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Come, thou long expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free; set Born to thy Jesus, expected long thou Come, us;Thee. rest in sins release Let and our us find our fears From art; earth Thou the Hope of all consolation, and strength Israel’s heart. longing ev’ry Joy of nation, Dear Desire of ev’ry appear; high, on from Dayspring see to Thee, those long who Joy to hear. to birth we long Thy Of of Jesse; Rod promised thou Come, of a birth: tidings glad News, singing angels hills the the O’er earth.” to come has Lord the Christ bringing praises him, your to “Go end; no knew He whose glories our sadness, taste earth to to Come Friend. Shepherd, Our Redeemer, us gladness, He brings life By His Born within a cattle stall; number, without riches Leaving of all! Lord was born the Christ wonder: everlasting the This a King, yet and Born a child people deliver, to Born Thy bring. kingdom gracious Thy Now in us forever, Born reign to alone; our hearts in all Spirit Rule eternal own By Thine throne. glorious Thy merit, to Raise us sufficient all By Thine Words: Charles Wesley, 1744. Music: Rowland H. Prichard, 1830. Prichard, H. Rowland Music: 1744. Wesley, Charles Words: “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus Expected Long Thou “Come, SECOND HYMN SECOND

4 fourth sunday of advent | december 21, 2014 9:00 am 5 We light this candle as a sign of the coming light of Christ. light coming of the as a sign this candle light We And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, shall LORD the of glory And the seetogether, shall flesh it all and spoken. has LORD of the mouth the for 40:5 Isaiah Advent means “coming.” “coming.” means Advent name. thy be hallowed in heaven, art who Our father, come. kingdom Thy LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE OF THE ADVENT LIGHTING Reader: People: Nix. Kate Josie Judah, and Ginger, Jeff, lit by Candle Advent

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will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be and place own in their dwell so they may that them, will plant as more, no them afflict shall men And violent disturbed more. no formerly, word of the LORD came to Nathan, Nathan, to came LORD of the word you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And you. before from enemies your cut off all have and went you ones great of the name the like name, a great you for I will make earth. of the have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people up the of I brought day the lived not in a house since have been about in a moving I have but Egypt this day, to from Israel dwelling. my for tent Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Moreover, enemies. your all from rest give you And I will Israel. a house. you will make LORD the that you to declares LORD prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God ark but the a house in of cedar, I dwell "See now, prophet, in a tent." dwells Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him given had LORD lived the in his house and king the when Now enemies, surrounding his all from rest OLD TESTAMENT READING READING OLD TESTAMENT 16 2 Samuel 7:1-11, in your heart, for the LORD is with you." is with you." LORD the heart, for in your shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took of hosts, LORD the 'Thus says David, servant my to say shall be should you that sheep, the following from pasture, the from you people Israel. over my prince 'Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in? in? dwell a house to build me you Would LORD: the 'Thus says people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, judges of the with any people did I speak a word of Israel, people saying, Israel, my "Why shepherd to I commanded whom a house of cedar?"' built me not you have your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before before forever be sure made shall kingdom your houseyour and be forever.'" established shall throne Your me. Lord. of the word is the This be to God.Thanks 6 fourth sunday of advent | december 21, 2014 9:00 am 7 Lord Christ, Christ, Lord to be loved our willingness we confess to love. but also our reluctance love your forgiving to accept our readiness confess We to forgive. but also our refusal love redeeming of your offer to grasp our eagerness confess We question. you without to follow but also our resistance us our failure forgive time, Advent In this as we should. to respond you us to receive assist your grace, and by to us anew, Come shepherds; as the joy, with as Simeon; gratitude, with as Mary; obedience, with as you us. have loved love, with Amen. Jesus. Lord so: come, Even An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, a dream, him in to appeared Lord of the An angel as your Mary take to fear do not "Joseph, son of David, Holy the is from in her conceived is which that for wife, his will save he for Jesus, his name call shall Spirit…you sins. their people from 21b 1:20b, –Matthew

