BETHEL COLLEGE MENNONITE CHURCH
Third Sunday of Advent December 11, 2022
Tell what you hear and see
Prelude—Day for Celebration (McKlveen); The King of Love my Shepherd is (Moklebust);
Thou Shalt Know Him (Raney)—Chancel Bells, Verlene Garber, director
Advent Candle Lighting—Kevin Neufeld
Hymn—O Come, O Come, Immanuel—VT 210
Congregation sings verses 1 & 7 during processional and lighting
Candle lighting liturgy
Leader: Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is soon.
People: Tell what you hear and see: even now, like water in the desert, we see God’s action all around.
Leader: As we gather strength, we light these candles as signs of hope, love, and joy made visible among us.
People: Bring your restoration to your people, we pray.
Welcome—Ada Schmidt-Tieszen
Call to Worship
Leader: Look, I am sending my messenger, go tell what you have seen!
People: God’s awesome wonders fill the earth, the lost are found, the blind receive sight,
the deaf hear, the lame walk, the poor are preached to, and those who are dead in spirit receive new life.
Leader: Is this what you were expecting to see?
People: Blessed are they who hope in the Lord! For his yoke is easy, his burdens are light.
All: With Mary we sing magnificat, celebrating love’s liberating power!
*Hymn—With Mary Sing Magnificat—VT 208
Children’s Conversation—Esther Koontz
Anthem—There Shall a Star from Jacob—(Mendelssohn)—Chancel Choir; Riley King, director
Scripture Readings—Isaiah 35: 1-10, Psalm 146: 1-10, Matthew 11:2-10—
Jonathan, Justin, & Heather Zerger
*Hymn—There’s a Wild Hope in the Wind—VT 828
Sermon—The Future of Advent—Patricia Shelly
*Hymn—There’s a Wild Hope in the Wind—VT 828
Prayers of God’s People
*Hymn—View the Present—VT 407
*Benediction—Patricia Shelly
Postlude— Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (arr. P. Manz)—Will Wiebe-Friesen, organ
* You are invited to stand
VT = Voices Together
Keyboard- Will Wiebe-Friesen
Audio visual—Ben Lichti
Pastor—Nathan Koontz