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Sunday, December 9, 2007

Second Sunday of Advent

 
Rev. Nancy Graham Ogne
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 And a great good morning to you!

Service and Mission denotes the lifeblood of any church. We have often proclaimed – and by God’s grace, this congregation has often modeled – that the church exists in order to give itself away.
Today our worship services showcase two very different dimensions of this reality. At 8:30 am, we commission the men and women who will venture to New Orleans for our third partnering effort with Rebuilding Hope In New Orleans (RHINO) – a dynamic home-reconstruction outreach through our sister congregation, St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian.
I was privileged to sweat and serve with the first team in July 2006 (December should be a much more pleasant time to perform manual labor in the Big Easy!) – and we were blown away by the breadth and beauty of this ministry. Participants with our September 2007 trip report that more than two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, too many of our fellow citizens still exist in stark conditions. We send another team by plane this afternoon to assure these neighbors that they are not alone and that we have not forgotten.
At 11:00 am, we witness the fruit of a semester’s labor as our KidsKhoir presents the musical, “Following the Christmas Star.” Susan McDowell and her exceptional team have coached and loved these children amid their hard work … As leaders, they have given themselves away so that young people will hide the word of God in their hearts – seizing and singing the reality that heaven came to earth in Jesus Christ. It’s fun, of course, and the kids are cute … and the truth is inescapable! These kids are learning to follow the One who gave himself away for our sake.
On a final note, be sure to stop by the table outside after worship to pick up a “No More Fruitcake” catalog … This Service & Mission catalog is one of my favorite things we do at CommPres.
Friends, we have weekly and daily opportunities to give ourselves away for Jesus’ sake … Let’s live like we get it!

You are loved,

Nancy Graham Ogne

 
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 Chiming of the Hour

Call to Worship                                                                                                                 Nancy Graham Ogne
Lighting of the Advent Candles
The Candle of Peace
8:30 Laura Stone
11:00 Dave, Anna & Lauren Grulich
▲ Hymn No. 290                                                                                       As with Gladness Men of Old
▲Saying What We Believe—Our Affirmation of Faith                                                               Shaun Hartsell
                                                             Isaiah 53.3-5 (NIV)
He was despised and rejected by men,
       a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
       Like one from whom men hide their faces
       he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he took up our infirmities
       and carried our sorrows,
       yet we considered him stricken by God,
       smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
       he was crushed for our iniquities;
       the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
       and by his wounds we are healed.
Singing What We Believe
8:30       Hymn No. 281                                                                             What Child is This?
11:00 ▲ Worship Through Praise     
8:30 Moments with Children          Christina Ganley
After Moments with Children, kids ages 3 years old to 5 are dismissed to Kids Room
8:30 Sharing the Story                                      
   Commissioning The RHINO Mission Team
11:00 Growing the Family
               Sacrament of Baptism            Eva Lynn Smith
Pastoral Prayer                                                                                       
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory forever! Amen.
11:00 Congregational Response - All Creation Worships You
The Ritual of Friendship                 
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Offering - Giving to God as God Has Given to Us               
The Offertory                 
   8:30                                       In the Bleak Midwinter                                         by Courtney
    CommPres Vocal Choir
11:00                                        Remember Me                                                     by Schulz
     Jean Ryan & Marcy Kraft, Vocalists
▲The Doxology No. 815
▲ Prayer of Dedication
The Message     
   8:30                                                                  Nancy Graham Ogne
     The Doorway to Peace
       Romans 5.1-11, Page 798 in the pew Bible
        Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God!
         11:00                                   Following the Christmas Star
   CommPres KidsKhoir Musical
▲ Hymn No. 279                                             Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
▲ Invitation & Blessing
▲ Departing in Celebration!            Hymn No. 270 verse 1                                        Joy to the World  
Go now and be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in a broken and hurting world
 
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