House of Mercy Church, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57902 [retrieved November 9, 2020]. Original source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/3254449443. 4. Pastor Anne’s collection 5. Pixabay.com

The Northwest Intermountain Synod is thrilled to welcome Lutheran leaders of color to our digital pulpit. As our congregations continue to utilize online worship formats, this is a chance to hear siblings we may not have listened to as often and also to provide preaching relief for local pastors. Our hope is that this project helps us begin to better live into the fullness of being the body of Christ. This sermon for November 15, 2020 focused on the RCL Gospel text of Matthew 25:14-30 and is preached by Kelly Sherman Conroy. Kelly Sherman Conroy introduces herself in this way on her website https://www.kellysconroy.com/ "Hi, I Am Kelly. My Lakota name is Mato Waste Winyan (Good Bear Woman). I am a proud member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Currently based in 📍Minnesota, USA. I am a Native American Theologian who has grounded my life in the Holy Spirit and the deep spiritual practices intertwined between my Lakota identity and Christian beliefs. I dedicate my time to social justice, racial reconciliation, trauma and healing, Indigenous leadership, family ministry.. Walking with people of all cultures, I actively provide ministry around the exploration of intersections of identity, personal narratives, and faith through an Indigenous lens." This video includes a brief introduction to Kelly Sherman Conroy by Rev. Meggan Manlove. It does not include any of the scripture readings assigned for this Sunday.

Join God's holy people from Our Savior Lutheran Church of Twin Falls for Sunday worship, including a special recognition of military veterans. Consider what makes worship pleasing to God, and the relationship between God's love and God's anger - Amos 5:18-24 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Portions of this bulletin are from Sundays and Season copyright 2020 Augsburg Fortress. Intercessory prayers: Adapted from Gail Ramshaw (blogs.elca.org). Music is used by permission for streaming/podcast under One License # 713862 and Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License # 26108) or it is in the common domain. Visual Art is from Pixabay.com, from Pastor Anne’s collection, and from the personal collection of a member of the congregation.

Join God's people from Our Savior Lutheran Church in Sunday worship on All Saints Day. We give thanks and praise to God for the lives and Christian witness of the people who have gone before us in the faith. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Portions of this bulletin are from Sundays and Season copyright 2020 Augsburg Fortress. Music is used by permission for streaming/podcast under One License # 713862 and Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License # 26108) or it is in the common domain. Visual Images: 1. Pastor Anne’s collection 2. Pixabay.com

Preacher: Rev. Lamont Anthony Wells, Nation Director of the African Descent Lutheran Association Worship Leaders: Bishop Kristen Kuempel, Pastor Phil Misner Musicians: Ron Fabry (piano/organ/vocals), Pastor Inger Hanson (vocals) Video Credit: Pastor Inger Hanson (hymns), Pastor Phil Misner (editing) Copyright Information: Opening hymn -- Sing a New Church Words; Dolores Dufner, OSB, © 1991, The Sisters of St. Benedict. Published by OCP. All rights reserved. Music: J. Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part II, 1813. All rights reserved. Used with permission under ONE LICENSE #804331-E Reflection hymn -- Send Down the Fire; Contributors: Marty Haugen Tune: © 1989, 1990, GIA Publications, Inc. Text: © 1989, 1990, GIA Publications, Inc; All rights reserved. Used with permission under ONE LICENSE #804331-E Sending hymn -- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, ELW 504 Text: Martin Luther, 1483-1546; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship Music: Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Text © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Used with permission under ONE LICENSE #804331-E Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE 804331-E

In Matthew 22:15-22, Jesus once again outfoxes his opponents who try to trap him with a question that has no good answer. But is there more to the story than this? Click the link to find out.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Portions of this bulletin are from Sundays and Season copyright 2020 Augsburg Fortress. Intercessory prayers: Adapted from Gail Ramshaw (blogs.elca.org). Music is used by permission for streaming/podcast under One License # 713862 and Augsburg Fortress Liturgies License # 26108) or it is in the common domain. Visual art is from: • Pastor Anne’s personal collection • Pixabay.com • Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603. Render unto Caesar, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57748 [retrieved October 10, 2020]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maerten_de_Vos_-_Render_unto_Caesar.jpg. • Image of a Roman denarius: By DrusMAX - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24408884

St. Paul exhorts the church at Philippi to 'rejoice.' What is joy, anyway, and how does it differ from happiness? Philippians 4:1-9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Portions of this worship service are from Sundays and Season copyright 2020 Augsburg Fortress. Intercessory prayers: Adapted from Gail Ramshaw (blogs.elca.org). Music used in today’s worship is in the common domain. Photographs used in this presentation are from Pastor Anne’s personal collection or from pixabay.com. Used with permission.