MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
The
Eleven O’clock December 17, 2006
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Frederick K. Weimert, Pastor
Glenn L.
Wittstadt, Jr., Organist‑Director
PRELUDE:
“Wake, Awake for Night is Flying”
Philipp
Nicolai/J. S. Bach
INTROIT
CALL
TO WORSHIP/LIGHTING THE ADVENT CANDLE
The lights are bright outside: in streets, in
stores, and in homes.
So why should we look for
light in this dark hall?
Because, those lights outside will be darkened
soon: decorations will come down, bulbs will burn out, power may be cut-off.
So,
where is the light that will not fail?
Candle lighter:
Here we have a flame and candles!
UNISON:
Jesus Christ, light of the world, shine in this house, shine in our
hearts, shine in the world through your spirit in and around us.
*HYMN
76:
“Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus”
INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE LORD’S PRAYER
EXTENDED
LIFE OF THE CHURCH
ANTHEM: “Rejoice,
Rejoice, Ye People!” by J. M. Martin
PRAYER FROM THE PEOPLE: Emily Weimert
*OFFERING: #115
Worship the Lord
in the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before
Him, His glory proclaim;
With gold of
obedience and incense of lowliness,
Kneel and adore
Him: the Lord is His name.
OFFERTORY: “Sheep
May Safely Graze” J. S. Bach
CHILDREN'S
TIME
THE
LETTERS: Philippians 4: 4-9 Pg.
1024
Read by: Martha Wylie
RESPONSIVE
CALL TO PRAYER:
In the midst of this of this
imperative for joy, Paul slips in a simple little advent sentence…
“The Lord is near.”
We want to ask… What do you
mean by near, Paul?”, but Paul just keeps on going…
“Do not worry about anything.”
Paul, come on, what do you
mean by anything?
Should we quit
our jobs… sell our house… buy a huge house with a big mortgage…What?
Lord Jesus Christ, “Peace of
God”, you above all people should understand the fear and anxiety latent in
human uncertainty.
As we grow
closer to you, help us to experience the peace which comes when you guard one’s
heart.
And in your peace change our
perspective on the world.
Open our eyes
to focus on what is: true, honorable, just, pure, pleasing, commendable,
excellent, and praiseworthy. Amen.
HYMN
60: “Be Thou My
Vision”
HEBREW
BIBLE: Isaiah 12 Pg.
596
SERMON:
“The Redeemed City”
INVITATION
HYMN 544:
“Redeemed, How I Love to
Proclaim It”
*BENEDICTION/RESPONSE
POSTLUDE:
“From Thy Throne So High”
by
C. W. Gluck
Written by Charles Williams
in 1941, during World War II, taken from his Essential Writings in
Spirituality and Theology, pg. 151f.
“The differences between us
and our enemy are many, and there are many different ways of summing them
up. One of the more useful is perhaps
that implied in the difference between the Race and the City. Whether the doctrine of Race be true need not
much concern Christians; since they are not allowed to accept it as a
definition of the final state of man, it can be, like any other scientific
question, but a matter of minor if notable interest. There is no final idea for us but the glory
of God in the redeemed and universal union—call it man or church or the City.
…The Infamy is one and the
same everywhere. The opposite of the
Infamy is the City. There is, in the
end, no compromise between the two; there is only choice. The choice exists everywhere, at every
minute, as a fundamental, though that fundamental may have been accepted, and
our business be with the edification of the City upon it. The thing in common
between us and our allies, and in dispute between us and our enemies, is the
proper freedom of the flesh.”
T H I S W E E K
TODAY: Choir Rehearsal following Worship Service.
5 p.m. Free seasonal concert
at
WEDNESDAY EVENING
6:15 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Handbell Choir performance at Edenwald Retirement Home
SATURDAY December 23rd
9:00 a.m. Decoration of the Sanctuary for Christmas
SUNDAY December 24th
Regular Sunday School and Worship
The Christmas Eve Candle Light Service will begin with music at 4:30 p.m. and the Service will begin at 5:00 p.m.
MONDAY Dec. 25th:
Sarah's Hope 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
There will be no Wednesday evening programs on
December 27th.
SUNDAY Dec. 31st Service at Pickersgill Retirement Home.
Pick up cakes and return by Saturday January 6th.
If you would like to participate in a Christmas Gift Program, you may either give a gift of cash to Kisha
Mack and her sons who we are supporting through the Back Home Program, or you
may bring socks and underwear from women and/or children which will be given to
the people at the shelter.