This Sunday, Dec. 19th you are invited to our Family Christmas Service at 10:00AM. The Sunday School children and their parents are taking over the service! They will be leading the prayers, singing special music just for the occasion, and inviting us to enter the story of the Nativity through their Christmas pageant. Come out and support our kids and their families and enjoy inter-generational worship!  

Following the service we will have coffee, tea, juice and christmas baking!!

For our Christmas coffee time social after the pageant you are invited to bring some goodies to share!

Thank you

From Pastor Vida:

We are making preparations to welcome worshippers to our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7:30PM.  

LIVESTREAM LINKS

For those who are not able to attend we will be offering a simple livestream available for viewing on our webpage here - https://www.gloriadei.ca/live as well as Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/GDLCNV/live 

COVID SAFETY PRACTICES 

1. Please stay home if you are not feeling well (even if its is a mild sore throat or just the sniffles). 

2. Wear a well-fitting face mask which covers both your mouth and nose - they are mandatory for everyone, including children 5yrs old and up. 

3. Sanitize your hands at one of the sanitizing stations at the entrances.

4. Practice physical distancing. Our ushers will be seating you to avoid crowded pews. 

We are continuing to monitor announcments from our Public Health Officials and the evolving situation with the Omicron variant. We will adjust our practices if warratned. Please monitor your email inbox over the next week for possible further announcements. 

 Our family Christmas traditions and preparations of the Christmas tree were carefully organized and orchestrated each year by my mother. My mother thoughtfully arranged the nativity scene under the tree. Each year she would search for cedar branches, and the children were not allowed in the living room until Christmas Eve.

Our Christmas Eve started at church, and after the service the family returned home. As a child for several Christmases, I had asked for a bicycle. Sadly, again this year, I looked for my bicycle and again there was no bicycle. Santa Claus must have been too busy.

My dad could see my disappointment and said to me, “perhaps because it’s too hard for Santa to get a bicycle down the chimney?” So, my dad and I talked about this for a while, and finally dad asked me, “…if Santa could not get the bicycle down the chimney, where else Santa might have put a Christmas bicycle?” Larry replied, “perhaps on the porch?” His dad said, “…why don’t you go out and see if Santa put your bicycle on the porch.” I went to the porch and there was my Christmas bicycle, that I had wished and had asked Santa for three years. My Christmas bicycle from Santa had arrived, and I was filled with great happiness and very thankful for this gift.

This is a wonderful Christmas memory for me, that even now, I reflect and cherish, along with other cherished Christmas memories. 

Dear Members and Friends of the British Columbia Synod,

It is with great delight that we invite you to the ordination of Rev. Kathleen (Kathy) Martin as Bishop of the British Columbia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

The ordination service will take place at Mount Olive Lutheran Church (2350 148 St., Surrey), starting at 4 pm on Thursday January 6, 2022 and will also be live-streamed for those who are participating online. Information about participating online will be circulated at a later date. A short reception may follow.

For the complete invitation with  details about COVID Safety protocols as well as registration please see the following link.

https://mailchi.mp/a559421c46bb/invitation-to-the-ordination-of-rev-kathy-martin-as-bishop-of-the-bc-synod-elcic?e=7048cf68e5

On Friday, January 7^th, 2022 at 8:00 pm (PST) we will gather online to give thanks to God for Bishop Greg’s ministry to our synod and offer our blessings as he begins his retirement.  Quoting Bishop Greg the evening “program will include music, long boring speeches, and reminiscences.”  I am certain the planning committee will make it a very enjoyable evening for all of us!

 click here to download the invitation