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Bolton United ChurchCIRCA 18768 Nancy Street, Bolton, Ontario, Canada L7E 1C7 |
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"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NTheIV |
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(905) 857-2615 Ministers: The Congregation Rev. Donald White Organist: Meg Wilkinson Choir Director: Andrew
Dunn Church Secretary: Susan Sweet
Sunday, December 3, 2000 ‘All Creation Waits’, Advent 1, Membership, Communion, Men’s Breakfast 7:30 a.m., Please Bring Donations For The Food bank all Through Advent We Approach
God Hymn Sing: 7 Hope is a Star 9 People
Look East 879
The Race That Long in
Darkness Pined Welcome Each Other Prelude: From Heaven Above arr. G. Young Call to
Worship: (seated) (with gestures)
One: (clap sharply) Be alert! Be prepared. Wait with eagerness! People: A new day is coming! One: O God, we lift our hearts to you. (place hands over heart) People: We lift our souls to
you. (lift hands up high) One: Lead us in your way, O
God. (move arms out to sides) People: We are your people,
and we follow you. (hold arms stretching forward) Introit: 1
O Come, O come, Emmanuel (vs
1) O come, O come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lowly exile here until the Son of God
appear Rejoice!
Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come
to thee, O Israel. Candle Lighting Liturgy:
The Neubert Family Voice: Today is the first
Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Hope. Voice: Our hope is in God, and
in his son Jesus Christ. He is the
one appointed by God to be judge of all things. He is the one through whom God has promised to save and redeem his people. Voice: We light this candle
today to remind us that he is our hope and the hope of the world. We thank God for the promises he has made
to us and for the light he has brought into the world. Light the First Candle Voice: Let us pray
together: O God of Hope, Emmanuel,
God with us – we pray you to send your light into our hearts at this
time. Help us to be ready for the day
and the hour of Christ’s final appearing.
Live in us and help us to live in you. (Sung Response) Tune: Stuttgart (2 VU) Come, O child of
peace among us Come and dwell
within us here. Turn our weapons
into ploughshares, With your peace
dispel our fear. Hymn of Praise: 6 A Candle is Burning
Prayer of Approach and Confession:(in unison) (seated) Creator God, you are the Giver of Life, you
have shaped us like clay and we are the work of your hands. In this time and space, we call on your
name! Renew us in hope, help us to be
alert to your coming that we may grow in love for one another and for all,
just as we grow in love for you. Stir
up our hearts, we beseech you O God, to prepare ourselves to receive your
Son. When he comes and knocks, may he
find us not sleeping in sin, but awake to righteousness, ceaselessly
rejoicing in his love. May our hearts
and minds be so purified that we may be ready to receive his promise of
eternal life. God of hope, you crafted us as a potter crafts clay into things that are useful, important, and beautiful. sometimes, we forget your intention for us, we make choices that hurt ourselves or others. At the beginning of this new year and throughout this Advent season, we ask your help, O God, to live as you would have us live, so that we may be prepared to welcome your Child, Jesus, among us. Amen. Assurance of Pardon 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 trespasses, as we
forgive those that 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,
For ever and
ever. Amen. Children’s
Hymn: 36 Angels From the
Realms of Glory (words on overhead projector) Children’s
Time: A Brush Of Angel Wings Anthem: All Through
the Night arr. M. Huff Welcoming Of New Members: We welcome into membership
this morning by Letter of Transfer Michael and Catherine
Frame Wendy Sahi Life and
Work of the Congregation - Joys and Concerns We
invite you to use the information sheet
In your bulletin, or verbally share
any Joys or concerns you may have during this
time in the service. We Listen to
God's Word Responsive Psalm 25 “Waiting For God’s Mercy” with Refrain pg 752 VU 1st Lesson: Jeremiah 32: 1- 14 “Waiting For God’s Mercy” page 767 OT 2nd Lesson Luke 21: 25-36 “Redemption Is Drawing Near” pg 108 NT Our Lay Scripture Reader today is
Ann Green. Sermon: “A Simple Twig” Rev. Donald H. White We Respond
to God's Word Offertory Music Onward Came the Lord W.F. Smith Offering is Gathered and Presented by singing the Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow: praise God, all creatures high and low; give thanks to God in love made known: Creator, Word and Spirit, One. Offertory
Prayer The Celebration of
Holy Communion
Hymn of Preparation: 469 We Gather Here Breaking the Bread and Pouring the Cup Sharing of the Bread and the Cup Prayer of Thanksgiving and Supplication (in unison) For the bread we
have eaten, for the wine we have tasted, for the life we have received, we
thank you, God. Grant that what we
have done and have been given here may so put its mark upon us that it may
remain always in our hearts. Grant
that we may become mature Christians, that ours may be the faith which issues
in action; through Christ our Lord.
Amen. The
Church Scatters to Live its Faith in the World Closing Hymn: 670
Precious Lord, Take My Hand Commissioning and Benediction Choral Closing: May the Grace of Christ
(VU 963) May the grace of Christ attend us, and the love of God surround us, and the Holy Spirit keep us, now and ever. Amen. Postlude: Praeludium in C J.S. Bach |
