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Prelude
WE COME TO GOD
Welcome
God’s Greeting – Isaiah 49:15-16
Silent Prayer
Piano Response
Hymn – Brown 171 “Joy to the World”
Invocation – Psalm 130:5-8
Advent candle reading and song, vs 1,2,3,4
Creedal Affirmation – Canons of Dort, Rejection of Errors 6
Mutual Greetings
WE ARE RECONCILED TO GOD
God’s Law – Exodus 20
Confession of Sin – Reading #2
Hymn – Brown 192 “Angels We Have Heard on High”
God’s Declaration of Absolution – Jeremiah 33:14-16
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Children’s Sermon
Hymn – Brown 193 “O Come All Ye Faithful”
Scripture – Matthew 2:1-6
Message – “Christmas and Worldview: The Teleology of Christmas”
WE RESPOND TO THE WORD
Hymn – Brown 184 “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
Congregational Prayer and Praise
Offering
Doxology – Brown 179 “The First Noel” last verse only
Benediction
Postlude
Reverend Bret L. McAtee is the husband of a wife without peer, father of three children who walk as heroes in the land, and grandfather of fourteen. He is the author of Iron Ink which is committed to thinking God’s thoughts after Him.