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, 1710; translated by , 1710; translated Catholicarum Cantionum Latin Psalteriolum Hymn, Words: Helmore. by Thomas Plainsong from Adapted Music: M. Neale. John “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” O Come, Come, “O Emmanuel, O come, O come, captive Israel, And ransom here, exile in lonely mourns That Son the of GodUntil appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel! to thee, come shall Emmanuel O come, O come thou Lord of might, of might, Lord thou O come O come, height Sinai’s tribes, on thy to Who law; the didst give times In ancient majesty and awe. and In cloud Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel! to thee, come shall Emmanuel O come thou Dayspring, thou cheer and O come come here; Our advent spirits by Thine of night, clouds Disperse gloomy the flight. put to shadows dark And death's Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel! to thee, come shall Emmanuel Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel! to thee, come shall Emmanuel HYMN OF RESPONSE HYMN OF

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MINISTRIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL AND MINISTRIES service, morning worship Sunday the Following Information. Worship Children's rooms: following in the Worship Children's attending will find their children parents 20 fourth sunday of advent | december 21, 2014 9:00 am 19 . “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” E’er a Rose How “Lo, Words: Theodore Baker, 1894; Harriett R. Spaeth, 1875; John C. Mattes, 1914. Mattes, C. Spaeth, 1875; John R. Harriett 1894; Baker, Theodore Words: 1609 Praetorius, by Michael 15th cent./arr. German melody, Music: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming e’er rose a how Lo, sprung hath stem tender From coming lineage Jesse’s Of sung have As of old men bright a flow’ret came It of winter cold Amid the night was the half-spent When tender whose fragrance flow’r This air fills the sweetness With splendor Dispels with glorious everywhere darkness The very yet God man, True us saves death He sin and From every load And lightens of Mary child O Savior, woe our human felt Who of glory King O Savior, know dost our weakness Who us at length, we pray Bring courts of heaven bright the To day endless the And to us at length, we pray Bring courts of heaven bright the To day endless the And to BENEDICTION

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10 fourth sunday of advent | december 21, 2014 9:00 am 11 Isaiah 9 Isaiah on them has light shined. has light them on The people walking in darkness have seen a great light. light. seen a great have in darkness people walking The living darkness— Those deep a land in of be with you. LORD of the peace The you! also with And from Pastor: PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION FOR PREPARATION our of reminder as a liturgical Supper Lord’s the precedes peace” the of “passing The us to not let factions implores 11:18-19 1 Corinthians body. Christ’s of unity as members our brothers toward us to move calls peace in our midst. the Thus, and divisions remain us. toward moves as Christ and sisters of members baptized, communing and are faith by Jesus in Christ united are who All but not communing you If are Table. Lord’s to the to come invited are Church His visible a your hands, and you and fold receive will forward come to participate, would like server. the from blessing of prayer Greet one another with words of peace and reconciliation such as those above. such reconciliation and of peace with words another Greet one PASSING OF THE PEACE OF THE PASSING People: Pastor: People:

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17th century, melody, French Music: 4th century. of St. Liturgy James, Words: (1829-1885) Moultrie by Gerard adapted Let all mortal flesh keep silence, silence, Let flesh keep mortal all stand; trembling and And with fear minded, earthly nothing Ponder in his hand, with blessing For Christ our God earth descendeth, to Our demand. full to homage of Mary, born yet of kings, King stood, earth he As on old of vesture, in human of lords, Lord body blood;In the the and faithful the all He will give to food. heav’nly self own for His of heaven host the rank on Rank way, the on its vanguard Spreads descendeth of light As Light the day, of endless realms the From vanish may of hell pow’rs the That away. clears As darkness the seraph, six-winged the his feet At eye, Cherubim, with sleepless presence, the to faces their Veil they cry: voice As with ceaseless High!” Most Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord “Alleluia, High!” Most Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord “Alleluia, HYMNS FOR THE EUCHARIST FOR HYMNS “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” Keep Flesh Mortal “Let All

