12/17/2008 - THE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT (DATE/TIME: FULLNESS OF TIME)

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Advent
Candlelight Service
Date: December 17, 2008
Theme: THE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT (DATE/TIME: FULLNESS OF TIME)
(Pastor John Hein)

THE ORDER OF WORSHIP: See Bulletin

Hymns:
TLH 90: Come, Your Hearts
TLH 73: Lift Up Your Heads
TLH 647: O Little Town of Bethlehem
TLH 106: The People that in Darkness Sat
WS 709: God Loves Me Dearly
WS 712: What Child Is This?
Angels We Have Heard on High

Scripture Readings:
1st Lesson: Genesis 3:8-15
2nd Lesson: Genesis 22:15-18
3rd Lesson: Micah 5:2-5a
4th Lesson: Isaiah 9:2,6-7
5th Lesson: Luke 1:26-33
6th Lesson: Galatians 4:4-5
7th Lesson: Luke 2:1-11
8th Lesson: Matthew 2:1-2,7-11
9th Lesson: John 1:29-36

12/19/2007 - SHEPHERDS: EAGER WITH NEWS

Date: December 19, 2007
Theme: SHEPHERDS: EAGER WITH NEWS
(Pastor John Hein)

THE ORDER OF WORSHIP: See Bulletin

Hymns:
TLH 90: Come, Your Hearts and Voices Raising
TLH 62: Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel
TLH 71: Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
TLH 103: To Shepherds as They Watched by Night
TLH 106: The People that in Darkness Sat
WS 706: Go Tell It On the Mountain
TLH 127: As With Gladness Men of Old
TLH 707: On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen

Scripture Readings:
Genesis 3:8-15
Genesis 22:15-18
Micah 5:2-5a
Isaiah 7:10-16
Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
Luke 2:1-11
Luke 2:15-20
Matthew 2:1-2, 7-11
1 John 1:1-7

Sermon Theme:
Reactions to Jesus' Coming
SHEPHERDS: EAGER WITH NEWS

Luke 2:15-20
(15) So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us." (16) And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. (17) Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. (18) And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. (19) But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. (20) Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them. (NKJVTM)