ORDER OF WORSHIP FOR DECEMBER 6, 2020

PRELUDE: Chorale Prelude on “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” Johannes Brahms John Finney, organ

WELCOME

CALL TO WORSHIP

Come to this place where valleys are lifted up

and mountains and hills are made low.

We long for evenness and stability amid the upheavals of our lives.

A voice cries out in the wilderness.

We long to hear. We will listen.

A voice cries out in the wilderness.

We will join our voices to proclaim comfort to God’s people.

HYMN: Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates Truro

Hymns of Truth & Light (blue hymnal), #127

ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTING Martha and Chris Stowell

HYMN: Comfort, Comfort Ye My People Psalm 42

Hymns of Truth & Light (blue hymnal), #115

SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 40:1-5

SERMON: “Peace Within Struggle” Matt Wooster

ANTHEM: And the Glory of the Lord (from Messiah) G. F. Handel Chancel Choir (recorded on December 8, 2019)

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

SHARING OF CELEBRATIONS & CONCERNS

PASTORAL PRAYER

OUR LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

HYMN: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Es ist ein’ Ros’ Hymns of Truth & Light (blue hymnal), #148

SACRAMENT OF COMMUNION

HYMN: O Christ, How Shall I Meet You St. Theodulph

Hymns of Truth & Light (blue hymnal), #130

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE: Chorale Prelude on “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People” Georg Böhm

Preaching Rev. Matt Wooster

Liturgists Rev. Judy Swahnberg, Rev. Anne Marie Holloway

Soloists Laurie Stewart Otten, Shannon Lebrón,

Christian Figueroa, Garrett Murphy