A Light to Reveal Your Will - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

In Christ such treasure
in the clay of His body
in the humanness of God
in coming to the earth

A light to reveal Your will
the teaching of all scripture
a way for all to come to You
to heal our brokenness

Only in the lamb
the living eternal Savior
the Word alive
descending to the earth

Sharing the light of God
in the face of Jesus
offering a real-world example
of following Your will

All of the law and prophets
fulfilled in one person
in the babe in the manger
and the man on the cross

We are to be now
that light in this darkness
sharing the message of Jesus
to the ends of the earth

Faithful disciples
holding such treasure
in the clay vessels of our lives
love to be poured out

December 10, 2010
2 Corinthians 4:1-10 (NRSV)
Isaiah 11:1-9 (TEV)
Luke 2:22-32 (TEV)
Luke 2:14 (bulletin cover)
Luke 2:8-14
Luke 19:41 (worship theme)
Responsive Prayer
(“Call to Worship #3”,
Year B, Second Sunday of Advent,
December 7, 2008, Order of service written by
the Rev. Nancy Townley, Abingdon author.)
http://www.worshipconnection.cokesbury.com/content.aspx?dyn=1705
Advent Candle Liturgy, by Dean McIntyre (with Psalm 72:1-7)
Children’s Message based on Matthew 1:21-23
Worship Theme: “If only you knew the way to peace”
and sermon, “Blessed Are the Peacemakers”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December 5, 2010
Second Sunday of Advent

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