Order of Worship 12-13-2020

Welcome / Opening Prayer

Affirmation of Faith 

Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth;

 

And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, dead, and buried;

the third day he rose from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

 

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic** church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

 

1st Hymn: 

Sing We Now of Christmas     UMH  237       Vses  1, 2, 4

Sing we now of Christmas, Noel, sing we here!  Hear our grateful praises to the babe so dear.

Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel!  Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel!

Angels called to shepherds, "Leave your flocks at rest, journey forth to Bethlehem, find the child so blest."

Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel!  Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel!

From the eastern country came the kings afar, bearing gifts to Bethlehem, guided by a star.

Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel!  Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel!

 

 

Pastoral Prayer

Lord's Prayer

OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN,

HALLOWED BE THY NAME.

THY KINGDOM COME.

THY WILL BE DONE

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD,

AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES,

AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US,

AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION,

BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,

AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY,

FOR EVER AND EVER

AMEN

2nd Hymn:  

 

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming              

UMH  216          Vses  1, 2, 3

 

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung!

Of Jesse's lineage coming as those of old have sung.

It came, a flower-et bright, amid the cold of winter, when half spent was the night.

Isaiah 'twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind,

with Mary we behold it, the Virgin Mother kind.

To show God's love aright, she bore to us a Savior, when half spent was the night.

O Flower, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air,

dispel in glorious splendor the darkness everywhere.

True man yet very God, from sin and death now save us, and share our every load.

Offering Prayer

Special Song by Quartet

 

Sermon: Deck the Halls Isaiah 61:1-4

 

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