December 12, 2021

Worship Service December 12, 2021 Third Sunday of Advent Sunday School Christmas Program Prelude Ringing of the Bells Parish Notes Schedule This Week: Monday 6:30 p.m. Trustee Meeting Tuesday 6:15 p.m. Christian Connections Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Wednesday Morning Crew Office Hours This Week – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 13th 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 15th 11:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 16th

Everyone is invited downstairs to the social hall for a time of fellowship following the worship service today. The Giving Envelopes for 2022 are available for pick up today in the narthex. Please remember to stop and pick up your envelopes. Thank you for your pledge of commitment! Our Angel Tree is all set up! If you would like to take an angel, please fill out the form on the table in the Narthex. All gifts are due back by Sunday, December 19th. Christmas Poinsettias: If you would like to purchase a Poinsettia in honor of a loved one that will be displayed during the Worship Service on December 19th through Christmas Eve, please contact Lois Linko. Orders and money are due by this Wednesday, December 15th. Christian Connections Virtual Bible Discussion Group will meet again in December on the following dates: December14th and 28th. We will be discussing the gospel

of Christmas. Join us to keep centered on the reason for the Advent and Christmas seasons. CPR/AED Class: If you would like to be on the list for future classes, please contact Jennie at [email protected] or (570)903-1222. We will be scheduling classes as needed. *** MUMC DONATION STATION *** The MUMC Donation Station is located in the narthex of the church building: For the month of December we are collecting for the Women’s Resource Center, which helps women and children escaping from Domestic Abuse situations. A full list of items will be available on the table in front of the mailboxes. A few of their most requested items are: Full size hygiene products, cleaning products (sponges, scrub brushes, buckets, etc), and Diapers size 3 and up. *Food Pantry & Dry Goods Pantry – Most Needed Items of the week: Food Pantry- pancake syrup, canned chicken, and cake frosting

Dry Goods Pantry –any type of cleaning products, toothpaste, and toothbrushes Sunday School continues to meet Sundays at 9AM in the sanctuary. The kids are having a blast playing games, making crafts, and even cooking! Contact Barbara Havenstrite for more information. Adult Sunday School will continue meeting in Pastor Lori’s office to discuss a special Advent Bible Study entitled “The Heart That Grew Three Sizes, Finding Faith in the Story of The Grinch”. These special discussions also include videos. MUMC Power of Prayer Network – If anyone is in need of prayer, please contact Cis Lyon, Pastor Lori, or Jennie, so your requests can be given to the Power of Prayer Network. The Moscow UMC Learning Tree Preschool The Preschool is now selling gift cards to Mendicino’s Restaurant in the ShopRite plaza. Order a $20

Mendocino’s gift card for yourself, family, or friends and support the MUMC Learning Tree Preschool at the same time! For each $20 gift card sold, $10 of the purchase price goes to the preschool for field trips and other special events! Orders for Christmas are due by December 17th, all other orders are due January 7th. Order forms are on the table in the Narthex. Clements Scholarship Information for the Clements Scholarship can be found on the announcement board in the Narthex. The deadline to apply is January 13, 2022. Flyers are available on the table in front of the mailboxes. There will be a fundraiser held at St. Catherine’s on December 19th to benefit Larry Napolitano. The benefit begins at 1pm, you can purchase tickets from Lori Brink in advance. Live Nativity/Caroling/Bake Sale: Please join us December 19th for an afternoon of spreading the joy of Christmas with our community. We will begin at 3pm with a Live Nativity, followed immediately by Hot

Chocolate and Cookies in the Social Hall. We will then be caroling through the streets of Moscow starting at 4:15. Throughout the afternoon’s festivities we will also be hosting a bake sale. If anyone would like to donate items to the bake sale please fill out the sign up sheet on the table in the coat room. All items must be individually wrapped for sale. Administrative Packets and the Mission Insite Demographic Report from our recent Church Conference are on the table in front of the mailboxes, if anyone would like copies of either of them. Opening Prayer *Call to Worship Leader: The day of the Lord brings grace and blessings; People: We come to this day with hearts prepared for praising. Leader: The day of the Lord brings wisdom and light; People: We come to this day with minds eager to listen for God’s will. Leader: The day of the Lord brings worship;

