Matthew 3:1-12; Romans 15:4-13 | With snow continuing to fall in the Midwest, it’s likely we aren’t experiencing a lot of road construction. And yet, in the life of the church, as we experience the season of Advent, it’s like we’re put on God’s road construction crew. Hearing the message of John the Baptist, we are told to prepare the way of the Lord through repentance. But what is repentance? And what does it tangibly look like to prepare for God’s Kingdom, coming to us even out of the blue? As we continue to look in hope for God’s arrival, join us this weekend for worship as we give thanks for Christ’s work on our behalf, and as we are sent to pick up our orange construction vest to continue God’s work in the world.
Sunday, December 7, 2025, Second Sunday in Advent
Copyright acknowledgments: Music covered under Augsburg Fortress License #SB135131, CCLI License #1141706, One License #738128-A. Scripture from New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Gathering Song: Now the Heavens Start to Whisper. Text and Music: Anne Krentz Organ. Text and Music: © 2021 Augsburg Fortress Publishers. Covered under One License subscription. Hymn of the Day: Prepare the Royal Highway. Text: Frans Mikael Franzén, 1722-1847; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship. Music: Swedish folk tune, 17th cent.. Text: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin, Augsburg Fortress. Covered under One License subscription. Offering Song: The First Noel. Text and Music: Jerry Ray. Text and Music: © 2004 Alfred Sacred. Covered under One License subscription. Communi on Song: On that Holy Mountain. Text and Music: Joseph Mattingly. Performed by Fr. Kent O’Conner. Based on Isaiah 11;9. Text and Music: © 1990 World Library Publications. Covered under One License subscription. Sending Song: People Look East. Text: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965. Music: French carol; arr. Barry Rose, b. 1934. Text: © Miss E. Farjeon Will Trust, by permission of David Higham Associates. Arr.: © 1999 Novello & Co. Ltd., London. Covered under One License subscription.