Praise
Prelude
Gathering with Carols of the
Season and Sharings: “The First Noel” CCS 424
Call to Worship: Micah 5:2-5a
2 Sinabi ng Panginoon, “Betlehem
Efrata, kahit na isa ka sa pinakamaliit na bayan sa Juda, manggagaling sa iyo
ang taong maglilingkod sa akin bilang pinuno ng Israel. Ang kanyang mga ninuno
ay kilalang-kilala noong unang panahon.”
3Kaya ang mga mamamayan ng Israel
ay ipapaubaya ng Panginoon sa kanilang mga kaaway hanggang sa maisilang ng
babaeng namimilipit sa sakit ang sanggol na lalaki na mamumuno sa Israel.
Pagkatapos, ang mga kababayan ng pinunong ito na nabihag ng ibang bansa ay
babalik sa kanilang mga kapwa Israelita. 4Pamamahalaan niya ang mga
mamamayan ng Israel sa pamamagitan ng lakas at kapangyarihan ng Panginoon. Ang
katulad niyaʼy isang pastol na nagbabantay ng
kanyang kawan. Kaya mamumuhay sila nang mapayapa dahil kikilalanin ng mga tao
sa buong mundo ang kanyang kadakilaan. 5Bibigyan niya ng mabuting
kalagayan ang kanyang mga mamamayan.
Welcome
Peace be
with you. Batiin natin ang mga nasa paligid natin ng isang Mapayapang Pasko sa
kanila.
Ang
panahon ng Adbiento sa kalendaryon
nating mga Kristiyano ay ipinagdiriwang ito sa loob ng apat na linggo bago ang
kapaskuhan. Sa wikang Latin, ang ibig sabihin ng Advent o Adbiento ay ang
“pagdating” at ito ang tamang panahon upang paghandaan at alalahanin ang tunay
na kahulugan ng Pasko o Christmas, ang pagdating ni Hesus dito sa ating mundo.
Sa
linggong ito ating sisindihan ang kandila ng kapayapaan (Peace).
Lighting of the Advent Candles.
Tayo ay
pinapaalalahanan na tayo ay tinawag upang maging mga peacemakers/tagapamayapa.
Ang Kapayapaan ay isang panalangin na nagsisimula sa atin.
Hymn Response: “Hope is a Light”
Stanzas 2 and 5 CCS 398
Invocation
Scripture Reading Part 1 Luke
1:39-45
Ministry of Music
Scripture Reading Part 2 Luke
1:46-55
Congregational Hymn: “Canticle of
the Turning” CCS 404
Christmas Message Based on Luke
1:39-55
Disciples’ Generous Response
Statement
Sa panahon
ng Adbiento, pinapaalalahanan tayo sa dakilang pagpapala ng Diyos sa atin sa
pagkakaloob Niya ng kanyang bugtong na anak. Habang pinagninilayan natin ang
dakilang pagpapalang ito, nawa ay alalahanin natin na tayo ay tinatawag ng
Diyos upang maging mga pagpapala sa mundo sa pamamagitan ng pagbabahagi natin sa
mga pagpapalang mayroon tayo. At sa ating pagbabahagi din ng ating mga kaloob
sa kanyang Iglesia sa kahit anumang paraan, nakikiisa tayo sa isang gawaing nagbibigay
kahulugan sa pagiging mapagkalinga ng Diyos upang bigyan ng pag-asa ang mundo.
Blessing
and Receiving of Local and Worldwide Mission Tithes
Prayer for Peace
Light the peace candle.
Poem: “Making Room for Jesus” Verse 2
A weary
hand pounds on the door of an inn,
and there is not room!
No room, God of peace, for peace to be born.
Oh, how we need your gift of peace!
Peace unwilling to sleep in the shadows,
unwilling to live and die
in speeches made and slogans said.
Surely there is room for peace?
Peace beyond politics, power, and position.
Peace that wages war against conflict,
avarice, and inequity
in a world where peace for me
and mine alone is not peace at all.
—Danny Belrose in Wave Offerings, Herald House 2005.
