November 30, 2014 Prep

Theme: We are Witnesses--We Watch for God's Presence

 Sound Notes:

Overall Advent Spiritual Step:  
Becoming an environment with open doors that God can enter and fill with loving presence.

Reference Scriptures: I Corinthians 1:3-9
³ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ I give thanks to my^[a] God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵ for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind— ⁶ just as the testimony of^[b] Christ has been strengthened among you— ⁷ so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Call To Worship:
Call to Worship
Leader:  Today is the beginning of Advent-the preparation time for celebrating Christ's birth.
People:  We are here because God's promises to our ancestors came true when Jesus was born.
Leader:  God's promise is kept each Sunday we worship because Christ is in our midst.
People:  God will keep the promise to come again in glory.



Invocation:

Unison:  O God, we thank you that Jesus brought hope into our world. 
By the good news of the Bible
you are still bringing hope to people.
Help us to be ready to welcome Jesus Christ
so that we may think good thoughts
and do good deeds
and so that we may be a people of hope
in our world.

And, now dear God,  hear us as we continue our praying by saying the prayer your son taught his  Disciples…..”Our Father….Amen.”

Hymn Suggestions:

One year we tried to do "advent" songs for the first two Sundays of Advent and people said they missed singing the traditional Carols each Sunday between Thanksgiving and Christmas. . . .Please feel free to change any of these to better suit the theme.  Also, let's change the opening music to Emmanuel, Emmanuel134 for now through Christmas Sunday.

 

Hymn of Praise: O Come, All Ye Faithful 119

Prayer Hymn:O Come, O Come Emmanuel 119

         

Communion Hymn:  I come with Joy 420

Hymn of Invitation: They'll Know we are Christians by our love 494 Early Service
                                 I Wonder as I Wander 161 10:40 Service