Prelude

Echo Noel Louis Claude D’Aquin

Wachet Auf (Trinity Hymnal 317) Johann Sebastian Bach

Call to Worship

Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 731) Old Hundredth

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer of Confession

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Advent Collect (from The Book of Common Prayer)

We beseech you, Almighty God, to purify our consciences by your daily visitation, that when your Son Jesus Christ comes he may find in us a mansion prepared for himself: through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Hymn 218: Angels from the Realms of Glory Regent Square

Responsive Reading: Psalm 98 (page 500)

Gloria Patri (Trinity Hymnal 734) Meineke

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, ad 381

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us and our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spake by the prophets.

And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Prayer of Intercession (concluding with The 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.

Announcements

Hymn 216: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Z Lobie Lezy

(In the 11am service, Praisemakers, ages 4-kindergarten, may go to B2; CLICK, grades 1-2, may go to B1)

Offering Prayer

Offertory: Thou Who Wast Rich beyond All Splendor (Trinity Hymnal 230) arr. Dale Wood

Scripture Reading: Luke 1:39–56 (page 856)

Sermon: The Visitation Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn 211: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen God Rest You Merry

Benediction

Postlude: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella arr. Keith Chapman

Serving this morning:
Rev. John Park, 9am platform
Rev. Carroll Wynne, 11am platform
Colin Howland, organist