Pastor Jeff Vandermeer
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP OUR GOD
Prelude
Welcome
Call to Worship and Lighting of Advent Candles
Advent Litany
Gathering Song: O Little Town of Bethlehem
God’s Greeting and Greeting One Another
OUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
Confession of Sins and Promise of Forgiveness
Song of Response: O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
PRAYERS AND OFFERINGS
Introduction of our new missionary to Kenya, Mwikali Wambua
Announcements and Sunday School Children Dismissed
Prayer for the offerings
Offerings music: Peace on Earth
Prayers of the People and Prayer for Illumination
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Scripture Reading: Revelation 22:1–7
Message: God is Like a River – “The 3 Boasts of Christmas”
Song of Response: How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
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: While We Are Waiting Come
God’s Blessing to His People
Postlude