Worship Bulletin

Welcome to Worship!

9 AM

Prelude – He Is Born / Derek K. Hakes
Call to Worship — Isaiah 26:3-4, 12-13
Silent Preparation for Worship
The Ordinance of Baptism
*Hymn 132 — It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Welcome and Announcements
Greeting
Second Sunday of Advent – PEACE
Special Music – Away in a Manger and Go Tell It On the Mountain / James Murray, John McFarland (Away in a Manger) and John Work Jr. (Go Tell It on the Mountain)
Testimony, Scripture Reading, and Prayer of Thanksgiving
Special Music – I Wonder as I Wander / John Jacob Niles, arr. Kyle Pederson
Pastoral Prayer
Sermon — Luke 15:1-31
The Ordinance of the Lord’s Supper
*Hymn 107 — O Little Town of Bethlehem
Silent Reflection on Worship
Benediction
*Doxology — Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow
Postlude – God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen / arr. Joel Raney

*Congregation is asked to stand.

WORSHIP LEADERS

Josh Hall, Senior Pastor
Jacob Chilton, Associate Pastor of Family and Discipleship Ministries
Clay Mason, Minister of Senior Adults, Missions, and Benevolence
Greg Williams, Associate Pastor of Pastoral Care
Lisa Foltz, Organist
Amy Parker, Pianist
Pam Cooke, Worship Leader/Interim Minister of Music
Austin Testerman, Instrumental Director
College Avenue Singers
Sanctuary Choir
Chamber Players
Praise Team
Sue Mercer, Interpreter

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LYRICS

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IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR

It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
“Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From heaven’s all-gracious King.”
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.

Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O’er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains,
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o’er its Babel sounds
The heavenly angels sing.

For lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold.
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.

_{Song # 31078

Edmund Hamilton Sears, Richard Storrs Willis

© Public Domain

CCLI #380437}

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O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.

O holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in,
Be born to us today!
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel!

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DOXOLOGY

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him, all creatures here below.
Praise Him above the heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Amen!

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