Sunday Celebration 12/17/2023 – THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
WELCOME & INVOCATION
Our Affirmation of Faith
We believe in God the creator of us all, whose desire for
diversity is seen in the rainbow of humanity. With unrelenting
passion God Seeks to be in relationship with all of us.
We believe in Jesus the Christ, who is the embodiment of
God’s redeeming grace; And in the Holy Spirit through whom
that grace continues its restoring work.
We believe in the Church. It is the body of Christ on the earth
today. As ministers of this church, we are all called like Jesus,
to heal, to deliver, to teach, and to serve.
We believe that together we can change the world,
in our time and for all time Amen!
Affirmation Chorus: In This Place
In this place, There’s joy that I can’t explain
In this place, There’s healing for all my pain
There is love unlike I’ve ever known
Everybody here makes me feel at home
As we gather here, I know I’m not alone
I feel God’s presence, Moving in this place..
SPECIAL MUSIC
LIGHTING OF THIRD ADVENT CANDLE: THE CANDLE OF JOY
SING AND CELEBRATE:
1.JOY TO THE WORLD
1.Joy to the World , the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing
2.Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy
3.He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders, of His love
2.AWESOME
Keep me in the valley/Hide me from the rain
My God is Awesome/Heals me when I’m broken/
Strength where I’ve been weakened/Forever He will reign (repeat)
Hook: My God Is Awesome/Awesome, Awesome, Awesome
My God is Awesome/Awesome, Awesome, Awesome
Verse 2: My God is Awesome/Savior of the whole world/
Giver of Salvation/By His stripes I am healed
My God is Awesome/Today I am forgiven/
His grace is why I’m living/Praise His Holy name
Shorten Hook: My God Is Awesome/Awesome, Awesome, Awesome
Vamp: He’s Mighty, He’s Mighty, He’s Mighty, He’s Mighty/Awesome, Awesome
He’s Holy, He’s Holy, He’s Holy, He’s Holy/Awesome, Awesome
He’s Great He’s Great, He’s Great, He’s Great/Awesome, Awesome
Deliverer, Deliverer, Deliverer, Deliverer/Awesome, Awesome
Provider, Provider, Provider, Provider/Awesome….Awesome
Protector, Protector, Protector, Protector/Awesome, Awesome
Verse 3: My God is Awesome/He can move mountains/
Keep me in the valley/Hide me from the rain
My God is Awesome/Heals me when I’m broken/
Strength where I’ve been weakened… Praise His Holy Name
3.SHOUT TO THE LORD
My Jesus, my Saviour, Lord there is none like You,
All of my days I want to praise, the wonders of Your mighty love.
My comfort, my shelter, tower of refuge and strength,
Let every breath, all that I am, never cease to worship You.
CHORUS: Shout to the Lord, All the earth let us sing Power and majesty, Praise to the King. Mountains bow down And the seas will roar At the sound of Your name. I sing for joy at the work of Your hands.
Forever I’ll love You, Forever I’ll stand. Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
· After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
· Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
· But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
MATTHEW 1:18-23
SPECIAL MUSIC
SPECIAL MUSIC
TODAY’S SERMON: “SURPRISE, IT’S GOD” – PASTOR STAN MITCHELL
FINAL SONG
ANNOUNCEMENT:
WE ARE RAISING MONEY AGAIN TO HELP GIVE ALYSSA AND FRELY’S 5 CHILDREN A MERRY CHRISTMAS. PLEASE GIVE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN AN EVELOPE IF YOU ARE IN THE LITTLE PURPLE ROOM AND MARK FOR THE KIDS.