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Text: Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices, they shout for joy together, for they see Yahweh face to face, as he returns to Zion. Break into shouts of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem; for Yahweh is consoling his people, redeeming Jerusalem.

Good morning, boys and girls. This is the third Sunday in Advent and the third time that we are going to have a musical instrument that was popular when Jesus was a boy living in Israel. Most things change, and change a lot. Our foods are a lot different than the kinds of food that Jesus ate, our way of getting to places is different, and a lot of our musical instruments have either been improved or are new. Some things remain the same, and one of the things that is almost the same is the castanet. How many of you know what I mea…