GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTROIT........................................... “PREPARE
THE WAY, O ZION”1........................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Wait for the
Lord, whose day is near. Wait for the
Lord: keep watch, take heart.
Leader: Children of God, the arrival of the
Promised One is almost here!
People: We wait as people of God’s promise.
Leader: The message of the prophets and the
expectation residing in Mary’s womb
call to us today.
People: We listen as people of God’s promise.
Leader: Mary’s
“yes” and Elizabeth’s faithfulness guide our path, showing us that
we too have a role to
play in bearing God’s good news into the world.
People: We follow as people of God’s promise.
Leader: This
is the promise Mary, Elizabeth, and the prophets bore that we
continue to carry even
today - God is with us!
All: God is with us! We are not alone. Thanks be to God! AMEN.
**HYMN #196 (UMH)..................................................................... “COME,
THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS”
LIGHTING
OF THE ADVENT WREATH
Every notion we have about power, success, wealth and achievement, God takes and tosses
out the window. More importantly, God comes to us, to upset our idea that we must save
ourselves. In Jesus Christ, God comes to us, removing our sin, our failures, our mistakes,
so
we might have life. Please join me as we
pray together, saying…
Holy God, you promised to do great things for us, yet we do not always trust you. You
extend your mercy to us, yet we do not always trust you. You lift up the humble, you
fill the hungry with good things, and yet we still do not always trust you. Forgive us
and help us to trust in the promises you have given us. In the name of Jesus Christ,
we pray. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: God passes the heirloom of mercy down from
generation to generation,
always loving, always
forgiving, always calling us to new life.
People: As we open our hearts to God, we are filled
with the joy that was sung
at Jesus’s birth, with the
Hope that walked among us, with the Grace
which is always with us. Thanks be to God, we are forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL
OFFERING............................... “PEOPLE
LOOK EAST”1............................ HANDBELL
CHOIR
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, his name is called Emmanuel. God with us, revealed in us,
his name is called Emmanuel.
SERMON..................................................... “LIVE
LOWLY”........................................ REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #221 (UMH)................................................................................ “IN
THE BLEAK MIDWINTER”
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us
our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, forever. AMEN.
I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime
that I don't
know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.
CALL
TO OFFERING
OFFERTORY..................................... “LIGHT
IN THE HEART OF WINTER”1............... CHANCEL
CHOIR
**DOXOLOGY #95 (UMH)..................................... “PRAISE
GOD, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW”
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures
here below;
Praise Him above, ye
heav'nly host;
Praise Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
**OFFERTORY PRAYER
**HYMN #249 (UMH)...................................................................................... “THERE’S
A SONG IN THE AIR”
**CHORAL
BENEDICTION.......................... “GRACE
TO YOU”1..................................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us
together in love.
POSTLUDE................................... “RISE
UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW”1........ ARR.
BY MARK HAYES
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Flowers
on the altar are dedicated to our son, Jack Edler, who is celebrating
his 16th birthday today. We love you and are so
very proud of you.
Love, Mom
& Dad
Flowers
on the organ are given in honor of Mary Schmid’s birthday
by Susan
& Susanna Schmid
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
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