December 27, 2020

Joshua 20:1-9

  • Order of Worship

    Sunday, December 27, 2020

     

    Welcome and Announcements

     

    Call to Worship

     

    Scripture Reading:                                                         Matthew 2:1-12

     

    Prayer of Invocation

    Leader:          Today our Savior was adored by the Magi.

    Let us also worship him with joy as we pray:

    People:          Light from Light, shine on us this day.

    Leader:          Christ, you revealed yourself in the flesh,

    People:          Sanctify us through prayer and the word of God.

    Leader:          Christ, your witness was the Spirit,

    People:          Free our lives from the spirit of doubt.

    Leader:          Christ, you revealed yourself to the angels,

    People:          Help us to feel the joy of heaven on earth.

    Leader:          Christ, you were proclaimed to the nations,

    People:          By the power of the Holy Spirit open the hearts of all.

    Leader:          Christ, you generated faith in the world,

    People:          Renew the faith of all believers.

    Leader:          Christ, you were taken up in glory,

    People:          Enkindle in us a longing for your kingdom.

     

    Angels from the Realms of Glory

    Verse 1:     Angels from the realms of glory,

    Wing your flight o’er all the earth;

    Ye who sang creation’s story

    Now proclaim Messiah’s birth.

    Refrain:     Come and worship, come and worship,

    Worship Christ, the newborn King.

     

    Verse 2:     Shepherds, in the field abiding,

    Watching o’er your flocks by night,

    God with us is now residing;

    Yonder shines the infant light:              (Refrain)

    Verse 3:     Lord of Heaven, we adore Thee,

    God the Father, God the Son,

    God the Spirit, One in glory,

    On the same eternal throne.

    Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

    Lord of Heaven, Three in One.              (Refrain)

     

    Children’s Sermon

    (11 a.m. Service Only)

     

     

    We Respond to God’s Presence

     

    We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Verse 1 – Everyone:

    We three kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar

    Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.

    Refrain – Everyone:

    O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,

    Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to Thy perfect light.

    Verse 2 – Men & Boys:

    Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain, Gold I bring to crown Him again,

    King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign

    (Repeat Refrain)

    Verse 3 – Men & Boys:

    Frankincense to offer have I, Incense owns a Deity nigh;

    Prayer and praising all men raising, Worship Him, God on high.

    (Repeat Refrain)

    Verse 4 – Men & Boys:

    Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume Breaths a life of gathering gloom:

    Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

    (Repeat Refrain)

     

     

    Verse 5 – Everyone:

    Glorious now behold Him arise, King and God and Sacrifice;

    Alleluia, Alleluia! Sounds thru the earth and skies.

    (Repeat Refrain)

    Words & Music: John H. Hopkins, Jr.

     

     

    Ordination of Ruling Elder / Installation / Prayer

     

    Jeff Pangborn

  •  

    We Worship Through Hearing

     

    Sermon:

    Series:

    Be Strong and Courageous

     

    Today’s Message:

    “Where Justice and Mercy Dwell”

    Joshua 20:1-9

     

    Notes

     

    I.  ________________ of Life                 

     

     

     

    II.  ___________________ of Life

     

     

     

    III. Justice and mercy for  __________________

     

     

     

     

     

     

    We Are Sent Forth in Worship

    to Share the Gospel

     

    I Cannot Tell

    I cannot tell why He whom angels worship

    Should set His love upon the sons of men,

    Or why, as Shepherd, He should seek the wanderers

    To bring them back, they know not how or when.

    But this I know, that He was born of Mary

    When Bethlehem’s manger was His only home,

    And that He lived at Nazareth and labored,

    And so the Savior, Savior of the world is come.

    I cannot tell how silently He suffered

    As with His peace He graced this place of tears,

    Or how His heart upon the cross was broken,

    The crown of pain to three and thirty years.

    But this I know, He heals the broken hearted

    And stays our sin and calms our lurking fear,

    And lifts the burden from the heavy laden,

    For yet the Savior, Savior of the world, is here.

    I cannot tell how He will win the nations,

    How He will claim His earthly heritage,

    Or satisfy the needs and aspirations

    Of east and west, of sinner and of sage.

    But this I know, all flesh shall see His glory,

    And He shall reap the harvest He has sown,

    And some glad day His sun will shine in splendor

    When He the Savior, Savior of the world, is known.

    I cannot tell how all the lands shall worship

    When at His bidding every storm is stilled,

    Or who can say how great the jubilation

    When all the hearts of men with love are filled.

    But this I know, the skies will thrill with rapture,

    And countless voices then will join to sing.

    And earth to heaven, and heaven to earth will answer:

    “At last the Savior, Savior of the world, is King!”

    Words: W. Y Fullerton; Music: Traditional Irish Melody LONDONBERRY AIR.

