Entrance & Prelude*Processional:

Hymn #213 Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates

A Word of Welcome!*Call To Worship†Leader: God of the watching ones, give us your benediction.

People: God of the waiting ones, give us your good word for our souls.

Leader: God of the watching ones, the waiting ones, the slow and suffering ones, give us your benediction, Your good word for our souls, that we may be renewed.

People: God of the watching ones, the waiting ones, the slow and suffering ones,

Leader: and of the angels in heaven,People: and of the child in the womb,

All: give us your benediction, Your good word for our souls, that we might rest and rise in the kindness of your company.

The Lighting of the Advent Candle / Children’s MessageChild: This is the path that the prophets marked who heard the voice of the Lord, “whom shall I send?”, and responded, “Here am I, send me!”People: They declared that the Lord required His people to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with Him.Child: One prophet said that a young woman would conceive, give birth to a son, and name him “Emmanuel”, God with us!People: that One would come who would preach good news to the poor and bind up the bro-ken-hearted,Child: and rejoiced, “A Child is born to us, a Son is given to us! He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace.”Today, the second week of Advent, we light two candles.(Let us sing the first and second verse of the Advent Candle Song above and then children up to grade 6 are invited to attend Sunday School at this time)

*Greeting HymnHymn #216 ...............Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

ProclamationPrayer for Illumination (Unison):‡

We keep vigil this season, for the good news shall be proclaimed. We keep vigil in these days, for joy shall break forth upon us, We keep vigil for the Advent of our Lord, for we say yes! to the Word of God-Made-Flesh for the restoration of joy within our souls. Amen.

Scripture Reading - Luke 3:1-6In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor

Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”

Celebrating Advent @ QUMC!Dec. 9th, 2018 | 8:30 & 10:30 AM - 2nd Sunday of Advent | asterisk (*) indicates standing as you are able

209 MUSIC AS ACTS OF WORSHIP

209 Advent Candle Song

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WORDS and MUSIC: Sally Ahner © 1992 Abingdon Press

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Choral Anthem:Keep Your Lamps ............................................ V. Johnson

Meditation:An Advent Vigil to Keep The Way of the Prophets: The Harbinger of Hope

Response*Hymn of Response:

Hymn #230 (vv.1,3,4) O Little Town of Bethlehem

Offering our Gifts with ThanksHoly Communion (8:30)

Sending Forth*Recessional Hymn

Hymn #206 ....I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light

*Benediction & PostludePlease join with other churchgoers in Clark

Hall for refreshing drinks, snacks, & conversa-tion!

Serving Us TodayHead Usher ........Hilda Pratt & Pat Brayton (8:30); Larry Elmen (10:30)Ushers .........Dianne Rutledge, Trudy Wickes (10:30)Lay Reader ................................................Jeanne RunkelGreeter: .............Beth Canale (8:30); Trudy Wickes (10:30)Dir. Children’s Ministries ..................Rhonda BeckerHuge Shout Out to our Sunday School Volunteers!Deacon for Discipleship ........... Rev. Nancy DibeliusProps to our Chancel Choir! Represent!Dir. of Music ..................... Carol Ann Elze-SussdorffAssoc. Pastor for Care ................................. Bob JeffersPastor ............................................ Rev. Dr. Phil Phaneuf

ANNOUNCEMENTSHelp! Thanks! Wow!Help!

Please don’t underestimate your generous contri-bution or your plans for giving! Your submission of an estimate of giving card will be a huge boost in ministry energy in our church! 70 families have already completed an estimate of giving card for 2019 that totals nearly $99,332 in planned giving toward our $125,000 goal! Complete a card here at church, drop it in the offering plate or mail it to the office to the attn: Joy Griffin, our financial secre-tary. You can also go online and securely, confiden-tially submit your estimate at www.umcq.org!

Thanks & Wow!We express our gratitude to our church family:• together we have raised $5,985 toward a special 13th month giving appeal• together we have raised $1,286 in cash toward the adopt-a-family, not including clothing• together we have raised $5,855 in memorial con-tributions, primarily in memory of Bill Magowan• together we have raised $517, net from the Thanksmas dinner• together we have raised $968 for the Food Pantry in the Thanksgiving envelopes• together we have raised $562 in the special Thanksgiving offeringtogether we have made considerable progress to close the 2018 projected deficit. Giving has risen to the highest level since July 2012! Thanks be to God!

CelebratingYour Presence & Sharing Matters!

Last week our attendance for all services was 183! 183 people present to celebrate God’s love together! This is the highest attended month this year! Your presence totally matters!

LearningAdult Learning - Upcoming Study

Walking through the Gospel of John StudyBeginning in January, our Wednesday evening bible study will begin an open-ended journey through John’s version of Jesus’ ministry & teaching. All you will need is an open heart and a bible (we can provide you with one as well)!

Children & Family (Birth-Grade 6)Children’s Pageant Update!

We will have the following rehearsals: 12/15 10:30-12 & 12/21 5:30-7. ALL children should at-tend BOTH rehearsals. We will still rehearse Sun-days in the sanctuary until 12:15. Feel free to drop your child off at rehearsals and get things you need done during that time!! Keep singing and learning your lines!

