December 8, 2024

Pastor Derek Bouma

WE COME TO WORSHIP OUR GOD
Prelude – Song : King of Kings
Welcome and Call to Worship:
Opening Song: This I Believe
God’s Greeting and greeting each other

WE ARE RENEWED IN GOD’S GRACE
Time of Confession and Assurance of forgiveness
Advent Wreath Lighting
Song of Response: Immanuel (From the Squalor of a Borrowed Stable) 

WE RESPOND IN GRATITUDE
Announcements and Offerings: Music: Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me
Sunday School children are dismissed
Prayers of the People 

GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS WORD
Scripture Reading: Romans 5: 12-21
Message: The Gift of Love
Song of Response: Speak O Lord

WE GO, LIVING AND SERVING IN GOD’S BLESSING
Testimony of Faith: Our World Belongs to God #24

As the second Adam, Jesus chose the path we had rejected.
In his baptism and temptations, teaching and miracles, battles with demons and friendships with sinners, Jesus lived a full and righteous human life before us.
As God’s true Son, he lovingly obeyed the Father and made present in deed and word the coming rule of God.

Closing Song: In Christ Alone
God’s Blessing to His People
Postlude