Order of Service

Prelude

Reading of the Advent Candle - Mike & Gay Lynn Drooger

Call to Worship

* Hymn #61 “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
verses 1-4

* Order for Confession & Assurance

* Song of Response #76 “O Come Let Us Adore Him” (Refrain)

Greet One Another

Congregational Prayer

Public Reading of Scripture: Romans 1:1-17 p.1116

Responsive Scripture Reading: Psalm 140:1-13

Offering

* Doxology

Offertory Prayer

Children’s Message: Courtney Gunnink

* Hymn #749 “Spirit of the Living God”

Prayer for Illumination

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 p. 959

Genesis 38:1-30 p. 38

Message: “Tamar: Scandalous Grace, Sovereign Plan”

* Confession of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism Q & A #1

* Benediction

* Hymn #61 “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” verses 5-7

Postlude