Good News! Great Joy for All the People

ORDER OF WORSHIP

Prelude
Welcome/Announcements
* Call to Worship
L: All God’s people―boys and girls, women, men:
P: Come and worship!
L: Shepherds, Magi, saints, and angels:
P: Come and worship! Come and worship!
L: All who need the Savior, all who long for comfort:
P: Come and worship! Come and worship Christ, the newborn King!
* Song of Worship
“O Come, All Ye Faithful”
* God’s Greeting
* We Greet Each Other 
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
* Song of Praise
“Angels from the Realms of Glory”
Congregational Prayer
“Call and Response: The Lord’s Prayer”
lead by Kari Swanson
Special Music: Kari Swanson
“Breath of Heaven”
Offering
Prayer of Preparation
Scripture Reading: Luke 2: 1-20
Message: Pastor Brian
Good News! Great Joy for All the People!
Response of Faith Belgic Confession 18
So then we confess
that God fulfilled the promise
made to the early fathers and mothers
by the mouth of the holy prophets
when he sent the only and eternal Son of God
into the world at the time appointed.
The Son took the “form of a slave”
and was made in “human form,”
truly assuming a real human nature,
with all its weaknesses, except for sin;
being conceived in the womb of the blessed virgin Mary
by the power of the Holy Spirit,
without male participation.
And Christ not only assumed human nature
as far as the body is concerned
but also a real human soul,
in order to be a real human being.
In this way Christ is truly our Immanuel—
that is: “God with us.”
* Song of Response
“Joy to the World”
* Benediction
* Closing Song
“Come On, Ring Those Bells”
Postlude