*Those
that are able are invited to stand
Welcome and Announcements
- Gathering into worship -
Introit
“Morning
Has Broken” Choir
Special Music of Praise
Jason
Born
*Call to Worship
Leader: Shout with joy to God,
all the earth!
Men: Come
into God’s presence with singing!
Women: Worship
the Lord with gladness!
Leader: Remember that our God is
the only God—
Women: the One who made us,
Men: the One who sustains us,
All: the One whose Spirit lives within us.
Leader: Let us enter God’s house
with thanksgiving;
Men: and
come into God’s presence with praise.
Leader: For God is good,
Women: with
unfailing love that lasts forever,
All: and
faithfulness that extends to all generations.
*Hymn “The First Noel” #245
* Unison
Opening Prayer – adapted from the prayers of Ignatius of
Loyola, 16th c.
Teach
us, good Lord,
to serve you as you deserve;
to give and not to count the cost;
to labor and not to ask for any
reward,
except that of knowing
that we do your will.
Everything
is yours; do with it what you will.
Give
us only your love and your grace; that is enough for us.
Through
Jesus Christ our Lord we pray, Amen.
*Chorus “Glory Be to the Father”
(Refrain) #70
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to
the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
- blessings to share –
Invitation to the Table and Great Thanksgiving
Celebrating Our Offerings and Receiving Communion
(The
ushers will collect our weekly offerings and tithes. The
Celebration Sunday gifts are brought
forward to the altar and communion is received.)
*Doxology “Bless Thou the Gifts”
#587
Bless thou the gifts our hands have
brought;
bless thou the work our hearts have
planned.
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought;
the rest, O God, is in thy hand.
*Prayer of Thanksgiving
--Reflecting on the Story–
Children’s Sermon
Rev. Ed Bailey, UM Foundation
Scripture
Matthew 2:1-12
Message How Will
You Respond?
Rev.
Kelly Smith
Yearly Star Words
Silent Prayer / Prayers of the People / Lord’s
Prayer
(You are invited to share your prayer concerns
with the congregation by writing them on the
Prayer Request cards in the pews and placing
them in the offering plate.)
- Taking the Word to the World -
Honoring Our Church Leadership
*Closing Praise Jason Born
*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.
Postlude
www.mifflinave.org
412-731-2511
905
Mifflin Ave
Pastor:
Rev. Kelly Smith
214-202-9291