Last Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent (the countdown of the 4 Sundays before Christmas), but this week we're kicking off December with all Christmas worship. I'm super excited. Make sure you don't miss any of the singing this month if you can help it, since we don't always get to sing these songs together. Advent/Christmas hymns are some of the most rich and most beautiful ever written, and we'll be hitting these pretty hard each week. Think and prepare your heart ahead of time, to come on Sunday morning and sing together. This is a wonderful, sacred season for the Church. Let's make the most of it.
This week, Jordan is preaching from 2 Samuel 14, and we'll sing the following songs:
1. O Come All Ye Faithful
This song is a call to worship, for all the "citizens of Heaven" to raise a mighty chorus of praise to God for the Gospel. I love the last verse, that says, "Jesus, to Thee be all glory giv'n/Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing/O come let us adore Him!" This theme of adoring Christ and treasuring our Messiah above anything else, is really the theme of Advent.
2. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
A classic Christmas hymn, written by Charles Wesley, that speaks of the glory of the coming of Christ, in answer to the long waiting of God's people. Finally, the Savior has appeared to deliver us from our sins and complete our adoption into God's family. The song's 2nd verse says, "Born Thy people to deliver, born a Child and yet a King/Born to reign in us forever, now Thy gracious kingdom bring!" All this to say, I'm really excited to sing this one together on Sunday.
3. Kids' Choir: "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
We'll worship by listening to the kids sing this one. It's always an encouragement (and a necessity) to incorporate the children of our church family into Sunday corporate worship, and participate in worship alongside one another this way.
4. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
Another Charles Wesley hymn, this will be the transition hymn into the time of preaching. I won't say much about this song, it's so classic - I'll just quote from it: "Veil'd in flesh the Godhead see, hail th'incarnate Diety/Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus our Emmanuel."
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