Advent is the time of preparation for Christmas and is the first seasons of our Church year. This four-Sunday season leading up to Christmas Eve has the colour of violet representing austerity, repentance, and also royalty, as it is a time of solemn, and yet joyful, expectation of Christ's coming. 

Alternatively, some churches, ours included, use the colour blue; the colour of anticipation and hope (but not yet fulfilment) as we look forward to celebrating Christ's coming at Christmas. 

Excerpt from Lutheran Church of Australia: Commission on Worship. Statement 2. The colours and seasons of the church year. 

If our live-stream is interrupted by technical problems during a service, we may need to restart the stream elsewhere on YouTube.  If so, you might be able to find recovery broadcasts by searching YouTube for "Wyndham Hobsons Bay Lutheran Church Service live"

If technical issues prevent us from live streaming the service, we will still endeavour to record the service and upload it to our YouTube channel as soon as possible following the service for you to view at a later time.  If technical issues prevent you from joining our live-stream, and you would prefer to engage with a live-streamed service rather than a recorded service, you might consider visiting in worship with another Lutheran congregation eg. at Good Shepherd, Toowoomba,  St Michaels, Handorf or St Johns, Geelong