Announcements

Welcome & Greetings

Lighting of Fourth Advent Candle Bollam Family

Let us pray:

*Opening Hymn ‘Angels from the Realms of Glory’ UMH#220

Old Testament Lesson Psalm 98 Paul Myla

New Testament Lesson Luke 1:26-45, 56

Worship Songs in English & Telugu UECF Choir

Prayers of the People & Lord's Prayer Rev. Dr. David Ravinder

Children Programs UECF Children

Offertory

Offertory Music:

*Doxology

Offertory Prayer Rev. Dr. David Ravinder

Sermon Rev. Dr. David Mertz

Children Skit ‘Reason for the Christmas’ UECF Children

Special Song UECF Youth

*Closing Hymn ‘What Child Is This’ UMH#219

*Closing Prayer & Benediction Rev. Dr. David Ravinder

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Thanks to Rev. Dr. David Mertz and Rev. Dr. David Ravinder for ministering to us today.
• Next week, Rev. Dr. David Ravinder will bring the Word of God.
• UECF Christmas will be celebrated on Dec 25^th at 10:00AM at First United Methodist Church, 130 Ferris Pl, Westfield, NJ-07090. Rev. Dr. David Ravinder will bring the Christmas message. Communion Service will be administered. Christmas Feast/Lunch follows the service. Please invite your family and friends and also non Christian friends/neighbors for this special service.
• UECF Watch Night Service/ New Year Eve will be held on Thursday, Dec 31^st at 10:00 PM.
• Today’s Fellowship Hour is hosted by Sunday School Teachers.
• Please sign-up the Fellowship Roster if you would like to volunteer to host the Fellowship Coffee Hour.

Birthdays:

• Ankitha Kodali 20^th Dec
• Mrs. Christie Chigurupati 21^st Dec
• Tryphena Pilli 23^rd Dec
• Mr. Emmanuel Kuraguntla 23^rd Dec
• Ms. Janet Sharon Srigiri 24^th Dec

Anniversaries:

• Mrs. Saritha & Mr. Syam Pilli 22^nd Dec
• Mrs. Jaya & Mr. Ajit Lakra 26^th Dec
• Mrs. Karuna & Mr. Nishanth Dwaram 27^th Dec

About Pastor David Mertz:

The Rev. Dr. David C. Mertz grew up Anaheim, California and Ridgewood, New Jersey as one of four children. After graduating from Carleton College in Northfield, MN with a degree in Economics he worked as a research assistant in a Washington D.C. law firm. He received his M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he met his future wife, Dr. Nancy J. Duff.

Rev. Dr. David’s first church was in Albert Lea, MN. After he and Nancy married they moved to Fort Worth, TX where he did a year of hospital chaplaincy in a Clinical Pastoral Education program. He then served three churches in the Fort Worth area before moving back to Princeton, NJ where Nancy joined the faculty at Princeton Seminary.

For 10 years Rev. David did fundraising for various not for profit institutions before returning to the ministry. Prior to being appointed to the Milltown church in 2008, he served the Rossmoor Community Church, Princeton United Methodist Church and Kingston UMC.

Rev. Dr. David’s wife Dr. Nancy is the Stephen Colwell Associate Professor of Theological Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. They have two children: McKinley who graduated with a degree in Architecture from Miami University of Ohio, and Adam who is studying at Ohio Wesleyan University, just north of Columbus, OH.

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