GATHERING & ADORATION
PRELUDE “The First Noel” Worshipbook #167
“Angels We Have Heard on High” Worshipbook #162
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
We shine brighter and warmer today because you are here!
Please be sure to sign the Welcome Book located on the inside of each pew.
THE LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH Marshall Olney & Marsha Turner
We, like Mary, hear God’s call to be part of making God’s dream for our salvation and flourishing a reality,
and we question, “How can this be? I am only…” Yet, like Mary, the “onlys” that make us hesitate are gifts
God can and will use as God’s love transforms us into bearers of good news.
We wait as people who have encountered divine Love that disrupts the status quo and ushers us into
abundant life marked by mutual love and peace that flows from the flourishing of all people.
We light these candles as signs of our shocking hope, our just peace, our fierce joy, and the love that transforms us.
May Love grow within us, transforming us into bold witnesses of God’s salvation with our voices and our lives. Amen.
Alongside the candles of HOPE, PEACE, and JOY,
we now light the candle of LOVE.
*SING TO THE LORD “My Soul Proclaims the Lord My God
(To the tune of Amazing Grace) (Magnificat / Mary’s Song)”
RELEASING THE BLESSING (Tithes & Offerings)
Offertory – “Christmas Offering”
*“Doxology”
At this time our children in grades 1st through 4th are welcome to participate
in JUNIOR CHURCH with volunteers, Tiffany Atwell & Braden Atwell.
THE WORD THAT BRINGS LIFE…
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS FOR OTHERS & OURSELVES
SONG – “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” Worshipbook #154
2 SAMUEL 7:1-11, 16 & LUKE 1:26-38, 46-55
MESSAGE Transformative LOVE
OUR RESPONSE TO ALL THAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING
SING TO THE LORD “A Christmas Hallelujah”
OUR TIME TOGETHER IS OVER.
GO NOW, DOING THE WORK OF CHRISTMAS!
BENEDICTION
*SING TO THE LORD ” Soon and Very Soon,
We are Going to See the King”
*POSTLUDE