Focus for our Midweek Gatherings --- Jesus Fills The Potholes

GLORIFY HIM ...GROW IN HIM ...GO WITH HIS GOSPEL

Focus for our Midweek Gatherings ---
Jesus Fills The Potholes

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:
Jesus fills the potholes? Say what? Life is full of potholes, just like our roads. Jesus 
has an eternal remedy for the potholes of life. The remedy has roots in Christmas, and the full 
benefits of this remedy will be known when Jesus comes again at the end of the ages. We cannot 
have heaven without the 'reason' for Christmas. Due to a variety of reasons, Christmas can be a 
depressing time for people while for others it is a time of happiness and celebration; Jesus gets that. 
This is why the Season of Advent is an important time of the year in our church. The Advent Season 
connects Christmas and the End of the Ages as we hear again what Jesus has accomplished for us 
and has waiting for us.
 

FOCUS ON THE SCRIPTURES Based on Hebrews 4:14-16
“Jesus Fills The Potholes … By Giving Us Grace”
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of 
God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable 
to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as 
we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that 
we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Presiding Minister: Pastor Jonathan Kolander
Accompanist: Rosemarie Boushek
Vocalists: Jenny Kolander, Hannah Ripley, Lisa Thiesfeldt

If there is any way our church and school can serve your spiritual needs, please contact one of our pastors or our school principal; 
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and School 
7869 Kingswood Drive 
Citrus Heights, California 95610 
Phone: (916) 961-7891   
Website: www.StMarksLutheran.com 
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