Sunday Celebration 12/01/2019 – First Sunday of Advent
WELCOME & INVOCATION
AFFIRMATION CHORUS:
“IN THIS PLACE”
SING AND CELEBRATE:
“FRIEND OF GOD”
“I AM NOT ALONE”
FORMING OF THE ADVENT WREATH
AND HOLY COMMUNION
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: JEREMIAH 29:11
LUKE 1:26-38; ROMANS 15:13
SPECIAL MUSIC
TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPECIAL MUSIC
TODAY’S SERMON:
“WAITING IN A PLACE CALLED HOPE”
PRAISE AND PRAYER
FINAL CHRISTMAS CAROL:
“O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL”
I AM A FRIEND OF GOD
Verse: Who am I that you are mindful of me
That you hear me when I call
Is it true that you are thinking of me
How you love me, it’s amazing
Chorus: I am a friend of God, I am a friend of God
I am a friend of God, You call me friend
(Repeat verse then chorus 2x then verse and continue)
It’s amazing, it’s amazing (repeat chorus 2x)
You call me friend.
God almighty Lord of glory You have called me friend
(repeat 6x)
I am a friend of God, I am a friend of God,
I am a friend of God, You call me friend (repeat 3x)
You call me friend, You call me friend, You call me friend.
I AM NOT ALONE
Verse1 When I walk through deep waters,
I know that You will be with me
When I’m standing in the fire I will not be overcome
Through the valley of the shadow, I will not fear
Chorus I am not alone. I am not alone
You will go before me, You will never leave me
I am not alone, I am not alone
You will go before me, You will never leave me
Verse2 In the midst of deep sorrow,
I see Your light is breaking through
The dark of night will not overtake me,
I am pressing into You
Lord, You fight my every battle, Oh, and I will not fear (Chorus)
Vamp
You amaze me, Redeem me, You call me as Your own (repeat 3x)
You’re my strength, You’re my defender,
You’re my refuge in the storm
Through these trials, You’ve always been faithful,
You bring healing to my soul (Repeat chorus 3x)
“O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL”
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him, Born the King of Angels:
Chorus: O come, let us adore Him, (3×) Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above!
Glory to God, glory in the highest:
Chorus: O come, let us adore Him, (3×) Christ the Lord.
Today’s Scripture
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares
the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future. JEREMIAH 29:11
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent
the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a
virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a
descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The
angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly
favored! The Lord is with you.”
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered
what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to
her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with
God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you
are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called
the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the
throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s
descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a
virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her
old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is
in her sixth month. For no word from God will ever fail.”
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your
word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
LUKE 1:26-38
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as
you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by
the power of the Holy Spirit. ROMANS 15:13