Friday, December 22, 2023

Advent of Joy



24 December 2023
Fourth Sunday of Advent (Joy)
Luke 1:26-38

Prelude

Carols of the Season: “Joy to the World” CCS 408

Welcome

Call to Worship (Psaml 89 adapted)
Apo, kanayon nga ikankantami ti di agbalbaliw nga ayatmo ket ipakaammomi ti kinapudnom iti amin a tiempo. Ammomi a ti ayatmo ket agnanayon ket agapaut a iti langit ti kinapudnom.
O Apo, ikanta dagiti langit dagiti nakaskasdaaw nga aramidmo;
dagiti nasantoan a parsua ikantada ti kinapudnom.
Siasino ti kas kenka sadi langit, O Apo; awan nailangitan a parsua a kaaspingmo.
Dioska a pagraraeman dagiti parsua a nailangitan; naindaklan ken pagbutbutngandaka dagiti adda iti sangoanam.

 

Lighting the Advent Candle of Joy

Light the candles of Hope, Peace, and Love from the last three weeks before the service starts.

Responsive Reading

JOY! Uncontainable, irrepressible, bubbling up in an explosion of energy. What the weary long for, what children often embody, what makes the Divine smile—Joy!

It cannot be bought but is a priceless treasure. As we wait expectantly for the special birth this evening, may we experience awe and wonder at such a gift.

May we find joy in God’s Advent—Emmanuel, God-with-us.

 

Joy lives deep in the human spirit. Let us reject those things our current consumer culture says will bring us happiness—money, success, power.

May we hear the call of John the Baptist to turn around and begin again.

God made us in joy. May we live that way.

 

On this fourth Sunday of Advent, we light a candle for joy!

All: We light a candle for joy. May it light the way.

 

Light a fourth candle.

 

Song of Joyful Invitation: “Kum Ba Yah” CCS 75
Stanza 1: Kum Ba Yah
Stanza 2: Come by Here
Stanza 3: (We) Sing with Joy

Invocation

Prayer for Peace

Light the Peace Candle.

 

Prayer

Dios ni Abraham, Isaac ken Jacob, itdem koma iti pagkamangan dagiti adda a masaksakit.
Dios ni Agar, Jose ken Moses, waya-wayaam koma dagiti agsapsapul iti pagkamanganda manipud iti pannakatagaboda.
Dios ni Ester, Naomi ken Ruth, patibkerem dagiti agsapusapul iti pagkamanganda a kas pamilya.
Dios ni David, Elija ken Jeremias, salaknibam koma dagiti agsapsapul iti pagkamanganda manipud iti kinariribuk.
Dios ni Ezekiel, Ezra ken Nehemiah, andingayemkadi dagiti agkalkalikagum iti pagtaenganda.
Dios ni Jesus, Maria ken Jose. makipinnagnaka kadi kadagiti amin nga agbirbiruk iti pagkamanganda iti daytoy a gundaway.
Iti nagan daydiay a kamangmi ken awan pagkamanganna.
Amen.

 

Ministry of Music OR Congregational Hymn: O HOLY NIGHT

Focus Moment: “What is on God’s Christmas List?”

What is a manger? How would it feel to sleep in one?

What do you know about shepherds? Why do you think they were obedient to the angels?

How might the shepherds have acted around the baby Jesus?

Why do you think the Wise Ones followed the star?

 

Hymn: “Star-Child”   CCS 420

Message: Based on Luke 1:26-38

Disciples’ Generous Response

Scripture Reading: Doctrine and Covenants 163:9

Ti napudno nga adalan ket adda kenkuana iti isusungbat iti ad-adda a pannakaammona iti kinaparabur ti Dios kenkuana babaen iti panangibingayna kas agtaud iti pusona; saan a gapu ta daytoy ket maysa a bilin. Mawaya-wayaankayo kayo koma manipud kadagiti nakaugalianyo nga iti ipangpangrunana ket iti laeng bukod nga interest. Mangipaay kayo koma manipud iti pudpudno a kabaelanyo. Ti agnanayon a rag-o ken kappia ket adda nga agur-uray kadagiti rumangrang-ay iti kinaparaburda nga agayos manipud kadagiti naasi a puso nga awan iti panangnamnamana iti subad dagiti aramidna. Adda kadi pay nasaysayaat ngem iti daytoy iti sangwanan ti Dios, a nangipaay iti amin para iti sangaparsuaan?

