Assurance of Pardon: God does not turn away from steadfast love, even when we are unfaithful.

God’s mercy is for all who humbly seek it.The Rock of our salvation keeps covenant with us despite our iniquity.1

Thanks be to God, in Jesus Christ we are forgiven.

* Song of Joy, Hymn #15 verse 1: Rejoice! Rejoice, Believers Rejoice! Rejoice, believers, and let your lights appear,The evening is advancing and darker night is near.The Bridegroom is arising and soon He will draw nigh;Up, watch with expectations, at midnight comes the cry.

* The Peace: “The Peace of the Lord be with you.” “And also with you.” As a sign of reconciliation please share the Peace of Christ

with your brothers and sisters.

Proclaim God’s Word

Prayer For Illumination: Gracious God, we do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from your mouth. Make us hungry for this heavenly food, that it may nourish us today in the ways of eternal life; through Jesus Christ, the bread of heaven. Amen. 4

Psalter: Psalms 89:1-4, 19-26

Children's Time: Susie Faas

Ministry of Music: Somebody Build a Manger Joel Raney Karen Mail, soprano

Gospel Lesson: Luke 1:26-39

Sermon: Fear Not: Love Reverend Kevin Stainton

Service of Divine Worship4th Sunday of AdventDecember 20, 2020

Assemble in God’s Name

As you Focus For Worship God of unseen angels and unheard greetings, whose love for humankind continues even when we are inattentive, favor us now with a message we cannot ignore. Reign among us that we may respond to your call and serve with faithfulness in the ways you envision for us. Make us instruments of your peace. Amen.1

Welcome and Proclamation of the Good News

Prelude: Watchmen, Tell Us of the Night Setting, Lee Dengler

Lighting of the Advent Wreath Janet Aho and Rich Burr

* Call To Worship: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness–on them has light shined.

Praise the Lord! Give thanks for the Light! Let us worship God.2

* Hymn 48: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

Prayer of Confession God our Maker, we confess that we are not ready to meet you. You offer us a place in your house, yet we find no room for you in our lives. You invite us into your eternal realm, yet we fail to welcome others. Forgive us, God of grace. Let your word of life be with us so that we may truly believe that nothing is impossible with you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.3

(Silent Personal Prayer)

Respond to God’s Word

* Hymn #27 verses 1 & 3: Gentle Mary Laid Her Child

*Affirmation of Faith: The Nicene Creed, Ecumenical

Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer

Life Together

Presentation of Our Tithes and Gifts to GodOffertory: Of the Father’s Love Begotten Arranged, Mark Hayes * Hymn # 592: Doxology * Prayer of Dedication

* Hymn #41: O Come, All Ye Faithful

* Benediction

* Postlude: While By My Sheep Arranged, Mark Hayes

* Those who are able may stand.

1 Reprinted by permission, Led by Love, Year B, by Lavon Bayler, © 1996 by United Church Press2 From Call to Worship, Year B, Volume 45.1, © 2011-2012, Office of Theology and Worship Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 3 From Call to Worship, Year B, Volume 48.1, © 2014-15 Office of Theology and Worship Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 4 Reprinted by permission from Book of Common Worship, © 1993 Westminster John Knox Press

Order of

Worship

Church Office: 398-7671 Fax: 573-9722 Preschool: 398-7981

Children’s Ministry Director – Susie FaasYouth Director/ Administrator - Patty Schnetzer

Director of Music Ministries – Karen MailAccompanist/Organist – Sarah J. Baker

Business Manager – Susan BrosePreschool Director – Christal Banks

Custodian – Tom SpaethOffice Administrator – Stephanie Martin

e-mail – office@hpcmason.org; website: www.hpcmason.org

Heritage Presbyterian ChurchDecember 20, 2020

College ConnectionEvery Spring we sent our college students an envelope of notes written by our congregation. With all colleges going to online classes, we would still like to support our college students with notes on encouragement and love. If you would like to send a note by email, please send to youth@hpcmason.org. Specify which student it is for in the subject line and I will print out and put it in their envelope. We will mail out envelopes by the end of the month. Below is a list of our college students:

Kyle Barker, Jonah Ewing, Avery Fehrenbach, Michael Fehrenbach, Jack Hayes, Josh Hill, Cole Kinser, Katie Kinser, Matthew LeCras, Holt McNeer, Sarah McNeer, Peyton Mills, Zeb Mills, Lexy Nelson, Tori Nelson, Emma Niehaus, Kevin Peischl, Rachel Perkins, Bradlee Saterfield, Ben Schnetzer, Abby Sherrard, and Max Stainton.

Sandwich Mission Continues….HPC is continuing to provide at least 100 meat sandwiches to Our Daily Bread every week. Sandwiches are placed in the HPC refrigerator each Wednesday, then taken down to 1730 Race Street early each Thursday AMby one of our HPC volunteer drivers. Would you help by providing somemeat sandwiches on a Wednesday or two between now and April 8th?

