BETHEL COLLEGE MENNONITE CHURCH
December 10, 2023
Second Sunday of Advent: Peace

 
Prelude—O Come, All Ye Faithful (VT 214); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Dobrinski);
Coventry Carol (Eithun),  Lucy Burch, Flute; Amen, Amen (Lamb)–Chancel Bell Choir, Verlene Garber, director; Members of the Chancel Bells:  Lucy Burch, Suzanne Burch, Ben Lichti, Marlene Ewert, Jane Schmidt, Janet Lubbers, Brenda Turner, Carol Gebrand, Nathan Garber, Ron Garber, Gyles Garber, Caleb Garber
 
*Advent Candle Hymn— Hope Is a Candle, verses 1-2—VT 211
 
Advent Candle Lighting—Lucy and Faith Burch
 
*Advent Litany—Peace— VT 916
 
Welcome and Prayer—Adam Robb
 
*Hymn—Comfort, Comfort, O My People—VT 212
 
Children’s Conversation—Esther Koontz
 
Scripture Reading—Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13—Suzanne, Lucy, and Faith Burch
 
Sermon—A God of Peace—Nathan Koontz
 
*Hymn—Unexpected and Mysterious—VT 229
 
Prayers of God’s People
 
*Hymn—Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming—VT 216
 
Benediction
 
Postlude—Variations on In Dulci Jubilo (Theodore Beck)—Karen Schlabaugh
 
* You are invited to stand
VT—Voices Together
Keyboard—Karen Schlabaugh
Audio visual—John Thiesen