Prelude Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring by JS Bach Bertina Mitchell-Boyadjiev
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Welcome and Announcements Rev. Cynthia Cochran-Carney
Lighting the Advent Candles Judy Lundquist and Berg Carlsen
Opening Song People Look East
Reading Advent Prayer Ralph Purdy, liturgist
You keep us waiting.
You, the God of all time,
want us to wait
for the right time in which to discover
who we are, where we must go,
who will be with us,
and what we must do.
So thank you . . . for the waiting time.
You keep us looking.
You, the God of all space,
want us to look in the right and wrong places
for signs of hope,
for people who are hopeless,
for visions of a better world that will appear
among the disappointments of the world we know.
So thank you . . . for the looking time.
You keep us loving.
You, the God whose name is love,
want us to be like you—
to love without jealousy or design or threat;
and, most difficult of all,
to love ourselves.
So thank you . . . for the loving time.
And in all this,
you keep us.
Through hard questions with no easy answers;
through failing where we hoped to succeed
and making an impact when we thought we were useless;
through the patience and the dreams and the love of others;
and through Christ and Spirit
you keep us.
So thank you . . . for the keeping time,
and for now,
and for ever,
Amen.
- By John Bell, Iona Community Worship Book, Scotland
Special Music Nocturne in Eb Major by Mikhail Glinka Bertina Mitchell-Boyadjiev
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Children Continue Their Worship Downstairs
Prayer Chant There is A Longing
Scripture Isaiah 35:1-10, Luke 1:46-55 (selected verses)
Advent Series: Reflecting the Sacred #3
Sermon Sacred Space Rev. Cynthia Cochran-Carney
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Silence
Song Born in the Night
Sermon Conversation
Joys and Concerns
Offering
Closing Song It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Blessing Rev. Cynthia Cochran-Carney
Postlude Medley of Carols Bertina Mitchell-Boyadjiev, harp
Guest Musician – Bertina Mitchell-Boyadjiev, harpist
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Bertina Mitchell-Boyadjiev began studying the harp at age twelve. She graduated with honors from the Bulgarian Conservatory of Music in Sofia, performed with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded with the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra. After moving to the USA in 1993, she studied at Indiana University, receiving her Master’s degree in 1997.
For many years she was the harpist for the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco, and she has performed with Marin Symphony Orchestra, Napa Valley Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony and at the Mendocino Music Festival. A resident of Marin County since 2000, Bertina currently performs with the Santa Rosa Symphony and the Mill Valley Philharmonic Orchestra. She also teaches harp privately, plays for weddings, and performs solo recitals as well as flute and harp duets with her son Chris Simon Boyadjie.
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