BETHEL COLLEGE MENNONITE CHURCH
December 3, 2023
First Sunday of Advent: Hope
 
Prelude—Cynthia Neufeld Smith
(As the prelude music plays, you are encouraged to keep conversation to a minimum)
 
*Advent Candle Hymn—Hope Is a Candle— VT 211— Congregation sing verse 1 only; Susie Swartley, flute
 
Advent Candle Lighting—Judy Harder
 
*Advent Litany—Hope VT 916
 
Welcome—(Land Acknowledgement) and Prayer—Adam Robb
 
*Hymn—Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus—VT 218
 
Children’s Conversation—Christmas Tree Ornaments—Jill Robb
 
Anthem—Chancel Choir
 
Scripture Reading—1 Corinthians 1:3-9—Judy Harder
 
Sermon—The Gift of Hope—Nathan Koontz
 
*Hymn—Oh How Shall I Receive Thee—VT 215
 
Communion—Come to the Table of Grace—VT 461
 
Prayers of God’s People
 
*Hymn—Hark! the Glad Sound!—VT 217
 
Benediction
 
Postlude—Cynthia Neufeld Smith
 
* You are invited to stand
VT—Voices Together
Keyboard—Will Wiebe-Friesen
Audio visual—Ken Lamp