Fruitland United Methodist Church
December 12, 2021 – 9:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday of Advent Prelude “Sheep May Safely Graze” by Johann Sebastian Bach Welcome Lighting the Advent Wreath & Inviting the neighborhood to worship. Interlude “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” by Greg Sewell *Call to Worship Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Calling Song “While We Are Waiting, Come” While we are waiting, come While we are waiting, come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel, While we are waiting, come With pow'r and glory, come With pow'r and glory, come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel With pow'r and glory, come Come, Savior, quickly come Come, Savior, quickly come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel Come, Savior, quickly come Responsive Reading Isaiah 12:2-6 Leader: Surely God is my salvation; People: I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord is my strength and my defense, he has become my salvation. Leader: With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. In that day you will say: People: “Give praise to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.” Leader: Sing to the Lord for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. All: Shout aloud and sing for joy for great is the Holy One of Israel among you. Unison Invocation Heavenly Father, we come as we are – Troubled and weary, grateful and grumpy, nervy and scared, partially whole but still broken, kind of closed but wishing to be more open. Please mute whatever distractions we may have brought with us or found after we arrived. Here we are ready to encounter Jesus in whose name we pray. Amen. Carol “O Come, All Ye Faithful” UMH #234 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Church Choir “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy” Old Testament Reading - Zephaniah 3: 14-20 New Testament Reading - Philippians 4: 4-7 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! Stewardship Thought, Prayer and Doxology “Joy to the World” UMH #246 Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven, and heaven and nature sing Carol “He Is Born“ UMH #228 Refrain: He is born, the holy Child, play the oboe and bagpipes merrily! He is born, the holy Child, sing we all of the Savior mild. Thru long ages of the past, prophets have foretold his coming; thru long ages of the past, now the time has come at last! (Refrain) O how lovely, O how pure is this perfect child of heaven; O how lovely, O how pure gracious gift to humankind! (Refrain) Jesus, Lord of all the world, coming as a child among us, Jesus, Lord of all the world, grant to us thy heavenly peace. (Refrain) Message “What Should We Do?” Luke 3: 7-18 Commitment Carol “What Child Is This?” UMH #219 What child is this who lay to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping Refrain: This, this is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste, haste to bring him laud The Babe, the Son of Mary So bring him incense, gold and myrrh Come peasant king to own him The King of Kings salvation brings Let loving hearts enthrone him (Refrain) O raise, raise a song on high His mother sings a lullaby Joy, oh joy for Christ is born The Babe, the son of Mary (Refrain) Unison Benediction from Philippians 4 (The Kingdom New Testament Translation) Celebrate joyfully in the Lord, at all times. I’ll say it again: celebrate! Let everybody see how gentle and gracious you are. The Lord is near. May the grace of God, which is greater than we can ever understand, keep guard over your hearts and minds in King Jesus. Amen. Postlude “O Little Town of Bethlehem” by L. H. Rende Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544)
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