Third Sunday of Advent: December 17, 2023 Mary – The Way of Rejoicing
Welcome and God’s Greeting
Call to Worship:
One: Match the present to the promise
All: Christ will come again.
One: Make this hope your guiding premise
All: Christ will come again.
One: Pattern all your calculating and the world you are creating to the advent you are waiting
All: Christ will come again.
Good Christian friends, Rejoice
Advent Candle lighting
Advent Reading
Hope is a Star, v. 1,2,3
Hark the Glad Sound! The Saviour Comes
My Soul Cries Out with a Joyful Shout
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Family Time
Scripture: Luke 1:46-56
Message: “Mary: The Way of Rejoicing”
Joy to the World
Prayers of the People
Offering: Youth Without Shelter
Benediction
Benediction Song: Celtic Alleluia
Please join us for Coffee Hour after the service, exiting back through the glass sanctuary doors then proceeding round to our Fellowship Hall