Sunday Bulletin

December 25, 2022

Tolling of the Hour

Prelude

*Call to Worship

One:Do not be afraid; for see I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people.
All:To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.
One:Let us worship God!

*Hymn 22“Angels, from the Realms of Glory” REGENT SQUARE

*Invitation to Confession & Prayer of Confession

Today marks a new beginning with the birth of Christ. Let us confess the sins that have kept us from glorifying and enjoying our God. Let us pray…

Gracious God, you call us to celebrate the birth of our newborn savior. Yet we find the suffering and despair of our world depressing. Our hearts grow hard with hopelessness. What reason is there to rejoice? We doubt your power even on Christmas Day. Emmanuel, return us to faith. Help us resist the overwhelming forces that drag us down. Lift our spirits so we can see and appreciate the gift of God-with-us. Lord, hear our prayers…

Assurance of Pardon

One:Born that day was grace – for the broken and bereft; born that day was hope – for the vulnerable and forgotten; born that day was love – for all of us!
All: Thanks be to God, we are forgiven! We will go to tell others of all we have seen, heard, experienced, and know. Amen.

*Grateful Response“Good Christian Friends Rejoice”

Good Christian friends rejoice, with heart, and soul, and voice;

Now ye year of endless bliss: Jesus Christ was born for this!

He hath opened heaven’s door, and we are blest forevermore.

Christ was born for this! Christ was born for this!

Good Christian friends rejoice, with heart and soul and voice;

Now ye need not fear the grave: Jesus Christ was born to save!

Calls you one and calls you all, to gain the everlasting hall.

Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save!

Special Music

Old Testament ReadingIsaiah 9:2-7

Gospel ReadingJohn 1:1-18

Sermon “The Work of Christmas” Dr. Greg McMinn

*Hymn 27“Gentle Mary Laid Her Child” TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM

*Prayer of Dedication

*Affirmation of Faith- The Apostles Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Makerof heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead; he ascendedinto heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence heshall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be thyname. 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

*Hymn29“Go, Tell It on the Mountain” GO TELL IT

*Charge and Benediction

*Benediction Response“Joy to the World!”

Joy to the World! The Lord is come: Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare Him room,

And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

Carrying the Light out into the World

Postlude

Prayer Concerns

Sandra Bedelle, Joe Mitchell’s sister, in the hospital with pneumonia

Regina Weeks, relative of Sid Blackstone, in the hospital with a bad infection, had to amputate her big toe

Randall Weido, son of Charlene Morgan, has liver and kidney issues

Susan McKoy, friend of Maggie Jane’s, experiencing hard recovery from surgery to remove malignant tumors

Hawk Family in Morgan County. House burned down, father was killed in the fire, son hospitalized with smoke inhalation. Mom and daughter are okay. Friends of Carrell Kalland

Eleanor McMinn, Pastor Greg’s mother, recovering from spinal fusion at home

Rachel Dill and family, friend of Shawn Gales, husband was hit & killed by a car while on a walk

Lillian Parker, friend of Brenda Gales, severe kidney infection

Burt, father of Shawn Gales’ co-worker, congestive heart failure.
Vicki Crowe, friend of Gloria and Terry Stewart, recovering from the flu and pneumonia

Eddie Campbell, recovering from a stroke at home
Dorothy, Brenda Gales’ co-worker and friend, had breast cancer surgery, now will begin radiation

Joanie Gland, Jan Staples’ sister, recovering from surgery now has the flu, prayers appreciated
Shelly Achinson, Pastor Greg’s cousin, diagnosed with colon and liver cancer
Donald McWaters, musician friend of Clyde Jones and family, bile duct cancer treatment
Ansel Philp, Marjorie Potter’s brother, more spots have been discovered
Brett Light, April Ramsey’s stepfather, stem cell treatments for Lymphoma
Dale Clark, friend of Mike Sager's, having back problems, L4 & L5 discs
Jimmy Danford, friend of Nesbitt’s, his cancer has returned and he began treatment again

On-Going Prayer Concerns

People of Ukraine and Haiti

All people suffering from undisclosed health issues

Our friends and neighbors we help through the Food Pantry

Nancy Thompson, her husband Dwayne completed treatment and in remission from B cell lymphoma

Terry Stewart, friend of Gloria and PCR

Lynn Everett, Judy Blackstone’s stepmother, recurring pancreatic cancer
Michael Wallace, Tommy's brother, cancer in lymph nodes

Tony Hilland, friend of Wallace's, prostate cancer.
Johanna Cleland’s father, John Stewart, kidney disease, had port installed and will begin dialysis soon
Denise Younker, Corrys' niece, diagnosed with liver cancer
Avery White, brother-in-law of Elaine White, had a stent inserted, improving
Brenda Hyde, friend of PCR, cancer
Albert Chapel, pancreatic cancer
Ed Mather, friend of Gloria Samut, Alzheimer’s, at home in hospice care

Shut Ins: Bobby Bennett, Marilyn Gladue, Louise Hanekamp, Virginia Nicholson, Evelyn Spivey