Order of Service
Advent 4
PLEASE STAND FOR ENTRY OF THE BIBLE
SERVICE OF APPROACH
- CALL TO WORSHIP
- WELCOME
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
- LIGHTING OF ADVENT CANDLES
- PRAYER
- READING 1 Psalm 25:4-5; Philippians 4:4-6
John 14:25-27; 1 John 4:7-12 TIS 316 O Little Town of Bethlehem
SERVICE OF THE WORD
- READING 2 Luke 2:1-20
- TIS 311 Silent Night (Church Orchestra)
- CHILDREN’S TIME & CHILDREN’S CHOIR
- SERMON: The Birth of Jesus
- NATIVITY PLAY Church Troupe
TIS 301 The First Nowell (v.1,2,4, and 5)
SERVICE OF RESPONSE
- JOYS AND CONCERNS
- PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
- NOTICES – OFFERTORY
TIS 318 Away in a Manger
BENEDICTION & PRAISE (TIS 268) – Joy to the World
NOTICES
Sunday School @Fellowship Hall
Morning Tea @Fellowship Hall
Christmas Services
- Christmas Carol Service: 24th December @ 8PM
- Christmas Day Service: 25th December @ 9.30AM
From the Cluster
Midnight Service:
- Sunday, 24th December
- 11PM
- @Coatesville UC
From the Community
Give hope & Share God’s Love this Christmas
- Christmas Bowl by National Council of Churches in Australia
- Gifts for Everything in Common by Uniting World
Victoria Welsh Choir Concert:
- Sunday, 25th February 2PM
- Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Clayton (Tickets)
Coffee Cup Challenge
- Organised by the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania
- Put aside of the cost of a coffee each week from 1 October 2023 until Shrove Tuesday, 13 February 2024, to help people in crisis in your community.
- “A small sacrifice can make a big differen