People: The day of the Lord brings joy and gladness as they dance together for we shall see the glory of God. * Opening Hymn UMH#229 “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” Infant holy, infant lowly, for his bed a cattle stall; oxen lowing, little knowing, Christ the babe is Lord of all. Swift are winging angels singing, noels ringing, tidings bringing: Christ the babe is Lord of all. Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping vigil till the morning new saw the glory, heard the story, tidings of a gospel true. Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow, praises voicing, greet the morrow: Christ the babe was born for you. Lighting of the Advent Candle The Candle of Joy The Stange Family

Hymn “Light the Advent Candle” TFWS#2090 Light the Advent candle, three: Think of heavenly harmony; angels singing \"\"Peace on earth\"\" at the blessed Savior's birth. Candle, candle, burning bright, shining in the cold winter night; candle, candle, burning bright, fill our hearts with Christmas light. Children’s Time Old Testament Reading Zephaniah 3:14-20 Sing, Daughter Zion; shout aloud, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,

Daughter Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The LORD, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm. On that day they will say to Jerusalem, “Do not fear, Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” “I will remove from you all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals, which is a burden and reproach for you. At that time I will deal with all who oppressed you. I will rescue the lame; I will gather the exiles. I will give them praise and honor in every land where they have suffered shame. At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes[e]

before your very eyes,” says the Lord. Special Music Carol Hess Gospel Reading Luke 2:1-14 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to

them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Leader: The Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God. Message MERRY CHRISTMAS Sunday School *Hymn of Response UMH#234 “O Come, All Ye Faithful (v 1-4)” O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

True God of true God, Light from Light Eternal, lo, he shuns not the Virgin's womb; Son of the Father, begotten not created; O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory to God, all glory in the highest; O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. See how the shepherds, summoned to his cradle, leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze; we too will thither bend our joyful footsteps; O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. *ADVENT AFFIRMATION OF FAITH We are an Advent people, a people of hope.

For us, Advent is a time of waiting, and so we wait. We wait for the coming of the One who is the fulfillment of God’s promise, the fulfillment of hope, the declaration that we have been redeemed. Because we are an Advent people, we know that God’s love will reign forevermore. The Holy One is coming, to make righteous once again all that was, is, and ever will be. And in our waiting and our hoping, we work and worship, pray and play, in all things hoping that peace and joy will govern our lives and our world into eternity. Time of Prayer Concerns - Corona Virus Pandemic, Our United Methodist Denomination, Our Country and Leaders, All Military Troops, Linda Guse Family, Elaine Golembiewski Family, William Seamans Family, Frank Ciero, Sr., Dana Nelson and Family, Sharon DeLucy, Ray Roese, Jessica Galey and Nova Grace, Darin Caputo,

Larry Napolitano, Nikki Janosch, Helen Jolly, Unspoken Requests, Those Suffering in Silence Joys – Sunday School Pageant, Ken Reuther and Christopher West cancer free reports Silent Prayer Pastoral Prayer THE LORD’S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. Weekly Reminders Tithes and Offering The Week Ahead *Hymn of Sending Forth UMH#240 “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

Hark! the herald angels sing, \"Glory to the newborn King, peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!\" Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies; with the angelic host proclaim, \"Christ is born in Bethlehem!\" Hark! the herald angels sing, \"Glory to the newborn King!\" Christ, by highest heaven adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord; late in time behold him come, offspring of a virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail the incarnate Deity, pleased with us in flesh to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. Hark! the herald angels sing, \"Glory to the new born King!\" Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die, born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing, \"Glory to the new born King!\" Sunday School Choral Benediction Joy to the World We Wish You a Merry Christmas *Postlude