PRELUDE: Wachet auf – a Proclamation by A. D. Miller
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
PRAYER
HYMN: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear [Carol]
PRAYER
LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH: Peace
INVITATION: Light of Light (Coventry Carol)
Quartet: Light of Light, we humbly pray; shine in our hearts today. Dispel the gloom and dark of night; fill all the world with love and light.
Congregation: Voices cry out from a world in grief; prayers of those who seek relief. End their darkness, hear their call for peace on earth, goodwill for all.
RESPONSIVE LITANY: Light of Peace
Leader: Advent is a time to turn away from meaningless distractions.
People: Prince of Peace, clear our minds and calm our hearts.
Leader: Advent is a time to notice and count our many blessings.
People: Prince of Peace, help us recognize all that is good in our lives.
Leader: Advent is a time to let go of bitterness and resentment.
People: Prince of Peace, make us slow to anger and quick to forgive.
Leader: Advent is a time to spread peace to the world around us.
People: Prince of Peace, open our eyes to the needs of others.
CANDLE LIGHTING
All singing: Voices cry out from a world in grief; prayers of those who seek relief. End their darkness, hear their call for peace on earth, goodwill for all.
Quartet: Peace on earth, goodwill for all.
PRAYER
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Luke 12:32-40
ANTHEM: Keep Your Lamps! Traditional Spiritual/arr. by Victor C. Johnson
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning, the time is drawing nigh. Children, don’t get weary ‘til your work is done. Soon this journey will be over, the time is drawing nigh.
SERMON: “Settling into Uncertainty”
HYMN: Come Now, O Prince of Peace [O-So-So]
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION AND WORDS OF INSTITUTION
PRAYER
RECEPTION
PRAYER
HYMN: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [Mendelssohn]
BENEDICTION
RESPONSE: Arise, Shine Forth, O People arr. by Joy F. Patterson
Arise, shine forth, O people, rise clothed in floods of light! God’s glory shines upon you, puts earth’s deep shades to flight. Though nations dwell in darkness and gloom the earth may veil, the brightness of God’s glory upon you shall prevail. [Isaiah 60:1, 2 paraphrased]
POSTLUDE: Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying (BWV 645) by J. S. Bach
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