Bulletin

Elizabethtown Church of the brethren

December 14, 2014 Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

* Please stand as able

**Hymnal Supplement

Third Sunday of AdventHope

Gathering Music

Welcome, Announcements & Worship Theme *Hymn Good Christian Friends Rejoice210*Call to worship

*Invocation

*Hymn O, Promised one of Israelinsert(Children may come forward during the last verse.)Time with our Children

Julie HeiseyLighting the Candle of Love

While we are waiting, come (v.3)**1032Unison Prayer:

All: Loving God, we open ourselves to you this Christmas season. As this candle is lit, light our lives with your imagination.

Show us the creative power of hope. Magnify your love within us. Fill us with the kind of joy that cannot be contained, but must be shared. Prepare our hearts to be transformed by you, That we may walk in the light of Christ. Amen.Sentence Prayers of Joy and Concern

Congregational Response: Lord, hear this prayer.

Silent & Guided PrayersMaking Resources Available

Offertory The First Noel Sonlight Singers

(Please pass attendance pads at this time.

We invite visitors to share their addresses on these pads.)

Scripture

Sermon

Pastor Greg*HymnO, little town of Bethlehem191

*Invitation to Christian Ministry & Parting Blessing

*Postlude You better get ready Cantata ChoirIf you wish to listen to the postlude,feel free to move to the front of the sanctuary.If you would like to use this time to greet your neighbors, feel free to move toward the narthex.

We move from worship to service.

Ministers: All the People

Pastoral Team: Greg Davidson Laszakovits, Pam Reist, Josh Tindall

Keyboardist/Accompanist Elizabeth Tindall Handbell Choir Director Ron Bellamy

777 S. Mount Joy Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022

Church: 717-367-1000 Pastors Cell: 717-475-6513

Church web page: www.etowncob.org