worship service december 21 2025
Fourth Sunday of Advent--The Candle of love
SCRIPTURE: Luke 1:67-80
SERMON: Love
RESPONSIVE READING—Psalm 8
Leader: O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your glory above the heavens.
Everyone: Out of the mouths of babes and infants You have founded a bulwark because of Your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.
Leader: When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars that You have established;
Everyone: What are human beings that You are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
Leader: Yet You have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
Everyone: You have given them dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under their feet,
Leader: All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
Everyone: the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas
Leader: O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH--THE APOSTLES CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE LORD'S PRAYER
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 debts as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen
ANTHEMS AND HYMNS
Anthem: Angels are Making their Rounds
Offertory; A Tiny Child
Click on the hymns below to sing or follow along
SERMON: Love
RESPONSIVE READING—Psalm 8
Leader: O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your glory above the heavens.
Everyone: Out of the mouths of babes and infants You have founded a bulwark because of Your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.
Leader: When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars that You have established;
Everyone: What are human beings that You are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
Leader: Yet You have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
Everyone: You have given them dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under their feet,
Leader: All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
Everyone: the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas
Leader: O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH--THE APOSTLES CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE LORD'S PRAYER
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 debts as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen
ANTHEMS AND HYMNS
Anthem: Angels are Making their Rounds
Offertory; A Tiny Child
Click on the hymns below to sing or follow along
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