PRELUDE – “O Holy Night” by Sarah Macintosh
WELCOME & LIGHTING OF SECOND ADVENT CANDLE – Hebrews 1:6
When God brings the firstborn into the world, he says,
“Let all God’s angels worship him.”
CALL TO WORSHIP
Song –
“O Come All Ye Faithful” by C. Frederick Oakeley and John Francis Wade
CONFESSION OF SIN – Luke 5:8
“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”
ASSURANCE OF PARDON – Luke 5:10
“Do not be afraid.”
Song –
“Have Mercy on Me” by Dale Bischof and Pat Sczebel
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of the Father before all worlds;
God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God;
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men and our salvation,
came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
He suffered and was buried;
and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures;
and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father;
and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life;
who proceeds from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified;
who spoke by the prophets.
And we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins;
and we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
CHILDREN’S BLESSING & DISMISSAL
PRAYER
SCRIPTURE READING – Luke 2:1-24
SERMON – “Ordinary Christmas”
THE LORD’S TABLE
Songs –
“Silent Night” by Franz Xaver Gruber, John Freeman Young, and Joseph Mohr
“Jesus I Am Resting, Resting” by David Hampton and Jean Sophia Pigott
OFFERING
Song –
“Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” by Charles Wesley
BENEDICTION & ANNOUNCEMENTS
POSTLUDE – “Angels We Have Heard on High” by Sara Groves
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