Firelands Presbyterian Church: December 5, 2021

Firelands Presbyterian Church
www.firelandschurch.org
December 5, 2021
2626 East Harbor Road Port Clinton, OH 43452
419-734-6211 https://www.facebook.com/firelandschurch
Pastor David Aber aberdavidrobert@gmail.com
Welcome to Firelands Church, a community of believers gathered by the Holy Spirit and committed to serving God and growing
together in Jesus Christ.
We invite all of our worshippers to stay for fellowship following the service
so that we might become better acquainted.
THE ORDER OF THE LITURGY

*Those who are able are invited to stand.
GATHERING
Prelude Hanging of the Greens Walz
Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Light arr Hayes

Sometimes Serendipity Singers
*Advent Candle Lighting Light of Peace
*Invocation (together)
For yesterday’s simple shepherds and for today’s ordinary people across the globe who welcome peace and work on its
behalf, we give thanks. Amen
*Hymn Prepare the Way, O Zion Hymnal #106
Call to Confession
Friends, we are in the presence of the ineffable and holy God. Let us humbly confess our need and ask for grace and mercy. Let
us pray.
Prayer of Confession
We confess to you, O God, that we have fallen asleep. We often go through the motions and live our daily lives without much
thought outside of ourselves. Forgive us for our shortsightedness. Forgive us for not being awake to the wonders and signs
that you are doing something new in our world and in our lives. Help us to seek you in the face of others. Call us into your
ways of love and justice, so that we might be fully awake, watching and waiting for your return in our world and in our lives in
a new way. Amen.
Silent Confession
Words of Assurance
O Holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray. Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today. As we wait for Christmas,
we know that Christ has already come into our world and lives, has already been born in us. We are renewed and restored. Go
and share the good news of God’s love and restoration. Amen.
*Response: Wait for the Lord Hymnal # 90
Wait for the Lord, whose day is near.
Wait for the Lord; be strong; take hear!
WORD
Prayer for Illumination
Almighty God, as you have given Jesus Christ to be Saviour and Lord, grant us now grace to accept and rejoice in our salvation
and in his lordship. Amen.
First Reading: Isaiah 40: 1 - 8

1.Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her
iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
3. A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
5. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6. A voice says, “Cry!”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
7. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass.
8. The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
Second Reading Malachi 3: 1 - 4

3:1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to
his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers'
soap.
3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will
bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.
4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.
Gospel Reading Luke 1:68-79

68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
The Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
Musical Interlude Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Traditional/ Eithun
*Affirmation of Faith: A Brief Statement of Faith

We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God.
Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:
preaching good news to the poor
and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed
and blessing the children, healing the sick
and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners,
and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified,
suffering the depths of human pain
and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead,
vindicating his sinless life,
breaking the power of sin and evil,
delivering us from death to life eternal.
*Hymn Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus Hymnal #82
The Prayers of the Church
The Lord’s Prayer (debts and debtors) pg. 35
COMMUNION
Invitation
Brothers and sisters in Christ, the Gospels tell us that on the first day of the week, the day on which our Lord rose from the dead,
Jesus appeared to some of the disciples and was revealed to them in the breaking of bread. Come, then, to the feast of our Lord
with joy and thanksgiving.
WORDS OF THE INSTITUTION

Hear the words of the institution of the Holy Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ, as they are delivered by the Apostle Paul: I received
of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the The Lord Jesus, on the night of his arrest, took bread, and after giving
thanks to God,
he broke it, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way he took the cup, saying: “This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood, do this, as often as you drink it, in
remembrance of me.” Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the saving death of the risen Lord, until he
comes.
Prayer Of Consecration
The Bread and The Cup

THE BREAD Take and eat: this is the body of Christ which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of him.
THE CUP “This cup is the new covenant in the blood of Christ, which is shed for the remission of sins. Do this, as often as
you drink it, in remembrance of him.
(Please discard used communion cups in the available receptacles)
The Prayer of Thanksgiving

