First Sunday in Advent
The Presbyterian Church, 142 N. 4th St., Coshocton, OH 43812
Pastor Karen Crawford
Alice Hoover, Organist
Marialice and Bob Mauch, Liturgists
Ron Barkett, Soloist
Prelude: Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel; Setting by Kenneth T. Kosche and Paul Manz
Greeting/Announcements
Prepare the Way of the Lord: Ron Barkett and Alice Hoover
Advent Reading/Candle Lighting….. Bob and Marialice Mauch
Light one candle for hope…
Prepare the Way of the Lord: Ron Barkett and Alice Hoover
Opening Words: Liturgist
The heavens are being torn open!
The mountains quake at God’s presence.
The face of God is soon to shine among us.
Even the stars cannot hold God’s glory!
Gathering Prayer: Liturgist
Hymn 105 People Look East (stanzas 1, 2, 5) Eleanor Farjeon
People, look east. The (me is near of the crowning of the year.
Make your house fair as you are able; trim the hearth and set the table.
People, look east and sing today: Love, the Guest, is on the way.
Furrows, be glad. Though earth is bare, one more seed is planted there.
Give up your strength the seed to nourish, that in course the flower may flourish.
People, look east and sing today: Love, the Rose, is on the way.
Angels, announce with shouts of mirth Christ who brings new life to earth.
Set every peak and valley humming with the word, the Lord is coming.
People, look east and sing today: Love, the Lord, is on the way
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Restore us, O God of hosts. Let your face shine, that we may be saved. Save us, O Lord, from traps of our own creating: from fear that blocks the way of love, from worry that blocks the way of joy, from isolation that blocks the way of relationship, from structural injustices that keep the world bound. Forgive us, O God of hosts, until the stars fall from heaven and we live as people transformed. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Meet Our Church Family: Jeff, Janice, and Lukas Sycks
Time with Children and Youth
Prayer for Illumination: Liturgist
First Reading: Isaiah 64:1-8 Liturgist
Holy wisdom, Holy word. Thanks be to God!
Second Reading: Mark 13:24-37
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ!
Message Light One Candle for Hope
Hymn 352 My Lord! What a Morning (stanza 1 and 2) African American spiritual
Refrain:
My Lord! what a morning; my Lord! what a morning;
O my Lord! what a morning, when the stars begin to fall,
When the stars begin to fall.
You will hear the trumpet sound to wake the na(ons under ground,
looking to my God’s right hand, when the stars begin to fall.
Refrain
You will hear the sinner cry, to wake the na(ons under ground,
Looking to my God’s right hand, when the stars begin to fall.
Refrain
Joys and Concerns
Prayer of Intercession
Lord’s 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Invitation for the Offering
Offertory: Hark, the Glad Sound! Setting, Wilbur Held
Doxology
Prayer of Thanksgiving/Dedication
Faithful God, we thank you that Christ is being revealed in every time and place until he comes again in the fullness of glory. Strengthen our testimony and spiritual gifts; increase generosity in us, we pray, as we wait for the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Hymn: 97 Watchman, Tell Us of the Night John Bowring
Watchman, tell us of the night, what its signs of promise are.
Traveler, what a wondrous sight: see that glory beaming star.
Watchman, does its beauteous ray news of joy or hope foretell?
Watchman, tell us of the night; higher yet that star ascends.
Traveler, blessedness and light, peace and truth its course portends.
Watchman, will its beams alone gild the spot that gave them birth?
Watchman, tell us of the night, for the morning seems to dawn.
Traveler, shadows take their flight; doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman, you may go your way; hasten to your quiet home.
Traveler, we rejoice today, for Emmanuel has come!
Charge/Benediction
Postlude: On Jordan’s Banks the Baptist’s Cry Setting, David Cherwien
Sharing God's Love and Grace 