Saturday, December 17, 2016

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Welcome to Deltona Christian Church!  We come as people entrusted with a story that has the power to heal the world.  Together we tend in our hearts the wonder of the story of God’s vision of Love.

  Greetings & Announcements                                                                  Pastor Susanna

Gathering in God’s Presence
  Prelude                                                                                                  Valentine Agranovsky
  Acolytes bring the light of God into our worship space
*Call to Worship (Read Responsively)                                                                            Delores Lester
One: Long ago the people were given a sign of God’s presence.
Many:  “Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us.”
One: God’s promise to us remains sure and true:
God’s anointed Son will soon walk among us,
to lighten our darkness, to restore the joy of our salvation,
to save us from sin.
Many:  God—the God of all love—is with us.  Praise the Lord!

*Advent Hymn                  When God is a Child vs. 4                                       132

  Advent Candle Lighting                                      Felicity & Samantha Johnson

  Advent Response               O Come, All Ye Faithful                                       148

                                                             
*Prayer of Approach and Lord’s Prayer                                    Delores Lester
(using debts and debtors)
  Psalter                                              Psalm 95                                                         747



Proclaiming God’s Word
  Scripture Reading                                                                         Tom Snip
Hebrew Lesson             Isaiah  7:10-15
Scripture Reading    Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016                       Tom Snip
Our Hebrew Lesson comes from Isaiah 7:10-15
Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying, Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test. Then Isaiah said: “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD!

              One: The Word of God for the people of God
Many: Thanks be to God!

  Time for God’s Children                                                        Pastor Susanna
(Children aged k-8th grade can come up to the steps for this lesson.)
  Anthem                                      O Come, O Come, Emmanuel                                    Choir
  Scripture Reading                  Matthew 2:1-6                                  Pastor Susanna
Scripture Reading    Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016       Susanna Orensky
Our Gospel Lesson comes from Matthew 2:1-6
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet:
‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
    who is to shepherd my people Israel.’”

THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD!


  Prayer of Intercession
  Sermon                                          King: Lift His Name                                Pastor Susanna
  Prayer of Commitment                                                                                  Pastor Susanna


Responding to God’s Word
*Invitation Hymn              Emmanuel, Emmanuel (x3)                                  134

 (come forward at this time to unite with our church family,
for a prayer, or to commit your life to Jesus Christ.)

  Communion Meditation                                                         Pastor Susanna
  Communion Hymn            You Satisfy the Hungry Heart                          429

  Prayer for the Bread and Cup                                                   Delores Lester
  Distribution and Sharing of Emblems                       The Diaconate
(Eat the Bread when served. Please hold the Cup
and we will drink together. All bread served is gluten free.)
  Offering Meditation and Prayer of Dedication
*Response                    From All that Dwell Below the Skies                              49
Taking God’s Word to the World

*Passing of the Peace
*Parting Hymn                Comfort, Comfort You My People                         122

*Acolytes take the light of God out into the World
*Benediction                                                                            Pastor Susanna
*Postlude                                                                         Valentine Agranovsky


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Call to Worship:     One: By the calling of God’s Holy Spirit, we gather in the name of the living Christ to worship God. Many: Su...