Next Sunday is our annual Children’s Christmas Pageant! Join us for the 8:30 or 11 a.m. worship service as the children retell the story of Christmas, complete with angels, animals, shepherds, wise men, and Mary and Joseph.

St. Nick’s Workshop, next Saturday: Bring the kids to St. Nick’s Workshop on Saturday, Dec. 8, including a lunch served starting at 11:45 a.m. Parents should plan to join us by 12:15 p.m. for crafts and holiday fun. For details, contact Ruth Anne Luckenbaugh at rluckenbaugh@annandale-umc.org. The workshop ends at 2 p.m.

Today is the last day to order poinsettias to be placed in the sanctuary beginning Dec. 16. See the form on the next page.

Rising Hope Christmas gifts due Wednesday: Each year, we donate gifts to Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church for distribution to children in need. The giving tree in the atrium has ornaments with suggested gifts,

due Dec. 5. We also have several alternative giving ideas for you to choose from, including the AUMC Mission Center food program. See the sign in the atrium for more information. The deadline for alternative giving is Dec. 23.

Welcome to Annandale United Methodist Church!6935 Columbia Pike, Annandale VA 22003

December 2, 2018

Thank you for joining us for worship today! Come to Wright Hall after the service for fellowship and refreshments, and feel free to take this leaflet home for a friend.

Children’s Ministries dRuth Anne Luckenbaugh, rluckenbaugh@annandale-umc.org

The Christmas Pageant rehearsal is THIS SATURDAY:4th/5th graders: 9 a.m. - noon

Kindergarten – 3rd graders: 10 a.m. - noonAges 2-4: 10:45 a.m. - noon

0-2 year olds will not have practice. Instructions will be provided via email and the day of the pageant.

St. Nick’s Workshop is THIS SATURDAY! Come celebrate the season on Dec. 8, including a lunch served starting at 11:45 a.m. Parents should plan to join us by 12:15 p.m. for crafts and holiday fun with their children. The workshop ends at 2 p.m.

Sunday School classes at 9:45 a.m.: The Little Sheep (ages 2-3) meet in Room 206. The Little Goats (ages 4-5) meet in Room 208. Kindergarten & 1st Grade meet in Room 313. 2nd & 3rd Grades meet in Room 314. 4th & 5th Grades meet in Room 309. Volunteers are needed - go to annandalechurch.com/cmvolunteers to sign up!

Sunday school classes meet at 9:45 a.m.: Visit annandalechurch.com/classes for details on classes, teachers and more.

New study starting today:IMMANUEL, Room 300. On Dec. 2, the class begins a study of All Earth is Waiting: Good News for God’s Creation at Advent by Katie Dawson, a book that calls readers to consider how all creation longs for the coming of Christ. Our class enjoys tea and good discussion. Leader: Janet Woods, jcwoods2@verizon.net

Rev. Jason Michelijmicheli@annandale-umc.org

Dec. 2: Combined Sunday School in Youth Room; RAMP at 5:30-7:30 p.m.Dec. 9: No Sunday School; RAMP at 5:30-7:30 p.m.Dec. 16: Combined Sunday School in Youth Room;

Ramp Christmas Party at 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Youth Choir resumes in January.

Thank you to everyone who helped with Hypothermia!

THE GRIDRev. Peter Kwon, pkwon@annandale-umc.org

Check the results of our survey on human sexuality and the Book of Discipline at annandalechurch.com/survey.

Thank you for your financial commitment to AUMC! So far, we have received 181 pledges for a total of $907,902. To meet our goal, we need at least $1 million in pledges. Through your support, we can fulfill the mission, ministry and worship that God has called us to do. If you have not turned in a pledge card for 2019, extra cards are available in the atrium. Or contact Garry Bell in the office at 703-256-8330 or gbell@annandale-umc.org.

A Brethren Epiphany Concert: Ring in the New Year with a message of good will and hope! Join the Brethren for an Epiphany concert on Sunday, Jan. 6, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door, and will be sold between services.

Sermon FOLLOW-UP: Grab a cup of coffee and join Pastor Peter at 9:45 a.m. in Hughes Hall to dive more deeply into this week’s preaching text.

