Where have we seen God this year?
Worship Team
Worship leader: Marieke Meyer
Speaker(s): Joel Klassen, Jacqui Schmucker
Song leader: Peter Voth
Pianist: Ed Heese
Tech Team: Bob Loewen / Jonah Thiessen
Ushers: Kathryn Gray and Lara Munro
No Activity Period and No Coffee Hour
Order of Service
Opening Hymns
VT 219 Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord
VT 248 It Came upon a Midnight Clear
Welcome, Land Acknowledgement
Call to worship
One: In the wilderness, a voice cries out: “Prepare the way of the Lord!”
Many: We have heard the call; we have watched for the light.
One: The One we waited for has come—a gentle dove, a vulnerable child.
Many: We have seen the Christ child among the poor; we have heard the soft flutter of wings.
One: This is how God arrives among us—not in power and might, but in vulnerable love.
Many: Your ways are not our ways, O God.
One: Come, let us worship the One who has come among us, the Lamb of God, the light of the world.
All: We stand in amazement—Christ has been revealed!
Opening prayer
Light the Christ candle
One: We have been waiting in the long, dark night, waiting for your light of hope, peace, joy. and love to reveal itself and shine on us. Shine in us.
Many: Come, Light of the world. Amaze us!
All: May your light shine through the dark, illuminating your path, illuminating our souls.
VT 259 To Us a Child of Hope Is Born
Giving with Gratitude
Congregational Prayer
Children’s story
VT 275 O Beautiful Star
Scripture reading John 1:19–34
First Speaker- Joel Klassen
VT 371 Come, Gracious Spirit
Second Speaker: Jacqui Schmucker
Announcements
VT 265 Angels from the Realms of Glory
Benediction