November 24, 2024

On Christ the King Sunday (the last Sunday in the Christian Year) we will be celebrating the entirety of the Christian Year in one service.  If the Christian Year is new to you, here is a quick overview.  The Christian Year is a repeating yearlong calendar consisting of six seasons (or movements) that in its fullness tell the entire story of Christ.  In engaging with the Christian Year we are spiritually formed by recalling and entering into God's great saving events. This service will be more experiential than explained -- it will do the story more than it will tell the story.

Order of Worship

Advent

•the invitation to anticipate Christ's coming

Music

"No Matter How Long it Takes"
with Isaiah's Prophecies:
First Candle | Isaiah 64:1-4
Bruce Evans
Second Candle | Isaiah 5-6a, 8-9
Marshall Watts
Third Candle  |  Isaiah 61:1-2a
Sarah Rainey
Fourth Candle  |  Isaiah 40:1-5
Crystal Ringer
The Announcement To Mary  |  Luke 1:26-33
Marti Evans
"O Come O Come Emmanuel"

Christmas

•the invitation to celebrate Christ's presence on earth

Music

The Christ Candle  |   Isaiah 9:6
Linda Gates

"Go Tell It On The Mountain"
with The Living Nativity:

The Holy Family:
Joseph: Hunter McCammon
 Mary: Marleigh Swaidner

The Shepherds & Sheep:
Madi - Shepherd
Adeline - Shepherd
Nora - Shepherd/Star?
Roux - Sheep
Kollyns - Sheep
Cortlyn - Sheep

The Angels:
Everly - Angel
Audrey - Angel

Epiphany

•the invitation to wonder at Christ's work on earth

Music

"God With Us"

Kid's Scripture Video

Magi From The East: Matthew 2:1-2, 9-11
The Baptism of Jesus: Matthew 3:13-17
The Wedding At Cana: John 2:1-11

The Transfiguration

Luke : 9 28-35 | Matthew 17: 6-9
Readers:
Cindy Geders & Marti Evans
Actors: 
Moses: Bruce Evans
Elijah: Ron Carnes
Jesus: Marshall Watts
John: Crystal Ringer
James: Sarah Rainey
Peter: Linda Gates

Lent

•the invitation to reckon  our life with Christ's life and death

Music:

"Lord Have Mercy"
with Pastoral Prayer of Lament:
Scott Rainey
Confession and Assurance of Pardon:
Tyler Gates

"Glory to God"

Scripture Presentations:

Holy Week

The Triumphal Entry  |   John 12:12-19 
Ron Carnes
The Grove of Olive Trees  |  John 18:1-8, 16b-19
Crystal Ringer

Good Friday

Jesus Dies  |  John 19:17-18a, 28-30
Bruce Evans

Silence

Easter

•the invitation to triumph over death with Christ

Music:

"Resurrecting"
Mark 16:1-6, John 20:1 
Linda Gates

Easter Call & Response: 
One: He is risen!
All: He is risen indeed!

"My Redeemer Lives"
"Redeemer"
"Because He Lives"

Ascension

Acts 1:3-8 
Sarah Rainey
"He is Exalted"

Pentecost

"Great Are You Lord"
Acts 2:1-8 
Ron Carnes
"Spirit of the Living God"

Ordinary Time

•the invitation to commit to Christ through the Church

The Lord's Prayer

Tyler Gates

Eucharistic Prayer

Scott Rainey

Communion

Music:

"Christ Our King"
"Better"
"Doxology"

Benediction and Sending

Scott Rainey

A Special Thanks To. . .

Ronda Smelser  |  Altar Cloth Facilitator
Vonna McKinney | Director
Kevin Yarger & Trace Hewson | Kid Scripture Video Editers
 Alyssa Flanagin  |  Narrator of Kid's Scripture Videos
Nicole Finton | Photography
HNAZ KIDS | Epiphany Actor &  Live Nativity Members