Murray
Presbyterian Church
December
6, 2009 –10:00 am
Please prepare your hearts for worship
PRELUDE: Shepherd’s Carols
CONGREGATIONAL LIFE AND NURTURE
Welcome
Visitors/Announcements
The
Ritual of Friendship (Red Book)
Prayer
Request Cards
Sharing
Joys and Concerns
TOLLING
OF THE CHURCH BELL
PREPARING
OUR HEARTS FOR WORSHIP
CALL TO WORSHIP: (Responsively)
LEADER: Come, let us prepare for a new arrival of God’s
love and peace among us.
CONGREGATION:
Once again we hear the promise of peace made real in Jesus, who became divine
peace in our midst.
LEADER: Once again we see the light that God promises to
enlighten our days of darkness in the world.
CONGREGATION:
Once again we feel the joy that is ours, knowing the assurance of our salvation
in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Passing the Peace of Christ
LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE: [insert]
PRAISE HYMN: “Lord, I Lift Your Name On High”
PRAYER
OF CONFESSION (Unison): O God of mercy: you sent Jesus Christ to save the
lost. Judge us with love and lift the burden
of our sins. We have failed in love,
and have turned away from your truth.
Have mercy, O God, and forgive our sin, for the sake of Jesus your Son,
our Savior. Amen.
A
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
GLORY TO THE FATHER
(Gloria Patri, Hymnal #805)
HEARING
THE WORD
SPECIAL MUSIC:
Krista McDonald
YOUTH MESSAGE
New Testament Reading: Luke 1:1-4; 26-38 (pgs. 1610-1611;
1612)
SERMON: “Nothing
Is Impossible With God”
Pastor
Jeff McDonald
RESPONDING
TO THE WORD
HYMN: #133 “O Come,
O Come, Emmanuel”
THE
OFFERING
Offertory: Sussex
Carol
Doxology (Hymnal
#809)
HYMN: #170 “It Came upon the Midnight Clear”
BENEDICTION
CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION
(Inside hymnal covers)