Worship at Calvary: December 30

 

Here’s our order of worship for Sunday, December 30, 2018, at Calvary Community Church: (Click on the highlighted song titles to listen) Or click here to enjoy our playlist. 

Call to Worship

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who dwell in it!
Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the hills sing for joy together
before the Lord, for he comes
to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.                                               Psalm 98:4, 7-9

Praise & Adoration
Joy to the World
Angels from the Realms of Glory

Praise the Lord!
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
ALL: Great are the works of the Lord,
    studied by all who delight in them.

Full of splendor and majesty is his work,
and his righteousness endures forever.
ALL: He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered;
    the Lord is gracious and merciful.

He sent redemption to his people;
he has commanded his covenant forever.
Holy and awesome is his name!
ALL: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
    all those who practice it have a good understanding.
    His praise endures forever!                                                             Psalm 111

Great is Thy Faithfulness
How Deep the Father’s Love For Us

Closing Song
Go Tell it On the Mountain

 

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Worship at Calvary: December 23

This Sunday is the final Sunday of Advent .

 

Here’s our order of worship for Sunday, December 23, 2018, at Calvary Community Church: (Click on the highlighted song titles to listen) Or click here to enjoy an Advent playlist. 

Call to Worship 

Praise & Adoration

Here I Am To Worship

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Micah 5:4-5

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Advent Hymn

Closing Song

Offering

 

Worship at Calvary: December 16

This Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent .

 

Here’s our order of worship for Sunday, December 16, 2018, at Calvary Community Church: (Click on the highlighted song titles to listen) Or click here to enjoy an Advent playlist. 

Call to Worship —
Because of our God’s merciful compassion,
the dawn from on high will visit us
 to shine on those who live in darkness
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 1:78-79 CSB

PRAISE & ADORATION

Joy Has Dawned
Angels We Have Heard
Good Christian Men Rejoice

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery

O Come Messiah Come

Closing Song
Shine On Us

Tell Out My Soul — Advent Hymn

At church this morning our Pastor preached from Mary’s Magnificat in Luke 1.  For the last several years, I have loved listening to this hymn version of her song.  I hope you enjoy it as we celebrate the Second Sunday of Advent today.

Worship at Calvary: December 9

This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent .

 

Here’s our order of worship for Sunday, December 9, 2018, at Calvary Community Church: (Click on the highlighted song titles to listen) Or click here to enjoy an Advent playlist. 

Call to Worship — Isaiah 40:9

Praise & Adoration
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

Behold Our God

Advent Hymn

Closing Song
Who Is He in Yonder Stall?

 

Worship at Calvary: December 2

This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent and the first Sunday of the church year.

Here’s our order of worship for Sunday, December 2, 2018, at Calvary Community Church: (Click on the highlighted song titles to listen) Or click here to enjoy an Advent playlist. 

Call to Worship — Psalm 90:1-2

Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth,
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Praise & Adoration
God Evermore

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Malachi 4:2, Isaiah 7:14

O Come O Come Emmanuel
Advent Hymn

Grace & Assurance
From the Squalor (Immanuel)

Closing Song
His Mercy is More

 

Advent Hymn

I’m excited to add this song to our services this Advent.  True to its title, it speaks beautifully of the past, present, and future of our worship in Advent.  Advent means “coming.” It’s that special time of the year when we remember Christ’s first coming into the world and look forward to the time when He will come again.  We also praise and worship God for His Advent in our hearts now.

Here’s the original recording by Christy Nockels

Advent Hymn
Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the everlasting Light,
The Sun of Righteousness arise,
And triumph o’er these shades of night.

Come, Thou long-awaited One,
In the fullness of Your love,
And loose this heart bound up by shame,
And I will never be the same.

So, here I wait in hope of You,
All my soul’s longing through and through.
Dayspring from on high, be near,
And Daystar in my heart appear.

Dark and cheerless is the morn,
Until Your love in me is born.
And joyless is the evening song,
Until Emmanuel has come.

Lyrics adapted from “Morning Hymn” by Charles Wesley; New Words and Music by Christy Nockels;
© copyright 2016 Sweater Weather Music;  CCLI #2850991

We will probably “straighten out” the rhythms like this video to make it easier for the congregation.