Object: A flag and either a recording of the "Star Spangled Banner" or the music so your organist can play it.

Isn't this a fine morning to get together? Just think, there have been forty-eight Sundays in this year and, counting this one, there are four more to go. This is the last month of the year, but did you know that it is just the beginning of the church year? The church year is different, and it always gets a head start on the new year. This is the second Sunday in Advent, the first season of every Church year. This is a season of waiting and watching. Do you know what we are waiting for at this time of the year? [See what kind of answers you get.] Those who said Christmas or Christ's birthday are pretty close. We are waiting for Jesus to return to earth. Won't that be some great d…