Central College

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God's Indescribable Gift - 4th Sunday of Advent
Dec 19, 2021 | 8:00 am

Welcome to
Worship! Be sure to Prelude -
visit us at Ding-Dong! Merrily on High/O Sanctissima | arr. Mark Hayes
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centralcollegechurch Diane Howard and Ann Marie Robinson, four-hand piano
Welcome and Announcements
The ✞ indicates ✞ Responsive Call to Worship
everyone Leader: Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient
standing, when
possible. doors, that the King of glory may come in.

Call to Worship: People: Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty,
Psalm 24:7-10 the Lord mighty in battle.

Leader: Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient
doors, that the King of glory may come in.

People: Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty—he is

the King of glory.
✞ Hymn - O Come, All Ye Faithful
O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem!
Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels!

Refrain:
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord!

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, Born this happy morning,

Jesus, to Thee be all glory given,
Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing
Refrain

Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation!

Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God, all Glory in the highest!
Refrain
Lighting of the Advent Wreath
Leader: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. Through him, all things were
made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all people.
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not
understood it. Light is the symbol of creation. In the beginning,
God said,

People: Let there be Light!

Leader: Light is the symbol of Christ’s coming to earth.

Jesus said,

People: I am the Light of the World!

Leader: Light is the symbol of God’s presence in us. Each

believer is told

People: Let your Light shine!

Unison and Silent Prayers of Confession Call to

God of Grace and Glory, we come before you confessing the Confession:
ways in which we have been caught up in the frenzied spirit Luke 2:10
of the holidays and turned away from Your Spirit of Peace;
the times we have focused so much on our own lives and
desires, that we have neglected the voices of your children
who cry out for Justice; in our focus on making the season
perfect, we have turned away from the hurting people and by Henri J. M.
broken places in our world in need of Healing; in the times Nouwen
we have dismissed Christmas as a time only for children, and
we have stubbornly closed our hearts to your amazing gift of
Love. O Holy Child of Bethlehem, Word Become Flesh, our Affirmation of
Savior and King, hear us as we humbly pray, cast out our sin
and enter in; be born in us today. Grace:
Luke 2:13-14
Response - Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates | vs. 3, 8
Redeemer, come! I open wide
My heart to Thee; here, Lord, abide.
Let me Thy inner presence feel;
Thy grace and love in me reveal. Amen.
 Scripture Anthem - Mary, Did You Know? | Mark Lowry
Response: David Meulenberg
Leader:
This is the Word
of the Lord Message | The Gift that Keeps on Giving
People: (Romans 8:28-39) - Pastor Malcolm Davis
Thanks be to God! ✞ Hymn - What Child is This
What Child is this, who, laid to rest,
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?

Refrain:
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom Shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring Him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.

Why lies He in such mean estate,

Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christian fear: for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Refrain

So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh,

Come, peasant, king, to own Him;
The King of Kings salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.
Refrain

Musical Offering - Go Tell It On The Mountain | Spiritual

Ann Marie Robinson piano
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Prayers of the People and 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. If you have any
questions about the
✞ Closing Hymn - Angels We Have Heard on High church or today's
Angels we have heard on high, service, please call the
Singing sweetly through the night, church office:
And the mountains in reply Central College
Echoing their brave delight. Presbyterian
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Gloria in excelsis Deo;
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Gloria in excelsis Deo!
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Christmas Eve Schedule
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing; 3:30 pm – Family
Come, adore on bended knee Worship in the
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King. Sanctuary
Refrain
5:00 pm - Contemporary
See Him in a manger laid Worship in Kirk Hall
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, 8:00 pm - Lessons and
While we raise our hearts in love. Carols with the Adult
Refrain Choirs in the Sanctuary

✞ Benediction 11:00 pm - Candlelight

✞ Postlude - Angels We Have Heard On High |French Carol Communion Service
in the Sanctuary