1. Third Sunday of Advent
Holden Prayer Service
9:00 Service

3. Awake! Awake and Greet the
New Morn
#242 ELW

4. Awake! Awake, and greet the new morn
for angels herald its dawning.
Sing out your joy, for soon he is born,
behold! the Child of our longing.
Come as a baby weak and poor,
to bring all hearts together,
he opens wide the heav'nly door
and lives now inside us forever.

5. To us, to all in sorrow and fear,
Emmanuel comes a singing,
his humble song is quiet and near,
yet fills the earth with its ringing;
music to heal the broken soul
and hymns of loving-kindness,
the thunder of his anthems roll
to shatter all hatred and blindness.

6. In darkest night his coming shall be,
when all the world is despairing,
as morning light so quiet and free,
so warm and gentle and caring.
Then shall the mute break forth in song,
the lame shall leap in wonder,
the weak be raised above the strong, and
weapons be broken asunder.

7. Rejoice, rejoice, take heart in the night,
though dark the winter and cheerless, the
rising sun shall crown you with light, be
strong and loving and fearless.
Love be our song and love our prayer and
love our endless story;
may God fill ev'ry day we share
and bring us at last into glory.

8. ADVENT CANDLE LITANY
P: Today is the third Sunday of
Advent, the Sunday of Joy.
All: Our joy is in God, and in
his Son, Jesus Christ. Like
peace, joy is a gift from God. It
overtakes us and fills us when
we remember what God has
done and what he has
promised to do.

9. P: We light this candle today to
remind us that Christ came to earth
as a child so that all people might
have a rich and abundant life.
All: We thank God for the hope
he gives us, for the peace he
bestows, and for the joy he
pours into our hearts.

10. A CANDLE IS BURNING
A Candle is burning,
a flame warm and bright,
a candle of hope in the
winter’s dark night.
While angels sing blessing
From heaven's starry sky,
our hearts we prepare now
For Jesus is nigh.
.

11. A Candle is burning,
a candle of peace,
a candle to signal
that conflict must cease:
for Jesus is coming
to show us the way;
a message of peace
humbly laid in the hay.

12. A Candle is burning, a
candle of joy,
A candle to welcome brave
Mary’s new boy.
Our hearts fill with wonder,
and eyes light and glow
As joy brightens winter like
sunshine on snow.

14. THANKSGIVING
Holden Prayer
Page1

15. Psalmody
Holden Prayer
Pages 1-4

16. P: May our prayers come before you, O
God, as incense, and may your presence
surround and fill us, so that in union with
all creation, we might sing your praise
and your love in our lives.
All: Amen.
(silence for meditation)

19. ANNUNCIATION
Luke 1:26-28, 30-32, 38 (p. 53 NT)
Leader 1: An angel went from
God to a town called Nazareth
to a woman whose name was
Mary. The angel said to her,
“Rejoice, O highly favored, for
God is with you. You shall bear
a child and his name shall be
Jesus, the Chosen One of God
Most High.”

20. Leader 2: And Mary said, “I
am the servant of my God, I
live to do your will.”

21. The Gospel
MAGNIFICAT
Holden Prayer
Pages 5-6

22. Pastor Dave Hall

23. Hymn #723 ELW
Canticle of the Turning

24. My soul cries out with a joyful shout
that the God of my heart is great,
And my spirit sings of the wondrous things
that you bring to the ones who wait.
You fixed your sight on your
servant's plight,
and my weakness you did not spurn,
So from east to west shall
my name be blest.
Could the world be about to turn?

25. My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears,
for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn

26. Though I am small, my God, my all,
you work great things in me,
And your mercy will last
from the depths of the past
to the end of the age to be.
Your very name puts the proud to shame,
and to those who would for you yearn,
You will show your might,
put the strong to flight, for the world is
about to turn.

27. My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears,
for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn

28. From the halls of power to the
fortress tower,
not a stone will be left on stone.
Let the king beware
for your justice tears
ev'ry tyrant from his throne.
The hungry poor shall weep no more,
for the food they can never earn;
There are tables spread,
ev'ry mouth be fed,
for the world is about to turn.

29. My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears,
for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn

30. Though the nations rage from age to age,
we remember who holds us fast:
God's mercy must deliver us
from the conqueror's crushing grasp.
This saving word that our forebears heard
is the promise which holds us bound,
'Til the spear and rod can be crushed by
God,
who is turning the world around.

31. My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears,
for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn

32. My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears,
for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn

33. We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,

34. eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
Through him all things were made.

35. For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit
and the virgin Mary,
and became truly human.
For our sake he was
crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the scriptures;

36. he ascended into heaven and is
seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge
the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end. We
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life, who
proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son
is worshipped and glorified, who has
spoken through the prophets.

