December 24, 2023 – Advent Week 4

Pastor Derek Bouma

COME, WORSHIP OUR LORD
Adore
Call to Worship: from Psalm 72
Opening Song: Joy to the World!
God’s Greeting and we greet each other

Advent Reading and Candle lighting
Song: O Come Let us Adore Him 

WE ARE RENEWED IN GOD’S GRACE
Prayer of Confession
Song: Of the Father’s Love Begotten vs. 1, 2
Assurance of Christ’s Return
Song: Of the Father’s Love Begotten vs. 4, 5
Announcements
Offering

Sunday School Children Dismissed
Prayers of the People

GOD SPEAKS THROUGH GOD’S WORD
Scripture: Matthew 2:1–12
Message: “King of Kings and Lord of Lords”
Song of Response: Angels We Have Heard on High 

LIVE AND SERVE IN GOD’S BLESSING
Lamentations 3:21–26

Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

God’s Blessing
Doxology: Jesus Shall Reign Where E’re the Sun