December 3rd Worship Service

Claybanks Methodist Church
Sunday, December 3, 2023
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
 First Sunday in Advent

Welcome and Announcements

*Praise Song
”His Name is Wonderful”……….…UMH 174

Prelude

*Processional
In this place, among these people
God is worshipped, God is praised.
We have seen the signs and wonders;
The lost are found here, the dead are raised.
We are living the Gospel story;
lives are changed, and mountains moved.
Won’t you come and work among us?
You are welcomed, you are loved.

*Call to Worship
Leader: Come, people of faith, come join your hearts in worship.
All: We hear the invitation and hunger to join in the feast.
Leader: God is faithful and calls us into the loving presence of Jesus, who is the Christ.
All: We come to join with those who watch, wait, and celebrate. AMEN.

*Gloria Patri……………………………………….UMH  70

*Opening Prayer

*Hymn
”Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies”…………UMH 173

Lighting of Advent Candle

Congregation: We wait as people surprised again and again by God who shakes us out of our complacency and wakes us up to the work of the kin-dom all around us.

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns

The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves

*Doxology………………….……………………………….…UMH 95

*Prayer of Dedication

*Hymn
”I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light”………UMH  206

Sharing of the Word

Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 9:2-7…………………………………………………………………..Page 555
*Gospel Reading
Luke 2:1-7…….……………………….…………………..…Page 832

Message by Pastor Gary Peterson
“Names for the Messiah: Wonderful Counselor”

Communion

Prayer

*Hymn
”Fairest Lord Jesus”…..…..….…….UMH 189

*Benediction

Postlude – Please be seated

Pianist – Suzanne Bellrichard

Liturgist  – To be decided

Ministers – All People As We Live The Good News