The First Sunday of Advent 2012

This morning I am sitting at my desk and preparing for a great day at NRN on Sunday December 3, 2012.  This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is a season of waiting, expecting, and hoping. Beginning four Sundays prior to Christmas and ending on Christmas Eve, Advent helps us prepare for the coming, or “advent” of the Christ child at Christmas. (The word “advent” comes from the Latin word that means “coming.”)

Here is the order for worship that we have planned: 





Then we will pause for the lighting of the first candle on the Advent wreath:

Followed by: preparation for communion:







And during the time of the offering:



                         I hope you will join us for the first message in the Advent teaching series:

 “The Light of God’s Presence”

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land

 of the shadow of death a light has dawned. For to us a child is born, to us a son is   given.                                                                                                     Isaiah 9:2, 6a