Alert: room change for Christmas Eve service at Ranch Park
Weekly Newsletter Dec. 22, 2022
Inclement Weather Plan for Christmas Eve Worship
Merry Christmas Eve, New Life!
The polar vortex has definitely activated our inclement weather plans for Christmas Eve -- and Ranch Park activated theirs as well. This means a slight change to our worship location.
Christmas Eve Worship is at 4:30pm on Saturday, December 24th at Ranch Park, in the main meeting room (see more below). This is the room where local voting was held this past fall.
There is no worship on Christmas Day, but the next weekend, New Year's Day Lessons and Christmas Carols will be at 9am that Sunday, with no change to our usual room location at this time. (We'll send out another email next week if that changes.)
Meanwhile, everyone please take care throughout this cold weather event, and stay safe and warm and know we are church together.
Pastor Candice
Directions to Christmas Eve at Ranch Park:
Instead of the backside of the Ranch Park building we are used to, we'll be entering thru the front main entrance.
Front view of Ranch Park as you turn in. Go left:
Enter through the main entrance:
Coming Up at New Life
New Life: Christmas!
Christmas Eve Worship
Saturday, Dec. 24, 4:30pm, at Ranch Park (see specific location above)
New Year’s Day Worship
Lessons and Carols, Sunday, Jan. 1, at 9:00 a.m.
Our worship space during cold weather: See directions below under About the Weather.
Alert: there will be no newsletter between Christmas and New Years.
If you have an item for the Thursday weekly newsletter or something to add to the website calendar, please email Renee Carlson. Due date for the newsletter is 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays.
So about the weather: Weather permitting, we worship outdoors year-round under the oaks.
But for the coming winter months, whenever the weather is cold or rainy, see directions below to Ranch Park, across the road from New Life. And what to expect:
Ranch Park is directly across the street from New Life. But before you get to New Life, turn right on Event Center Drive. Then when you turn into the parking lot, drive around and park on the backside of the building, across from the playground (see photo 1). Enter in the door next to the air handler (see photo 2).
There will be a large temporary sign prominently placed on our usual entrance sign to New Life to let everyone know when we are at Ranch Park due to the weather.
So no guessing. Just come to service as usual and follow the directions accordingly.
The "small room" at Ranch Park (photo 3) is heated, but please dress comfortably in layers in case of fluctuations in the room temperature. There are bathrooms, and there is an entrance ramp for folks with mobility concerns.
It takes a lot of volunteer work to move us from our outdoor Under the Oaks sanctuary to Ranch Park and back. Please consider volunteering to load the vans and SUVs of the team after worship. And if you can't do that, please pray for us!
Photo 1: Park your car across from the playground
Photo 2: Enter in this door next to the air handler
Photo 3: A view of the room where we'll gather when we need to over this winter.
New Life is an outdoor worshipping church that is active in the Dripping Springs community, serving our neighbors. We welcome you to find out more about us! www.newlifedrippingsprings.org
Donate online to New Life's environmentally-focused mission of spreading the Good News of God's great love. Donate via PayPal to "New Life Lutheran Church of Dripping Springs Texas."
