Pastor Derek Bouma
WE COME TO WORSHIP OUR GOD
Prelude
Welcome and Call To Worship: from Isaiah 40:3 and Romans 4:21
Gathering Song: O Come All Ye Faithful
God’s Greeting and we greet each other
WE ARE RENEWED IN GOD’S GRACE
Prayer Of Confession and Assurance Of God’s Grace
ADVENT WREATH LIGHTING – Week 3
Song of Response: Joy Has Dawned
WE RESPOND IN GRATITUDE
Announcements and Offerings
Sunday School children are dismissed
Prayers of the People
GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS WORD
Scripture: Luke 2: 1-20, Romans 6:1-14
Sermon: The Gift of Joy
Song of Response: Crown Him with Many Crowns
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: Joy to the World
Blessing
Postlude