Christ Lutheran Church & Preschool presents Follow the Star & Light the World December 9, 2018 Christ Lutheran Church 10:00 a.m.
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT *If physically able, please stand. [Please remember to turn off your cell phones.] WELCOME Pastor Emil Klatt Silke Pyrlik, Director of Christian Life PRESENTATION OF CHILDREN Some Children See Him / Taylor Christ Lutheran Preschool Children *OPENING CAROL Angels We Have Heard on High / Hemy *BLESSING OF THE ADVENT WREATH Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah (verses 1-& 2) Avery White
L C Let us pray Blessed are you, O Lord our God, ruler of the universe. John the Baptist calls all people to prepare the Lord s way for the kingdom of heaven is near. Bless us as we light the candles on this wreath. Baptize us with the fire of your Spirit, that we may be a light shining in the darkness welcoming others as Christ has welcomed us, for he is our light and our salvation. Blessed be God forever. AMEN. CAROL O Come, Little Children THE WORD THE EPISTLE READING: PHILIPPIANS 1:3-11 Olivia Sullivan The apostle Paul was the pastor of many new churches. He writes in this letter about his joy to be in partnership with the Christians of Philippi. Listen to how tender-hearted Paul, sometimes a stern preacher, is with his friends as he encourages them to grow in love and knowledge. I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in God s grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God. R The Word of the Lord C Thanks be to God
THE GOSPEL READING: LUKE 3:1-6 Johnathan DeMaria John the Baptist is a herald of the saving Lord, whose way is prepared by repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As we hear the careful record of human leaders, we sense the spectrum of political and religious authority that will be challenged by this coming Lord. R The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke, the third chapter C Praise to you, O Lord In 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. R The Gospel of the Lord C Praise to you, O Christ CAROL The First Noël
Follow the Star & Light the World Directed by Lori Maurer, CLP Music Teacher Narration taken from the Holy Bible: Luke 2 & Matthew 2 The Star of Bethlehem & Twinkly Stars Light up the Night CLP 2-Year-olds Do You Hear What I Hear?... Lori Maurer, soloist Little Donkey... Boswell Lulee Lulay/Away in a Manger... Coventry Carol/Murray The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy... West Indian Folk Song Fear Not! ( William Tell Overture )... Rossini, arr. Moore/Maurer Hallelujah Chorus ( Messiah )... Handel Sing Noel/Go Tell It On the Mountain... African Carol/Spiritual Behold the Star... Christmas Spiritual With a Star that Bright... Various Artists Little Drummer Boy... John Ruxton, Jambe Davis Happy Birthday Jesus... Carol Cymbala First Lullaby/Silent Night... Mohr/Gruber/Weeks What can I give Him poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb. If I were a Wiseman, I would do my part. What can I give Him? I can give my heart! --Rosetti *THE PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH Peyton DeMaria, Avery White, Gunnar Ternstrom L As we await the coming of Christ, we pray in hope for the church, the world, and all of creation The assembly will respond: L let us pray, C Have mercy, O God. L C Confident that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us, we bring to you these prayers and those unspoken, in the name of Christ, our Savior and Lord. AMEN *THE BENEDICTION Pastor Emil Klatt
*THE CLOSING HYMN Joy to the World / Watts Copyright Licenses. Reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, copyright 2006 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Used by permission of 2018 Augsburg Fortress license #14756-ELW. Reprinted under CCLI #3036611. HOLY COMMUNION WILL BE SERVED IN THE SANCTUARY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLOSING HYMN. You may place your offering & attendance slips in the plates available at the door PRAYER CARES: Dr. Robert Blok 4, 12/7 surgery at Charleston VAMC; Phyllis Novosad 4, rehab at The Preston; Steve Bassford 3 ; Linda Fountain 3, possible lung cancer; Laurel Quinn 3, mental health; Hannah Dwornikoski 2, (Babbitt s granddaughter) upcoming surgery/hospitalization; Christy Bass 2 ; Ginny Goehring, recovering from stroke; Suzy Makalous *, Stage 4 lung cancer (getting treatment in Kansas City); George Kline * ; Gary Gregory*, (son of Lois Gregory) healing; Donna Putrino*; Sandy Heins*. ALL service personnel; ALL those suffering from natural disasters. *Ongoing prayer need. Please use the Blue Cards in the Pew Racks to forward a prayer concern or update to the office.
COMMEMORATIONS THIS WEEK ON THE CHURCH CALENDAR Thursday, December 13, -- LUCY, martyr, died 304 Lucy was a young Christian of Sicily who was martyred during the persecutions under Emperor Diocletian. Apparently, she had decided to devote her life to God and her possessions to the poor. Beyond that, however, little is known for certain about Lucy. However, her celebration became particularly important in Sweden and Norway, perhaps because the feast of Lucia (the name means light ) originally fell on the shortest day of the year. A tradition arose of a girl in the household, wearing a crown of candles, bringing saffron rolls to her family early in the morning on the day of Lucia. Friday, December 14 -- JOHN OF THE CROSS, renewer of the church, died 1591 John was a monk of the Carmelite religious order who met Teresa of Ávila when she was working to reform the Carmelite Order and return it to a stricter observance of its rules. He followed Teresa s lead and encouraged others to follow her reform. He was imprisoned when he encountered opposition to the reform. His writings, like Teresa s, reflect a deep interest in mystical thought and meditation. In one of John s poems, The Spiritual Canticle, he cried, Oh, that my griefs would end! Come, grant me thy fruition full and free! The Rev. Dr. Emil H. Klatt, III Silke Pyrlik, Director of Christian Life Jim Fritz, Director of Music 829 William Hilton Parkway Hilton Head Island, SC 29928-3416 Office: 843-785-5560 Fax: 843-785-5570 email: info@clchhi.com www.new.clchhi.org www.facebook.com/clchhi Christ Lutheran Church Preschool: 843-785-6570 Nancy Conder, Director