{"id":9814,"date":"2022-11-29T08:27:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tumc.ca\/?p=9814"},"modified":"2022-11-30T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:05:42","slug":"sunday-november-27-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=9814","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, November 27, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Order of Service for Sun Nov 27, 2022 First Advent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Worship Leader:<\/strong>&nbsp;Brad Lepp<br><strong>Speaker:<\/strong>&nbsp;Christina Reimer<br><strong>Music:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bob Loewen, Mark Andrews<br><strong>Technical Team:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jon Brandt\/ Stephanie Hanna<br><strong>Ushers:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tobi and Harold Thiessen<br><strong>Coffee Hour Hosts:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bob and Carolyn Loewen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gathering Hymn: VT 210<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 O Come, O Come, Immanuel<br><strong>Welcome, Land Acknowledgement<\/strong><br><strong>Announcements<\/strong><br><strong>Call to Worship<\/strong><br><strong>Leader:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel; you who sit on the mercy seat between the cherubim, we stand in your presence, seeking your face.<br><strong>People:<\/strong>&nbsp;Shine forth, O Lord, in the sight of your people, that we may see you clearly. Stir up your strength in us; come, rescue us.<br><strong>Leader:<\/strong>&nbsp;The time is near, we are watching; restore us again, O God.<br><strong>People:<\/strong>&nbsp;Cause your face to shine and we shall be saved, made whole by your gracious love and kindness.<br><strong>All:<\/strong>&nbsp;We are watching and waiting for you, O Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HYMN: VT 418<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 From the Parent\u2019s Heart, the Firstborn [Hymn of the month]<br><strong>Lighting of Advent Candle<\/strong><br><strong>Giving with Gratitude<\/strong><br><strong>Congregational Prayer<\/strong><br><strong>Scripture Reading<\/strong>: Psalm 122 \u2013 Carolyn Heath<br><strong>Children\u2019s Time<\/strong><br><strong>Hymn: VT 218<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus<br><strong>Scripture Reading<\/strong>: Romans 13:11-14 \u2013 Brad Lepp<br><strong>Sermon&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Hymn: VT 215:<\/strong>&nbsp;Oh, How Shall I Receive Thee<br><strong>Communion<\/strong><br><strong>Closing Hymn:<\/strong>&nbsp;VT 216 \u2013 Lo, How a Rose E\u2019er Blooming<br><strong>Benediction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scriptures this week<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Psalm 122<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. I rejoiced with those who said to me,<br>\u201cLet us go to the house of the Lord.\u201d<br>2 Our feet are standing<br>in your gates, Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 Jerusalem is built like a city<br>that is closely compacted together.<br>4 That is where the tribes go up\u2014<br>the tribes of the Lord\u2014<br>to praise the name of the Lord<br>according to the statute given to Israel.<br>5 There stand the thrones for judgment,<br>the thrones of the house of David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:<br>\u201cMay those who love you be secure.<br>7 May there be peace within your walls<br>and security within your citadels.\u201d<br>8 For the sake of my family and friends,<br>I will say, \u201cPeace be within you.\u201d<br>9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,<br>I will seek your prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Romans 13: 11-14<\/strong><br>11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the service <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.cloud.google.com\/media.tumc.ca\/20221127-Service.mp3?authuser=0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the sermon <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.cloud.google.com\/media.tumc.ca\/20221127-Sermon.mp3?authuser=0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the sermon <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.cloud.google.com\/media.tumc.ca\/Advent%20I%20sermon%20Nov%2027%202022.pdf?authuser=0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Order of Service for Sun Nov 27, 2022 First Advent Worship Leader:&nbsp;Brad LeppSpeaker:&nbsp;Christina ReimerMusic:&nbsp;Bob Loewen, Mark AndrewsTechnical Team:&nbsp;Jon Brandt\/ Stephanie HannaUshers:&nbsp;Tobi and Harold ThiessenCoffee Hour Hosts:&nbsp;Bob and Carolyn Loewen Gathering Hymn: VT 210&nbsp;\u2013 O Come, O Come, ImmanuelWelcome, Land AcknowledgementAnnouncementsCall to WorshipLeader:&nbsp;Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel; you who sit on the mercy seat between the cherubim, we stand in your presence, seeking your face.People:&nbsp;Shine forth, O Lord, in the sight of your people, that we may see you clearly.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons-a-worship-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9827,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814\/revisions\/9827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}