Hymnal 122
1 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye,
O come ye to Bethlehem! Come and behold Him, born the King of angels!
O come, let us adore Him, o come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!
2 O sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, O sing,
all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory to God, all glory in the highest!
O come, let us adore Him, o come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!
3 For God of true God, this world's divine Redeemer, in grace
condescending to be truly man, despised not the womb of virgin, sweet and lowly
O come, let us adore Him, o come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!
4 O yeah, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning, O Jesus,
to Thee be all glory given; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing!
O come, let us adore Him, o come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!


Response Reading: 116. Advent Sunday (2)
PRES: A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
CONG: The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him -- the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power.
PRES: the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD
CONG: and he will delight in the fear of the LORD
PRES: He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;
CONG: but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
PRES: He will strike the earth wit hthe rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
CONG: Righteousness will be is belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist
PRES: The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat.
CONG: the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
PRES: The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
CONG: The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.
PRES: They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain.
CONG: for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
PRES: In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples;
CONG: the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.


Apostle's Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His Only Son our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell; The third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in The Holy Ghost, The Holy Catholic Church,
The Communion of Saints, The forgiveness of sin,
The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.


Hymnal 1
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. amen.


Hymnal 105
1 Come, Thou long expected Jesus, Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us; Let us find our rest in Thee
Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart.
2 Born Thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a king
born to reign in us forever, now Thy gracious Kingdom bring
By Thine own eternal Spirit rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all sufficient merit, raise us to Thy glorious throne.


Passage: 1 John 4:1-11
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world lis-tens to them.
6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.


Hymnal 505
1 Christfor the whole wide world! Our task has just begun
For millions waiting every land the message of God's Son
Shall they be left in sin, to die without His Word
without the Savior Jesus Christ, because they never heard?
We will give, we will pray, we will witness every day
that the millions of the whole wide world may know our Savior's love

2 Christ for the whole wide world! His message must be sent
To millions dying in their sin to call them to repent
Christ Jesus died to save, but they can never know
Until we bring our gifts of love and bid His heralds go!
We will give, we will pray, we will witness every day,
That the millions of the whole wide world may know our Savior's love

3 Christ for the whole wide world! His heralds will proclaim
Salvation for men everywhere in Jesus' blessed name
And we who cannot go to bear His tidings far
Will pray for those who take the Word and witness where we are
We will give, we will pray, we will witness every day,
That the millions of the whole wide world may know our Savior's love