ORDER OF WORSHIP – December 22
Traditional Service

PRELUDE

WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
PREP FOR WORSHIP I Wonder as I Wander by John Jacob Niles (Heidi Hernandez, harp)
ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTING
UNISON PRAYER
Teach us to love, O Lord. May we always remember to put you first as we follow Christ's footsteps, that we may know your love and show it in our lives. As we prepare for our celebration of Jesus' birth, also fill our hearts with love for the world, that all may know your love and the one whom you have sent, your son, our Savior. Amen.

HYMN ​ Joy to the World! – No. 179

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (spoken in unison)
Forgive my sins, O Lord: the sins of my soul and the sins of my body, the sins I have done to please myself and the sins I have done to please others. Forgive those sins which I know and those which I know not. Forgive them all in Your mercy, that I may share the hope of the prophets, the song of the angels, and the wonder of the shepherds. Cleanse my soul that Your Son, when He comes, may find in me a dwelling place. Amen

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

APOSTLES’ CREED

OFFERTORY

CHOIR PRESENTATION “The Wonder of Christmas”

PASTORAL PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER

HYMN O Come, Let Us Adore Him

BENEDICTION