“Joy in the Wilderness” Bobby Hulme-Lippert

PRELUDE Savior of the Nations, Come (BWV 569) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

THE LIGHTING OF THE THIRD ADVENT CANDLE Ginny Hardman, Will Madden, Steve Kemp

†CALL TO WORSHIP Ginny Hardman, Will Madden, Steve Kemp

†PRAYER OF CONFESSION Christopher Tweel

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 35:1-10, Holy Bible, pp. 649-650

NEW TESTAMENT READING Matthew 2:1-6, Holy Bible, pp. 879-880

SERMON “Joy in the Wilderness” Bobby Hulme-Lippert

ANTHEM Climb to the Top of the Highest Mountain (Carolyn Jennings, b. 1936)

†POSTLUDE Magnificat noni toni (Dietrich Buxtehude, c. 1637-1707)