O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Prelude                                                                   

Welcome and Announcements

Introit                                                                                               Choir

“Y Delyn Aur”  

Please use this time to set your hearts on Christ and pray for the Word, our worship, and that holiness and reverence will be known among us.                  

Call to Worship*                                                            Psalm 113:4-9

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!  Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.  He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children.  Praise the Lord!

Hymn of Praise*                                                                               #30

“Our God, Our Help in Ages Past”

Invocation*

Confession of Faith                                                 The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things
visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.  Who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.  And we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of our sins; and we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Preparation for Confession of Sin                        Psalm 51:1-3

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!  For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Confession of Sin

Assurance of Pardon                                             Micah 7:18-19

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance?  He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.  He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot.  You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Hymn of Thanks*                                                                           #101

“Come, Thou Almighty King”    

Giving of Tithes and Offerings                                 

Prayer of Response

Scripture Reading*                      

Ezekiel 36:33-38; Matthew 11:1-10

Doxology*                                            #731

Preaching of God’s Word                                          Rev. Nate Taylor

“O Come, O Come Emmanuel”

Isaiah 35

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper

Hymn of Affirmation*                                                                  #194

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”          

Benediction*             

Postlude*