Order of Service - Was there a moment this year when you were amazed?, Lois Siemens, December 28, 2025
PRELUDE
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: In the wilderness, a voice cries out: “Prepare the way of the Lord!”
P: We have heard the call; we have watched for the light
L: The One we waited for has come – a gentle dove, a vulnerable child.
P: We have seen the Christ child among the poor; we have heard the
soft flutter of wings.
L: This is how God arrives among us – not in power and might,
but in vulnerable love.
P: Your ways are not our ways, O God.
L: Come, let us worship the One who has come among us, the Lamb of God, the
light of the world.
All: We stand in amazement – Christ has been revealed!
OPENING PRAYER
HYMN: O come, all ye faithful – HWB #212
ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTING
L: We have been waiting in the long, dark night, waiting for your light of hope,
Peace, joy, and love to reveal itself and shine on us. Shine in us.
P: Come, Light of the world. Amaze us!
All: May your light shine through the dark, illuminating your path,
illuminating our souls.
SPECIAL MUSIC: Bruno Klassen, Walter Klassen, Sharon Friesen, Linda Bator (Piano)
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC: Bruno Klassen, Walter Klassen, Sharon Friesen, Linda Bator (Piano)
SCRIPTURE READING: John 1:19-34
HYMN: What Child is this – HWB #215
SERMON: Lois Siemens, “Was there a moment this year when you were amazed?”
SPECIAL MUSIC: Bruno Klassen, Walter Klassen, Sharon Friesen, Linda Bator (Piano)
