Welcome!
Please join us for Sunday Service, December 8th at 9 am and 11 am
"The Holy Family"
Rev. J Sylvan
Service will be live-streamed on Zoom (the Zoom link is on the front page of the website)
Coffee Hour will follow each service.
Order of Service
Thank you! to today’s Cantor Singers for helping lead in the singing of our new hymns.
9:00 am service: Nikki Blackburn-Fuller, Michele Page, Lissa Lander, Alison Christiansen
11:00 am service: Shelly Jenson, Lara Haynes, Ron Mildenhall, Dave Moore
- Ringing of the Bell – thank you, Jack Markman!
- Prelude: “Il est né, le divin enfant” (‘He Is Born, the Divine Child’) – traditional French carol; David Owens, Kurzweil
- Introit: #188, “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” – words adapted from Rumi (1207-1273); music by Rev. Lynn Ungar (American, b. 1963); led by David Owens and Cantor Singers
- Welcome & Announcements – Rev. J Sylvan
- Chalice & Advent Candle Lighting – Rev. J Sylvan [Hope + Love]
- Opening Hymn: #258, “Whence, O Shepherd Maiden?” (17th-century French Canadian carol) – Cantor Singers
- How I Serve: Eve Smith
- Interlude: Untitled brief improv by David Owens, piano
- Meditation – Rev. J Sylvan
- Meditation Response: “Ave Maria” – David Owens, piano
- Song of Gratitude: #1010, “We Give Thanks” – words & music by Wendy Luella Perkins (Canadian, b. 1966); led by Rev. J Sylvan
- Offertory – Rev. J Sylvan
- Doxology
- From all that dwell below the skies
- Let hymns of faith and hope arise
- May peace, good will on earth be sung
- Through every land by every tongue
- Amen
- Sermon: “The Holy Family” – Rev. J Sylvan
- Closing Hymn: #1062, “All Around the Child” by Jim Scott (American, b. 1946) – Cantor Singers
- Benediction – Rev. J Sylvan
- Postlude: “Proud Mary” by John Fogerty (American, b. 1945) – David Owens, piano