The Sandwich Mission is needed and appreciated in these times of severe economic trouble for so many of God’s people. If you can participate by making and bringing sandwiches to HPC in a future week, please let Nelson Kennedy know, and he will schedule you for an upcoming Wednesday. (Thanksgiving Wednesday, 11-25-2020, is excluded.) “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,” Matthew 25:35

Virtual Christmas CarolingGrab a cup of hot cocoa, put on your Christmas socks, and join in singing some Christmas carols!You can enjoy a virtual Christmas caroling party that has been pre-recorded by our children, youth, and HPC singers.Click into www.facebook.com/HPCMason to join the party.

Youth Groups will Zoom TONIGHT, December 20 Contact Susie.faas@hpcmason.org for a link to the Zoom Meeting.Kids of the Kingdom 2-3 pmTweens 3–4 pm

Joy:● Praise for the birth of Hailey Sophia Fann to Chris & Kassidy Fann on 12/6/20

at 12:42 pm. She weighed 8 pounds 5.5 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing fine.

● Sarah Nelson - family member of the Zumkehrs - surgery on her eye was successful and she can now drive.

Please Pray For:● Taylor Kuffel - great-niece of Judith Olsen - seriously ill

In Memoriam:● Mac McKean claimed the victory of the resurrection on December 6th, 2020.● Jacque Willwerth went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday,

December 10, 2020.

Continued Prayers for: ● Annette Brown● Raegan Day - granddaughter of the McCaulous● Tekla Ellis - in rehab● John Focke - Jamey Focke’s brother● Marilyn Johnston● Rhonda Peischl’s dad ● Bonnie Reeves● Steve Ritz - pain● Ineke Rude - awaiting test results● Kevin Stainton - recovery from surgery● Teresa Stanford

Intercessory Prayer: Korean Presbyterian Church

Call the church office, 398-7671, to request the prayer chain be started.

Christmas Eve Services Two Christmas Eve Services will be virtual this year. The early service features our children and the Christmasstories along with carols and prayers. The later service is a Candlelight Communion service with Lessons and Carols.

The early service will be posted on Facebook and HPCMason.org and YouTube by 7pm, and the later service will be posted by 9pm.

Advent Devotionals Resources for daily meditation and prayer are HPC Atrium or can be sent to your home, digitally or by mail. Please contact Susie.faas@hpcmason.org if you would like a paper devotional mailed to your home.

● Daily Online Devotions have been prepared by the HPC , and are accessible on the church website www.hpcmason.org or on FaceBook www.facebook.com/HPCMason

● Adults: ○ A traditional resource for adults is published by the Pittsburgh

Theological Seminary and can be downloaded from https://www.pts.edu/devotional_1.

○ Another option for adults is published by the PCUSA. This is also available on-line at https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/today/advent2020/ or paper copies are available at HPC.

● Children, Youth & Families have been given devotional materials by “Illustrated Ministry”. Extra copies are available in the Atrium.

Thank You!HPC Church Family - thank you for all the wonderful gifts and generous monetary donations for the Angel Tree. We were able to provide a very Merry Christmas for many families in our local community!The HPC Deacons

Adult Bible Studies➢ Sunday Mornings at 9:00 am: Lectionary Learnings: Explores the weekly

lectionary scripture. Contact Kevin Stainton pastor@hpcmason.org for a link.➢ Thursdays at 11:00 am: Adult Bible Study: Email Susie Faas at

susie.faas@hpcmason.org for an Access Code. This group is studying First Corinthians..

➢ Wednesdays at 7:30 am: Men’s Bible Study: Email Kevin Stainton at pastor@hpcmason for a Zoom invitation

➢ Thursdays at 8:15 pm: Men’s Fellowship: Email Dave Sherrard dave80sman@gmail.com for Zoom invitation

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Week at a Glance

Sunday, December 20, 4th Sunday of Advent9:00 am: Lectionary Learnings10:15 am: Worship www.facebook.com/HPCMason and https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hpc+mason 2:00 pm: Kids of the Kingdom Zoom Meeting3:00 pm: ‘Tweens Zoom MeetingCancelled: Jr. & Sr. High Youth GroupsMonday, December 216:00 pm: CESE Zoom Meeting7:00 pm: Committee MeetingsTuesday, December 22Wednesday, December 237:30 am: Men’s Bible Study Zoom MeetingThursday, December 247:00 pm: Christmas Eve Family Online Worship Service10:00 pm: Christmas Eve Candlelight Online ServiceFriday, December 25, Christmas DayOffice ClosedSaturday, December 26Sunday, December 27, 1st Sunday of Christmas9:00 am: Lectionary Learnings10:15 am: Worship www.facebook.com/HPCMason and https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hpc+mason

Worship Leader: Lucy AtkinsonBirthdays: Lesley Miller, Sharyn Mills, Jim Kasik, Lyla Glinski, Benjamin Russell, Geneva Mount, Josephine Dempster, Mary Hayes, Robert Dumford, Matthew MoyeSanctuary Flowers: The flowers in the Sanctuary today are from the Steverson Family in memory of Mac (Bumpa) McKean.

