We Enter Into The Presence of God

Welcome and Announcements and Prayer Requests
Second Advent Reading - Malachi 3:1-4
Prelude Music - Roberta Birchler
*Prayer of Adoration and Invocation
*Call to Worship - Psalm 40:1-8
*Praise Songs - “What Child Is This” (#213) “O Come All Ye Faithful” (#208) “Of Lord, My Rock & My Redeemer”
Call to Confession of Sin - Malachi 3:6-10
Corporate Confession of Sin
“Let us confess to God the Lord, for he is good, and his mercy endures forever. I, poor sinner, confess myself before God Almighty, that I have gravely sinned by the transgression of his commandments; that I have done many things which I should have left undone, and I have left undone that which I should have done, through unbelief and distrust in God and weakness of love toward my fellow servants. God knows the guilt I have incurred, for which I am grieved. Be gracious to me, Lord. Be merciful to me, a poor sinner. Amen.”
Silent Prayer of Confession
* Declaration of Pardon - John 3:16
* Hymn of Thanksgiving - #324 “Christ Is Coming!”

We Hear God Speak To Us

Reading of the Law
Old Testament Reading - Exodus 34:1-9
New Testament Reading - Acts 14:8-18
Sermon –“What Became Man?” (Isaiah 46:5-13)

We Respond to God With Love & Gratitude
Prayer of Application
* Hymn of Response - #44 “How Great Thou Art”
* Confession of Faith - from The Chalcedonian Creed (451 A.D.)
Leader: Christian, what is the catholic faith?
People: “We worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the
Holy Spirit. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated...So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.”
Prayer for God’s People & The Lord’s Prayer — RE Ritsema
Tithes & Offerings
*Doxology - #733

We Go Forth to Love & Serve The Lord
* Benedictory Hymn - #194 “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
* Benediction
* Postlude