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Second Sunday of Advent
Call to Worship
Rejoice in the Lord always.
I will say it again: Rejoice!
Let your gentleness be evident to all.
The Lord is near.
We rejoice in the hope of Christ’s coming.
Let us worship God!
Philippians 4:4-5
Joy to the World!
Joy to the world! The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n and heav’n and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! The Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods
Rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make His blessing flow
Far as the curse is found
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as the curse is found
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.
How Great Our Joy!
While by the sheep we watched at night,
Glad tidings brought an angel bright.
How great our joy! Great our joy!
Joy! Joy! Joy!
Joy! Joy! Joy!
Praise we the Lord in heav’n on high!
Praise we the Lord in heav’n on high!
There shall be born, so he did say,
In Bethlehem a Child today.
There shall the Child lie in a stall,
This Child who shall redeem us all.
This gift of God we’ll cherish well,
That ever joy our hearts shall fill.
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
let nothing you dismay,
remember Christ our Savior
was born on Christmas Day
to save us all from Satan’s pow’r
when we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
From God our heav’nly Father
a blessed angel came
and unto certain shepherds
brought tidings of the same;
how that in Bethlehem was born
the Son of God by name.
Poor slaves of sin were all mankind
Until that blessed day
When Christ our Savior came to earth
To take our sins away.
He gave himself a sacrifice
That we might live again.
Now to the Lord sing praises
all you within this place,
and with true love and brotherhood
each other new embrace;
this holy tide of Christmas
the time of God’s new grace.
Advent Reading #3
O send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
Let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy;
And I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help, my joy, my God.
Advent candle-lighting #3
We light these candles as a sign of the coming light of Christ.
In the wilderness prepare the way of our Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
The Lord will give you a sign.
A young woman is with child
and shall bear a son.
And they shall name him Immanuel, which means “God is with us.”
Every valley shall be lifted up and every mountain and hill be made low;
The uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant
O come ye O come ye to Bethlehem!
Come and behold Him, born the King of angels!
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
Christ, the Lord!
Sing choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
O sing all ye bright hosts of heav’n above!
Glory to God, all glory in the highest!
Yea, Lord we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning
Jesus to Thee be all glory giv’n
Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Infant holy, Infant lowly,
For His bed a cattle stall;
Oxen lowing, little knowing
Christ the Babe is Lord of all.
Swift are winging angels singing,
Noels ringing, tidings bringing;
Christ the Babe is Lord of all,
Christ the Babe is Lord of all.
Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping
Vigil till the morning new
Saw the glory, heard the story
Tidings of a gospel true.
Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow,
Praises voicing, greet the morrow;
Christ the Babe was born for you.
Christ the Babe was born for you.
Angels We Have Heard on High
Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echo back their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord the newborn King.
Blessing
Promise-keeping God,
we rejoice in your faithfulness.
Our hearts overflow with hope
as we express our longing
for the advent of our Lord.
Prepare us to receive,
honor, and follow him,
Our Messiah, the King of kings
and Lord of lords.
Amen.
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