Advent 3 13 combined final

Third Sunday of Advent Holden Prayer Service

9:00 Service

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Awake! Awake and Greet the New Morn

#242 ELW

Awake! Awake, and greet the new mornfor angels herald its dawning.

Sing out your joy, for soon he is born, behold! the Child of our longing.Come as a baby weak and poor,

to bring all hearts together, he opens wide the heav'nly doorand lives now inside us forever.

To us, to all in sorrow and fear, Emmanuel comes a

singing,his humble song is quiet and

near,yet fills the earth with its

ringing; music to heal the broken soul

and hymns of loving-kindness,

the thunder of his anthems roll

to shatter all hatred and blindness.

In darkest night his coming shall be, when all the world is

despairing,as morning light so quiet and free,

so warm and gentle and caring.Then shall the mute break forth in

song,the lame shall leap in wonder,the weak be raised above the

strong, and weapons be broken asunder.

Rejoice, rejoice, take heart in the night, though dark the winter and

cheerless, the rising sun shall crown you with light, be strong and loving

and fearless.Love be our song and love our prayer

and love our endless story; may God fill ev'ry day we shareand bring us at last into glory.

ADVENT CANDLE LITANY P: Today is the third Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Joy.

All: Our joy is in God, and in his Son, Jesus Christ. Like peace, joy is a gift from God. It overtakes us and fills us when we remember what God has done and what he has promised to do.

P: We light this candle today to remind us that Christ came to earth as a child so that all people might have a rich and abundant life.

All: We thank God for the hope he gives us, for the peace he bestows, and for the joy he pours into our hearts.

A CANDLE IS BURNING

A Candle is burning, a flame warm and bright,a candle of hope in the

winter’s dark night.While angels sing blessing From heaven's starry sky,

our hearts we prepare now For Jesus is nigh.

A Candle is burning, a candle of peace,a candle to signal

that conflict must cease:

for Jesus is coming to show us the way;a message of peace

humbly laid in the hay.

A Candle is burning, a candle of joy,

A candle to welcome brave Mary’s new boy.

Our hearts fill with wonder, and eyes light

and glowAs joy brightens winter like sunshine on snow.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

THANKSGIVING

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PRAYER OF THE DAY

P: May our prayers come before you, O God, as incense, and may your presence surround and fill us, so that in union with all creation, we might sing your praise and your love in our lives.

All: Amen.

(silence for meditation)

FIRST LESSON ISAIAH 35:1-10 (P. 678 OT)

EPISTLE JAMES 5:7-10 (P. 221 NT)

P: THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS.

ALL: AND THE DARKNESS HAS NOT OVERCOME IT.

ANNUNCIATION Luke 1:26-28, 30-32, 38 (p. 53 NT)

Leader 1: An angel went from God to a town called Nazareth to a woman whose name was Mary. The angel said to her, “Rejoice, O highly favored, for God is with you. You shall bear a child and his name shall be Jesus, the Chosen One of God Most High.”

Leader 2: And Mary said, “I am the servant of my God, I live to do your will.”

The GospelMAGNIFICAT

SERMON PRAYERS OF JOY !

Pastor Dave Hall

Hymn #723 ELW

Canticle of the Turning

My soul cries out with a joyful shoutthat the God of my heart is great,

And my spirit sings of the wondrous thingsthat you bring to the ones who wait.

You fixed your sight on your servant's plight,

and my weakness you did not spurn,So from east to west shall

my name be blest.Could the world be about to turn?

My heart shall sing of the day you bring.Let the fires of your justice burn.

Wipe away all tears, for the dawn draws near,

and the world is about to turn

Though I am small, my God, my all,you work great things in me,

And your mercy will last from the depths of the past to the end of the age to be.

Your very name puts the proud to shame,and to those who would for you yearn,

You will show your might, put the strong to flight, for the world is

about to turn.

From the halls of power to the fortress tower,

not a stone will be left on stone.Let the king beware for your justice tears

ev'ry tyrant from his throne.The hungry poor shall weep no more,

for the food they can never earn;There are tables spread,

ev'ry mouth be fed,for the world is about to turn.

Though the nations rage from age to age,we remember who holds us fast:

God's mercy must deliver usfrom the conqueror's crushing grasp.

This saving word that our forebears heardis the promise which holds us bound,

'Til the spear and rod can be crushed by God,

who is turning the world around.

Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,the Father, the Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father;Through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvationhe came down from heaven;

was incarnate of the Holy Spiritand the virgin Mary,

and became truly human.For our sake he was

crucified under Pontius Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose againin accordance with the scriptures;

he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in glory to judge

the living and the deadand his kingdom will have no end. We

believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who

proceeds from the Father and the Son,who with the Father and the Son

is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one Baptismfor the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen

OFFERING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

OFFERTORY PRAYER

Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts:ourselves, our time, and our possessions. Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love, through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Prayers of theChurch

HOLY COMMUNION

P: We come again to the table to be made new. The cup of love and the bread of life have been given for all to share. In them we are nourished by the very Christ whom we worship.

All: Blessed are you, Lord of heaven and earth, for you have so loved the world that you gave your only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

P: In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: “Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.” Again after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying: “This cup is the New Covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

All: O Lord, send now your Holy Spirit upon us, and upon these your gifts, that according to your Word they may be sanctified and blessed.

The Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trialand deliver us from evil.For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.Amen.

What Feast of Love #487What feast of loveis offered here,what banquet comefrom heaven?What food of everlasting life,what gracious giftis given?

This, this is Christ the King, the bread come down from heaven.Oh, taste and see and sing!How sweet the manna given!

What light of truthis offered here,what covenantfrom heaven?What hope of everlasting life,what wondrous Word is given?

This, this is Christ the king,the sun come down from

heaven.Oh, see and hear and sing!The Word of God is given!

What wine of loveis offered here,what crimson Drink from heaven?What stream of everlasting life,what precious Blood is given?

This, this is Christ the King,the sweetest wine from heaven.Oh, taste and see and sing!The Son of God is given!

One bread, one body, one Lord of all,

one cup of blessing which we bless.

And we, though many, throughout the earth,

We are one body in this one Lord.

Gentile or Jew,servant or free,woman or man

no more.

Many the gifts,Many the works,

one in the Lordof all.

Grain for the fields,scattered and grown,

gathered to one for all.

Benediction

Joy to the World(Unspeakable Joy)

Chris Tomlin

Joy to the world, The Lord is come

Let earth receive her king;

Let every heart Prepare him room

And heaven and nature Sing, and heaven and

Nature sing, and heaven And heaven and

nature Sing

Joy to the world, The Savior reigns Let all their songs

employ While fields and floods, Rocks, hills, and

plains

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat, repeat The sounding joy.

Joy, unspeakable joyAn overflowing well, No tongue can tell

Joy, unspeakable joyRises in my soul, Never lets me go

He rules the world With truth and grace

And makes the nations Prove

The glories of His righteousness

And wonders of his love,

And wonders, Wonders of his love