Westminster Church (PCA)

 

Advent means coming.  Jesus Christ had come and is coming again.  We worship the Christ who has come and inaugurated his Kingdom.  We worship the Christ King who continually builds his Kingdom during this gospel age.  We worship King Jesus who will come again to consummate his Kingdom reign.  “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music” (Psalm 98:4)

 

 

Prelude – Josh Thompson and John Richardson

 

Lighting of the Advent Candle – RE Matt DeLorenzo & family

 

 

*Hymn #208 – O Come All Ye Faithful

 

 

*Affirmation of Faith – The Nicene Creed (Trinity Hymnal p.846)

 

Emmanuel, God with us: it is Advent. It is the season in which we prepare our hearts to welcome Christ, who is the bringer of true peace. We confess to you the ways in which we block the peace of Christ in our lives. The rushing and scurrying to get things done, the worry about the little details, the financial burdens we put on ourselves, the impatience and irritability we feel and take out on one another, the bickering and quarreling we get into because we are too busy. Though we make ourselves less than peaceful at this time of the year, your peace is always there for us. Fill us, that we may share Christ’s peace and love with others

 

 

 

 

Offertory – ​The World’s Been a-Waitin’ So Long (​​Shackley)

 

*Hymn #731 – Gloria Patri

 

 

*Hymn #200 – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

 

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 4:14 – 5:10

 

Sermon: “Jesus Has Come in the Flesh” by Rev. Ric Raines

 

*Hymn – #196 – Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

 

​…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.