12/18/22 Bulletin & Order of Service

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Traditional Worship-8 & 11 AM

December 18, 2022

*Please stand as you are able. Congregational responses are in bold.

PRELUDE

"O Little Town Of Bethlehem" by Benton Price

Rick Nay, Organ

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS (Click here to check-in)

Rev. Margaret Rountree

INVOCATION

LIGHTING THE CANDLE OF LOVE

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Pastor: Now is the time of watching and waiting.

People: The time of expectation of new life.

Pastor: Now is the season of hope unfolding.

People: The dark winter season when hope is waiting to be born.

Pastor: Let us come before God with receptive and willing spirits.

People: May our souls magnify God’s name and may our spirits rejoice in God our Savior!

*HYMN OF PRAISE

"Angels We Have Heard on High" Number 238

*PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

*CONGREGATIONAL SONG

“Blest Be the Tie That Binds” Number 557

Blest be the tie that binds

our hearts in Christian love;

the fellowship of kindred minds

is like to that above.

SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM

Ada Marilyn Chase

Parents: Brett & Kristi Chase

Grandparents: Timothy & Julie Anderson and Larry & Teri Chase

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

“Apostles’ Creed” Number 881

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

PASTORAL PRAYER / LORD'S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.