Order of Worship December 20, 2020
Fourth Sunday of Advent
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Text for hymns are found below each hymn. Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.
Prelude: “Go, Tell it On The Mountain”…….AFUMC Handbell Choir
Afro-American Spiritual, Arr. J Kimball, © 1993
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Greetings…………………………………………..Pastor Juan
Lighting of the Advent Candle……………….Mark Barry
First Opening Hymn: “O Come, All Ye Faithful” #238
The United Methodist Hymnal
Words & music by John F. Wade circa 1743
“1. 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.
2. True God of true God, Light from Light Eternal,
lo, he shuns not the Virgin’s womb;
Son of the Father, begotten, not created;
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
3. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation;
O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God, all glory in the highest;
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
4. See how the shepherds, summoned to his cradle,
leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze;
we too will thither bend our joyful footsteps;
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.”
Second Opening Hymn: “Nino Lindo” (Child So Lovely) #222
The United Methodist Hymnal
Traditional Venezuelan melody and words
Translation © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
“Niño lindo, ante ti me rindo,
Niño lindo, eres tú Dios.
Child so lovely, here I kneel before you,
child so lovely, you are Christ my God.”
First Gospel Reading: Luke 1:26-38……………….…..Mark Barry
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:
Leader: Lord in your mercy
All: Hear our prayers
Concluding Prayer of the People………………………Pastor Juan
Hymn of Preparation: “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” #218
The United Methodist Hymnal
Words by Edmund H. Sears, 1849 (Luke 2:8-14)
Music by Richard Storrs Willis, 1850
“1. It came upon the midnight clear,
that glorious song of old,
from angels bending near the earth
to touch their harps of gold:
“Peace on the earth, good will to men,
from heaven’s all-gracious King.”
The world in solemn stillness lay,
to hear the angels sing.
2. Still through the cloven skies they come
with peaceful wings unfurled,
and still their heavenly music floats
o’er all the weary world;
above its sad and lowly plains,
they bend on hovering wing,
and ever o’er its Babel sounds
the blessed angels sing.
3. And ye, beneath life’s crushing load,
whose forms are bending low,
who toil along the climbing way
with painful steps and slow,
look now! for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road,
and hear the angels sing!
4. For lo! the days are hastening on,
by prophet seen of old,
when with the ever-circling years
shall come the time foretold
when peace shall over all the earth
its ancient splendors fling,
and the whole world send back the song
which now the angels sing.”
Second Gospel Reading: Luke 1:46-55……….………Mark Barry
Sermon……………………..………………..………..……Pastor Juan
Giving of our tithes and offerings………………….Lorri Bingham
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Offertory Song: “In The Bleak Midwinter” AFUMC Handbell Choir
Gustav Holst, 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: “Jesus, Jesus, Oh, What a Wonderful Child” #3060
Worship & Song
Traditional African-American words and music
Arrangement by Jeffrey Radford © 1992 The Pilgrim Press
“Jesus, Jesus, oh, what a wonderful child.
Jesus, Jesus, so holy, meek and mild;
new life, new hope the child will bring.
Listen to the angel sing,
‘Glory, glory, glory,’ let the heavens ring.”
Announcements………………………………………….Lorri Bingham
Dismissal with blessing…………………………………Pastor Juan
Postlude: “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”…..AFUMC Handbell
Choir
Traditional, Arr. J. Kimball, © 1993
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