Order of Worship
November 30, 2025
ORDER OF WORSHIP
November 30, 2025
Continuing God’s Story Together
“Let this little message be but a reminder,
and I will continue with the story.”
2 Maccabees 6:17
Worship Participants
Deacon: Paula McQuaid
Welcomers: Dave Osowski, Paula McQuaid
Reader: Abby Marino
Announcer: Chelsey Helmke
First Sunday of Advent
Prelude Every Moment Emmanuel
Welcome Rev. Tina Walker-Morin
Opening Song O Come, All You Unfaithful
Opening Prayer Written by Ana Gobledale, Zambia (unison) Deacon
God, we gather in this place
Home for our souls.
Here we sense our true selves
Renewed in wholeness;
Scattered, now gathered in.
Fragments re-united, re-connected
Standing on solid ground
Upheld by faith
Renewed by love
We open ourselves to you.
Song I Wonder
Advent Wreath Lighting ~ Hope
One: There is a community gathered in the story we share.
All: A story of connectedness, of interdependency that is life-giving and life-sustaining.
One: A story that pushes us beyond our fears. That dares us to wonder.
All: There is a community gathered in the story we share.
One: A story of yearning, mystery, and hope.
All: It’s a story for each and every generation.
One: As we light this first Advent candle of hope, may we stand in wonder of this moment.
Sung Response
Every moment, Emmanuel
Every heartbreak, Emmanuel
Every nightfall, Emmanuel
God is still speaking, God is still here
Scripture: Luke 1:1-4 (NRSVUE)
Today’s reading is from Luke chapter 1:
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, I, too, decided, as one having a grasp of everything from the start,[a] to write a well-ordered account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may have a firm grasp of the words in which you have been instructed.
May God bless this reading and our understanding.
God’s Stories Rev. Jennie Valentine
Message for All Ages Rev. Jennie Valentine
Sermon Rev. Tina Walker-Morin
Song In Remembrance of Me Hymn #403
Prayers of the People & Lord’s Prayer Rev. Tina Walker-Morin
Our Father/Mother/Creator,
who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kin-dom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kin-dom and the power and the glory for ever. Amen
Offering
Invitation
Song Come, O Long-expected Jesus Hymn #125
Dedication
Send Forth Song Jesus, Light of the World
Benediction Rev. Tina Walker-Morin
Announcements
Postlude