💌 Nov 27, 2022 – Worship Service

Prelude                                                                                                Kenji Higashihama, piano

Welcome and Announcements                                                         Cynthia Cochran-Carney

Lighting the Advent Candles                                                              Susan Isler

Opening Song   Watchman, Tell us of the Night

Reading          How the Light Comes                                               Aaron McKee, liturgist
I cannot tell you
how the light comes.

What I know
is that it is more ancient
than imagining.
That it travels
across an astounding expanse
to reach us.

That it loves
searching out
what is hidden,
what is lost,
what is forgotten
or in peril
or in pain.

That it has a fondness
for the body,
for finding its way
toward flesh,
for tracing the edges
of form,
for shining forth
through the eye,
the hand,
the heart.

I cannot tell you
how the light comes,
but that it does.
That it will.
That it works its way
into the deepest dark
that enfolds you,
though it may seem
long ages in coming
or arrive in a shape
you did not foresee.

And so in this season of Advent
may we turn ourselves toward it.
May we lift our faces
to let it find us.
May we bend our bodies
to follow the arc it makes.
May we open
and open more
and open still
to the blessed light
that comes.
—by Jan Richardson from A Circle of Grace

Special Music      Partita #2: Allemande by JS Bach                               Owen Xu, violin

Children’s Story

Prayer Chant             There is A Longing

Scripture          Matthew 24:36-44 (selected verses), Romans 13:11-14

Advent Series: Reflecting the Sacred #1
Sermon          Sacred Time     Rev. Cynthia Cochran-Carney
Click this link for Sermon: https://mcusercontent.com/7702e1900a88d8b94a1ecec3e/files/6a1d9077-253b-74ee-f959-0892a1c41f4c/Nov_27_2022_Sacred_Time_sermon.pdf

Silence

Musical Reflection                                                               Kenji Higashihama, piano

Sermon Conversation

Joys and Concerns

Prayer

Offering

Closing Song      O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Blessing                                                                                              Cynthia Cochran-Carney

Postlude         Romanian Folk Dances #5 (Polka) and #6 (Fast Dance) for Piano
                        by Béla Bartók Owen Xu, piano

Thanking Sandra Fisk                                                                         Speakers
                                                                                                               Brief Slide Show
                                                                                                               Presentation of Cards

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Owen Xu, guest musician
Owen Xu is a sophomore at Branson High School. Studying violin with Patricia Miner for 7 years and piano with John Boyajy for over 6 years, he has been performing with the Marin Symphony Youth Program since 2016 and is currently serving as Co-Concertmaster. He won Marin Music Chest Scholarships in 2019 and 2021, and the Margaret Davis Piano Competition in 2018 and 2019.

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Our Advent Worship series "Reflecting the Sacred" is based on the purchased materials Advent 2022 from Worship Design Studio - Rev. Marcia McFee. https://www.worshipdesignstudio.com/

Songs included in this service are covered by streaming copyright license
One License #A-706502