Welcome & Announcements
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (instrumental)
Lighting of the Candle of Hope
Children's Message
Responsive Reading
God, we arrive at Advent a weary people.
We come with the weight of a difficult year.
Help us to wait with eagerness for you to break into our world
And point us toward the hope of Bethlehem.
Offertory
Doxology
New Testament Reading - Mark 13:24-37
Morning Prayer
Special Music
Sermon, "Actively Waiting in Hope", Isaiah 64:1-9
Hymn 77, "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus"
Benediction