Perry First United Methodist church
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Order of Worship - Sunday, December 27, 2020
Prelude “Andante
Religioso” Felix
Mendelssohn
Welcome
Announcements
Call To Worship
L:
Arise! Shine! The light you have been waiting for is here!
P: Darkness has been-banished!
L:
God's light of hope floods the earth
P: God's light comes to us all.
L:
Lord, make us ready to journey to this Light.
P: Prepare our hearts to receive this Light. AMEN.
Opening Carol Sing We Now of Christmas #237
Sing we now of Christmas, Noel, sing we here!
Hear our grateful praises to the babe so dear.
Refrain
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.”
(refrain)
In Bethlehem, they found
him;
Joseph and Mary mild,
Seated by the manger,
watching the holy child. (refrain)
Offertory
Prayer
God
of hope and joy, the gifts we offer to you pale when our minds try to grasp all
we have been given in this season: wholeness in our woundedness, hope in our
despair, peace in our turmoil, forgiveness in our rebellion. Like Simeon, our
eyes have seen your salvation, and you give us light in our darkness. Help us
embrace your extravagant generosity as we give ourselves to others. In our
Savior’s holy name, we pray. Amen. (Luke 2:22-40)
Christmas
Carol Angels We Have Heard on High vs. 1 & 3 #238
Angels
we have heard on high sweetly singing o’er the plains, and the mountains in
reply echoing their joyous strains.
Refrain
- Gloria, in excelis Deo! Gloria, in excelis Deo!
Come
to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended
knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King. (Refrain)
Scripture Isaiah 61:10-62:3
61:10
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God; for
he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the
robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a
bride adorns herself with her jewels.
61:11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is
sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to
spring up before all the nations.
62:1 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will
not rest, until her vindication shines out like the dawn, and her salvation
like a burning torch.
62:2 The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory; and
you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
62:3 You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem
in the hand of your God.
Special Music Mary Did You Know - One World Children’s Choir
Buddy
Greene, Mark Lowry ©1991, 1993 Rufus
Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
Curb Word Music (Admin. by WC Music Corp.)
Sermon Company
Is Coming: Enjoying the Company
Moment of Reflection
Christmas Carol O Little Town of Bethlehem #230
O little town of Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight
And gathered all above
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love
O morning stars together
Proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to God the King
And Peace to all on earth
How silently, how silently
The wondrous gift is given
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven
No ear may hear His coming
But in this world of sin
Where meek souls will receive him,
Still the dear Christ enters in.
O
holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in,
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel
Joys and Concerns
Pastoral
Prayer
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Words of Institution
The Lord’s Prayer
Breaking of the Bread
Sharing in the Bread
and Cup
Closing Carol Go Tell It on the Mountain #251
Refrain
Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills
and
everywhere; go, tell it on the mountain, that
Jesus Christ is born.
While shepherds kept their watching o’er
silent
flocks by night, behold throughout the
heavens
there shown a holy light. (Refrain)
The shepherds feared and trembled, when lo!
Above the earth, rang out the angel chorus
that
hailed the Saviors birth. (Refrain)
Down in a lowly manger the humble Christ was
born, and God sent us salvation that blessed
Christmas morn. (Refrain)
Benediction
Go into God's world, bearing the light of hope and peace. Bring the Good
News of the love of God
through Jesus Christ to all the people. Go in peace. AMEN
Postlude “Chorale Postlude” Roger C
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