 

Story: Maawistayo a mangibingay iti pannakariknatayo iti rag-o kabayatan iti intayo panagur-uray iti pannakaiyanak iti mesias.

           

Statement

Ita a gundaway iti Disciples’ Generous Response tayo, ipaay tayo koma iti focus iti intayo panangiyannatup kadagiti puspusotayo iti puso ti Apo. Dagiti datontayo ket napategda a saan laeng a tapno magun-od tayo iti budget nga agpaay iti misyon ti iglesia no di ket dagitoy ket kas panagyamantayo iti namateryalan iti Dios nga isu met laeng iti pagtataudan iti isu-amin nga adda kadatayo.

Ket iti intayo panangibingay kadagiti datontayo, usarentayo koma ngarud daytoy a gundaway tapno agyaman iti kenkuana gapu iti naindaklan a sagotna iti biag ti tunggal maysa kadatayo. Ad-adda iti panagrang-ay dagiti puspusotayo no siyayamantayo iti Dios a sumungbat babaen iti intayo panangibiag iti misyon ni Jesu-Kristo.  

 

Blessing and Receiving of Local and Worldwide Mission Tithes

Closing Hymn: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” CCS 423

Benediction

Response

Postlude

 

398 Hope Is a Light

 

Hope is a light,
hope is a light.
Hope is a light to show the way,
hope is a light to show the way.
Light the candle of hope,
light the candle of hope.

 

Peace is a prayer,
peace is a prayer.
Peace is a prayer that starts with me,
peace is a prayer that starts with me.
Light the candle of peace,
light the candle of peace.

 

 

Love is a gift,
love is a gift.
Love is a gift our hearts can give,
love is a gift our hearts can give.
Light the candle of love,
light the candle of love.

 

Joy is a song,
joy is a song.
Joy is a song for all to sing,
joy is a song for all to sing.
Light the candle of joy,
light the candle of joy.

 

408 Joy to the World!

Joy to the world! The Lord is come;
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare him room,
and heav’n and nature sing,
and heav’n and nature sing,
and heav’n, and heav’n and nature sing.

Joy to the world; the Savior reigns;
let all their songs employ
while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love.

O HOLY NIGHT

 

O holy night, the stars are brightly shining

It is the night of our dear Savior's birth

Long lay the world, in sin and error pining

'Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth

 

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices

For yonder breaks, a new and glorious morn

Fall on your knees

 

O hear the angels' voices

O night divine

O night when Christ was born

O night divine

O night O night divine

Intro

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices

For yonder breaks, a new and glorious morn

Fall on your knees

O hear the angels' voices

 

O night divine

O night when Christ was born

O night divine

O night O night divine

***

Fall on your knees

O hear the angels' voices

O night divine

O night when Christ was born

O night divine

O night O night divine

***

O night divine

O night O night divine

 

420 Star-Child

Star-Child, earth-Child,
go-between of God,
love Child, Christ Child,
heaven’s lightning rod:

this year, this year
let the day arrive
when Christmas comes
for everyone, everyone alive!

Street child, beat child,
no place left to go,
hurt child, used child,
no one wants to know:

Grown child, old child,
mem’ry full of years,
sad child, lost child,
story told in tears:

Spared child, spoiled child,
having, wanting more,
wise child, faith child,
knowing joy in store:

Hope-for-peace Child,
God’s stupendous sign,
down-to-earth Child,
Star of stars that shine:

75 Kum ba yah, Seigneur

Melody
Kum ba yah, Seigneur, kum ba ya.
Kum ba yah, Seigneur, kum ba ya.
Kum ba yah, Seigneur, kum ba ya.
Ô Seigneur, kum ba ya.

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