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Click Here to access previous weeks Services First Sunday of Advent
November 30, 2008
Prelude
(Pass prayer requests to the aisle; ushers will collect them.)
Ringing of the Hour
Welcome Tom Ehrsam LISTEN IN
Lighting of the Advent Candle Phyllis & Catherine Warden LISTEN IN
Call to Worship LISTEN IN
Leader: Let us praise the king of justice, and proclaim
the righteousness of one coming to us.
People: He will bring righteousness to his people and
justice to the poor and oppressed.
Leader: When he comes the mountains will yield
prosperity and peace for the people.
People: This Son will defend the cause of the poor, and
will deliver those in need.
Leader: Let us praise this Son who comes. He shall live
with us throughout all generations.
Children: Let all the nations be blessed in the Son of God and praise him.
- Based on Psalm 72:1-5,17
Greeting
Pastor: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Prayer of the Day
*HymnaI: TOSB #234 "This Is the Day"
* Prayer of Confession LISTEN IN
Advent,
O God, is the time of year that makes us so joyful and hopeful that
many of us forget that we are part of a covenant community that has
lost its way. Yet, in our moments of honesty, we know that we are
people who have been negligent. We have sought our will and not yours,
O God. We pray for forgiveness and ask that you to put us back on a
righteous path. Give us gracious hearts to remember those in need among
us. Give us generous
spirits, O Lord, by which we might have the
courage to reach out to those who need your help via our hands and
bounty. Make us the holy people you first created us to be as we
prepare for the coming of the Christ Child. Amen.
*Silent Confession
*Declaration of Forgiveness
Pastor:
God has given you grace and peace in Christ Jesus, and enriched you
with many good gifts. Friends, believe the good news.
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Amen.
*Response: #392 (v.l) "Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord"
Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;
Give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
Grant us in all our thoughts to honor Thee.
Special
Music
"Prepare Ye The Wait" LISTEN IN
Children's Message LISTEN IN
Prayer for Illumination LISTEN IN
Psalm 80 (Selected)
Leader: Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead
Joseph like a flock!
People: You who are enthroned upon the cheribim,
shine forth.
Leader: Stir up your might and come to save us!
People: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we
may be saved.
Leader: You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out
the nations and planted it.
People: You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root
and filled the land.
Leader: Turn again, O God of hosts; look down from
heaven,
People: And see; have regard for this vine, the stock
that your right hand planted.
Leader: Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
People: Let your face shine, that we may be saved.
First
Lesson- page 155
(NT) 1
Corinthians 1:3-9
*Gospel
Lesson- page 47
(NT) Mark
13:24-37 LISTEN IN
Pastor: The Gospel of the Lord.
People: Thanks Be Unto God.
Sermon "You Are Not Lacking; God Is Faithful" Rev. Dr. Wayne Adcock
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* Affirmation of Faith LISTEN IN
In
the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus God kept his promises. All
that we can ever hope for was present in Christ; but the work of God in
Christ is not over. God calls us to hope for more than we have yet
seen. The hope God gives us is ultimate confidence that supports us
when lesser hopes fail us. In Christ God gives hope for a new heaven
and earth, certainty of victory over death, and assurance of mercy in
judgment beyond death. This hope gives us courage for the present
struggle.
(from A Declaration of Faith)
*Hymn:
#8
"Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates"
Prayers of the People
Pastor: Let us pray to the Lord,
People: Lord, have mercy.
Offertory
"Of The Father's Love Begotten" LISTEN IN
*Doxology: #592 "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow"
*Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Lord's Prayer
*Hymn:
#13
"Prepare the Way"
Announcements
Charge and Benediction
Congregational Response: #586 "Amen"
Postlude
Thank you to all those assisting in this morning's worship
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