Christmas Cantata Worship Service

WORSHIP SERVICE for 3^rd Sunday of Advent           Sunday, December 13, 2020   (Printable PDF)
(Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am.  Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts)

PRELUDE: Comfort Ye Every Valley Shall be Exalted -from Messiah, George Frideric Handel, Neal Long, tenor
CALL TO RETURN TO SOULS
HYMN: Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Might Gates (#93)
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11,  1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
SUNG RESPONSE:  Wait for the Lord (#90)
CANTATA: Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun, BuxWV 51 – Dietrich Buxtehude (Dear Christians, Draw Near with Joy)
WELCOME: MORNING PRAYER
the Lord’s Prayer
SUNG RESPONSE TO PRAYER:  Bless All Who Trust in God  (#47  sing twice)
OFFERTORY:  Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive  O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion  -from Messiah, George Frideric Handel, sung by Jennifer Weiman, mezzo soprano
                 Offering link
PRAYER OF DEDICATION: “Be Still and Know That I am God” (chanted twice)
CLOSING HYMN:    Prepare the Way, O Zion (#106)
BLESSING AND SENDING
SUNG RESPONSE TO BENEDICTION:  O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (#88,  stanzas 5,6)
POSTLUDE:  Gigue, from Suite in C Major, BuxWV 227- Dietrich Buxtehude

PARTICIPANTS:
Pastor- Scott Myers
Piano- Emily Davidson
Choir- Josh Stark, Neil Long, Jennifer Weiman, Em WitbolsFeugen
Camera/Facebook/Prayer requests: Deanna Capps
Webpage- Martine Roesel