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We'll begin our worship gathering this week declaring our need for Jesus as we sing "I Need Thee Today." We come to Jesus, not as isolated individuals, but as a body of needy people clinging to our Savior. We are a community of faith, a family of worshippers. And as a family, we get to walk the journey of faith together - building one another other up, challenging each other when necessary, and picking each other up when we stumble. In recognition of this, we'll "Pass the Peace" as a part of worship, giving you a chance to welcome the people around you.

This is week three in our series called "Rooted." In this series we are walking through the Apostles' Creed, examining Biblical texts that relate to the parts of the Creed. On Sunday we'll be talking about what it means to say "I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord." To prepare for worship, take a look at Hebrews 1:1-13. Jot down all the things you learn about Jesus from this passage. Pause, and worship Jesus who is supreme over all things.

Typically we begin our worship services with a Call to Worship. Usually Josh will read a short passage from Scripture that invites us to worship God, or a passage that tells us something about the character of God that ought to cause to fall down and worship him. Most weeks we follow that verbal call with a song that also acts as a call to worship. That's the case this week as we'll begin by singing "Come and Sing," a rather new song from Sojourn Church in Louisville. You can click here to listen to the song, and here to read the story behind it.

This Sunday a new sermon series called "Rooted," where we'll be walking through the clauses of the Apostles' Creed. For each clause in the creed, we're going to look at one Biblical text that illustrates it. This week we'll be talking about what it means to believe "in God the Father Almighty." The teaching will be based on Psalm 19:1-7. To prepare for worship, spend some time reading this psalm and thinking about what you learn about God.

This week we're excited to have Kurt Hannah speaking at New City. Kurt planted Missio Dei church in Asheville. He and his wife are Cincinnati natives and have recently moved back to the city to plant a new church here in Cincinnati. Kurt will be speaking from Colossians 1:1-14. To prepare for worship, read this passage and ask yourself what it is that Paul wants for believers to be experiencing in their lives.

On Sunday, we'll meet as normal at 10:00 am at John P Parker School (5051 Anderson Place). Since there are traditionally twelve days of Christmas (also known as Christmastide - read about it here), we'll still be singing mostly carols in worship - "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Angels From the Realms of Glory," "On Christmas Day," "O Holy Night," and "To Us a Child is Born."

This Sunday is the fourth in the Advent season. We'll begin our worship by singing "We Three Kings" - a great carol which talks about journeying to see the Christ child. We'll then have an Advent reading and meditation on the notion of Hope (Romans 15:13).

This Sunday is the third in the Advent season. To prepare for worship, take some time and reflect on the poem below by Madeleine L'Engle. We'll start our worship with the lighting of Advent candles and reading 1 John 4:9-12 which affirms the love of God as the motive for sending Christ into the world.

This Sunday marks the beginning of the second week of Advent. We'll begin worship with the lighting of Advent candles and readings from Isaiah 9:2 and Luke 2:8-15, where we are reminded that, with Jesus, light has broken into a dark world.

The season of Advent begins this Sunday. Advent is a time that focuses our attention on Christ’s first coming as well as his Second coming when he will return to redeem all of creation and rule with all power and authority.