First Song: Go Tell It on the Mountain (167) Second Song: Angels We Have Heard on High (155) First Reading: Isaiah 63:7-9 Third Song: What Child Is This (162) Second Reading: Matthew 2: 13-23 Community Sharing: “Recounting the Gracious Deeds of the Lord” (Those present are invited to share where they’ve seen God during this…
Matthew 1: 18-25 “Bathsheba” (The scripture is about the birth of Jesus, which will of course be mentioned during the sermon. Any Bathsheba scripture I considered didn’t seem right for Christmas Sunday, or had way too many unpronounceable names!)
1st Song: O Come All Ye Faithful (CH 148) 2nd Song: Joy to the World (CH 143) Candlelighting 3rd Song: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice (CH 164) Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10 Sermon: “Ruth” Inv. Song: Hark the Herald Angels Sing (CH 150) Comm. Song: There’s a Song in the Air (CH 159)
1st Song: Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates (CH 129) 2nd Song: Angels From the Realm of Glory (CH 149) Candlelighting 3rd Song: The First Noel (CH 151) Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10 Sermon: “Rahab” Inv. Song: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (CH 160) Comm. Song: My Soul Gives Glory to My God (CH 130)
1st Song: come, O Lon Expected Jesus (CH 125) 2nd Song: People Look East (CH 142) Candlelighting 3rd Song: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent (CH 124) Scripture: Psalm 25:1-10 Sermon: “Tamar” Inv. Song: O Come O Come Emmanuel (CH 119) Comm. Song: Blessed Be the God of Israel (CH 135)
1st song: Glorious Day (new by Passion) 2nd Song: This I Believe 1st reading: Psalm 100 3rd song: Cannons 2nd reading: John 6: 25-35 Sermon: “Christmas Shopping with Jesus” Invitation Song: Hold My Heart Communion Song: Lord I Need You
1st song: 718 Come Ye Thankful People Come 2nd song: Let All Things Now Living 1st reading: Isaiah 12 3rd song: 687 In Christ There is No East or West 2nd reading: Isaiah 65:17-25 Sermon: “From Cursed to Blessed” Invitation Song: Big House Communion Song: 424 I’m Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table
Song #1: 41 Halle Halle Hallelujah Song #2: 595 Be Thou My Vision 1st reading: John 15:1-5 Song 3: 636 (v. 1,4,5) “Abide With Me” 2nd reading: Haggai 2:3-9 Sermon: “Encouraged” Invitation Song: 453 “Called as partners in Christ’s service” Communion Song: 420 “I Come with Joy
Song #1: “I’m Yours” Song #2: “All the People Said Amen” First Reading: Psalm 137:1-6 Song #3: “Our God Is Here” Second Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Sermon: “Time to Remember” Invitation Song: “For All the Saints” Communion Song: “Here Is Bread”
1st song: “Here We Gather as God’s People” (CH 294) 2nd song: “Our God Is Here” Reading: Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices…
Song #1: Forever Song #2: Desert Song Reading #1: Psalm 121 Song #3: Broken Vessels Reading #2: Genesis 32:24-31 Sermon: “The Struggle” Invitation Song: Savior Please Communion Song: Oceans
1st reading: “If we are not happy, if we are not peaceful, we cannot share peace and happiness with others, even those we love, those who live under the same roof. If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society,…