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9:55 a.m. December 8, 2019
Welcome to worship! As you settle in for worship, please feel free to light a candle of prayer in the chapel area (right side of sanctuary). The children will be with us through the baptism, then may be excused to their classes.
There is nursery care available throughout the service, and a crying room for those who become inconsolable.
RINGING OF THE CHIMES Sylvia Berry, Organist
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS Barry Shelley, Moderator
*HYMN ‘Standing In the Need of Prayer’ No. 579
LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH
Reader 1: Today we light two candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God’s promises are true.
Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God’s gentle loving peace for our lives.
Reader 3: We seek God’s peace in this time of stress.
Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE and PEACE, bring brightness to your spirits.
INTROIT ‘A Gospel Song of Peace’ Sally K. Albrecht
GATHERING PRAYER
MISSION MOMENT
*Asterisk indicates all who are able may stand
Bold print indicates congregational response
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Being baptized today: Ramsey William Fraser, born on August 29, 2019 to Jennifer Lee Fraser and Corey Alan Fraser
QUESTIONS FOR BAPTISM
Do you desire for your child to be baptized? We do
Do you promise to be Christ’s disciple, follow Christ’s way, resist evil and oppression, and witness to Christ’s work and word? We do
*CONGREGATIONAL ASSENT (please rise)
Do you who witness and celebrate this sacrament promise your love, support, and care to this child about to be baptized, as he lives and grows in Christ? We do
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (remain standing)
Pastor: Let us unite with the church in all times and places in confessing our faith in the
triune God. Do you believe in God?
PEOPLE: I believe in God.
Pastor: Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
PEOPLE: I believe in Jesus Christ.
Pastor: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?
PEOPLE: I believe in the Holy Spirit.
BAPTISMAL PRAYER
Christ be with you.
And also with you.
ACT OF BAPTISM
PRAYER FOR THE BAPTIZED (in unison)
We give you thanks Holy God, mother and father of all the faithful, for this baby who is today washed in the water of Baptism. Embrace us all as sons and daughters in the one household of your love. Grant us grace to receive, value, love, support, nurture and befriend this new member of the body of Christ.
*PASSING THE PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you
People: and also with you
*GLORIA ‘Emanuel, Emanuel’ No. 134
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, his name is called Emmanuel.
God with us, revealed in us, his name is called Emmanuel.
A READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT Isaiah 11:1-10 Lay Reader: Alice Farnsworth
ANTHEM ‘E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come’ Paul Manz
Peace be to you and grace from Him who freed us from our sins, Who loved us all and shed His blood that we might saved be. Sing Holy, Holy to our Lord, the Lord, Almighty God, Who was and is and is to come; Sing Holy, Holy, Lord! Rejoice in heaven, all ye that dwell therein, rejoice on earth, ye saints below, For Christ is coming, is coming soon, for Christ is coming soon! E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come, and night shall be no more; They need no light nor lamp nor sun, for Christ will be their All!
Words related to Revelation, Chapter 22
A READING FROM THE GOSPEL Matthew 3:1-12 Watch
SERMON Rev. Patricia Hayes
HYMN ‘Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus’ No. 125
MORNING PRAYERS
THE LORD’S 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 sins, as we forgive those who sin 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.
OFFERTORY ‘Advent Alleluia’ HYFRYDOL, arr. Douglas Wagner Watch
Come, thou long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free; From our fears and sins release us; Let us find our rest in Thee. Alleluia. Born thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a King. Born to reign in us forever, now thy gracious kingdom bring. Alleluia.
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN ‘There’s A Song in the Air’ No. 159
*COMMISSIONING AND BENEDICTION
(please be seated for the closing music)
CLOSING MUSIC
Serving Today:
Rev. Patricia Hayes, Senior Minister
Ann-Marie Illsley, Acting Associate Minister
Murray Kidd, Music Director
Sylvia Berry, Organist
David Wilcox, Sign Language
Loren Stott, Sign Language
Deana Colby, Hospitality Team Leader
