for Sunday, 27 November 2011

1st Sunday in Advent

Worship Leaders

• Music Leader: Lisa Haley
• Accompanist:  Ann Willard
• Liturgist: Lisa Haley
• Elder: Phyllis Stowell
• Preacher: Gerry Brague
• Communion Provider: Ann Willard

Lectionary Texts

• Isaiah 64:1-9
• Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
• 1 Corinthians 1:3-9
• Mark 13:24-37

Music

• Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus, CH #125
• O Day of God Draw Nigh, CH #700
• God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian, CH #450 (1st and 4th verse only)*
• Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, CH #124

*--The third hymn listed will be sung at the time of consecrating our pledges, right after the prayer time just before we take the offering.

Focus

• I expect I'll preach on the Mark passage about the end of the world as we know it.  Besides being the first Sunday of Advent, we shall also be dedicating our pledges.