PRELUDE CHOIR: A Hymn of Worship
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: God in our desert, you are our peace in all places.
P: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost;
we are cut off completely.
L: Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe
upon these slain, that they may live.”
P: Can these dry bones live?
L: The wind of God moves among these dry bones. Stand and live!
P: We are the people of God, a vast multitude, filled with God’s Spirit.
L: “I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live. I will place you on your own
soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act,”
says the Lord.
All: You are the only source of true life, O God. You breathe new life into our
dry bones and fill us with your peace. We stand before you,
ready to enter your story and be amazed.
OPENING PRAYER
HYMN: Hark! the herald angels sing – HWB #201
ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTING
L: We have been wandering in the dark, our spirits dry and cracked from conflict,
aching for peace to pour into the crevices to revive us.
P: Come, Peace of the world. Come amaze us.
All: May Your peace fill the cracks in our dry, brittle bones. Bind us
together, strengthen and unite us, that we might dance!
CHOIR: A Hymn of Worship
CHILDREN’S STORY TIME: Ezekiel 37:1-14
CHOIR: A Hymn of Worship
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
HYMN: Breathe on me, breath of God – HWB #356
SCRIPTURE READING: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:25-26
SERMON: Pastor Calvary deJong, “Be Amazed: Peace in the valley of bones”
HYMN: Holy Spirit, come with power – HWB #26
BLESSING
SENDING HYMN: The Doxology – HWB #118
