Guild Sunday & 1st Sunday of Advent
Organ Preludes – Variations on “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
Entry of Choir, Minister, Guild Members participating in Service.
Choir Introit – Make way, make way for Christ the King
Welcome and Intimations Session Clerk
Call to Worship: Psalm 133
Hymn 699: Thou whose almighty word
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Moment with children (including Lighting of the Advent Candle, and the Candle Song)
Children’s Hymn 589: See him lying on a bed of straw
Offering uplifted by Helen and Sheena
Anthem “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
Bible Readings: Matthew 2:1-12 Sheena Bowman, Matthew 10:1-10 Helen Daly, Matthew 28: 16-20 Cathie Bryden
Hymn 455: Make me a captive Lord
Guild Projects: Caring for Mother Earth in Bolivia
All Friends Together
“We need each other” – Rev Kevin de Beer
Hymn 19: All praise to our redeeming Lord (tune Kilmarnock)
Prayer of Intercession Liz Morton
Hymn 102: Come Thou long expected Jesus
Benediction and three-fold Amen
