WELCOME! We are glad to see you! If you are new to our church or have a prayer concern, please complete the Welcome Card, which you will find on the back table. Place them in the offering basket. We hope to see you back soon!
Thank you to Diane Ogasian and Adrienne Guptill for our delicious refreshments this morning. Thank you to Joan Chase for the beautiful sanctuary flowers. Thank you to Dawn and John Stephenson for lighting the candle of hope.
Christmas Fund: Please note the insert in today’s bulletin regarding the Christmas Fund. Your gifts will be received during the next few weeks.
Welcome: We wish to welcome Megan Anthony this morning. We want to thank Cathy and Megan for sharing their musical talents with us today.
If you would like to help fill our sanctuary with festive greenery, please bring a plant of your choice to the church on Monday, December 14 or Thursday, December 17 anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. A sign-up sheet is in the narthex.
Looking Ahead:
Wed., Dec 2: Handbells at 5:45 p.m. and Choir at 7:00 p.m.
Thur., Dec 10: DIVAS Meeting at 12:00 p.m. Bring your lunch
Sat., Dec 12: Meet and greet luncheon for Steve Youd at 11:30 a.m.
Sun., Dec 13: Rev. Steve Youd preaching
Special Congregational Meeting at 11:15 a.m.
Fri., Dec 18: New England Ham and Bean Dinner at 5:30 p.m.
Prayer Concerns:
Jill Di-Tommaso, June Romeo’s Daughter, cancer
Church Information
Church Website: www.mashpeecong.org
Church address: 259 Shore Dr., Mashpee, MA 02649
Church mailing address: P.O. Box 1796, Mashpee, MA 02649
The office is open Monday and Thursday from 9-3.
Church Phone: 508-477-9211
Rev. Sheldon Keller: or phone 508-681-8467
Susan Evans: or cell: 636-346-819
"Joyfully welcoming all, we seek to grow as
disciples of Jesus Christ."
November 29, 2015
10:00 a.m.
The Rev. Sheldon Keller Acting Minister
Cathy Bonnett Music Director
Susan Evans Office Administrator
All Members and Friends of the Church Ministers
Order of Worship
God is still speaking,
Praise and Preparation
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude Deck the Halls Megan Anthony, Cathy Bonnett
Call to Celebration
Leader: Let us prepare to worship! Emmanuel is with us!
Men: A child is coming, a child of wisdom and strength and beauty.
Leader: The authority of God will rest upon his shoulders.
Women: He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God.
Leader: He will be called the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
People: He is King of Kings and Lord of lords.
Leader: Jesus, Jesus is his name!
People: For Jesus Christ is Emmanuel, God with us. Let us worship!
*Hymn No. 119 O Come, O Come Emmanuel
* Opening Prayer
Gracious God, out of the darkness you send a light; out of a lifeless stump
you call forth a new shoot; out of the discord of our lives you proclaim a
vision of peace. May your Spirit rest upon us, that the hope which you inspire will be lived out in our lives. We pray this in the name of the One whose birth we prepare to celebrate, Jesus, the giver of Hope, the Prince of Peace. Amen.
*Response no. 35 Gloria Patri
Advent Candle Liturgy John and Dawn Stephenson
First Sunday of Advent Reading: Isaiah 61:1-4
Prayer
Lighting the Candle of Hope
Hymn 132 When God Is a Child (First verse)
Pastoral prayer ~ silent prayer
Our lord’s prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom 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 kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Response No.119 O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O come, O come Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here, until the son of God appear. Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!
God’s Word in Our Lives
Scripture Readings Frank Lord Psalm 42:9-11
Romans 15:12,13
Anthem Stille Nacht Megan Anthony, Cathy Bonnett
Sermon Hope Is Another Four Letter Word Rev. Sheldon Keller
*Hymn No. 125 Come, O Long Expected Jesus
Dedicating Our Gifts and Lives
Invitation
Offertory Good King Wenceslas Megan Anthony, Cathy Bonnett
*Doxology (Tallis Canon) No. 48
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Christ, all creatures here below;
Praise Holy Spirit evermore;
One God, triune, whom we adore. Amen.
Sending Forth
*Hymn No. 124 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
* Benediction
Postlude God Rest Your Merry Gentlemen Megan Anthony
Cathy Bonnett
*please stand in body or spirit