You are invited to the First Sunday of Advent with the Hanging of the Greens Service this Sunday, November 27 at 10 am. We welcome children to take part in the service. *Masks are optional. The bulletin for this Sunday is available for viewing HERE.
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First Sunday of Advent
Hanging of the Greens Service
Sunday, November 27, 2022, 10 am
HANGING OF THE GREENS
While children and youth help decorate the Christmas tree,
the congregation will sing a medley of carols.
Sing-Along Medley of Favorite Christmas Songs
O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
I Saw Three Ships
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Deck the Halls
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
Feliz Navidad (Song by José Feliciano)
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Choir Anthem Watchman Tell Us of the Night
Words: John Bowring, Music: Lowell Mason
Incorporating Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Words: Charles Wesley, Music: Rowland Hugh Prichard, Arr. by C.D. Abenoja
Children’s Time Advent Calendar: “Countdown for Christmas” Pastor John
*All children will receive the Advent Calendar for counting down for Christmas.
[Arising from a 19th century German tradition, advent calendars count the 24 days leading up to Christmas day. Advent, from the Latin “adventus” for arrival, has been in the Christian spiritual tradition dating back at least to the 4th century CE, and marks a time of preparation for the birth of Christ. In contemporary usage, an advent calendar has become a fun and meaningful ritual to count down wintry December days towards Christmas, a season to reflect on the year gone by, love and be loved with friends and family.]
Message “Facing Darkness Before Light” Rev. John Song
Psalm 139:11-12
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light around me become night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
Isaiah 9:2
“The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness
on them light has shined.”
