THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship.
TOMORROW IS THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Please join with us as we light The Candle of Hope.
THE SERMON TITLE ASKS A QUESTION, in fact, it is an impossible question and even more likely an improbable question. The question comes from Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 24: 36-44. Here he refers to the time of Noah, one of two references to Noah in the New Testament, short but pointed. He makes reference to Noah being called to build the ark as the people carried on in their daily lives, and they mocked him, they ridiculed him and made sport of his work. They were living day to day, very ordinary lives. In the telling there is no sense of curiosity but rather ridicule. This is why Jesus refers to Noah. There was nothing extraordinary about Noah’s time other than what God had called him to do as daily life continued. What is ordinary for each one of us is not necessarily ordinary for others.
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome
Lighting of the Advent candle – The candle of Hope
Hymn 119: “Hope is a star” (vs 1)
Call to Worship
Hymn 115: “Hail to the Lord’s anointed” (vs 3 en français)
Prayer of Adoration
Prayer of Confession
Declaration of Grace
The Lord’s Prayer
Children’s Time
Hymn 542: “Let all mortal flesh keep silence”
Responsive Reading: Psalm 122
Gloria Patri
Old Testament Lesson – Isaiah 2:1-5
New Testament Lesson – Romans 13:11-14
Gospel Lesson – Matthew 24:36-44
Sermon – How ordinary is your life?
Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed
Hymn: “The Advent of our God” (sung to tune 411)
Offering and Offertory
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Hymn: “When the king shall come again” (sung to Good King Wenceslas)
Benediction
Postlude