Christmas Day
A Church Family Celebration
December 25, 2016
*This morning we are going to try a
relaxed, family style worship service to rewmember
the birth of our Lord and Savior on that very first Christmas Day.
Please make yourself at home: pull up a
chair, get something to drink, enjoy some cookies,
and let’s gather together as a family of faith and celebrate
together
Welcome
Christmas Hymn Sing
*Prayer of Illumination
Be born in our hearing, Lord Jesus, and
open our lives to you:
Our
Word, our Light, our Life. Amen.
*Chorus “Emmanuel,
Emmanuel” #204
Emmanuel,
Emmanuel, his name is called Emmanuel.
God
with us, revealed in us, his name is called Emmanuel.
Announcements
Getting to Know You
What’s in your Christmas Pensieve?
Children’s Moments
Blessing of the Our Gifts
-Reflecting on the Story-
Christmas Scripture Luke 2
John 1
Reflection
Testimony
Chorus “Alleluia”
#186
You are invited to share your prayer concerns
by writing them on the Prayer Request cards and placing them in the offering
plate.
Silent Prayer / Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer
Our
Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is
the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
-Responding to God’s Word-
Offering Our Gifts and Tithes
Prayer of Thanksgiving
*Hymn “Go, Tell It on the Mountain” #251
*Benediction
*Chorus “Go, Tell It on the Mountain”
(Refrain) #251
Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills
and everywhere;
go, tell it on the mountain, that Jesus
Christ is born.
Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church
“Where Faith and Life Meet”
www.mifflinave.org
412-731-2511
Rev.
Kelly Smith
214-202-9291