News for the Week of December 4, 2025
Don’t forget to switch your eGiving!
Switching to Servant Keeper:
1. Visit: LCHope’s Servant Keeper Giving URL: https://giving.servantkeeper.com/lchopeco
2. Click the Give button.
3. Follow the instructions to create your account or log in if you already have one.
Here’s a simple guide, complete with step-by-step instructions and videos:
Helpful Resources:
· Step-by-Step Video Guide: Watch Here
· Merge Profiles Guide: Merge Tool
· Sign-Up & Sign-In Guide: Sign-In Instructions
Once your Servant Keeper account is all set up, then you can close your Pushpay.
Beth Bosio or someone from the Mission Advancement Team will be available every Sunday in December with a laptop to help you make that transition.
To try it out, scan the QR code!
Your LCHope End-of-Year Financial Report Is Here!
Check it out!
Purchase poinsettias!
Continuing our tradition, red poinsettias will decorate the chancel and nave for the 12-day Christmas Festival, starting Christmas Eve.
Notes for the Week
Change your eGiving!! Check the info above.
This Week in Worship
See you in person or online! Click here for livestream!
Click for the weekly bulletin.
Join us in the Fellowship Hall at 10:45 AM as we gather to go caroling to our shut-ins. We’ll head out in three groups at 11:00 AM, and all music will be provided. No experience needed!
Weekly Calendar Highlights
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8:30 am | Workout Group
10:30 am | Office Staff Meeting
7:00 pm | Cancer Care Support Group
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Pastor's Day Off
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8:00 am | Reaching Out Monthly Gathering
9am | Worship | Second Sunday of Advent
9:15 am | BLAST (Sunday School)
10:15 am | Fellowship Hour
10:15 am | Children’s Christmas Rehearsal
10:30 am | Breakfast Club
10:45 am | Christmas Caroling
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8:30 am | Workout Group
11:30 am | Men on Mondays
6 pm | Bells of Hope Rehearsal
6:30 pm | Boy Scout Troop 767 Parents Meeting
9pm - Anchor & Bulletin Deadline to communications@lchope.org
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10:30 am | Text Study
6 pm | Ministry Council
6 pm | Boy Scouts Meeting
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11 am | St. Paul Bible Study
6:15 pm | Confirmation (Feed the pastor)
6:30 pm | Boy Scout Eagle Board Review
7 pm | Chancel Choir Rehearsal
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8 am | Building Team
8:30 am | Workout Group
11 am | Mission Advancement Team
LCHope Calendar
Click the link to see all of the events on the LCHope Calendar.
A Note from Kelly
The deadline for submissions to the Announcements Page and Newsletter is now 9 pm on Monday Evening. Thanks for your support!
Kelly Marsh, Director of Communications
Christmas Eve Services!
Spend Christmas Eve with us here at Lutheran Church of Hope. This will be our final Christmas in the nave, and we invite you to share in this special night of joy, gratitude, and hope.
December 24 Services:
— 5:00 PM (Family-friendly, Nave)
— 7:30 PM (Nave)
— 10:00 PM (Chapel)
Each service will include candles, carols, and Holy Communion, as we rejoice together in the light that shines from the manger and continues to guide us on the road ahead.
Kids & Youth
BLAST is a Blast!
Sundays at 9:15 am
Calling all kids! Sunday School is a BLAST! Children in grades pre-k through 5th are invited to join us during worship to gather where they will learn a Bible story that follows the lectionary readings for the day. During BLAST, they will spend time with 2 adults learning the story, sharing and praying together.
Join us!
Rehearsals are on Sundays at 10:15 am after worship.
Breakfast Club | Youth Group
10:30 am | THIS Sunday!
Come hang out with your friends — and make some new ones. Meet Thomas, too. Oh, and there will be snacks.
After worship on Sunday in the Annex. See you there!
Start spreading the news!!
LCHope’s annual Christmas concerts will be held on Friday, December 12 at 7:30 PM and Saturday, December 13 at 3:00 PM.
