Dear friends,
THIS SUNDAY, which is the First Sunday in Advent, our Interim Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries will once again be leading us in worship. We will also share together in the Lord’s Supper.
OUR SCRIPTURE LESSON this week is from the book of Isaiah. With some help from a very old choir in the United States, and an even older piece of music sung by that choir, we will explore the text of Isaiah 2:1-5. The questions of hope and peace are as pressing as ever in our world, and the question for us is how we respond to what we see around us. How do we respond to this text from the prophet:
He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.
Order of Service
Welcome
Lighting of the Advent candle & Hymn #119: Hope is a star (vs 1)
Call to Worship
Hymn 122: “Oh come, oh come, Emmanuel” (vs 2 & 3 en français)
Prayers of Adoration & Confession
Declaration of Grace
Anthem: “God is here”
Children’s time
Hymn 293: “Come, thou almighty King”
Responsive reading: Psalm 25: 1-10
Gloria Patri #594
Luke 21:25-36 (en français – English on the screen)
Isaiah 2:1-5
Sermon: “Ain’t gonna study war”
Offering and Offertory
Invitation to the table
Hymn 542: “Let all mortal flesh keep silence”
The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving #564
The Lord’s Prayer
Sacrament of Communion
Prayer after Communion
Hymn 474: “The love of God comes close”
Benediction
Go now in peace
Postlude