Good morning! This page is intended to both serve as a continuing worship option for those participating in our worship service from home, and to serve in place of print resources during our in-person worship. Following the worship service on Sunday, one or more video recordings from the service will be placed on this page, including the sermon. This may take several hours, due to the time needed to process the videos. We will email the congregation when the recordings have been posted. If you would like to be added to our congregational email list, please contact pvcob.alive@gmail.com.
- December 11 is our Christmas Program during Sunday School. Make sure to be here to join in the festivities. Invite friends and family too!
- Youth Christmas Party – Sunday, December 11, 5:00-7:00pm All youth, 6-12 grade, are invited to come celebrate Christmas with dinner and a party. Invite friends and come have a great time!
- There are still some Jimmy Fortune Tickets available for December 7 & 8. You can get tickets online, by going to our website, pleasantvalleyalive.org, or by stopping by to see Josh during office hours.
- Joshua Burtner will be out of the office December 4 through December 9. Please reach out via email at pleasantvalleyalive.org for any needs or announcements. Thank you!
- Christmas Kids Connect – Friday, December 16, 5:30-7:00pm. Dinner, games, activities, and crafts all centered around the Christmas story. In the middle of a busy season, families can come relax and enjoy a free dinner together with other families. Have fun and be together as we celebrate the love of God born to us.
- Christmas Eve Worship – Saturday, December 24, 7:00pmLed by the choir, through song and scripture we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. This beautiful worship concludes with candle lighting as we welcome Christ into our lives again.
- We will be having light refreshments following the Christmas Eve Service on December 24, 2022. A signup sheet will be placed in the narthex for anyone who would like to provide cookies, Chex Mix or Ginger Ale. Please place a note on your cookie container if your cookies are sugar free, gluten free or contain nuts. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
- Backpack Pals are in need of pudding cups, ramen noodles, and we ask that you continue to donate your plastic grocery bags. Thank you!
Gathering Praise
Gathering Prayer
One: From the flurry of holiday business,
All: We come longing for peace,
One: Yearning for lasting joy,
All: Hoping to find our rest in God.
One: From full calendars and hectic schedules,
All: We come to be filled with the Bread of Life,
One: And to sing the songs of Advent hope!
All: Let us worship and follow the Prince of Peace. Amen!
Welcome & Announcements
Lighting of the Advent Wreath
Reading
Lighting Candles Light One Candle to Wait v.1&2
Sharing our Gifts
Invitation to Give:
God has blessed us with such love and goodness. We wonder at the beauty of creation, and we thank God for the love of family and friends. So we offer our gifts to God with thankful hearts and in joyous praise. Will the ushers please come forward.
Offering
Presentation Low How a Rose No. 211
Prayer:
Lord, please receive our offerings. Bless them and help us to use these gifts to accomplish your will. May your peace be in our hearts, your grace be in our words, your love be in our hands and your joy be in our souls. In your mighty name, Amen.
Life of the Church
Prayer
Holy Father, we lift our souls to you. We trust you with our past, present and future. Teach us, Lord, that we may know your ways. Guide our every move, that we may walk in your paths of love and mercy. Lord hear our prayers and be with these people that we have mentioned today. Fill them with your peace that surpasses all understanding. Help us remember that no matter what has happened, each day is a fresh start for us with new opportunities to laugh, love, share, and enjoy your world. Amen
Now, Let us worship the One who leads us in what is right.
Advent Song Bless’d be the God of Israel No. 174
Children’s Time
Choir
Isaiah 11:1-9
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord— 3 and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling[a] together; and a little child will lead them. 7 The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den, and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. 9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
Sermon Stumped
Advent Song Come Thou Long Expected Jesus No. 175
Response
Christmas Carol To Us a Child of Hope is Born No. 189
Benediction
