Song 1: The First Noel (151 – verses 1,2,5) Song 2: All Earth Is Waiting (139 – verses 1,3,4) First Reading: Isaiah 60: 1-6 Song 3: We Three Kings (172 – all verses; chorus after verses 1 & 5 only) Second Reading: Matthew 2: 1-12 Sermon: “Guiding Light” Invitation Song: Lead Me, Guide Me (583…
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