Mifflin
Avenue United Methodist Church
11:00
AM Worship First Sunday of
Advent 27 November 2011
GATHERING
O Come,
O Come, Emmanuel arr.
M. Thomas
GREETING AND
WELCOME
*INTROIT
Come,
Bless the Lord J.
Carter
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Show us
your mercy, O Lord,
And grant us your salvation.
Truth
shall spring up from the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from
heaven.
*HYMN UMH 706
Soon
and Very Soon Very Soon
PRAYER in unison
Send your Word, O Lord,
like
the rain, falling down upon the earth.
Send your Word.
We seek your endless grace,
with
souls that hunger and thirst, sorrow and agonize.
We would all be lost in dark
without your guiding light.
Send your Word, O Lord,
like
the wind, blowing down upon the earth.
Send your Word.
We seek your wondrous power,
pureness
that rejects all sins, though they persist and cling.
Bring us to complete
victory; set us all free indeed.
Send your Word, O Lord,
like
the dew, coming gently upon the hills.
Send your Word.
We seek your endless love.
For life that suffers in
strife with adversaries and hurts,
send
your healing power of love; we long for your new world.
ANTHEM
Show Me Your Ways J.
Cox
PRAYER FOR
ILLUMINATION
FIRST READING
Isaiah 64:1-9
SECOND READING
Mark
13:24-37
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be
to God.
LIGHTING OF ADVENT CANDLE
We light this candle as a
symbol of expectation.
May the light sent from God
shine in the darkness
to
show us the way to salvation.
O come, O come, Emmanuel!
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
SERMON
Backwards through Advent
HYMN UMH 196
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus Hyfrydol
SHARING OUR JOYS
AND CONCERNS
PASTORAL PRAYER
Response:
Savior of the nations, hear our prayer.
THE LORD’S PRAYER in unison
Our
Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive
us
our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the
kingdom and the power and
the glory, forever.
Amen.
*THE PEACE
OFFERING
Guiding
Star
D. Callender
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF
THANKSGIVING
*HYMN UMH 626
Let All
Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Picardy
*BENEDICTION
*GOING FORTH
Praise
the Lord Ye Heavens Above Him R.
Blake
*Those who are able are invited to stand.