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ORDER OF WORSHIP
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
December 21, 2014
Blessed Lord, who in a rude stable gathers all creation, what shall we bring you, but our
lives in need of a great forgiveness? In your mercy, be to us the eternal Word spoken
against our ancient loneliness; the true Light who scans our darkness and scatters our
despair; the good Shepherd who declares for the poor and brings hope to those who are
cast down; the Savior who comes to redeem us from our sin. Then, at your birth, send us
into the astonished night, that with archangels and great kings, with sparrows and
shepherds, all tongues may praise you, as the brimming world repeats the sounding joy!
Glory to God in the highest!
10:00 a.m.
The beginning of the opening voluntary is a call to silent, personal meditation.
Please silence all electronic devices, as we prepare our hearts and minds to worship God.
OPENING VOLUNTARY
Two Preludes on “Veni Emmanuel”
Alec Wyton
(1921-2007)
Rick Erickson
(b. 1950)
SILENT CONFESSION
INTROIT
Richard Alexander
(b. 1946)
KYRIE ELEISON
I look from afar:
and lo, I see the power of God coming,
and a cloud covering the whole earth.
Go ye out to meet him and say:
Tell us, art thou he that should come to reign over thy people Israel?
High and low, rich and poor,
one with another,
Go ye out to meet him and say:
Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel,
thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep,
tell us, art thou he that should come?
Stir up thy strength, O Lord,
and come to reign over thy people Israel.
CALL TO WORSHIP
(1937-2010)
Lighting of the Advent Candle
PROMISE OF THE GOSPEL
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*HYMN 9
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Richard Proulx
VENI EMMANUEL
*GLORIA PATRI
REGENT SQUARE
(Hymn 417)
Laud and honor to the Father,
Laud and honor to the Son,
Laud and honor to the Spirit,
Ever three and ever one;
One in might and one in glory,
While unending ages run.
Congregation:
Antiphon
He will say to me, “You are my Father,
my God, and the rock of my salvation.”
I will make him my firstborn
and higher than the kings of the earth.
Congregation:
Antiphon
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Come, O Creator, O immensity of love, O eternity of mercy. Come and be with us and in us
and beside us and over us. Abide in our prayers, the spoken and the unspoken; and make your
Word resound in our flesh; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON
PSALTER
Cantor:
II Samuel 7:1-16 (p. 281)
Psalm 89:1-4, 26-27
Brooks Linwood Miller
Infant son of Jennifer Nicole Miller and Michael Thomas Miller
HYMN (seated)
Go with us, Lord, and guide the way,
Through this and every coming day,
That in your Spirit strong and true,
Our lives may be our gift to you.
PLAINSONG
Antiphon
Antiphon
Your love, O Lord, forever will I sing:
From age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness.
For I am persuaded that your love is established forever;
you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens.
Congregation:
Hoping in the Dark
Ms. Jarvis
“And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what
manner of salutation this should be….Then said Mary unto the angel, ‘How shall this be,
seeing I know not a man?’…And Mary said, ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord;
be it unto me according to thy word.’”
Luke 1:29, 34, 38a
Antiphon
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn an oath to David my servant:
‘I will establish your line forever,
and preserve your throne for all generations.’”
Congregation:
TALLIS’ CANON
During the organ introduction, children through fifth grade
may process to the Chapel to meet for the Gathering.
SERMON
Congregation:
Luke 1:26-38 (p. 56)
Antiphon
*HYMN 2
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
HYFRYDOL
PRAYERS
Minister:
People:
Minister:
People:
Minister:
People
CLOSING VOLUNTARY
Postlude on “Helmsley”
Alan Ridout
(1934-1996)
The Lord be with you,
And with your spirit.
Let us pray. O Lord show thy mercy upon us,
And grant us thy salvation.
O God, make clean our hearts within us,
And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
*Congregation standing
***Seating interval
OFFERING
OFFERTORY ANTHEM
Jonathan Dove
(b. 1959)
Seek Him that maketh the seven stars and Orion
and turneth the shadow of death into the morning.
Alleluia, yea, the darkness shineth as the day,
The night is light about me.
Amen.
*DOXOLOGY
LEADING WORSHIP: Cynthia A. Jarvis, Minister; Brian Russo, Director of Youth and
Senior Adults; Austin Crenshaw Shelley, Associate Minister for Christian Education; Daniel
Spratlan, Director of Music; Ken Lovett, Organist/Associate Director of Music; and Gallery
Choir.
LIGHTING THE ADVENT CANDLE this morning are John Armbruster, Janet Cross, and
Margaret Poteet.
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God, all creatures here below, Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
GREETERS: Elders: Mark F. Bernstein and Julianne Pitone-Watson; Deacon: Barbara P.
Frazier and Ronalyn Iredale.
USHERS: Barbara Keeler, Team #4 Leader; James Cupp, Joan Demme, Richard Hassold, and
Peter Torello; and Youth Usher: Sizzy Lawton.
FLOWER GUILD: Susan Shuchat and Susan White.
HOSPITALITY HOST: Christen Webber.
The Apostles’ Creed (p. 14)
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
*HYMN
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
(See bulletin)
HELMSLEY
TUESDAY COUNTERS: John Armbruster and Jim Jones.
Flowers in the chancel are given to the glory of God and in celebration of
the beautiful work of the PCCH Flower Guild.
*BENEDICTION
MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS: Hymns, anthems and texts reproduced with permission CCLI. License #:
3140916. OneLicense.net #: License # 717-519, copied with permission.
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending