Joshua 5

Third Sunday of Advent 
                            
Prelude: Ron Dobscha 
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 
 
Advent candle lighting:   Garnet & Christine Welling 
 
CALL TO WORSHIP: 
Arise, shine, for your light has come! 
   The glory of the Lord rises upon you. 
Our hearts swell with joy! 
   We come to Worship Christ, our King! 
 
INVOCATION

*Hymn  “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”    (1st, 2, and 3rd verses)          #88    
 
* PRAYER OF CONFESSION: 
Precious Lord, We frequently live our lives with such mindsets.  We  
confess that we walk in dark places, trapped deep in our interior  
worlds of fear and failings. Meanwhile, we miss the coming King,  
poised to bring hope to the earth. Forgive us for being stuck in  
our comfortable and dormant routines.  Bring us into a life full of 
Your presence.  Illuminate our vision, so that we can once again  
behold our greatest love.  We wait in eager anticipation for Jesus, 
the assurance of our salvation.  Glory to God in the highest! Amen 
 
Time of silent prayer  
 
*Assurance of Pardon 
         *Response – Gloria Patri                # 581 
  *Passing of the peace 
       
         Children’s Chat 
         Prayer for Illumination 
 
 Scripture reading:  Luke 3:7-18 
 Sermon text: Joshua 5 
 Receiving new member    Debbie Rankin 
 
*Hymn  “Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!” #804 
*Apostles Creed   (on back of Joys & Concerns) 
 
         Presentation of our tithes and offering 
          Offertory       
                 *Doxology    # 606 
         *Prayer of dedication 
 
 Concerns and Celebrations                        
        Prayers of the People  
         The Lord’s Prayer 
 
Hymn  “Joy to the World” # 134 
*Benediction 
Postlude: Ron Dobscha

---

Birthdays:  Susie Durila Cummings, Cyril Walther, Bryan Bell, John O’Hara 
 
Anniversaries:    Mike & Debbie Durila 
         
Sympathies:      None 
 
Remember our food collection, and Jesus said,  
“You give them something to eat”. 
Please let Betty Fisher know of anyone within  
the community that may be in need at this time. 
 
Our next Dart ball game is Tuesday, December 17th.  
 Practice starts 7 pm and the game starts at 7:30. 
Game is at home with Avery  Methodist. 
 
Don’t forget today is last day to order your Christmas Poinsettias.  Any questions, see Cheryl Bell.  
 
Join us Saturday 21st at noon for a Christmas party to celebrate Jesus’ birth.  We will have lunch, a craft, children’s games, the Christmas story, and birthday cake!  Children are welcome to bring a $5.00 grab bag gift that any child would like. 
 
Christmas caroling after the party. 
Please sign up on the sheet at the back of the church so we know how many people to plan for lunch. 
 
Next year will be North Buffalo’s 250th anniversary!  As one way to celebrate our years of blessings, we want to give back to our community, each month we will have a project with a goal that has a 25 in it.  
For January we will hold a blanket drive.  Our goal is to collect enough blankets for 25 families in Charleroi, through a Presbyterian Church there.  This should be about 100 blankets.  Starting in January we will have boxes to collect the blankets. 
 
We have 2 very important prayers for children today.  Prayers for a 9-year-old girl named Raylin who has cervical cancer. 
Also, prayers for Jeremy’s son, a 1-year-old named Madax. He had tubes put in his ears Thursday.  Betty Fisher is requesting prayers for these youngsters.

Continuing Prayer List 
 
Chuck Dicks, Ricci Amos, Sandy Stone,  
Frank Huffman, Tom Westfall, Sarah Wilson,  
Carl Weber, Chuck Harton, Suzy Smith, 
Fred Wilkinson, Donna West, Marley Smith, 
Helen Provenzano, Carol Pierce, Jim King,  
Mary Stoey, Johnny Yurko, Betty Fisher,  
Tim Knabensue, Chuck Kapaika,  
Margaret Danna, Karen Hunter, David Smith,  
Tommy Ann Sanders ( 5 yr.old),  
Mary Ann Durila, Marilyn Ward, Doug Ward, 
Jean Kuhn, Jim Nelan, Helen Wagner,  
Susan West, Ina Henderson, Debbie Durila, 
Raylin, and Madax