Welcome to New Hope United Methodist Church

1. Welcome to New Hope United Methodist Church Our Chrismon Angels Callie Jett UnpicturedChrismon angels included: Gail Hall, Paula Schenemann & Don Wilson. December 1, 2013 Pollard Hall

2. Announcements • Children’s Choir, Today, 11:15 a.m. • Youth,Today, 5:30 p.m. • No Trustees Meeting This Week • SPRC, Tuesday 7 p.m. • Christmas Cantata, rehearsal, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. • Adult Choir Rehearsal, Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.

3. New Hope Christmas Party You are invited to the New Hope Group Home Sunday, December 8th @ 2:00 p.m. Refreshments (punch, cookies, fudge) will be served. RSVP Donna or Tony if you plan to attend the party.

4. You are invited to the New Hope Christmas Dinner Saturday, December 14th @ 5 p.m. Bring a friend and a dish to pass. Santa will be there!

5. You and Your Neighbors are invited to New Hope ‘s Christmas Eve Services At 5 and 7 p.m.

6. Meditation – Psalm 122 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together. To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

7. For there the thrones for judgment were set up, the thrones of the house of David. • Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: • “May they prosper who love you. • Peace be within your walls, • and security within your towers.” • For the sake of my relatives and friends • I will say, “Peace be within you.” • For the sake of the house of the Lord • our God, I will seek your good.

8. Musical Prelude Bringing in the Light of Christ

9. Call to Worship One: By entering the Sanctuary this morning, we have shown we believe in God. Many: Yes! We believe in God and have come to worship God. One: Here the invitation of the prophet Isiah: Many: Come, Let us go up to God’s holy mountain and learn to walk in God’s ways.

10. OPENING PRAYER O Lord, the days grow short and the songs we hear remind us of how You love us and call us Your children. Settle in our hearts, that we might hear and heed You. Fill us so with Your compassion and hope that everywhere we go it may overflow and shine a light into all the dark places of the world. Amen.

11. Children’s Time

12. ”Here I Am to Worship” Choir

13. Offering Our Gifts to God Praise Response Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

14. Call to Prayer “Purify My Heart” Choir

15. Gathering Our Joys and Concerns

16. Prayers of the People Silent Prayer

17. The Lord’s Prayer Our Father, Who are in Heaven. Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

18. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

19. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. AMEN.

20. “Gloria Patria” Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

21. Scripture Reading - Isaiah 2:1-5 The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.”

22. For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, • and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. • He shall judge between the nations, • and shall arbitrate for many peoples; • they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; • nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. • O house of Jacob, come, • let us walk in the light of the Lord!

23. “ “ Becoming Children of Light”

24. Service of Word and Table Musical Setting C Hymnal # 20-22

25. Here is the Bread, Here is the Wine

26. Here is the bread, Here is the wine; Christ is with us; He is with us. Break the bread; Taste the wine; Christ is with us here.

27. In this bread There is healing; In this cup, There’s life forever. In this moment By the Spirit Christ is with us here.

28. Here is grace, Here is peace, Christ is with us; He is with us. Know His grace; Find His peace; Feast on Jesus here.

29. In this bread There is healing; In this cup, There’s life forever. In this moment By the Spirit Christ is with us here.

30. Here we are, Joined in one: Christ is with us; He is with us. We’ll proclaim till He comes Jesus crucified.

31. In this bread There is healing; In this cup, There’s life forever. In this moment By the Spirit Christ is with us here.

32. I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light Picture: handofgod.com

33. I want to walk as a child of the light, I want to follow Jesus. God set the stars to give light to the world. The star of my life is Jesus.

34. In Him there is no darkness at all. The night and the day are both alike. The Lamb is the light of the city of God, Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus.

35. I want to see The brightness of God. I want to look at Jesus. Clear Sun of Righteousness, shine on my path, and show me the way to the Father.

36. In Him there is no darkness at all. The night and the day are both alike. The Lamb is the light of the city of God, Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus.

37. I’m looking for the coming of Christ. I want to be with Jesus. When we have run with patience the race, we shall know the joy of Jesus.

38. In Him there is no darkness at all. The night and the day are both alike. The Lamb is the light of the city of God, Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus.

39. Go Forth Walking As a Child Of God