Order of Service for Sun Nov 27, 2022 First Advent

Worship Leader: Brad Lepp
Speaker: Christina Reimer
Music: Bob Loewen, Mark Andrews
Technical Team: Jon Brandt/ Stephanie Hanna
Ushers: Tobi and Harold Thiessen
Coffee Hour Hosts: Bob and Carolyn Loewen

Gathering Hymn: VT 210 – O Come, O Come, Immanuel
Welcome, Land Acknowledgement
Announcements
Call to Worship
Leader: Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel; you who sit on the mercy seat between the cherubim, we stand in your presence, seeking your face.
People: Shine forth, O Lord, in the sight of your people, that we may see you clearly. Stir up your strength in us; come, rescue us.
Leader: The time is near, we are watching; restore us again, O God.
People: Cause your face to shine and we shall be saved, made whole by your gracious love and kindness.
All: We are watching and waiting for you, O Lord.

HYMN: VT 418 – From the Parent’s Heart, the Firstborn [Hymn of the month]
Lighting of Advent Candle
Giving with Gratitude
Congregational Prayer
Scripture Reading: Psalm 122 – Carolyn Heath
Children’s Time
Hymn: VT 218 – Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Scripture Reading: Romans 13:11-14 – Brad Lepp
Sermon 
Hymn: VT 215: Oh, How Shall I Receive Thee
Communion
Closing Hymn: VT 216 – Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Benediction

Scriptures this week

Psalm 122

1. I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
2 Our feet are standing
in your gates, Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built like a city
that is closely compacted together.
4 That is where the tribes go up—
the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
according to the statute given to Israel.
5 There stand the thrones for judgment,
the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you be secure.
7 May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels.”
8 For the sake of my family and friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your prosperity.

Romans 13: 11-14
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.

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