Are you thinking of making a year-end gift to the church? If so, here are some reminders: To be credited for 2018 tax purposes, all gifts must be submitted with the church offerings on Sunday, Dec. 30, or received in the church office by 10 a.m. Dec. 31 (or by mail postmarked before Jan. 1). If you are considering a stock offering to the church, please complete the process no later than Dec. 17. Please have your broker contact Paul Trimber at Wells Fargo Advisors (703-739-1443). If you wish to make an e-giving offering from your bank account, be sure to complete the process by 4 p.m. Dec. 28. E-giving offerings with a credit card must be completed no later than 4 p.m. Dec. 31. Also, expense vouchers for 2018 must be submitted by Dec. 19. For details, contact Garry Bell at 703-256-8330 or gbell@annandale-umc.org.

Thank you to everyone who helped with Hypothermia Week: Thanks to your generous support, we were able to offer a warm meal and a safe place to sleep for our neighbors who had nowhere else to stay this past week. Many thanks to our friends at FACETS and all of the many AUMC volunteers who helped!

Clothing donations welcomed as winter approaches: We are looking for all sizes, including coats, hats and gloves for adults. Donations can be placed in the Mission Center box under the coat rack across from the parlor. Contact Betsy Clevenger at 703-425-6424.

Buy pecans, help UMW missions! Annandale United Methodist Women are selling pecans (whole and in pieces, chocolate- and cinnamon-covered) and chocolate-caramel turtles during fellowship hour. To reserve a case of 24 or to make a special request, contact Sally Bizer at 703-256-3373. Make checks payable to AUMW.

Pew Patrol volunteer needed: Help restock the pews after the third Sunday of the month. Contact Garry Bell in the office at 703-256-8330 or gbell@annandale-umc.org.

Poinsettias for ChristmasTo place a poinsettia in the sanctuary in honor or memory of a loved one on Dec. 16 (through Dec. 24), please complete the form below and return it to the church office with your check for $15 per plant TODAY. Orders without payment will not be accepted. Please use a separate form for each plant ordered. Make checks payable to AUMC.

Poinsettia given by: _______________________________________________

Phone: ______________________________ Amount enclosed: ____________

In memory/honor of : ______________________________________________

(Check one) r I will take the poinsettia r Give poinsettia to shut-ins

During the Advent season, we’ll draw on the prophetic texts of Isaiah as well as Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Christ, a book by Fleming Rutledge.

Dec. 2 (First Sunday of Advent): Advent Begins in the Dark - Isaiah 63:7-64:12. Advent is properly understood as a season of the second coming, not preparation for his first coming. With the Old Testament prophets, the church confronts a bleak world deserving of judgment. To such a world Christ came and to such a world he will come again.

Dec. 9 (Second Sunday of Advent): The Armor of Light - Isaiah 40:3-5. God’s word of judgment comes at us, cutting us to the heart, so that we will turn to God’s mercy; that is, Advent is a time when we remember that God does not wait around for us to get our act together. God comes to us in his words and fully in the Word.

Dec. 16 (Third Sunday of Advent): Bearing Witness on the Brink - Isaiah 35:1-10. Isaiah and St. Paul see how God’s reckoning of judgment is wide; therefore, salvation is cosmic in scope: new creation.

Dec. 23 (Fourth Sunday of Advent): King of the Last Things - Isaiah 9. Advent is a time where we recall that the “last things” (heaven, hell, judgment) are all already summed up in the incarnation.

Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve): Christmas Eve Services: 4 p.m., candlelight service for families; 7 and 11 p.m., candlelight service. New this year: A nativity scene with live animals in front of the church. Bring the kids! Invite your friends and neighbors!

Advent podcast series and Facebook group: The Crackers & Grape Juice podcast will feature a series of Advent reflections inspired by Fleming Rutledge’s book atcrackersandgrapejuice.com/advent-begins-in-the-dark/. Contributors will include: Will Willimon, Sharma D. Lewis, Sarah Condon, Chenda Innis Lee, Scott Jones, Todd Littleton, Joshua Retterer, Josh Munnikhuysen, Drew Colby, David

Meyers, Kenneth Tanner, Hedy Hall-Collver, Monica Rubino Reynolds, Alex Joyner, Jesse Stalnaker. and Fleming Rutledge. Check out the podcast at tamedcynic.org. You can also join the “Advent Begins in the Dark” Facebook group by clicking on the link at the top of crackersandgrapejuice.com/advent-begins-in-the-dark/.

