Sunday morning, December 22, 2024 

Fourth Sunday in Advent 

Welcome & Announcements 

Lighting the Advent Candle 

Prelude 

*Receiving the Lord’s Invitation to Come to Him in Worship – Isaiah 12:4b-6 

Pastor: Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted. 

Congregation: Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. 

*Lifting Our Hearts to the Lord in Humble Adoration & Praise 

Pastor: O Lord our God, we come to you to make you known among the nations! We give thanks to you and call upon your name! We proclaim your greatness declaring that your name is exalted above the heavens and the earth! O Lord our God we sing praises to your name, declaring that you have done gloriously and we shout for joy to you our God! O Lord we praise you that you have sent the Lord Jesus, the Holy One of Israel to come to us in salvation to give us life and we pray together the prayer that he taught his disciples… 

Congregation: Our Father… 

*Praising God in Song 

“O Little Town of Bethlehem” Trinity Hymnal 201  

Hearing the Word of God from the Old Testament 

Isaiah 55:1-13  

Hearing the Word of God from the New Testament 

1 Peter 1:3-12  

We Bring our Prayers before the Throne of Grace  

Responding with Gratitude For the Work of Christ on Our Behalf 

“It Came upon the Midnight Clear” Trinity Hymnal 200  

*Confessing Our Faith Together 

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter VIII, Paragraph 2-3 (p.853 in Trinity Hymnal)  

*Praising the Lord with the Doxology 

“Doxology” (Trinity Hymnal 731): 

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; 

praise him above, ye heav’nly host: praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.  

Bringing our Tithes and Offerings to the Lord with Prayer 

(Children age 4 through K may be dismissed to Children’s Church)  

Giving Heed to the Word of God 

Luke 2:25-35  

“I Can See Clearly Now” - Rev. John Peoples 

The Lord Sent His Revelation to His People v.31 

The Lord Revealed His Revelation to His People v.29-30 

The Lord Fulfilled His Revelation for His People v.31-32 

*Responding to the Living God in Thankful Praise 

“Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates!” Trinity Hymnal 198  

*The Lord Sends Us Out into the World with His Benediction