NOTE: WE WILL BE CELEBRATING HOLY COMMUNION DURING THIS SERVICE, PLEASE HAVE YOUR ELEMENTS READY IF YOU WISH TO JOIN IN!
Sunday Celebration 12/01/2024 1st 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..
SING AND CELEBRATE:
1. THE GOD OF ALL MY DAYS
I turned to You, put everything behind me, And found the God who makes all things new
I looked to You, drowning in my questions, And found the God who holds all wisdom
And I trusted You and stepped out on the ocean, You caught my hand among the waves
Chorus: ‘Cause You’re the God of all my days, Each step I take You make a way.
And I will give You all my praise. My seasons change, You stay the same.
You’re the God of all my days (Pause)
I ran from You, and wandered in the shadows, And found a God who relentlessly pursues
I hid from You, haunted by my failure, And found the God whose grace still covers me
I fell on You when I was at my weakest, And found the God, the lifter of my head
And I’ve worshiped You. And felt You right beside me You’re the reason that I sing(chorus)
In my worry, God You are my stillness, In my searching, God You are my answers
In my blindness, God You are my vision, In my bondage, God You are my freedom
In my weakness, God You are my power, You’re the reason that I sing (chorus)
In my blindness, God You are my vision. In my bondage,
God You are my freedom… All my days
2.AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS
Verse 1: At the foot of the cross, Where grace and suffering meet
You have shown me Your love, Through the judgment You received
And You’ve won my heart, And You’ve won my heart (Now I can)
Chorus: Trade these ashes in for beauty
And wear forgiveness like a crown
Coming to kiss the feet of mercy
I lay every burden down, At the foot of the cross
Verse 2: At the foot of the cross, Where I am made complete
You have given me life, Through the debt you bore for me
And You’ve won my heart, And You’ve won my heart (Now I can)
(Repeat Chorus twice, then instrumental)
Bridge: And You’ve won my heart,
And You’ve won my heart Now I can
(Repeat Chorus twice)
I lay every burden down, I lay every burden down
I lay every burden down, At the foot of the cross
I’m laying every burden down, I’m laying every burden down
3.
BROKEN VESSELS (AMAZING GRACE)
Empty handed, But not forsaken. I’ve been set free, I’ve been set free
Chorus: Amazing grace, How sweet the sound
That saved a one like me, I once was lost
But now I’m found, Was blind but now I see
Oh I can see you now, Oh I can see the love in Your eyes
Laying yourself down, Raising up the broken to life (pause)
Verse: You take our failure. you take our weakness,
You set your treasure, in jars of clay
So take this heart, Lord, I’ll be your vessel, the world to see, your life in me
(Repeat Chorus (3x) Acapella on last)
LIGHTING OF FIRST ADVENT CANDLE AND CREATING THE ADVENT WREATH.
HOLY COMMUNION
SPECIAL MUSIC – ALL SINGING SUNDAY
PRAISE AND PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC