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Recording
First Sunday in the Season of Christmas
2nd Day of Christmas
MUSICAL PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
Let us rise from our slumbers to greet the dawn!
Let us gather together in all of our homes!
Let us come to the cradle that holds the Saviour.
Let us give thanks to God for the gift of Christ.
And for all the gifts that God has given.
Let us come to God.
Amen!
INTROIT
Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King!”
Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled.
Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies,
With angelic hosts proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King!”
PRAYER OF APPROACH
As a virtual family of faith, we have heard your call
and we are gathering together at the side of a baby in a manger.
Help us remember that, as we gather to his side and rejoice at his birth,
You came to our side and rejoiced at our birth.
Into your cradling arms we place ourselves,
just as you have placed your son into our arms.
To YOU be praise forever more, AMEN.
HYMN # 58 (VU) INFANT HOLY, INFANT LOWLY
Infant holy, infant lowly, for his bed a cattle-stall;
oxen lowing, little knowing Christ the babe is Lord of all.
Swift are winging angels singing, noels ringing, tidings bringing:
Christ the babe is Lord for all, Christ the babe is Lord for all.
Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping vigil till the morning new
saw the glory, heard the story, tidings of a gospel true.
Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow, praises voicing, greet the morrow:
Christ the babe was born for you, Christ the babe was born for you.
SCRIPTURE LESSON
REFLECTION
OFFERTORY HYMN # 68 (VU) ALL POOR ONES AND HUMBLE
All poor ones and humble, and all those who stumble,
Come hastening and feel not afraid.
For Jesus, our Treasure, with love past all measure,
In lowly poor manger was laid.
Though wisemen who found him laid rich gifts around him,
Yet oxen, they gave him their hay.
And Jesus in beauty accepted their duty,
Contented in a manger he lay.
Then haste we to show him the praises we owe him,
Our service he ne’er can despise.
Whose love still is able to show us that stable,
Where softly in a manger he lies.
The Christ-child will lead us, the Good Shepherd feed us,
And with us abide till his day.
Then hatred he’ll banish, then sorrow will vanish,
And death and despair flee away.
And he shall reign ever and nothing shall sever,
From us the great love of our King!
His peace and his pity shall bless his fair city,
His praises we ever shall sing.
Then haste we to show him the praises we owe him,
Our service he ne’er can despise.
Whose love still is able to show us that stable,
Where softly in a manger he lies.
PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN # 62 (VU) ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY
Once in royal David’s city
stood a lowly cattle-shed,
where a mother laid her baby
in a manger for his bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
He came down to earth from heaven,
who, with God is over all,
and his shelter was a stable,
and his cradle was a stall.
There among the poor and lowly
lived on earth our Saviour holy.
For he is our lifelong pattern;
daily, when on earth he grew;
he was tempted, scorned, rejected,
tears and smiles like us he knew.
Thus he feels for all our sadness,
and he shares in all our gladness.
And our eyes at last shall see him,
through his own redeeming love;
for that child who seemed so helpless
is our Lord in heaven above;
and he leads his children on
to the place where he is gone.
COMMISSIONING AND BENEDICTION
This bulletin is dedicated to the glory of God and in loving memory of Ella Kilby from here sisters Selena, Josephine, and Doreen.