Matthew 1:1-17 | After coming off the Thanksgiving holiday, our minds may still be thinking of family and friends: those we celebrated the holiday with, and those who bless our lives. But what about that “weird uncle” or “awkward friend” who finds their way into the circle? Some of us have stories of the like, and so did Jesus. The generations that came before him were far from perfect, poster-child Jewish boys and girls. And yet, even these unlikely people in unlikely circumstances allowed God to move through them to bring about God’s will. Join us this first weekend in the season of Advent as we consider our story within the narrative of God’s grace, as we are empowered to own our story for what it is, and as we are challenged to receive one another and the stories they offer as a gift in God’s kingdom.
Sunday, November 27, 2022, First Sunday of Advent Bulletin
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A.Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Prelude: Carol of the Bells. Text and Music: Lani Smith. Text and Music: © 1967 The Lorenz Publishing Corporation. Covered under One License subscription. O Come, O Come Emmanuel. Text and Music: Lloyd Larson. Text and Music: © 2011 Hope Publishing Company. Covered under One License subscription. Gathering Song: I Was Glad. Text and Music: Jay Beech. Text and Music: © 1999 Jay Beech, Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Song Before Readings: Jesus, Name Above All Names. Text and Music: Naida Hearn. Text and Music: © 1974 Scripture in Song, a division of Integrity Music, Inc. Covered under CCLI subscription. Hymn of the Day: Through the Ages (Away in a Manger tune). Text: Anna Strickland (2022). Music: James R. Murray (1887). Text: © Anna Strickland, 2021. Commissioned by A Sanctified Art, LLC. Music: Public Domain.
Offering Song: Christ, Be Our Light. Text and Music: Bernadette Farrell. Text and Music: © 1993 OCP. Covered under One License subscription.
Communion Song: The Holy and the Ivy. Text and Music: Jay Rouse. Text and Music: © 1966 Theodore Presser. Covered under One License subscription.
Sending Song: People Look East. Text: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965. Music: French carol; arr. Bary Rose, b. 1934. Public Domain. Prayers written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org. Adapted Rev. A. Kenitzer.