37. We believe in one holy catholic
and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one Baptism
for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen

40. Prayers of the
Church
Holden Prayer
Pages 7-8

44. The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be
your name, your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive
those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power, and the glory
are yours, now and forever.
Amen.

45. What Feast of Love
#487
What feast of love
is offered here,
what banquet come
from heaven?
What food of
everlasting life,
what gracious gift
is given?

46. This, this is Christ the
King, the bread come
down from heaven.
Oh, taste and see and
sing!
How sweet the manna
given!

47. What light of truth
is offered here,
what covenant
from heaven?
What hope
of everlasting life,
what wondrous
Word is given?

48. This, this is Christ the king,
the sun come down from heaven.
Oh, see and hear and sing!
The Word of God is given!

49. What wine of love
is offered here,
what crimson
Drink from heaven?
What stream
of everlasting life,
what precious
Blood is given?

50. This, this is Christ
the King,
the sweetest wine
from heaven.
Oh, taste and see
and sing!
The Son of God
is given!

51. One Bread, One Body
--John Foley, SJ, ©1978, GIA

52. One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing
which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
We are one body
in this one Lord.

53. Gentile or Jew,
servant or free,
woman or man
no more.

54. One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing
which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
We are one body
in this one Lord.

55. Many the gifts,
Many the works,
one in the Lord
of all.

56. One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing
which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
We are one body
in this one Lord.

57. Grain for the fields,
scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.

58. One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing
which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
We are one body
in this one Lord.

59. Benediction

60. Joy to the World
(Unspeakable Joy)
Chris Tomlin

61. Joy to the world,
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her king;
Let every heart
Prepare him room

62. And heaven and nature
Sing, and heaven and
Nature sing, and heaven
And heaven and nature
Sing

63. Joy to the world,
The Savior reigns
Let all their songs employ
While fields and floods,
Rocks, hills, and plains

64. Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat
The sounding joy.

65. Joy, unspeakable joy
An overflowing well,
No tongue can tell
Joy, unspeakable joy
Rises in my soul,
Never lets me go

66. He rules the world
With truth and grace
And makes the nations
Prove
The glories of
His righteousness

67. And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders,
Wonders of his love

68. Joy, unspeakable joy
An overflowing well,
No tongue can tell
Joy, unspeakable joy
Rises in my soul,
Never lets me go

69. Third Sunday of Advent
Holden Prayer Service

71. Awake! Awake and Greet the
New Morn
#242 ELW

72. Awake! Awake, and greet the new morn
for angels herald its dawning.
Sing out your joy, for soon he is born,
behold! the Child of our longing.
Come as a baby weak and poor,
to bring all hearts together,
he opens wide the heav'nly door
and lives now inside us forever.

73. To us, to all in sorrow and fear,
Emmanuel comes a singing,
his humble song is quiet and near,
yet fills the earth with its ringing;
music to heal the broken soul
and hymns of loving-kindness,
the thunder of his anthems roll
to shatter all hatred and blindness.

74. In darkest night his coming shall be,
when all the world is despairing,
as morning light so quiet and free,
so warm and gentle and caring.
Then shall the mute break forth in song,
the lame shall leap in wonder,
the weak be raised above the strong, and
weapons be broken asunder.

75. Rejoice, rejoice, take heart in the night,
though dark the winter and cheerless, the
rising sun shall crown you with light, be
strong and loving and fearless.
Love be our song and love our prayer and
love our endless story;
may God fill ev'ry day we share
and bring us at last into glory.

76. ADVENT CANDLE LITANY
P: Today is the third Sunday of
Advent, the Sunday of Joy.
All: Our joy is in God, and in
his Son, Jesus Christ. Like
peace, joy is a gift from God. It
overtakes us and fills us when
we remember what God has
done and what he has
promised to do.

77. P: We light this candle today to
remind us that Christ came to earth
as a child so that all people might
have a rich and abundant life.
All: We thank God for the hope
he gives us, for the peace he
bestows, and for the joy he
pours into our hearts.

78. A CANDLE IS BURNING
A Candle is burning,
a flame warm and bright,
a candle of hope in the
winter’s dark night.
While angels sing blessing
From heaven's starry sky,
our hearts we prepare now
For Jesus is nigh.
.

79. A Candle is burning,
a candle of peace,
a candle to signal
that conflict must cease:
for Jesus is coming
to show us the way;
a message of peace
humbly laid in the hay.

80. A Candle is burning, a
candle of joy,
A candle to welcome brave
Mary’s new boy.
Our hearts fill with wonder,
and eyes light and glow
As joy brightens winter like
sunshine on snow.