Christmas Star ProgramThe Christmas Tree in the Narthex has Stars with a gift wish from each child in our Sunday School. Please take a star from the tree & purchase the gift on the star. Leave the gift unwrapped with the star attached in the box undeer the tree. On Sunday

12/23 every child will receive a gift from the church during our Happy Birthday Jesus Coffee Hour after the 10:30 Christmas Pageant. Please have all gifts returned NO LATER than 12/19. If you have any questions please contact Rhonda Becker.

Youth (Grades 7-12)Youth Alpha continues from 5-7pm on Sundays! Dec. 9th & 16th will be our final meetings for the year and then we’ll pick back up on Jan. 6th.

ServingChristmas at the Nursing Homes

Please Consider this - there are many individuals who cannot make it into the beauty of the commu-nity gathered for Christmas Eve... many who will not have family present, many who need to know that they are still valued by God during this Holi-day Season. An hour of your time can enrich and bless a person stationed permanently in a nursing facility.Needed - Readers of short scripture passages throughout the 45 minute service. Soloists - Anyone willing to sing or play a solo is appreciated.Mon., Dec. 24, 2018: The Pines 1:30 PM – Pat Tay-lor, Leader - Lois Rowe, Pianist; Warren Center 2 PM – Sandy Lowder, Leader; Jan McGuire, Pianist.If you can participate at either nursing home, please contact Sherrie Ann Cutts (518-636-5955 | sherriecutts@roadrunner.com) to be on either list. Thanks to all who are able to share their time.

CaringChristmas Adoption Update - Joy Griffin

The generosity of this congregation overwhelms me & shows what a caring congregation we are. The response to my appeal for more cash was fantastic & unbelievable - you gave $1121! (There was a check that came in too late, which will be added to our carry-over for next year.) Because of your generosity, we provided the fami-lies with several toiletries, along with a Hannaford Holiday meal gift card. We provided the seniors a small gift card and a few toiletries. We had 3 fami-lies with a total of 9 children and 22 seniors. Along with the food and toiletries for the families, The Prayer Shawl Committee provided prayer shawls for each of our seniors and the 2nd Life Wearhouse provided additional clothing items.

The Warren County Dept. of Soc. Svcs. are so appreciative of your generosity for our seniors, as is the Family Services Assoc. for our families. You have brought great joy & happiness into many lives for Christmas. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Poinsettias for ChristmasSign up on the clipboard to order a poinsettia in honor or in remembrance of a loved one for Christ-mas weekend! We will list your loved one in the weekend bulletins. Cost for each (8.5” pot - 3 plants per pot) poinsettia is $20.

Men’s Group Christmas Party!Annual Party at Paul Cederstrom’s house on Fri. Dec. 14th at 6pm. Potluck & games! Paul’s address is 20 Sylvan Lane Queensbury. Please bring a dish or goodies to share along with the beverage you wish to consume. For some of you members that may not have gone before to this party it is a very relaxed setting where we enjoy each others compa-ny and the food people bring, so please check your calendar and let Paul or Steve Huntington know if you can make it. This year we will be playing some games instead of trivia questions. Also we will be talking and seeking suggestions on donating to a person or family in need this holiday season. So if you would like to donate some money to this cause please remember to bring some cash because we will pass a hat. We can talk about purchasing gift cards etc.

Friendraising & FundraisingNew Free Mobile Tech Workshops

Our next iPhone Basics workshop will be Sat. Dec. 15th at 3pm.

QUMC Holiday ConcertSat. Dec. 15th 4pm will be a very SPECIAL way to move into our Sat. @4:30 worship service... We will begin with a 30 minute concert of Christmas Music!

QUMC Christmas Play!Spirited Players: The Drama Ministry of QUMC will be performing Christmas ReEngineered on to-day at 1 PM in Clark Hall. The cast and crew have been working hard to offer a uniquely enjoyable take on the true meaning of Christmas.

Christmas in Queensbury!Saturday December 22nd

4:30 pm - Contemporary Christmas Service(a celebration with carols set to recent arrangements & the mix of faith, film,

and popular culture to welcome Christ once again)

Sunday December 23rd 8:30 am - Traditional Christmas Service

with Holy Communion(a celebration filled with carols and Communion)

10:30 am - Children’s Christmas Pageant(our children will tell the story of Christ’s Advent in music and merriment!)

4:30 pm - A Service of Remembrance(a time of contemplation and comfort for those we love who are now complete

in God. Candle-lighting, silent consideration & prayer.)

Monday December 24th - Christmas Eve4:30 pm - Contemporary Service

(a celebration with contemporary carols & an inspirational message that con-nects our most favorite holiday films to our faith in Jesus Christ!)

7:00 pm - Traditional Lessons & Carols Candlelight Service

(celebrating in our traditional candlelit way the coming of Christ the Lord!)

9:00 pm - Traditional Lessons & Carols Candlelight Service

(celebrating in our traditional candlelit way the coming of Christ the Lord!)