Claybanks United Methodist Church
Sunday, December 22, 2024
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Welcome and Announcements
*Praise Song
”O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”…………..UMH 211
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: Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say Rejoice.
All: Our joy is in the Lord who blesses us.
Leader: Shout for joy, for the Lord is near!
All: Our praises ascend to God for the mighty things God has done.
Leader: Let your praise dance and swirl in tribute to God!
All: Surely God blesses and saves us. Hallelujah! Praise be to God. AMEN.
*Gloria Patri………………………UMH 70
*The Apostle’s Creed, Ecumenical Version…..……UMH 882
*Hymn
”Lord of the Dance”……………………….UMH 261
Lighting the Advent Candles
Third Candle
Reader One
All: Faced with the troubles and the suffering of the world, we choose to live in joyful presence to God and one another. We will not turn away from the pain and the hurt in our world, and we will not stop rejoicing in God, whose salvation fills us to overflowing, so that God’s love might flow through us and flood our troubled world with hope, peace, and joy.
Reader Two
Fourth Candle
Reader One
All: God invites us to receive the promise of God’s salvation and the sustenance of God’s mercy and grace, enabling us to live the promise as God-bearers to the world. As Christ was born in Bethlehem, so too we answer God’s invitation to have Christ born among us today and every day.
Reader Two
Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns
The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves
*Doxology……………………………………..…UMH 95
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn
”In the Bleak Midwinter”…..…………..UMH 221
Sharing of the Word
Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 12:2-6……………………………..……..…..………….Page 558
*Gospel Reading
Luke 3:7-18…………………………………..………………Page 834
Message by Paster Gary Peterson
“Not All Is Good During This Joyous Season”
Prayer
*Hymn………..………..”Joy to the World”……………………..UMH 246
Benediction
Postlude – Please be seated
Pianist – Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist – Reba Peterson
Ministers – All People As We Live The Good News
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