82. THANKSGIVING
Holden Prayer
Page1

83. Psalmody
Holden Prayer
Pages 1-4

84. P: May our prayers come before you, O
God, as incense, and may your presence
surround and fill us, so that in union with
all creation, we might sing your praise
and your love in our lives.
All: Amen.
(silence for meditation)

87. ANNUNCIATION
Luke 1:26-28, 30-32, 38 (p. 53 NT)
Leader 1: An angel went from
God to a town called Nazareth
to a woman whose name was
Mary. The angel said to her,
“Rejoice, O highly favored, for
God is with you. You shall bear
a child and his name shall be
Jesus, the Chosen One of God
Most High.”

88. Leader 2: And Mary said, “I
am the servant of my God, I
live to do your will.”

89. The Gospel
MAGNIFICAT
Holden Prayer
Pages 5-6

90. Pastor Dave Hall

91. Hymn #723 ELW
Canticle of the Turning

92. My soul cries out with a joyful shout
that the God of my heart is great,
And my spirit sings of the wondrous things
that you bring to the ones who wait.
You fixed your sight on your
servant's plight,
and my weakness you did not spurn,
So from east to west shall
my name be blest.
Could the world be about to turn?

93. My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears,
for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn

94. Though I am small, my God, my all,
you work great things in me,
And your mercy will last
from the depths of the past
to the end of the age to be.
Your very name puts the proud to shame,
and to those who would for you yearn,
You will show your might,
put the strong to flight, for the world is
about to turn.

95. My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears,
for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn

96. From the halls of power to the
fortress tower,
not a stone will be left on stone.
Let the king beware
for your justice tears
ev'ry tyrant from his throne.
The hungry poor shall weep no more,
for the food they can never earn;
There are tables spread,
ev'ry mouth be fed,
for the world is about to turn.

97. My heart shall sing of the day you
bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears, for the dawn
draws near,
and the world is about to turn

98. Though the nations rage from age to age,
we remember who holds us fast:
God's mercy must deliver us
from the conqueror's crushing grasp.
This saving word that our forebears heard
is the promise which holds us bound,
'Til the spear and rod can be crushed by
God,
who is turning the world around.

99. My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears,
for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn

100. We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,

101. eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
Through him all things were made.

102. For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit
and the virgin Mary,
and became truly human.
For our sake he was
crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the scriptures;

103. he ascended into heaven and is
seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge
the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end. We
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life, who
proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son
is worshipped and glorified, who has
spoken through the prophets.

104. We believe in one holy catholic
and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one Baptism
for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen

107. Prayers of the
Church
Holden Prayer
Pages 7-8

111. The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be
your name, your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive
those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power, and the glory
are yours, now and forever.
Amen.

112. What Feast of Love
#487
What feast of love
is offered here,
what banquet come
from heaven?
What food of
everlasting life,
what gracious gift
is given?

113. This, this is Christ the
King, the bread come
down from heaven.
Oh, taste and see and
sing!
How sweet the manna
given!

114. What light of truth
is offered here,
what covenant
from heaven?
What hope
of everlasting life,
what wondrous
Word is given?

115. This, this is Christ the king,
the sun come down from heaven.
Oh, see and hear and sing!
The Word of God is given!

116. What wine of love
is offered here,
what crimson
Drink from heaven?
What stream
of everlasting life,
what precious
Blood is given?

117. This, this is Christ
the King,
the sweetest wine
from heaven.
Oh, taste and see
and sing!
The Son of God
is given!

118. One Bread, One Body
--John Foley, SJ, ©1978, GIA

119. One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing
which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
We are one body
in this one Lord.

120. Gentile or Jew,
servant or free,
woman or man
no more.

121. One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing
which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
We are one body
in this one Lord.

122. Many the gifts,
Many the works,
one in the Lord
of all.

123. One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing
which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
We are one body
in this one Lord.

124. Grain for the fields,
scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.

125. One bread, one body,
one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing
which we bless.
And we, though many,
throughout the earth,
We are one body
in this one Lord.

126. Benediction

127. Joy to the world
the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her king!
Let every heart
prepare him room!

128. And heaven and nature
sing!
And heaven and nature
sing!
And heaven, and heaven
and nature sing!

129. Joy to the world
the Savior reigns!
Let all their songs employ,
While fields and floods,
rocks, hills and plains

130. Repeat the sounding joy!
Repeat the sounding joy!
Repeat, repeat
the sounding joy!

131. No more let sin
and sorrow grow
Nor thorns infest
the ground;
He comes to make
his blessings flow

132. Far as the curse is found!
Far as the curse is found!
Far as, far as
the curse is found!

133. He rules the world
with truth and grace
And makes the nations
prove
the glories of
his righteousness

134. And wonders of his love!
And wonders of his love!
And wonders,
wonders of his love!