18 fourth sunday of advent | december 21, 2014 9:00 am 17 Gracious God, Spirit upon pour Holy out your wine, and upon gifts of bread us and these your we bless cup the and we break bread the that body of the blood and communion be the may with Christ,us one of Christ. Spirit make By your this feast, share who all with be one we may that As this bread in ministry in everyunited place. send be body us, us out to the body for is Christ’s world. of Christ in the We do not presume to come to this your Table, O merciful Lord, Lord, O merciful your Table, to this to come do not presume We and your but in manifold righteousness, our own in trusting up the as to gather so much not worthy are We mercies. great whose same Lord the but you are your Table, under crumbs gracious us therefore, Grant is always have mercy. property to to and Christ, Jesus Son of your dear flesh so to eat the Lord, by may made clean bodies be our sinful His blood, that drink precious His most His body through and our souls washed in us. Amen. in Him, and He dwell we mayblood, that evermore If you desire gluten free bread, please walk down the center aisle, either upstairs or down, down, or upstairs either aisle, center the down walk please bread, free gluten If you desire will sing congregation the communion During it accordingly. server will provide and the hymns. printed the Celebrant: PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS OF PRAYER ALL: OF THE ELEMENTS CONSECRATION

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12 fourth sunday of advent | december 21, 2014 9:00 am 13 Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. be Thy Hallowed in heaven, art who Our Father, as it is in earth on be done, will Thy come, kingdom Thy us Give day and forgive heaven. us this our daily bread, Lead us not into our debtors. we forgive as our debts evil, is the Thine us from but deliver for temptation, Amen. forever, glory, and the power, and the kingdom, MORNING PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER LORD'S AND PRAYER MORNING Christ taught: as we pray And so Lord, ALL: Amen. he descended into hell; hell; into descended he he ascended into heaven, heaven, into ascended he Maker of heaven and earth. and of heaven Maker I believe in God the Father Almighty, Almighty, I believe in God Father the And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Son Christ his only our Lord; And in Jesus the third day he rose again from the dead; dead; the again from rose he day third the

the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; forgiveness the of saints; communion the the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. everlasting. body; life of the the and resurrection the I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; Church; catholic holy Ghost; the I believe Holy in the

1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Mark 14:22-25 Mark 11:23-26, 1 Corinthians and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; Almighty; of God hand Father the right the on sitteth and from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. dead. the and quick the judge to come shall he thence from suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; and buried; was crucified, dead, Pontius Pilate, under suffered who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, Mary, Virgin Ghost, of the born Holy by the was conceived who INVITATION Creed Apostle's The OF INSTITUTION WORDS from GOD WELCOMES US TO HIS TABLE HIS US TO GOD WELCOMES 16 fourth sunday of advent | december 21, 2014 9:00 am 15 ______MORNING MESSAGE MORNING boyd bill rev. He 32 For nothing will nothing For 37 And the angel answered answered angel And the 35 And behold, your relative relative your And behold, 36 And Mary said to the angel, angel, the said to And Mary 34 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose a man to betrothed a virgin to But she was greatly troubled at the at the troubled was greatly But she 27 And Mary said, "Behold, I am the the I am said, "Behold, And Mary 29 38 And behold, you will conceive in your in your will conceive you And behold, 31 And he came to her and said, "Greetings, O favored O favored "Greetings, said, and her to came And he

And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have have you for Mary, "Do be not afraid, her, said to angel And the and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his and forever, house of Jacob over the will reign he and womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. Jesus. his name call shall bear you son, a and and womb saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. be. saying, this might sort what of greeting discern tried to and "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" a virgin?" am I since will this be, "How Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the this is the a son, and conceived also has Elizabeth age old in her barren. was called who with her sixth month be impossible with God."be impossible one, the Lord is with you!" is with you!" Lord the one, found favor with God. favor found 33 30 GOSPEL READING GOSPEL 1:26-38 Luke God Gabriel a city from angel to was sent the sixth month In the of Galilee Nazareth, named kingdom there will be no end." will be end." no there kingdom word." your to according me let it be to Lord; the of servant her. from departed angel And the Lord. gospel of the is the This be to you, O Christ. Praise will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And High. Son Most be will the and of the called will be great David, of his father God Lord throne the him the will give to name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name name virgin's And the house was Joseph, of David. of the name was Mary. her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the power of the the upon and you, will come Spirit "The Holy her, be born to child the therefore you; will overshadow High Most Son of God.will be holy--the called 14