Order of Worship December 13, 2020
Third Sunday of Advent
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Text for hymns are found below each hymn. Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.
Prelude: “He Is Born………………………AFUMC Handbell Choir
18th cent. French carol, Arr. J. Kimball © 1993
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Greetings……………………………………..……Pastor Juan
Lighting of the Advent Candle……………..…Chad Volk
First Opening Hymn: “View the Present Through the Promise” #3048
Worship & Song
Words: Thomas H. Troeger © 1994 Oxford University Press Inc
Music: Traditional Wesh melody, harmony by Luther Orlando Emerson
“View the present through the promise, Christ will come again.
Trust despite the deepening darkness, Christ will come again.
Lift the world above its grieving through your watching and believing
in the hope past hope’s conceiving: Christ will come again.
Probe the present with the promise, Christ will come again.
Let your daily actions witness, Christ will come again.
Let your loving and your giving and your justice and forgiving
be a sign to all the living: Christ will come again.
Match the present to the promise, Christ will come again.
Make this hope your guiding premise, Christ will come again.
Pattern all your calculating and the world you are creating
to the advent you are waiting: Christ will come again.”
Second Opening Hymn: “The First Noel” #245
The United Methodist Hymnal
Traditional English carol; harmony from Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871
1. “The first Noel the angel did say
was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
in fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
on a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
born is the King of Israel.
2. They looked up and saw a star
shining in the east, beyond them far;
and to the earth it gave great light,
and so it continued both day and night.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
born is the King of Israel.
3. And by the light of that same star
three Wise Men came from country far;
to seek for a king was their intent,
and to follow the star wherever it went.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
born is the King of Israel.
4. This star drew nigh to the northwest,
o’er Bethlehem it took its rest;
and there it did both stop and stay,
right over the place where Jesus lay.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
born is the King of Israel.
5. Then entered in those Wise Men three,
full reverently upon the knee,
and offered there, in his presence,
gold and myrrh and frankincense.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
born is the King of Israel.”
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11……..Chad Volk
Prayers of the People: Please comment with your prayer concerns and especially offer up those things that cause your soul to be in a place of deep lament this day.
After each prayer read:
Leader: Lord in your mercy
All: Hear our prayers
Concluding Prayer of the People……………Pastor Juan
Hymn of Preparation: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” #240
The United Methodist Hymnal
Words by Charles Wesley, 1739
Music by Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; arranged by William H. Cummings
1. “Hark! the herald angels sing,
‘Glory to the newborn King,
peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!’
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with th’ angelic host proclaim,
‘Christ is born in Bethlehem!’
Hark! the herald angels sing,
‘Glory to the newborn King!’
2. Christ, by highest heaven adored;
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
late in time behold him come,
offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th’ incarnate Deity,
pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
‘Glory to the newborn King!’
3. Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that we no more may die,
born to raise us from the earth,
born to give us second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
‘Glory to the newborn King!’”
Epistle Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24………Chad Volk
Sermon……………………..……………….………Pastor Juan
Giving of our tithes and offerings………….Lorri Bingham
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Offertory Song: “The Friendly Beasts”……AFUMC Handbell Choir
Medieval French melody, Arr. J. Kimball © 1993
Offertory Response: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” # 95
The United Methodist Hymnal
OLD 100th
Public Domain
“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise God above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.”
Prayer after receiving…………………………………….Pastor Juan
Closing Hymn: “The King of Glory Comes” #2091
The Faith We Sing
Words (Ps 24:7-10; Matt 1:23) © 1966, 1982 Willard F. Jabusch, admin by OCP Publications
Music is a traditional Israeli folk song
“The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices.
Open the gates before him, lift up your voices.
1. Who is the King of glory; how shall we call him?
He is Emmanuel, the promised of all ages.
The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices.
Open the gates before him, lift up your voices.
2. In all of Galilee, in our city or village,
He goes among his people curing their illness.
The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices.
Open the gates before him, lift up your voices.
3. Sing then of David’s son, our Savior and brother;
in all of Galilee was never another.
The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices.
Open the gates before him, lift up your voices.”
Announcements…………………………….Lorri Bingham
Dismissal with blessing…………….……Pastor Juan
Postlude: “He Is Born”………………………AFUMC Handbell Choir, 18th cent. French carol, Arr. J. Kimball © 1993
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