Pastor John Veenstra
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP OUR GOD
Prelude: music
Welcome
Call to Worship and Lighting of Advent Candles
Advent Litany
Gathering Song: O Come, All Ye Faithful
God’s Greeting and Greeting One Another
OUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
Confession of Sins and Promise of Forgiveness
Song of Response: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
PRAYERS AND OFFERINGS
Announcements and Prayer for the offerings
Offerings
Prayers of the People and Prayer for Illumination
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Scripture Reading: Genesis 1:1-8, John 1:1–5
Message: God is Like Light
Song of Response: I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
WE GO OUT TO SERVE
Testimony of Faith Our World Belongs to God #23
Remembering the promise to reconcile the world to himself,
God joined our humanity in Jesus Christ— the eternal Word made flesh.
He is the long-awaited Messiah, one with us and one with God, fully human and fully divine,
conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
Sending Song: Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies
God’s Blessing to His People
Postlude