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SONG“O Come, All Ye Faithful/Joy to the World” WELCOME SONG“Ding Dong! Merrily on High”  WORDS OF INSTITUTION  THE LORD’S PRAYER SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION COMMUNION SONGS“Hark Hark”“The King Shall Come” DISMISSAL OF SUNDAY SCHOOL KIDS READINGIsaiah 40:1-2, 9-11 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.  Get you up…

PRELUDE      “The King Shall Come”                                          Bluegrass Ensemble CALL TO WORSHIP   “Away in a Manger”                                         Starlight Singers, Hannah Fleming (Director) WELCOME OPENING CAROLS“O Come, All Ye Faithful/Joy to the World”                                                                     PRAYER OF THE DAYGod of comfort,You gather us tenderly to yourself as a shepherd gathers the lambs in his arms.  Remind us in this moment of how your everlasting love is present with us here and now even as we wait for your return, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. …

SONG“Drive Out the Darkness“ WELCOME SONG“Behold Him” CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSJesus is here! Why wait?! We gather this morning to acknowledge the fear that divides, the sin that isolates, and the brokenness that yearns to be healed. (Silence for confession) God of all creation,We get stalled in grief,stagnant in apathywatching the world unwind before us.Come now, Lord Jesus.We lament loss and injusticewhile longing to be comfortedin times of isolation and division.Come now, Lord Jesus.Peace in this moment andpeace in our timeseem…

PRELUDE“Savior of the Nations, Come” (arr. Tim Graf)Tim Graf WELCOME LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH“O Come, O Come Emmanuel”Elliana Meier, Tim Graf, Josh Eidem CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Jesus is here! Why wait?! We gather this morning to acknowledge the fear that divides, the sin that isolates, and the brokenness that yearns to be healed. (Silence for confession) God of all creation,We get stalled in grief,stagnant in apathywatching the world unwind before us.Come now, Lord Jesus.We lament loss and injusticewhile longing…

SONG“Let Everything That Has Breath“ WELCOME SONG“Rise Up Together” CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSLoving God,We come to you with hearts and lives that are not what you desire them to be.  We long to live authentic lives but our sin often gets in the way.Forgive us, Lord.We are not always honest with ourselves about our shortcomings and failures, but you have searched us and you know us.  We bring our sin to you, knowing of your mercy and compassion.Forgive us, Lord.You have…

PRELUDE “Celtic Dance on ‘Pleading Savior’” (arr. Sondra Tucker)       Peace Ringers, Linnae Stole (Director), Jodi Edstrom, Tim Graf, Kate Stineman WELCOME  CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be God,the one who forms us,☩ Jesus who bears the cross,the Spirit who makes our joy complete.Amen. Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved…

SONG“Open Up the Doors“ WELCOME SONG“Rise Up (Lazarus)” CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSLoving God,We come to you with hearts and lives that are not what you desire them to be.  We long to live authentic lives but our sin often gets in the way.Forgive us, Lord.We are not always honest with ourselves about our shortcomings and failures, but you have searched us and you know us.  We bring our sin to you, knowing of your mercy and compassion.Forgive us, Lord.You have called…

PRELUDE “Come, Ye Thankful People Come” (arr. Barbara Baltzer Kinyon) WELCOME  CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be God,the one who forms us,☩ Jesus who bears the cross,the Spirit who makes our joy complete.Amen. Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our…

WELCOME & INTRO FOR ALL SAINTS SONG“Drive out the Darkness” READINGRevelation 21:1-4 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He…

PRELUDE “Pavanne”  (Gabriel Faure) CALL TO WORSHIP“Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep” (Michael John Trotta) WELCOME  HYMN   “For All the Saints” (St. 1-3, 7)                                              ELW # 422 PRAYER OF THE DAYAlmighty God, you have knit your people together in one communion in the mystical body of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant us grace…

SONG“A Mighty Fortress is Our God” WELCOME SONG“If Not For Your Grace” BIBLE BLESSING DISMISSAL OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN READINGPsalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult.There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the…