Order Of Worship
Welcome and Gathering
Piano Duet
O Come All Ye Faithful
Pam Bergman & Trisha Anderson
God's Greeting & Greeting Each Other
One Still Night - Praise Team
Manager Throne - Praise Team
Advent Candle Review - Pastor Phil
“A Candle Is Burning”
Lighting of the Christ Candle & Reading -
Jacque & Marcus Huesman
“Joy To The World” - Hymn 125
“O Come All Ye Faithful “- Hymn 145
Hark The Herald Angels Sing” - Hymn 133
“NOEL” by J.R.R. Tolkien
Children's Message
“The Christmas Story” - Luke 2:1-20
Read by Larry Elwood
“Away In The Manager” - Hymn 157
“O’ Little Town Of Bethlehem” - Hymn 141
Special Video
“The Story of Jesus’s Birth/ The Night The King Was Born”
Candle Lighting and “Peace Peace”
Played by Pam Bergman
Sending and God's Parting Blessing
God's Parting Blessing:
God go before you to lead you, God go behind you to protect you,
God go beneath you to support you, God go beside you to befriend you.
Do not be afraid.
May the blessing of God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit be upon you
Do not be afraid. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Amen
Merry Christmas!
Sermon Outline
“The Christmas Star”
Matthew 2:1-12
2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." 3 When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: 6 " 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' " 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him." 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
The Guiding Star:
2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
The Guarding Star:
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
The Gladdening Star:
ri10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
