BETHANY SERVICE November 30, 2025 10:30 AM
WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “He Shall Feed His Flock” Donna Rhine
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come?
People: My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Leader: He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
People: He who keeps us will neither slumber nor sleep.
INVOCATION
*HYMN “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” #196
LIGHTING THE ADVENT CANDLE Neal & Tammy Lanham
Reader: The prophet Isaiah calls to us from the past to imagine the future when
God’s reign will be fully realized and recognized throughout creation.
When that time comes, God “shall judge between the nations and shall
arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword
against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4).
All: Today, we choose to live in hope, believing that the time of God’s
reign has come and is coming among us.
Reader:We light this candle of hope as a sign of our promise to follow the Light
as we answer God’s call to transform our hope into reality today and in
the days to come.
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Presenting Our Gifts to the Lord
Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
*HYMN “We Gather Together” #131
BLESSING THE READING AND HEARING OF THE WORD
EPISTLE READING Romans 13: 11-14 Larry Strait
GOSPEL READING Matthew 24: 36-44 Larry Strait
SERMON “The Coming of Hope” Pastor Dave
*HYMN “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates” #213
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “Gloria!” Donna Rhine