Order of Service

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP (Adapted from Isaiah 64:1,6,9; Psalm 80:3)

        O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence.

        Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.

        We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.

        Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.

        Do not remember our iniquity forever. 

               (Light one Advent candle)

        Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.

OPENING PRAYER

HYMNS:       

Come, thou long-expected Jesus - HWB #178

There is a place of quiet rest - HWB #5

CONFESSION AND WORDS OF ASSURANCE

                (Adapted from Isaiah 64:5-6,8-9; Psalm 80:3)

        Is there any hope for us? Can we be saved?

        All of us are unclean. Our righteous acts are like filthy rags.

        Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord; Do not remember our sins forever. Look upon us, we pray.

        O Lord, you are our Father.

        We are the clay, and you are our potter.

        We are all the work of your hand.

        Forgive our sins. 

            [pause for silent prayers]

      No ear has heard, no eye has seen a God like you,

      who works for those who wait for him.

        Mold us and make us into vessels you can use.

        Restore us, O God. Make your face shine upon us,

      that we may be saved.

PIANO DUET:

Still, still, still

SCRIPTURE READING: 

Isaiah 64:1-9; Mark 13:24-37

PIANO DUET:      What child is this?

SERMON:          

On the Road to Readiness         Pastor Rod

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER

HYMN:

Hark! The glad sound! - HWB #184

BENEDICTION