December 6th: Second Sunday In Advent
“What do I want for Christmas? I want to kneel in Bethlehem, the air thick with alleluias, the angels singing that God is born among us. In the light of the Star, I want to see them come, the wise ones and the humble…” (Ann Weems)
+Prelude
Choral Call to Worship “Advent Gathering
”The Prophecy of Isaiah for This Day: 11:1-3; 6-9 Mark and Nat Price
*Proclamation of Praise
Leader: ‘Tis Advent.
Choir: (singing) Lo, how a rose e’er blooming
from tender stem hath sprung.
Leader: Our journey to Christmas has begun again.
And while we wrap the season’s traditions around us
let us, at the same time, look for and revel in the new.
Choir: Of Jesse’s lineage coming,
by faithful prophets sung.
People: As we remember with deep devotion our Christmas Pasts,
may we make with great joy new memories
from this Christmas Present.
Choir: It came a flow’ret bright, amid the cold of winter,
when half-spent was the night.
*Prayer of Invocation and the Lord ’s Prayer (page 16 in the hymnbook)
*Hymn No. 22 “Angels From the Realms of Glory
”Time With the Children/Lighting the Advent Candle
+Welcome and Announcements
Anthem “Creation Will Be At Peace”
Prayer of the First Sunday in Advent
Choral Response “Creator of the Stars of Night
”Thanksgiving of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory “Mary, Did You Know?” Shelor Smith
*Doxology (page 23 in the hymnbook)
Choir Women: Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Choir Men: Come adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.
All: Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
*Prayer of Dedication*Hymn Scripture:
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God!
Sermon:
*Hymn No. 9 “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
Sacrament of Holy Communion “Born in the Night, Mary’s Child”
*Hymn No. 40 “Joy to the World”
*Benediction
*Choral Response “God of All People”
*Postlude
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