Advent Events

Contemporary Worship December 2, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

Thank you for joining us at AUMC! Please fill out the pew pad and pass it on.

Gathering Song“Here I Am to Worship”

Opening Prayer

Song of Praise“What a Beautiful Name”

Passing of the PeaceAnnouncements

Scripture LessonIsaiah 63:15-64:3

Sermon“Advent: The Season of Bold Hope” - Rev. Peter Kwon

Offering of the PeopleOffertory: “Living Hope” - Worship Band

The Great Thanksgiving

Lord’s PrayerHymnal #895

Invitation and CommunionCommunion Music

Closing Song“Cornerstone”

Benediction

Prayers for our members

Prayers for our friends and family outside AUMC:Dale Thomas, friend of Kelly Neitzey Jon Bretz, cousin of Erin McKenneyJenny Porter, friend of the Pagnard family Hazel Poole, mother of Brenda PooleTracy Wellington, friend of Tracy Carney Kirk Chryst, friend of Marcia TwomeyJean McDowell, mother of David Barker Grace Brakefield, aunto of David BarkerNorma Pickens and family, friends of Louise Golobic Daughter of Dana GowardPaul Keplinger, father of Sheila Kyer Martha Cox, cousin of Charlie CoxEmma and Willie Twyman, parents of Pam Adams Bill O’Connor, Sr.Jessica McDonald, great-niece of Winnie Tegge Eva Fong, sister of Anna MoellerJames Jenkins, friend of Charles Cox Rob Allred, friend of Denny StokesThe Dickerson family, friends of Julie Montgomery Justin, friend of Michele EarhartBryce D’Ornellas, son of Sydney D’Ornellas and grandson of Patricia Martino-ShapiroMeghan Ford, relative of DeEtte Johnson Michael Nimoh, son of WP teacherGordon Weihmiller, husband of Jane Weihmiller Earl Rocca, friend of John HoustonMary Furcillo, mother of Joni Laurence Fran Keen, mother of Molly WilmarthWilla Jones, grandmother of Cameron Houston Drew Miga, husband of Bliss MigaAmy Rasmussen, friend of Debbie Strickland Donald Grubb, brother of Freda HillBob Woolfenden, brother of Jeanne Guidi Kaveh Rahmani, friend of Clay CarneyDonna Thompson, friend of Gary and Jeanie FitzGibbon Matt McConville, brother of Jim McConville Scotty Vice, friend of Rocky SpeakeNathan Hancock, friend of Carol Burns Mary Korves, mother of Trish BradleySue Wilson, friend of Jim and Judy McConville Jacob, grandson of Betsy ClevengerMark and Kevin, friends of Rita Witkowski Debbie Faeder, sister of Sindy KeplingerRichard Johnston, brother of Sindy Keplinger Diane Iwig, sister-in-law of Bill IwigMabel Thornton, mother of Lavinia Odejimi Bill Kinsler, friend of Betsy ClevengerRichard McClellan, friend of Judy and Jim McConville Robert Black, father of Jeanie FitzGibbon Joanie Millan, daughter of Elaine HinerPatricia Pearson, aunt of Lori Valentine de Segovia Paula Bevan, sister of Fred CarnsIrinah Andrianantenaina, niece of Nivosoa Robjhon Betty Chase and Betty Owen, friends of Sandra Chase Jennie Chapman, daughter-in-law of Lucy Chapman Jacqueline Wilson, friend of Sandra Chase Harrison Reed, friend of Cyndi Jones

For bereaved members and their families: Susan, Marcia and Sharon Williams on the death of their mother, Shirley Williams

Family and friends of Jim Wall

Please put prayer requests in writing or call the office.