2021 Offering Envelopes Boxes of envelopes are available in the hallway for pick up. Please stop by and take a box if you want them. You don’t need envelopes for online giving, but they can be mailed.

Christmas Joy Offering 11/29-12/20/20God has blessed the Church with incredible leadership in every time and place, but those leaders often need to be supported by their communities as well. This Offering addresses the support needed by some of our leaders, including supporting leadership development for communities of color, and providing support for Presbyterian church workers in their time of need.

Staying Connected Our updated website is still www.hpcmason.org Our Facebook page is www.facebook.com/HPCMason Our YouTube Channel can be found at https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hpc+mason➢ Weekly worship is live streamed on both platforms at

10:15 am each Sunday morning.

Children and Youth may are connected in a variety of ways.Private social media group pages: ➢ Children’s Ministries: www.facebook.com/groups/heritagechildrensministries➢ Heritage ‘Tweens: www.facebook.com/groups/heritagetweens➢ Heritage Youth Groups:

○ FaceBook: www.facebook.com/groups/hpcmasonyouth○ Instagram: www.Instagram.com/youth_group_hpc○ Twitter: www.twitter.com/Youth_Group_HPC

Virtual meetings are held through Zoom. Request invitations to those groups by contacting:➢ Susie Faas susie.faas@hpcmason.org, or ➢ Patty Schnetzer pschnetzer5@gmail.com

Pledges & Gifts may be made at http://bit.ly/2WjfB2m

Scan this QR Code with your smartphone’s camera, then tap the link that appearsto record your attendance and prayer requests!

Church Office: 398-7671 Fax: 573-9722 Preschool: 398-7981

Children’s Ministry Director – Susie FaasYouth Director/ Administrator - Patty Schnetzer

Director of Music Ministries – Karen MailAccompanist/Organist – Sarah J. Baker

Business Manager – Susan BrosePreschool Director – Christal Banks

Custodian – Tom SpaethOffice Administrator – Stephanie Martin

e-mail – office@hpcmason.org; website: www.hpcmason.org

Heritage Presbyterian ChurchDecember 20, 2020

Announcements 6546 S. Mason-Montgomery Rd.

Mason, Ohio 45040

hpcmason.org Kevin Stainton, Pastor

9:00 am—Sunday School10:15 am—Worship

College ConnectionEvery Spring we sent our college students an envelope of notes written by our congregation. With all colleges going to online classes, we would still like to support our college students with notes on encouragement and love. If you would like to send a note by email, please send to youth@hpcmason.org. Specify which student it is for in the subject line and I will print out and put it in their envelope. We will mail out envelopes by the end of the month. Below is a list of our college students:

Kyle Barker, Jonah Ewing, Avery Fehrenbach, Michael Fehrenbach, Jack Hayes, Josh Hill, Cole Kinser, Katie Kinser, Matthew LeCras, Holt McNeer, Sarah McNeer, Peyton Mills, Zeb Mills, Lexy Nelson, Tori Nelson, Emma Niehaus, Kevin Peischl, Rachel Perkins, Bradlee Saterfield, Ben Schnetzer, Abby Sherrard, and Max Stainton.

2020 Poinsettia Dedications Continued

Diane & Dave SherrardIn memory of our angel, Jillian Elaine SherrardIn honor of those medical professionals at HPC.

Thank you for the care you’ve given to so many this year!In honor of the HPC staff who have been so creative to keep

us connected to each other and to God this year.

Kevin & Bev StaintonIn memory of Linda Stainton, Kevin’s mom

In memory of Vincent Garrity, son of Sara & Bill Garrity, Kevin & Bev’s grandson

Teresa StanfordIn memory of Robert & Virginia

Al & Katie SteversonIn memory of our grandparents

2020 Poinsettia DedicationsLucy & Chris Atkinson

In memory of Lucy’s parents

Bob & Liz AumannIn memory of loved ones

Susan BroseIn memory of Camille Mercer

Janet & Darrell BrownIn memory of Bill & Jane CliffordIn memory of Roy & Jessie Brown

Debbie FarrellIn memory of Don Betz

Cynthia & Rob GlinskiIn honor of Flo Wilks (Nena)

In honor of Ken Glinski (Papa)

Carl & Gaye SankerIn memory of Carl & Mary Margaret Sanker

In memory of Henry B. & Patricia Forbes