Chilmark Community Church<\/p>\n
December 9,2012<\/p>\n
Prelude: Invention 8<\/em> Bach<\/p>\n Gathering and Announcements<\/p>\n Introit: #210 \u00a0O Come, O Come Emanuel vs.1,2 As we light the second Advent candle let us remember the words of Isaiah:”The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:\u00a0‘Prepare the way of the Lord,<\/p>\n <\/strong> Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low,<\/strong><\/p>\n and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong>.'”\u00a0*Hymn \u00a02236 \u00a0\u201cGather Us In\u201d vs1,2,4<\/p>\n Prayer of Reconciliation \u00a0(unison<\/p>\n )SO Holy One of Israel, Remember now your ancient promise:\u00a0make straight the paths of our hearts that lead to you, \u00a0and smooth the rough ways of our minds, \u00a0that today we might draw close to you and, knowing your compassion, \u00a0clear our hearts to love all humanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Silent praye<\/em>r<\/p>\n Amen<\/strong><\/p>\n Children\u2019s Moment Malachi 3:1-4 \u00a0 \u00a0 Luke 1:68-79<\/p>\n Special Music<\/p>\n Luke 3:1-6<\/p>\n Sermon: \u00a0\u201cPrepare the Way of the Lord\u201d<\/p>\n <\/em> Unison Prayer:God of hope, As we joyfully await the glorious coming of Christ,\u00a0we pray to you for the needs of the church and the world.\u00a0silent prayerHear our humble prayer that we may serve you in holiness and faith and give voice to your presence among us until the day of the coming of Christ, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>The Lord\u2019s Prayer Prayer of Dedication<\/p>\n Great God of the mountains and the valleys, we make this journey of Advent, confident of the coming of the Messiah; and in that confidence, we often have ignored the call to repentance. We have rushed to the stable and manger scene and have turned our backs on the real work of change in our lives and transformation in our world, making mountains low and valleys high, and making the love made flesh in Jesus accessible to all and not just to a few. As we give our gifts this morning, may they do the work of kingdom construction. May the work of renovation begin in our hearts, that “all flesh shall see the salvation of God.” \u00a0Amen.<\/strong> <\/em>Organist: \u00a0Carol Loud<\/p>\n Pastors: \u00a0Rev. Arlene Bodge<\/p>\n Reader: Ann Deitrich<\/p>\n Please join us for coffee in the Community Room after the service.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chilmark Community Church December 9,2012 Prelude: Invention 8 Bach Gathering and Announcements Introit: #210 \u00a0O Come, O Come Emanuel vs.1,2 Call to Worship \u00a0 Warren and Marilyn HollinsheadLeader: As we light the second Advent candle let us remember the words of Isaiah:”The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:\u00a0‘Prepare the way of the Lord, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-from-our-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3301"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3322,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions\/3322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCall to Worship \u00a0 Warren and Marilyn HollinsheadLeader: <\/em><\/p>\n
\nProclamation and Praise \u00a0Ann Deitrich<\/em><\/p>\n
\n*Hymn \u00a0# 207 \u201c Prepare the Way of the lord\u201d
\nConcerns and Celebrations<\/p>\n
\nOffering*Hymn 95 \u201cPraise God From Whom All Blessing Flow\u201d<\/p>\n
\n*Hymn \u00a0#384 \u201cLove Divine, \u00a0All Loves Excelling\u201d
\nBenediction
\nPostlude: The Kingdom of <\/em>God b<\/em>y AustinLovelace<\/p>\n