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December 3, 2023 · 10:45 am · First Sunday of Advent
The Call to Worship will be “I Want to Walk as a Child of Light.” Joela and Clarissa Jimenez will light the Advent Candle of Hope. The Advent Hymn will be “In the Bulb.” Warren Willoughby will read Luke 1:1-23. The Offertory Hymn will be “Arise, Your Light Is Come.” Warren Willoughby will give the Offertory Prayer. Richard Reynolds Huss will play the Offertory “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme.” The Sanctuary Choir with soloists Anna Leavitt and Rev. Chris Cottingham will sing “The Nativity Carol.” Rev. Jennifer McClung Rygg will preach the sermon “Hope in a Weary World.” The Hymn of Response will be “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”
Candle lighting litany by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed, Benediction adapted from a prayer by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org.
“Annunciation to Zechariah” by Lauren Wright Pittman | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org.
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Luke 1:1-23