Sunday 12.2.18 Advent Week 1
Published on Nov 26, 2018
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Welcome to
The Salvation Army
Where All Are Family
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Gathering
Sargent Major
Robert Quinn
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Tithes & Offerings
Call to Worship
Denny Johnson
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Family Ornament Hanging
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Advent Candle
Denny & Mary
Johnson
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Children's Moment
"Family Tree"
John Woods III
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Responsive Reading
Kevin Woods
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Leader: Matthew’s Gospel account of the birth of Jesus starts not with the well-known events of the nativity itself—the star, shepherds, and manger. It begins in the mist of even more ancient times, providing a long, seemingly tedious genealogy. The purpose of a genealogical résumé was to impress onlookers with the high quality and respectability of one’s roots. But Matthew does the very opposite with Jesus. This genealogy is shockingly unlike other ancient genealogies. To begin with, there are five women listed in the genealogy, all mothers of Jesus. This will not strike modern readers as unusual, but in ancient patriarchal societies, a woman was virtually never named in such lists, let alone five of them.
All: This is the family history, the genealogy, of Jesus the Anointed, the coming King. You will see in this history that Jesus is descended from King David, and that He is also descended from Abraham.
Leader: It begins with Abraham, whom God called into a special, chosen, covenanted relationship, and who was the founding father of the nation of Israel.
All: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob was the father of Judah and of Judah’s eleven brothers; 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah.
Leader: Tamar was Judah’s widowed daughter-in-law; she dressed up like a prostitute and seduced her father-in-law, all so she could keep this very family line alive.
All: Perez was the father of Hezron; Hezron was the father of Ram; Ram was the father of Amminadab; Amminadab was the father of Nahshon; Nahshon was the father of Salmon; Salmon was the father of Boaz.
Leader: Rahab was a Canaanite prostitute who heroically hid Israelite spies from hostile authorities who wanted to kill them.
All: Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth, a Moabite woman who converted to the Hebrew faith); Obed was the father of Jesse; and Jesse was the father of David, who was the king of the nation of Israel. David was the father of Solomon.
Leader: Solomon’s mother was Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, a soldier in David’s army. She was bathing in her courtyard one evening when David spied her and became interested in her. Later Bathsheba got pregnant during an adulterous liaison with David, so David had Uriah killed in battle and then married his widow. David and Bathsheba’s first baby died, but later Bathsheba got pregnant again and gave birth to Solomon.
All: Jacob was the father of Joseph, who married a woman named Mary. It was Mary who gave birth to Jesus, and it is Jesus who is the Savior, the Anointed One. Abraham and David were linked with 14 generations, 14 generations link David to the Babylonian exile, and 14 more take us from the exile to the birth of the Anointed.
I'm forgiven because you were forsaken
I'm accepted, you were condemned
I'm alive and well
Your spirit is within me
Because you died and rose again
Amazing love, how can it be?
That you, my king. would die for me
Amazing love, I know it's true
Its my joy to honor you
In all I do, I honor you
Lord prepare me, to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true
And with thanksgiving, I'll be a living, sanctuary, oh for you
Passing the Peace
of Christ
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Message
"Such Good News"
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
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United Benediction
"Total Praise"
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