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Prelude
WE COME TO GOD
Welcome and God’s Greeting
Isaiah 9:6-7
Silent Prayer
Piano Response
Hymn – Red Folder “Veni Redemptor Gentium” vs 1-7, chorus on last verse only
Invocation – Psalm 40
Advent Candle lighting and Advent Song vs 1-2
Creedal Affirmation – Nicene Creed
Mutual Greetings
WE ARE RECONCILED TO GOD
God’s Law – Exodus 20
Confession of Sin – Reading #2
Hymn – Psalter 345 “From Heaven to Earth I Come”
God’s Declaration of Absolution – Galatians 4:4-5
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Children’s Sermon
New members: Smith Family
Baptism: Smith children
Hymn – Brown 184 “Hark the Harold Angel’s Sing”
Scripture – John 1:14
Message – “Veiled in Flesh, The Godhead See”
Eucharist and Responsive Reading
WE RESPOND TO THE WORD
Hymn – Brown 197 “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
Congregational Prayer and Praise
Offering
Doxology – Brown 179 “The First Noel” vs 6
Benediction – II Corinthians 13:14
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.
