November 30, 2025 - 1st Sunday of Advent
Replay of livestream 10:00 worship service
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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego remain faithful to God in the face of mandatory idolatry and certain death in a fiery furnace. They are saved by God and promoted by an impressed King Nebuchadnezzar.
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Prelude: “Veni, Veni Emmanuel” from On This Day, Earth Shall Ring: Five Hymn-Based Works for Advent and Christmas. Pamela Decker. © 2009 Wayne Leupold Editions, Colfax, NC.
Gathering Hymn: "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" Text: Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Köln, 1710; tr. Composite. Music: VENI, EMMANUEL, French processional, 15th cent. Text sts. 2,6,7 © 1997 Augsburg Fortress.
Hymn of the Day: "Ask the Complicated Questions" Text: David Bjorlin, b. 1984. Music: W. Walker, Southern Harmony, 1835; arr. Hymnal version. Text © 2018 GIA Publications, Inc. Arr. © 2006 Augsburg Fortress.
Musical Offering: “Courante” George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Hymn during Communion: "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" Text: William Whiting, 1825-1878, alt. Music: John B. Dykes, 1823-1876.
Sending Hymn: "Earth and All Stars!" Text: Herbert F. Brokering, b. 1926. Music: David N. Johnson, 1922-1987.
Postlude: “Canzon” Matthias Weckmann (1616-1674)