Tracey HansonTracie ClemmerDanitria BradleyAnne CapitmanEdouard QuansahDuke Nootenboom

Debbie StricklandRobert Underhill

Stephanie LipsTina Svenson

Mary Ruth StacyPolly Morris

Sue PlucknettJoan Oliver

Beverly PierceDawn King

Ramona ThompsonAngie Wang

Jo Ellen WalkerGeorge Hill

Virginia CannonDennis KirkPat Sherfey

The

Hanging of the

GreensDecember 2, 2018, 11 a.m.

Annandale United Methodist Church

Presiding Bishop: Sharma Lewis, Richmond Area Virginia ConferenceDistrict Superintendent: Rev. Jeffrey P. Mickle

Senior Pastor: Rev. Jason MicheliAssociate Pastor: Rev. Peter Kwon Associate Pastor, Adult Discipleship: Rev. Chenda Lee

Dir. of Children’s Ministries: Ruth Anne Luckenbaugh Dir. of Weekday Children’s Programs: Angela Wilmore

Dir. of Music Ministries: Patrick Vaughn

PRELUDE “Chorale Prelude on HYFRODOL” arr. Brown Brass Ensemble

INTROIT “Come, Emmanuel” by Choplin; Adult Choir

+THE HANGING OF THE GREENS LITANY On Screens

+PROCESSIONAL HYMN “Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus” Hymnal #196 +BLESSING AND LIGHTING OF THE 1ST ADVENT CANDLE Reader: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness - on them light has shined... For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:2, 6)

Reader: Today we remember the prophets of old, who demanded to be heard, who dared to speak of a child to come, unexpected liberator of the people, vulnerable incarnation of the Holiest of Holies, a new name for God.

People: Today we give thanks for the prophets among us, who bring to us surprising new visions of hope, who challenge us to think outside the box, who show us a future we never anticipated.

Reader: On this first Sunday of Advent, we light this candle as a symbol of the prophets who renew our faith and remind us of what may be.

+HYMN OF RESPONSE “Silent Night,” vs. 1 Hymnal #239

The Evergreens NARRATION Ruth Anne Luckenbaugh SCRIPTURE READING Jeremiah 23:5-6

THE HANGING OF THE GARLAND “Rocking Carol” arr. Burkhardt Cherub Choir“The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy” arr. Hopson Combined Children’s Choirs“Christmas Means Jesus” Schram Celebration Singers

CONGREGATIONAL HYMN “ O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” v. 1 Hymnal #211

The Wreaths NARRATION Rev. Peter Kwon SCRIPTURE READING Isaiah 9:2, 6-7

THE PLACING OF THE WREATHS “O Come, Redeemer of the Earth” Hanson“Joy! (to the World)” arr. Allen Youth Choir

CONGREGATIONAL HYMN “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” v. 5 Hymnal #211

The Chrismon Tree NARRATION Margaret Siemer SCRIPTURE READING Luke 1:26-33

THE CHRISMON TREE IS PREPARED “I Wonder as I Wander” arr. Bettcher Annanbells

CONGREGATIONAL HYMN “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” v. 6 Hymnal #211

The Candles NARRATION Rev. Jason Micheli SCRIPTURE READING John 1:1-5, 10-14 THE PROCESSION OF CANDLES “Who, But the Lord?” Courtney“O Nata Lux, Born of Light” Memley“Arise, Shine!” Forrest Adult Choir and Brass Ensemble

OFFERING OF THE PEOPLE OFFERTORY “Love Came Down at Christmas” arr. Dobrinski Annanbells

+DOXOLOGY Hymnal #95+PRAYER OF DEDICATION

COMMUNION

+RECESSIONAL HYMN “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” Hymnal #206+BENEDICTION

+POSTLUDE “Jesus, Oh, What a Wonderful Child” arr. LarsonBrass Ensemble

+Please stand as you are able.

Instrumentalists: Phil Sargeant, oboe; Christian Pagnard, trumpet; Andrew Roe, trumpet; Phil Krzywicki, French horn; Christine Purdue, trombone; Adam Stokes, trombone; Brian Sands, tuba; Denny Stokes, percussion;

Caroline Evans, piano

THE CHURCH GATHERS FOR DIVINE WORSHIP Dec. 2, 2018 FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT 11 a.m.

The

Hanging of the

GreensDecember 2, 2018, 11 a.m.

Annandale United Methodist Church