St. Andrew's United Methodist Church
An Unlikely Advent | Week 1
It's True Beginning – Zechariah & Elizabeth | Rev. Gary Rideout
Locations & Times
St. Andrew's United Methodist Church
3315 S Bryan Rd, Brandon, FL 33511, USA
Sunday 8:15 AM
Sunday 9:45 AM
Sunday 11:15 AM
Sermon Overview
This Sunday is the first Sunday in Advent, where we begin a sermon series untitled “An Unlikely Advent.” Throughout this series we will be going on an unlikely journey, reading the stories of those who are not typically associated with narrative of the birth of Jesus. We will also discover if your story is more aligned with them. This Sunday we will look at Zechariah, a priest in the temple of Jerusalem, and his wife, Elizabeth, who is a cousin of Mary, the mother of the soon-to-be born Jesus. We won’t find them in any Nativity scene, but their story is the first story in the Gospel of Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus.
This Sunday is the first Sunday in Advent, where we begin a sermon series untitled “An Unlikely Advent.” Throughout this series we will be going on an unlikely journey, reading the stories of those who are not typically associated with narrative of the birth of Jesus. We will also discover if your story is more aligned with them. This Sunday we will look at Zechariah, a priest in the temple of Jerusalem, and his wife, Elizabeth, who is a cousin of Mary, the mother of the soon-to-be born Jesus. We won’t find them in any Nativity scene, but their story is the first story in the Gospel of Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus.
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Traditional Service | 8:15 a.m.
Welcome & Announcements
Greet Time
Opening Hymn: #202 vs.1,2,3 - People Look East
Lighting of the Advent Candle
Choral Response to Advent Candle: #2090 vs.1
Pastoral Prayer
Celebration of Stewardship
Offertory/Special Music: Christmas Concerto (Aaron Hilsinger, violin)
Doxology: #94 - Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Hymn: #204 - Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Message
Communion
Hymn: #211 vs. 1,2,4,6 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Benediction
Congregational Benediction: #211 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Postlude
Contemporary Service | 9:45 a.m.
Welcome
Rejoice
All Creation Sing (Joy to the World)
Lighting of the Advent Candle
Communion
What a Miracle
Celebration of Stewardship
Greet Time
Greater
Message
O Come All You Unfaithful
Announcements/ Benediction
Traditional Service | 11:15 a.m.
Praise Song #202 vs. 1,2,3: People Look East
Welcome & Announcements
Praise Song # 3177: Here I Am to Worship
Lighting of the Advent Candle
Choral Response to Advent Candle: #2090 vs.1 - Light the Advent Candle
Hymn: #204 - Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Pastoral Prayer
Anthem: Advent Credo (choir & Aaron Hilsinger, violin)
Celebration of Stewardship
Offertory/Special Music: Christmas Concerto (Aaron Hilsinger, violin)
Doxology #95: Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Message
Communion
Hymn: #211 vs. 1,2,4,6 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Benediction
Congregational Benediction #211 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Postlude
Traditional Service | 8:15 a.m.
Welcome & Announcements
Greet Time
Opening Hymn: #202 vs.1,2,3 - People Look East
Lighting of the Advent Candle
Choral Response to Advent Candle: #2090 vs.1
Pastoral Prayer
Celebration of Stewardship
Offertory/Special Music: Christmas Concerto (Aaron Hilsinger, violin)
Doxology: #94 - Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Hymn: #204 - Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Message
Communion
Hymn: #211 vs. 1,2,4,6 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Benediction
Congregational Benediction: #211 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Postlude
Contemporary Service | 9:45 a.m.
Welcome
Rejoice
All Creation Sing (Joy to the World)
Lighting of the Advent Candle
Communion
What a Miracle
Celebration of Stewardship
Greet Time
Greater
Message
O Come All You Unfaithful
Announcements/ Benediction
Traditional Service | 11:15 a.m.
Praise Song #202 vs. 1,2,3: People Look East
Welcome & Announcements
Praise Song # 3177: Here I Am to Worship
Lighting of the Advent Candle
Choral Response to Advent Candle: #2090 vs.1 - Light the Advent Candle
Hymn: #204 - Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Pastoral Prayer
Anthem: Advent Credo (choir & Aaron Hilsinger, violin)
Celebration of Stewardship
Offertory/Special Music: Christmas Concerto (Aaron Hilsinger, violin)
Doxology #95: Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Message
Communion
Hymn: #211 vs. 1,2,4,6 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Benediction
Congregational Benediction #211 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Postlude
NOTES:
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