SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2020
WORSHIP SERVICE
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TITHES & OFFERINGS
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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Join us for our Christmas Eve Service at 6:00 pm.
This year's service will be co-hosted by Chapel on the Hill and The River Church.
*Masks and Social Distancing are required to attend the in-person service in the sanctuary.
Online live stream will be available at our Facebook page.
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POINSETTIA ORDERS
If you would like to order poinsettias to be placed on the altar for the Advent Season in honor or memory of someone special, please order by Dec. 13th.
$9 each ● Due TODAY! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO PLACE YOUR ORDER!
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FOOD PANTRY HOURS - EXTENDED!
Normal hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
*Additional December Hours: Wednesdays 2:00 - 5:00 PM
scripture reading
Isaiah 61:1-11 NIV
ISAIAH 61:1-11
The Year of the Lord’s Favor
61 The
Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3 and provide for those who grieve in
Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.
4 They will
rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
5 Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests of the Lord,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
7 Instead of your
shame
you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.
8 “For I,
the Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”
10 I delight
greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.