Prelude
Special Music: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Call to Worship

Light Candle for Dick Lehman
        
Leader: We live in troubled times, but God's light bursts forth in our dark world.
All:     God delivers on promises. We feel the stirring of a new age.

Scripture Reading: Luke 1:39-45

Chanting the Magnificat: Luke 1:46-55

Hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus HWB #178

Lighting the Fourth Advent Candle
        
         O God our deliverer,
         You cast down the mighty,
         And lift up those of no account:
         As Elizabeth and Mary embraced
                  With songs of liberation,
         So may we also be pregnant with your Spirit,
         And affirm one another in hope for the world,
                  Through Jesus Christ. Amen. (Janet Morley)

Hymn: Hope is a candle STS #15

Offering
A Time for All God's Children*
Scripture Reading: Micah 5:2-5a
Sermon
Sermon Response:

         Leader: Lord, have mercy on us.
         All:     Lord, make us ready.

Hymn:    You are salt for the earth HWB #226
Sharing Our Lives and Sharing our Prayers
Hymn:    Wonder of wonders HWB #62
Bendiction