LW Community, Music & Arts, Worship

Wishing you a Blessed and Merry Christmas 2014! #BLCAdventChristmas2014

After journeying through the season of Advent, we greeted Christmas Day early in the morning with a first-ever Christmas Day service at 8:30am; focused on the theme, “Arise, Shine, For Your Light Has Come!”

This year we had the Caroling Team serve as the worship music choir as well!

DSCF0697 EditR_Ben

On Christmas Day, we also celebrated baptisms.

DSCF0719 EditR_Ben


DSCF0720 EditR_Ben

Pastor Augustin shared with us a Christmas message based on the theme, “Arise, Shine, For Your Light Has Come!“DSCF0730 EditR_Ben

And, of course, we adjourned for refreshments! After all, a church that eats together…!

DSCF0752 EditR_Ben

DSCF0748 EditR_Ben

A full set of photos from Christmas Day, courtesy of Benjamin Ong, are available here.

 

LW Community, Music & Arts, Worship

REMINDER: #BLCAdventXmas2014: 4th Sun in Advent – Festival of the 9 Carols & Lessons, 7pm

BLCAdventChristmas2014

This coming Sunday, 21 December 2014, 7pm, we will be celebrate the 4th Sunday in Advent with the Festival of the 9 Lessons and Carols. Please note: this will be an evening service and there is no morning service on this day. Light refreshments will be available after service.

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a format for a service of Christian worship celebrating the birth of Jesus. The story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus is told in nine short Bible readings from Genesis, the prophetic books and the Gospels, interspersed with the singing of Christmas carols, hymns and choir music.

  1. First Lesson: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-19
  2. Second Lesson: Genesis 22:6-18
  3. Third Lesson: Isaiah 9:2-7
  4. Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11:1-9
  5. Fifth Lesson: Luke 1:26-38
  6. Sixth Lesson: Luke 2:1-7
  7. Seventh Lesson: Luke 2:8-20
  8. Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2:1-12
  9. Ninth Lesson: John 1:1-14 

The best-known version is broadcast annually from King’s College, Cambridge, on Christmas Eve. It features carols sung by the famous Choir of King’s College, Cambridge:

This is an open event – please feel free to invite your loved ones, family, friends and neighbors. 

Find out more about BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2014 celebrations here. All are welcome to join us – please invite your loved ones and friends!

LW Community, Music & Arts, Worship

#BLCAdventXmas2014: 4th Sun in Advent – Festival of the 9 Carols & Lessons, 7pm

BLCAdventChristmas2014

Next Sunday, 21 December 2014, 7pm, we will be celebrate the 4th Sunday in Advent with the Festival of the 9 Lessons and Carols. Please note: this will be an evening service and there is no morning service on this day. Light refreshments will be available after service.

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a format for a service of Christian worship celebrating the birth of Jesus. The story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus is told in nine short Bible readings from Genesis, the prophetic books and the Gospels, interspersed with the singing of Christmas carols, hymns and choir music.

  1. First Lesson: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-19
  2. Second Lesson: Genesis 22:6-18
  3. Third Lesson: Isaiah 9:2-7
  4. Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11:1-9
  5. Fifth Lesson: Luke 1:26-38
  6. Sixth Lesson: Luke 2:1-7
  7. Seventh Lesson: Luke 2:8-20
  8. Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2:1-12
  9. Ninth Lesson: John 1:1-14 

The best-known version is broadcast annually from King’s College, Cambridge, on Christmas Eve. It features carols sung by the famous Choir of King’s College, Cambridge:

This is an open event – please feel free to invite your loved ones, family, friends and neighbors. 

Find out more about BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2014 celebrations here. All are welcome to join us – please invite your loved ones and friends!

LW Community, Music & Arts, Worship

#BLCAdventXmas2014: 3rd Sun in Advent – Service , 10am

BLCAdventChristmas2014

This coming Sunday, 14 December 2014, 10am, we will be celebrate the 3rd Sunday in Advent with our regular morning service. Light refreshments will be available after service.

This is an open event – please feel free to invite your loved ones, family, friends and neighbors. 

Find out more about BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2014 celebrations here. All are welcome to join us – please invite your loved ones and friends!

LW Community, Music & Arts, Worship

#BLCAdventXmas2014: 2nd Sun in Advent – Advent Carol Service , 7pm

BLCAdventChristmas2014

This coming Sunday, 7 December 2014, 7pm, we will be celebrate the 2nd Sunday in Advent with the an Advent Carol Service. Please note: this will be an evening service and there is no morning service on this day. Light refreshments will be available after service.

This is an open event – please feel free to invite your loved ones, family, friends and neighbors. 

Find out more about BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2014 celebrations here. All are welcome to join us – please invite your loved ones and friends!

LW Community, Worship

#BLCAdventXmas2014: Advent & Christmas 2014

BLCAdventChristmas2014

With today’s celebration of Doom/Christ the King Sunday, we begin the liturgical calendar anew and enter into the season of Advent, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the coming of Jesus. For Christians, the season of Advent anticipates the coming of Christ from two different perspectives: to share in the ancient longing for the coming of the Messiah, and to be alert for his Second Coming.

The theme of readings and teachings during Advent is often to prepare for the Second Coming while commemorating the First Coming of Christ at Christmas. With the view of directing the thoughts of Christians to the first coming of Jesus Christ as Savior and to his second coming as judge, special readings are prescribed for each of the four Sundays in Advent.

As we journey towards Christmas, we would like to invite you to join us on the various activities we have lined up this Advent and Christmas season and focus our thoughts collectively on the theme, “Arise, Shine, For Your Light Has Come!“

May you and your loved ones be especially blessed this Advent and Christmastime.

All events are open events – please invite your loved ones and friends to join us this season. Kindly note that some of the services occur outside of our regular 10am service times (namely: 7 Dec, 21 Dec, 25 Dec, and 31 Dec). 

Advent and Christmas 2014 at Bangsar Lutheran Church, KL

DATE TIME EVENT READINGS SPEAKER LEAD WORSHIPPER
30 Nov (Sun) 10 am 1st Sun in Advent:Advent Youth Celebration Pastor Augustin Youth
7 Dec (Sun) 7 pm 2nd Sun in Advent:Advent Carol Service Pastor Augustin John Cheah
14 Dec (Sun) 10 am 3rd Sun in Advent John Cheah Meili Siaw
21 Dec (Sun) 7 pm 4th Sun in Advent:Festival of the 9 Lessons & Carols Pastor Augustin Alpha Lim
25 Dec (Thur) 8.30 am Christmas Day Service Pastor Augustin Leigh
28 Dec (Sun) 10 am Sunday after Christmas Alpha Lim Aaron
31 Dec (Wed) 11 pm New Year’s Eve Watchnight Service @ Luther House Chapel