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Welcome To The Mason City Corps

Published on Nov 29, 2021

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Welcome To The
Mason City Corps

Windows On Christmas Week 2
The Window Of Wonder - Mary

Offering & Doxology
Charles Bagur C.S.M.

Call To Worship
"Unworthy"
Dhalia LaSalle

Song
Angels From The Realms Of Glory
Major Geffory Crowell

Advent Lighting
The Candle Of Peace
O'Donnell Family

Responsive Reading
Major Geffory Crowell

Leader:
Luke tells us that Mary was “perplexed,” and that she “pondered” at the meaning of such a strange greeting: “‘Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you’” (Luke 1:28, NASB). These are strong words! Perplexed means “deeply distressed” and pondered comes from the same word as our word dialogue. She was, in fact, reasoning with herself, in her own mind, about the meaning of all this. Sensing her confusion, Gabriel explained it further:

Men:
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.

Women:
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end”

(Luke 1:30-33, NASB).

Leader:
“Found favor” meant that Mary was privileged. Talk about wonder! And Mary’s response—that she was a virgin—shows how difficult it was for her to grasp such a thing. Gabriel reassured her that even as her cousin Elizabeth had become pregnant in her old age, the God of the impossible was capable of granting this privilege to her. Awe and wonder dissolved into trust and willingness of heart. Her response to Gabriel was firm and direct:

All:
“I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true”

(Luke 1:38, NLT).

Leader:
Amazingly, Mary understood the magnitude of what she had been chosen to do, and she accepted with humility. Imagine her emotions, her disbelief, her sense of unworthiness, her joy, her amazement. Imagine the wonder in her heart.


(Windows on Christmas, pp. 38-39)

Song
Joyful, Joyful
Major Geffory Crowell

Message
The Window Of Wonder
Major Leti Crowell

Lord, I will lift mine eyes to the hills, knowing my help is coming from You, Your peace You give me in time of the storm, You are my source and my strength, You are the strength of my life, I lift my hands in total praise to You.
Amen.

Advent Blessing