500 Midvale Rd, Upper Darby, PA 19082
Service of Holy Communion
December 4, 2022
Second Sunday of Advent
Sunday Service 11 am
“The Hopes and Fears of all the Years”
In-person:Beverly Hills Church
500 Midvale Road • Upper Darby, PA 19082
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Proverbs 3:9-10
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Sunday Service
Opening Prayer Steve Nitz
Hymn – “Come, Light of the World” Invocations
Lighting of the Advent Candles
Responsive Reading – Psalm 72.1-7, 18-19 (insert)
New Testament Reading – Acts 17.16-34 p. 1579
Sermon Pastor Tung
“THE HOPES AND FEARS OF ALL THE YEARS”
THE MYSTERY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Hymn – “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” Picardy
The people come forward for the offering
and for the Lord’s Table.
Communion Prayer – Our Lord’s Prayer
Communion of the People
Hymn 245 Veni Emmanuel
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
Blessing and Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Thanks be to God!
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Come, Light of the World
Come, light of the world, light up our lives, Lord; come, light of the world, light up our hearts.
Dispel all our darkness, remove all our blindness;
come, light of the world, be light for our eyes.
Come, strength of our days, strengthen our lives, Lord; come, strength of our days, strengthen our hearts.
Come, fill us with courage to follow you always;
come, strength of our days, be strength for our minds.
Come, joy for the world, fill us with gladness;
come, joy for the world, gladden our hearts.
Come, bring us together with singing and laughter;
come, joy for the world, bring warmth to our lives.
Come, hope of the world, comfort your people;
come, hope of the world, comfort our hearts.
Come, heal all our sorrow with love and compassion;
come, hope of the world, bring peace to us all.
Come, Spirit of God, be with us now, Lord;
come, Spirit of God, fill us with truth.
Enlighten our lives, Lord, with radiance and power;
come, Spirit of God, inspire all we do.
PAUL INWOOD (b. 1947)
Psalm 72.1-7, 18-19
1 Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
2 May he judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
4 May he defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
may he crush the oppressor.
5 May he endure[a] as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.
6 May he be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
7 In his days may the righteous flourish
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
19 Praise be to his glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and Amen.
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