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For optimal listening of the content, please download the files to your listening device using the links below.<\/em>

Listen to the full service here<\/a>.
Listen to the reflections here<\/a>.
Read the full text of Jacqui Schmucker’s reflection here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worship Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Worship Leader: Marieke Meyer
Speakers: Joel Klassen, Jacqui Schmucker
Song Leader: Peter Voth
Pianist: Ed Heese
Tech Team: Bob Loewen, Jonah Thiessen
Ushers: Kathryn Gray & Lara Munro
No Activity Period or Coffee Hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where have we seen God this year?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order of Service<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Opening Hymns
VT 219 Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord
VT 248 It Came upon a Midnight Clear
Welcome, Land Acknowledgement
Call to worship
One: In the wilderness, a voice cries out: \u201cPrepare the way of the Lord!\u201d
Many: We have heard the call; we have watched for the light.
One: The One we waited for has come\u2014a gentle dove, a vulnerable child.
Many: We have seen the Christ child among the poor; we have heard the soft flutter of wings.
One: This is how God arrives among us\u2014not in power and might, but in vulnerable love.
Many: Your ways are not our ways, O God.
One: Come, let us worship the One who has come among us, the Lamb of God, the light of the world.
All: We stand in amazement\u2014Christ has been revealed!
Opening prayer
Light the Christ candle
One: We have been waiting in the long, dark night, waiting for your light of hope, peace, joy. and love to reveal itself and shine on us. Shine in us.
Many: Come, Light of the world. Amaze us!
All: May your light shine through the dark, illuminating your path, illuminating our souls.
VT 259 To Us a Child of Hope Is Born
Giving with Gratitude
Congregational Prayer
Children\u2019s story
VT 275 O Beautiful Star
Scripture reading John 1:19\u201334
First Speaker- Joel Klassen
VT 371 Come, Gracious Spirit
Second Speaker: Jacqui Schmucker
Announcements
VT 265 Angels from the Realms of Glory
Benediction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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