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A Service for the Lord’s Day
2nd Sunday of Advent
(*Please stand in body or in spirit)
The Instrumental Prelude and Time for Meditation
Announcements, Rev. Hana Elliott
Celebrations and the Birthday Song,
Happy birthday, happy birthday, your friends are all singing.
May the year that is coming bring gladness to you.
May it teach you to be helpful, kindhearted, and loving.
Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you.
Lighting of the Advent Candles (1)
*Hymn #134 “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
*Call to Confession:
A voice is crying out in the wilderness: Repent for the kingdom of heaven has come near. Trusting in God’s grace, let us confess our sin, first in silence and then aloud together.
*Prayer of Confession: (2)
(Begin with individual silent prayer before joining in unison)
Advent God, forgive us when we pay more attention to satisfying our own needs, than seeking you and your will for our lives—for being more interested in possessing the material things of life, rather than your spiritual gifts. Turn our lives around so that we are looking in the right direction—towards you. Then guide us to recognize the signs of your presence in the world, that we may properly welcome you.
*Assurance of Forgiveness:
The prophet Isaiah promises: The wilderness will rejoice, the dry land will blossom. The people of God will return with joy and singing. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!. Thanks be to God!
*The Gloria #108, In Unison
Glory be to the Father
And to the Son and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning,
Is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
*Passing of the Peace: (3)
Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. May the peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination:
Let us pray together: Your word, Holy God, was written for our instruction. By your Holy Spirit open our ears and fill us with the mysteries of your ancient love; through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
First Scripture Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10 (pg. 1078)
Second Scripture Reading: Matthew 3:1-12 (pg. 1508)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord
People: Let our thanks and praise be to God!
Children’s Message, Kayla Hendrix
Sermon:
*Hymn “Savior of the Nations, Come” (Back Page)
*Affirmation of Faith:
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the bod; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Call to Offering: Monetary gifts may be placed in the offering plates as they are passed through the pews.
We bear fruit worthy of our repentance when we give our tithes and offerings for the well-being of the poor.
*Doxology #109
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God all creatures here below,
Praise God above ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication:
Let us pray: We give you thanks, Holy One, for all good things: for Jesus, our brother, who enlarged our vision, setting himself before us as the bread and wine of abundant life. Turn our offerings to your good will, and turn us always to you in gratitude. Amen.
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Invitation:
Great Thanksgiving:
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.
…Therefore, with the entire company of heaven, and with your people on earth who live in this hope, we praise you and join in the never-ending hymn: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
…Therefore in remembrance of all your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we give ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a living sacrifice in union with Christ’s offering for the world as we declare: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
…Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Gove us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Prayer Following Communion:
Loving and nurturing God, in this eucharist you have filled us with the word and the bread of life of your Son Jesus Christ. Make us hunger now for his coming in the hearts and the homes of all. Fill us with his spirit of service and self-forgetting love, that through us, he may come near to people. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.
Choral Response:
Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord,
Incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen.
*Hymn #137 “Hark! The Herald Angles Sing”
*Charge & Blessing: (4)
*Choral Response: “Go, My Children, with My Blessing”
Go, my children, fed and nourished, closer to me.
Grow in love and love by serving, joyful and free.
Here my Spirit’s power filled you,
here my tender comfort stilled you.
Go, my children, fed and nourished, joyful and free.
*The Choral Amen,
Amen, Amen, Amen
(1) Compiled from resources from the Church of England, Rev. Jolene Cadenbach in A Multicultural, Multigenerational Christmas Eve Service, and Katherine Hawker at liturgyoutside.net.
(2) © Moira Laidlaw, liturgiesonline.com.au
(3)Romans 15:7
(4) James 5:7-8; Romans 15:13
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