Almighty and everliving God, we sincerely thank you that in your great love you have fed us at this table with spiritual food, and
assured us of your goodness toward us, and that we are members of the mystical body of your Son, the blessed company of all
faithful people, and heirs of your everlasting Kingdom. And we pray, O Heavenly Father, that you assist us with your grace that
we may continue in this holy fellowship, and live forever to your glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns and is
worshipped and glorified with you, the Father and Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.
SENDING
*Hymn Angels We Have Heard on High Hymnal #113
*Charge
Be watchful. Stand firm in the faith. Be mature in your actions. Be strong. Let all that you do be done in love (I Cor 16: 13 - 14)
*Benediction
Jesus Christ is your Lord and that you are God’s servant. You are loved; you are forgiven; you are empowered by the Holy Spirit.
Bless the Lord The Lord’s name be praised.
*Benediction Response Go, My Children, With My Blessing Hymnal #547

Go, My Children, fed and nourished, closer to me.
Grow in love and love by serving, joyful and free.
Here my Spirit’s power filled you; here my tender comfort stilled you.
Go, my children, fed and nourished, joyful and free.
Postlude Angels from the Realms of Glory Arr. Long
Ministers in This Sunday’s Service Ministers in Next Sunday’s Service

Preacher: Rev. David Aber Preacher: Rev. David Aber
Reader: Marta Vielhaber Reader: Ed Bettendorf
Musician: Susan Larcey Musician: Susan Larcey
Greeter: John McIntosh Greeter: Bob Reynolds
Advent Readers: Dennis & Jeanette Walls Advent Readers: Marsha Bordner & Harold
Fellowship host(s): Anne O’Malley Brown
Deacon of the Month: Pat Sharp Fellowship host(s): Dottie Douglas and Sue
Holman
Deacon of the Month: Pat Sharp
Prayer Concerns
Nancy & Christopher Longaker, Chuck & Pam Coykendale, Eric Pott, John McLaughlin, Sally Wahlers, Janet Miller, Pat Sharp, Betty &
Jim Layton, and the family &friends of John Pugh
If you have a name to add to the prayer list, please contact the office. Names remain on this list for up to one month unless they are
resubmitted.
The Church Office is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings 10:30-1:30 unless otherwise noted on the
calendar above and/or the calendar on the firelandschurch.orgwebsite.
Pastor Aber is in the office Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and is available by Phone at 419-357-0329.
THIS WEEK AT FIRELANDS

Today Sunday School 9:30 AM
WORSHIP 10:30 AM followed by Fellowship
Monday Office Open 10:30 -1:30 PM
Knitwits 7
Tuesday Dulcimer Group 3:00-5 PM
Wednesday Office Open 10:30 -1:30 PM
Thursday
Friday Office Open 10:30 -1:30 PM
Choir Practice 3 PM
Flat Rock Homes fundraiser at Panera 4-8 PM
Saturday
Next Sunday Sunday School 9:30 AM
WORSHIP 10:30 AM Followed by Fellowship
Communion Stewards are needed

We have some openings for Communion Steward this coming year. Since we now use the individual prepackaged elements, the
time commitment is low. Please let Marilyn Umlauf know if you are willing to help.
Thanks, Marilyn 419 798 8812
Poinsettia Order Forms available

The poinsettia order forms are on the gathering table. All orders must be placed by Sunday, December 12 and Payment is due at the
time of order. Please make checks payable to: Firelands Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army in need of Toys and Gift Cards

New Coats, Hats, Gloves, Mittens and Scarves
We will be collecting all items thru December 12th.

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THE ORDER OF THE LITURGY

Prelude Hanging of the Greens Walz

Welcome and Announcements

*Call to Light arr Hayes

*Advent Candle Lighting Light of Peace

*Hymn Prepare the Way, O Zion Hymnal #106

First Reading: Isaiah 40: 1 - 8

Second Reading Malachi 3: 1 - 4

Gospel Reading Luke 1:68-79

The Gospel of the Lord

Musical Interlude Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Traditional/ Eithun

*Affirmation of Faith: A Brief Statement of Faith

*Hymn Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus Hymnal #82

The Prayers of the Church

The Lord’s Prayer (debts and debtors) pg. 35

WORDS OF THE INSTITUTION

The Bread and The Cup

The Prayer of Thanksgiving

*Hymn Angels We Have Heard on High Hymnal #113

*Benediction Response Go, My Children, With My Blessing Hymnal #547

Postlude Angels from the Realms of Glory Arr. Long

Ministers in This Sunday’s Service Ministers in Next Sunday’s Service

THIS WEEK AT FIRELANDS

Communion Stewards are needed

Poinsettia Order Forms available

Salvation Army in need of Toys and Gift Cards

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