“Our Christmas Concerts at Lutheran Church of Hope feature beautiful music performed by a 52-voice chorus and a chamber orchestra,” says Kenda Meyer, Director of Music.
Come and enjoy familiar Christmas anthems with a joyful twist!
In Our Prayers
From LCHope | Carl Sauerland, Paul Kuhlmann, Dan Guberud, Nancy Christy, Jane Guberud, Doug Scheiwe, Pastor Ted Asta, Holly Pederson, Lew Moir, Nancy McNally, Ross Hesebeck
Friends of LCHope | Jenna Fjeld (granddaughter of Lois Jouett), Ronald Anderson (friend of Joe & Judy Vialpando), Yvonne Goberis (friend of Carolyn Thomas), Douglas Trepp (brother of Deb Holt), Annalene Reece (mother of Wanda Hidy), Mark Schoof (cousin of Jeanie Beck)
Those Grieving |Bob & Cathy Mansbridge at the death of their sister-in-law, Bonnie Mansbridge.
Those serving in the Armed Forces | Syan Kinder, Nathaniel Crask, Kevin Goettsche, Travis Marx, Andrew Adamson
Our Bishops | Synod Bishop Meghan Johnston Aelabouni and Presiding Bishop Rev. Yehiel Curry.
Prayer Requests
To add a name to our prayer list, click the link below and fill out the form.
Please note, other than congregation members needing continuing prayers, names appear for two weeks unless notified. For information about any of our prayers, contact Marie Glover.
Gratitude & Generosity
Thank you LCHope for sharing and transforming faith, hopes, and lives through your generosity and presence at LCHope.
Worship on November 30, 2025:
177 in person, 26 online
Giving Recorded for Nov 24 - Nov 30, 2025:
$11,786.99 to the General Fund
$ to Building Hope for the Future
Discipleship
CAMP REGISTRATION!
Have you registered for camp yet?? If you have questions, reach out to Thomas to see all the different camps and weeks throughout summer!
Loving Support
Cancer Care Support Group
Thursday, December 4th at 7:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall.
We share our cancer stories in a safe place and support each other on our journeys. Our topic will be Advent Hope and all are welcome to come and share.
Card & Quilting Ministry
December 8th at 9:30 AM.
Meet in the Fellowship Hall to make birthday cards for the congregation, seasonal cards for shut-ins, and hand tie quilts for the community.
Men on Monday
Monday, December 8th at 11:30 AM at the Colorado National Golf Club.
Worship & the Arts
Bells of Hope
Mondays at 6 pm
Join the Choir!
No rehearsal this week. Have a happy Thanksgiving! See you next week!
Polish Your Skills — and Learn Some New Ones
No experience required! Check out all of the details below!
Reaching Out
🎅 Santa Sacks Are Back!
Help make Christmas brighter for local children through our annual Santa Sacks project! Santa Sacks will be available this Sunday before and after worship (8–9 a.m. and 10:15–11 a.m.) in Fellowship Hall.
Each sack is $60 — you can donate online via Pushpay, or give by cash or check through the offering or at the Santa Sack table. Please return filled sacks to the church (Fellowship Hall) — do not drop off at A Precious Child.
All Santa Sacks are due back by December 7 — no later, please. Thank you for helping share the joy of Christmas!
Calling All Yarn Artists!
Calling all Knitters and Crocheters!
If you find yourself looking for a project: Reaching Out will be collecting donations of handmade and store-bought mittens, hats, and scarfs in December. Sizes: infant through adultFor more information contact Martha Covey.
This Week in Photos
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Our Nave is absolutely beautiful—thank you to everyone who helped decorate and set up the trees. You are making Advent feel truly magical.
Congregational Notes
Submissions: due no later than 9pm on Mondays to kelly@lchope.org
IMPORTANT Calendar & Scheduling Note: Please schedule all meetings of ministry teams through the church office.
Take a Photo: As you hang out at LCHope and you see a 'something about hope' memory or moving moment, take a photo with your phone and send it to kelly@lchope.org! Thank you!