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Total time - 45 minutes approx
Prophecy - WAITING & LONGING
Isaiah 7:14 (CSB)
Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel (which means God with us).
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (verse & Chorus)
Isaiah 11:1–3 (CSB)
Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, he will not execute justice by what he hears with his ears,
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (Verse & Chorus)
Isaiah 22:22 (CSB)
I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (Verse & Chorus)
Prayer - Advent Prayers of Waiting
Thank you Lord that you are an everlasting God.
We thank you for the promise of a savior that came to die for our sins.
You give strength to the faint and you strengthen the powerless.
though we may become faint and weary, we may stumble and fall, but you promise those who eagerly wait in the LORD will have their strength renewed.
We Wait on you this Christmas season.
Help us to wait in HOPE Oh Lord; for you are our help and our shield.
We wait eagerly For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people who trust in Him.
It teaches us to live in this present age while we wait for the blessed HOPE—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
1st candle lit We thank you Lord that the birth of Christ is the birth of PEACE.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through you we have a peace that passes our understanding.
2nd candle lit Restore to us the JOY of your salvation, and grant us a willing spirit, to sustain us.
JOY comes with our salvation!
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
let us Shout for JOY to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song.
With JOY you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and JOY are in his dwelling place.3rd
candle lit May your unfailing LOVE come to us, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise.
“My unfailing LOVE for you will not be shaken, nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
God you first LOVED us.
by sending your one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
4th candle lit Help us to wait on you this Christmas and beyond, help us to look to you and accept the salvation that came through Jesus.
Psalm 33:13–22 (CSB)
The Lord looks down from heaven; he observes everyone.
He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth from his dwelling place.
He forms the hearts of them all; he considers all their works.
A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.
The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.
But look, the Lord keeps his eye on those who fear him— those who depend on his faithful love to rescue them from death and to keep them alive in famine.
We wait for the Lord; he is our help and shield.
For our hearts rejoice in him because we trust in his holy name.
May your faithful love rest on us, Lord, for we put our hope in you.
Poem
Waiting for the promised seed, dropped into a cove of hungry earth.
Waiting 40 days and 40 years for the tree of Jesse, the branch of David.
Noah’s olive sprig to return, again, as Christmas fruit, rinsed in Jordan, peeled by Pilate, 5,000 fed, then
sealed in a cove of stony earth.
Waiting for the promised seed, lifted into wrappings of opaque clouds.
Waiting, with lamps of oil burning,
for a shoot from the stock of Jesse, whose roots reach to the river.
Noah’s olive sprig to return, again,
on a white horse whose rider is called Faithful and True.
Waiting for clouds to unwrap.
Waiting.
Jesus Birth - LOVE IS HERE
Songs - 2 songs
Scripture Reading
Reader 1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Reader 2: He was with God in the beginning.
In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
Reader 1: The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
All Readers: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Reader 2: We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Reader 1: In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
Reader 2: This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
And everyone went to their own town to register.
Reader 1: So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
Reader 2: All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
Reader 1: Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
Reader 2: While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.
She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
—adapted from John 1:1, 4–5, 9, 14; Luke 2:1–7; Matthew 1:22–23; 1 Timothy 1:15
[The Christ candle is lit.]
Songs - 2 songs
Scripture Reading
Reader 1: And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
But the angel said to them,
Reader 2: “Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Reader 1: Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
All Readers: “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
Reader 2: When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another,
Reader 1: “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
Reader 2: So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
Reader 1: But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
—Luke 2:8–20
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