Order of Worship: 4th Sunday of Advent
Welcome & Announcements
Gathering Music “Canticle of Light and Darkness” – Eric Brisson
Opening Prayer – Ruth Bures
Lighting of the Advent Candles: Peace – the Sveen Family
Response: #211 “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” v.6
Children’s Moment
Choir Cantata: “Hope, Faith, Joy & Peace”
Hope: “Prepare Ye the Way”, “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
Faith: “Canticle of Mary”
Joy: Micah 5:2-5a – Marji Ford,
“Somebody Build a Manger”
Peace: Luke 1:39-45 – Frank Bures, “Little Bitty Baby”
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Prayers of the People & The Lord’s Prayer: #217 “Away in a Manger” [v. 3] led by Edie Davis, Norma Duden, Mary Stoltman and Melissa Wangen
Song: #206 “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” led by Edie Davis, Norma Duden, Mary Stoltman and Melissa Wangen
Benediction
Postlude: “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” – Eric Brisson