     

    Benediction

     

  • Order of Worship

    Sunday, December 27, 2020

     

    Welcome and Announcements

     

    Call to Worship

     

    Scripture Reading:                                                         Matthew 2:1-12

     

    Prayer of Invocation

    Leader:          Today our Savior was adored by the Magi.

    Let us also worship him with joy as we pray:

    People:          Light from Light, shine on us this day.

    Leader:          Christ, you revealed yourself in the flesh,

    People:          Sanctify us through prayer and the word of God.

    Leader:          Christ, your witness was the Spirit,

    People:          Free our lives from the spirit of doubt.

    Leader:          Christ, you revealed yourself to the angels,

    People:          Help us to feel the joy of heaven on earth.

    Leader:          Christ, you were proclaimed to the nations,

    People:          By the power of the Holy Spirit open the hearts of all.

    Leader:          Christ, you generated faith in the world,

    People:          Renew the faith of all believers.

    Leader:          Christ, you were taken up in glory,

    People:          Enkindle in us a longing for your kingdom.

     

    Angels from the Realms of Glory

    Verse 1:     Angels from the realms of glory,

    Wing your flight o’er all the earth;

    Ye who sang creation’s story

    Now proclaim Messiah’s birth.

    Refrain:     Come and worship, come and worship,

    Worship Christ, the newborn King.

     

    Verse 2:     Shepherds, in the field abiding,

    Watching o’er your flocks by night,

    God with us is now residing;

    Yonder shines the infant light:              (Refrain)

    Verse 3:     Lord of Heaven, we adore Thee,

    God the Father, God the Son,

    God the Spirit, One in glory,

    On the same eternal throne.

    Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

    Lord of Heaven, Three in One.              (Refrain)

     

    Children’s Sermon

    (11 a.m. Service Only)

     

     

    We Respond to God’s Presence

     

    We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Verse 1 – Everyone:

    We three kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar

    Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.

    Refrain – Everyone:

    O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright,

    Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to Thy perfect light.

    Verse 2 – Men & Boys:

    Born a King on Bethlehem’s plain, Gold I bring to crown Him again,

    King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign

    (Repeat Refrain)

    Verse 3 – Men & Boys:

    Frankincense to offer have I, Incense owns a Deity nigh;

    Prayer and praising all men raising, Worship Him, God on high.

    (Repeat Refrain)

    Verse 4 – Men & Boys:

    Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume Breaths a life of gathering gloom:

    Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

    (Repeat Refrain)

     

     

    Verse 5 – Everyone:

    Glorious now behold Him arise, King and God and Sacrifice;

    Alleluia, Alleluia! Sounds thru the earth and skies.

    (Repeat Refrain)

    Words & Music: John H. Hopkins, Jr.

     

     

    Ordination of Ruling Elder / Installation / Prayer

     

    Jeff Pangborn

  •  

    We Worship Through Hearing

     

    Sermon:

    Series:

    Be Strong and Courageous

     

    Today’s Message:

    “Where Justice and Mercy Dwell”

    Joshua 20:1-9

     

    Notes

     

    I.  ________________ of Life                 

     

     

     

    II.  ___________________ of Life

     

     

     

    III. Justice and mercy for  __________________

     

     

     

     

     

     

    We Are Sent Forth in Worship

    to Share the Gospel

     

    I Cannot Tell

    I cannot tell why He whom angels worship

    Should set His love upon the sons of men,

    Or why, as Shepherd, He should seek the wanderers

    To bring them back, they know not how or when.

    But this I know, that He was born of Mary

    When Bethlehem’s manger was His only home,

    And that He lived at Nazareth and labored,

    And so the Savior, Savior of the world is come.

    I cannot tell how silently He suffered

    As with His peace He graced this place of tears,

    Or how His heart upon the cross was broken,

    The crown of pain to three and thirty years.

    But this I know, He heals the broken hearted

    And stays our sin and calms our lurking fear,

    And lifts the burden from the heavy laden,

    For yet the Savior, Savior of the world, is here.

    I cannot tell how He will win the nations,

    How He will claim His earthly heritage,

    Or satisfy the needs and aspirations

    Of east and west, of sinner and of sage.

    But this I know, all flesh shall see His glory,

    And He shall reap the harvest He has sown,

    And some glad day His sun will shine in splendor

    When He the Savior, Savior of the world, is known.

    I cannot tell how all the lands shall worship

    When at His bidding every storm is stilled,

    Or who can say how great the jubilation

    When all the hearts of men with love are filled.

    But this I know, the skies will thrill with rapture,

    And countless voices then will join to sing.

    And earth to heaven, and heaven to earth will answer:

    “At last the Savior, Savior of the world, is King!”

    Words: W. Y Fullerton; Music: Traditional Irish Melody LONDONBERRY AIR.

     

    Benediction

     

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Bulletin Date: 2020-12-27