Visuals for Advent

Our worship spaces will be enhanced this Advent season by new paraments! In the sanctuary new paraments for the lectern and pulpit use new purple fabric to symbolize the season. Also, a new "frontal" for the communion table is in place. This frontal will also act as a banner in the fellowship hall during FirstLight worship. A theme running through our Advent worship is based on the ancient "O Antiphons." These sung responses form the basis of the hymn, "O come, O come, Emmanuel." The frontal/banner includes images representative of the stanzas of the old hymn. Based on a concept by Mike Barker, Fred Barkley has created a wonderful design that includes "bonus" visual references. See if you can identify them! Many thanks are due to those who helped bring the idea and design to life: Hilda Hobson, Martha Jane Peterson, Sara LeVan and Jane Reeves. Art on the cover of our worship guides this season will be drawn from the frontal/banner.

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This week we are delighted to welcome the Montreat College Choir under the direction of Mr. Timothy Wilds to help lead music at both services. One of the singers in that group is Ciara Stalling, who is also one of our music scholars. The choir will sing the same selections at both services, and will be hosted at breakfast by our own music groups between services.

FirstLight
Prelude
Charles Wood, The eyes of all (Psalm 145:15)

Gathering Song(s)
Days of Elijah

Opening Song
Did you feel the mountains tremble

Prayer of Confession Response
Glory to God whose goodness

Scripture/Proclamation
Spiritual, I know the Lord

Offertory
Charles Stanford, I bind unto myself

Closing Song
Peter Lutkin, The Lord bless you and keep you
            
11AM
Hymns
555,Now thank we all our God (NUN DANKET)
414, As those of old their first fruits brought (FOREST GREEN)

Introit
Charles Wood, The eyes of all (Psalm 145:15)

Response to Forgiveness
Glory to God whose goodness

Anthem
Spiritual, I know the Lord

Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow (OLD HUNDREDTH)

Benediction Response
Peter Lutkin, The Lord bless you

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: Georg Kauffmann, Nun danket alle Gott
Offertory:  Charles Stanford, I bind unto myself
Postlude:  Sigfried Karg-Elert, Chorale-Fantasie: Nun danket alle Gott

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FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
Sanctuary
As the deer

Opening Song
Come thou fount of every blessing

Prayer of Confession Response
Glory, glory, hallelujah

Offertory
Hungry

Closing Song
You are my all in all

            
11AM
Hymns
478, Praise my soul the King of heaven (LAUDA ANIMA)
391, Take my life (HENDON)
538, Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing (SICILIAN MARINERS)

Response to Forgiveness
579, Glory be to the Father (GREATOREX)

Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow (OLD HUNDREDTH)

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: JS Bach, My soul exalts the Lord (BWV 648)
Offertory: JS Bach, O God, thou faithful God (BWV 767)
Postlude:  JS Bach, If thou but suffer God to guide thee (BWV 642)

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FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
I love you Lord
This is my commandment

Opening Song
Forever

Prayer of Confession Response
Surely it is God who saves me

Creed
I give you my all (stewardship)

Offertory
Come ye sinners

Prayers
Cambodian Lord’s Prayer

Closing Song
You are holy, you are whole
            
11AM
Hymns
446, Glorious things of thee are spoken (AUSTRIAN HYMN)
428, We give thee but thing own (SCHUMANN)
You are holy, you are whole

Response to Forgiveness
Surely it is God who saves me

Anthem
Faure, Cantique de Jean Racine

Verbe égal au Très-Haut, notre unique espérance,
Jour éternel de la terre et des cieux,
De la paisible nuit nous rompons le silence:
Divin sauveur, jette sur nous les yeux.

Répands sur nous le feu de ta grâce puissante;
Que tout l'enfer fuie au son de ta voix;
Dissipe ce sommeil d'une âme languissante
Qui la conduit à l'oubli de tes lois!

Ô Christ ! sois favorable à ce peuple fidèle,
Pour te bénir maintenant assemblé;
Reçois les chants qu'il offre à ta gloire immortelle,
Et de tes dons qu'il retourne comblé.   

Word of God, one with the Most High,
in Whom alone we have our hope,
Everlasting light of heaven and earth,
We break the silence of the peaceful night;
Saviour Divine, cast thine eyes upon us!

Pour on us the fire of thy mighty grace,
That all hell may flee at the sound of the voice;
Banish the slumber of a weary soul,
That brings forgetfulness of thy laws!

O Christ, look with favour upon thy faithful people
Now gathered here to praise thee;
Receive their hymns offered to thy endless glory;
And these thy gifts, we return unto thee.

Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow (OLD HUNDREDTH)

Prayers
Cambodian Lord’s Prayer