DECEMBER 15, 2019 | 11AM | THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT WELCOME TO
GOVERNMENT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GATHERING
Please silence all cellular devices for the duration of the service.
CHIMING OF THE HOUR
WESTMINSTER
indicates an invitation to WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS stand as you are able.
Rev. Rebekah Abel Lamar
MINUTE FOR MISSION | APNC
Please let us know you are PRELUDE | “2ND BREAKFAST” here today by signing the
Jarrett Callaway I Saw Three Ships/ Masters In This Hall/In Dulci Jubilo
Welcome Book located in
CALL TO WORSHIP & LIGHTING THE ADVENT CANDLES Preston, Virginia, Evelyn, and Preston Reeder When finished, please pass the center of each pew. the book toward the center aisles so we may call each other by name.
While we wait for Christ’s coming, we light the candle of hope. We place our hope in the Light of the World. While we wait for Christ’s coming,
we light the candle of peace. With its opening “Come,”
We pray for peace in our hearts, our homes, and our world.
this hymn sounds the note of entreaty and invitation that characterizes the Advent season (from the Latin “adventus” = “coming”). Its blending of
While we wait for Christ’s coming, we light the candle of joy. We pray for joy of Christ to overwhelm our sorrow. The light of these candles is our prayer for a better world, a prayer for God’s kingdom to come.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.”
memory and hope helps us to give voice to our present faith as we stand between
Let us worship God.
the past and the future.
HYMN 83
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus STUTTGART