Worship Bulletins
Dec. 1, 2024
Dec. 8, 2024
Dec. 15, 2024
Contemporary Service
Prelude | “Angels (Glory To God)”
Gathering the Church
Call to Worship
Attendance, Prayers and Praises
First Lesson | Isaiah 7:14
Music | “O Come O Come Emmanuel”
Second Lesson | Isaiah 9:2 & 6
Music | “Light of the World”
Advent Wreath Lighting
Music | “Light Of The World”
Third Lesson | Luke 2:8-14
Music | “The First Noel”
Fourth Lesson | Isaiah 60:1-3
Music | “King of Kings / Angels We Have Heard on High”
Prayer
Proclamation of the Word
Scripture | 1 John 3-4 NRSV
Sermon | Love Incarnate: The Word of Life Revealed | The Rev. Magrey deVega
Response to the Word
Fifth Lesson | Isaiah 61:1-3a
Music | “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”
Sending Forth
Announcements
Benediction | The Rev. Sally Campbell-Evans
Traditional Service
Gathering the Church
Prelude |
Call to Worship
Hymn | #384 “Love Divine All Loves Excelling” – BEECHER
Affirmation of Faith #881
Doxology | #95 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” – OLD 100th
Announcements
Hymn | #242 “Love Came Down at Christmas” – GARTAN
sts. 1 & 2
Congregational Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
Hymn | #242 “Love Came Down at Christmas” – GARTAN
sts. 3
Proclamation of the Word
Scripture | 1 John 3-4 NRSV
Sermon | Love Incarnate: The Word of Life Revealed | The Rev. Magrey deVega
Response to the Word
Anthem | “For Unto Us a Child Is Born” – G.F. Handel
Hymn Introduction
Hymn | #206 “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” – HOUSTON
Benediction | The Rev. Sally Campbell-Evans
Postlude |
Online Service
Welcome | Mat Hotho
Gathering the Church
Music | “”
Congregational Prayer
Proclamation of the Word
Scripture | 1 John 3-4 NRSV
Sermon | Love Incarnate: The Word of Life Revealed | The Rev. Magrey deVega
Response to the Word
Sending Forth
Music | “Little Drummer Boy”
Benediction | Mat Hotho
Family Circle
Healing Prayer
Karen Brown
Mike Sundar
Allison Dicus Thompson
Bette Whitley
Prayers for Cuba: Please join us in prayer for our brothers and sisters in the Bayamo region of eastern Cuba, who have also faced relentless challenges this year.
Sympathy to Joan Rhyne, Rick Rhyne, family and friends on the passing of Richard Rhyne, November 19.
We celebrate the Baptism of:
- Vanessa Estela Clampitt, daughter of Brianna and Brian (9:30 a.m.)
- Charley and Samford Seckinger, daughter and son of Rachel and Scott (9:30 a.m.)
The Flowers in the Sanctuary are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Warren and Mary Ellen Rendall and Harold and Jeane Buell by the Buell and the Garcia families.
Next Sunday
Sunday, Dec. 8
Love Incarnate: The Word of Life Revealed
The Rev. Magrey deVega
Jesus is love incarnate, the “word of life” revealed to us as a human of both “water and blood.” He shows us the way of love, which shapes our relationships with God and others.
Licensure
Music in today’s services is covered under
OneLicense.net License #A-724828
CCLI License #1026477