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Presbytery
Website: inverguyunited.ca
Ministers:
Whole People of God
Minister:
Nan Corrigan D. M. Music Director: Al Fougere
December
13th, 2015
3rd
Sunday of Advent-Joy-White Gift Sunday
Announcements The
Work of Church and Community
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Welcome
and greeting one another with the Peace of Christ.
One:
The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit.
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Introit Hope Is a Star,
verse 3-Joy VU7
Call
to Worship Based on Zephaniah 3:14–20
Response:
Sing! Shout! And rejoice with all your heart!
Advent
Candle-lighting Liturgy
Introduction
Voice
1: We know that God is always with us.
All:
We are not alone; we live in God’s world.
Voice
2: This Advent we celebrate the never-ending joy Emmanuel
brings.
Voice
1: As we wait, we remember God’s promise that
All:
those who go forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing,
shall
come home with shouts of joy, bearing sheaves of grain.
Voice
1: We light this candle as a shining example of God’s gift
of
joy, and as a reminder that even as we wait for Emmanuel,
God
is with us always.
All:
We are not alone.
Voice
2: Thanks be to God!
Candle-lighting
Song
Plant
joy into our lives
as we sing songs of praise.
And through the cold may joy survive
to bloom on Christmas Day.
as we sing songs of praise.
And through the cold may joy survive
to bloom on Christmas Day.
—Alydia
Smith. Originally published in Mandate, November
2012.
Opening
Prayer
WE
LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
White
Gift Presentation St. David’s Sunday School
Hymns:
The
Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy VU 73
Jesus,
Our Brother VU 56
Hark
the Herald Angels Sing VU 48
Go
Tell It On the Mountain VU 43
We
Three Kings Printed
We
three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar.
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
Bearing gifts we traverse afar.
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
Refrain:
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect Light.
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain,
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign. R
Frankincense to offer have I.
Incense owns a Deity nigh.
Prayer and praising all men raising,
Worship Him, God on high. R
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Sounds through the earth and skies. R
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect Light.
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain,
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign. R
Frankincense to offer have I.
Incense owns a Deity nigh.
Prayer and praising all men raising,
Worship Him, God on high. R
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Sounds through the earth and skies. R
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
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Offering of Gifts
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Offering Prayer
Prayers
of Thanksgiving and Intercession
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
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Hymn Joy to the World VU 59
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Commissioning and Benediction
Let
us go now
And
travel with a new joy in our step
Giving
the love we have received
And
may the peace of this holy night
Be
with us always.
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Choral Amen
