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December 5, 2021 Worship Guide

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PRELUDE – Jeanine Wheeler, Piano

WELCOME & OPENING PRAYER Rev. Steve Patterson
OPENING HYMN – “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH
RESPONSE HYMN UMH “Make a Way”
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Claudia Anderson

GREETING

MORNING PRAYER – Rev. Steve
– Share a new prayer request

THE LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN – “I Want to Walk As a Child of the Light”
SERMON – Mending Christmas | Paving the way
Luke 3:1-6

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.  As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”

3 things you can do to increase the presence of Jesus in your life and the lives of others this Christmas season:
1) Make a path
2) Set something straight
3) Turn on the light

GREAT THANKSGIVING
OFFERTORY PRAYER
OFFERTORY RESPONSE HYMN- UMH 2269 “Come, Share The Lord”

Send your offering online. If you want to set up recurring ACH gifts, email Scot.

BENEDICTION Rev. Steve
POSTLUDE – Dustin, Organ

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