Hymn of Advent Peace: “What Child
Is This” CCS 432
Peace Prayer
Aming tagapangalaga
ng Pinakadilang Shalom,
Sa kabila
ng dala-dala mong napakalaking kalawakan sa iyong balikat, sa panahong ito ng
Adbiento nagawa Mo parin na ikaw ay makilala ng bawat isa sa amin. Tulungan Mo
kaming pasikapan ang kapayapaan na tulad ng paragasa ng tubig patungo sa dagat.
Tulad ng tubig na dala-dala nito ang buhay, nawa ang kapayapaan ay magdadala
rin ng bagong buhay sa amin. Tulad ng pag-agos ng tubig sa bawat hugis ng lupa,
nawa ang kapayapaan ay maaaring gumawa ng mga bagong espasyo o lugar sa aming
mga buhay at sa aming mga komunidad. Sa pagdaloy ng tubig maging sa mga
bahaging hindi namin nakikita, nawa ang kapayapaan ay dumaloy sa amin at lumikha
ng mga bagong ugnayan sa aming buhay. Panginoon nawa ang kapanganakan ng batang
si Jesus ay magdulot ng pagbabago sa amin. Tulungan Mo kaming makapagdala ng kapayapaan
sa mundo sa bawat araw. Amen.
Hymn of Celebration: “Go, Tell It
on the Mountain” CCS 409
Prayer and Benediction
Postlude
404 Canticle of the Turning
My soul cries out with a joyful
shout
that the God of my heart is great,
and my spirit sings of the wondrous things
that you bring to the ones who wait.
You fixed your sight on your servant’s plight,
and my weakness you did not spurn,
so from east to west shall my name be blest.
Could the world be about to turn?
My heart shall sing of the day you
bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears, for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn.
Though I am small, my God, my all,
you work great things in me,
and your mercy will last from the depths of the past
to the end of the age to be.
Your very name puts the proud to shame,
and to those who would for you yearn,
you will show your might, put the strong to flight,
for the world is about to turn.
From the halls of pow’r to the
fortress tow’r,
not a stone will be left on stone.
Let the king beware for your justice tears
every tyrant from his throne.
The hungry poor shall weep no more,
for the food they can never earn;
there are tables spread, every mouth be fed,
for the world is about to turn.
Though the nations rage from age to
age,
we remember who holds us fast:
God’s mercy must deliver us
from the conqueror’s crushing grasp.
This saving word that our forebears heard
is the promise which holds us bound,
till the spear and rod can be crushed by God,
who is turning the world around.
398 Hope Is a Light
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.
Jesus is born,
Jesus is born.
Jesus is born in us today,
Jesus is born in us today:
Christ, the light of the world,
Christ, the light of the world.
424 The First Noël
The first Noël
the angel did say
was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
in fields
where they lay keeping their sheep,
on a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
Noël, Noël,
Noël, Noël!
Born is the King of Israel!
They looked up
and saw a star
shining in the east beyond them far,
and to the earth it gave great light,
and so it continued both day and night.
And by the
light of that same star,
three wise men came from country far;
to seek for a king was their intent,
and to follow the star wherever it went.
This star drew
nigh to the northwest,
over Bethlehem it took its rest,
and there it did both stop and stay
right over the place where Jesus lay.
Then entered in those
wise men three;
full rev’rently upon the knee,
they offered there, in his presence,
their gold and myrrh and frankincense.
409 Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Go, tell it
on the mountain,
over the hills and everywhere;
go, tell it on the mountain
that Jesus Christ is born!
While
shepherds kept their watching
o’er silent flocks by night,
behold throughout the heavens
there shone a holy light.
The shepherds
feared and trembled
when lo! above the earth
rang out the angel chorus
that hailed our Savior’s birth.
Down in a lowly
manger
the humble Christ was born,
and God sent us salvation
that blessed Christmas morn.
432 What Child Is This
What child is
this, who, laid to rest,
on Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
while shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
haste, haste to bring him laud,
the babe, the son of Mary!
Why lies he in
such mean estate
where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian, fear; for sinners here
the silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear shall pierce him through,
the cross be borne for me, for you;
hail, hail the Word made flesh,
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.
Raise, raise the song on high,
the virgin sings her lullaby;
joy, joy for Christ is born,
the babe, the son of Mary!