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- Pre–service Music
- Emmanuel
- Welcome & Announcements
- Prelude/Introit
- Good King Wenceslas
- Bringing in the light of Christ
- Greeting our Guests & Friends
- Prayer for Renewal
- Leader: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. - Peter 1:3
- People: Merciful God of might, thank you for a new birth.
- Leader: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! - 2 Corinthians 5:17
- People: Merciful Jesus, thank you for a new creation.
- Leader: I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. -Ezekiel 11:19
- People: Merciful God of might, thank you for a new spirit.
- Leader: But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. - 2 Peter 3:13
- People: Merciful Jesus, come and renew this weary world.
- Song of Praise
- Joy the World (Unspeakable Joy)
- He Has Come for Us
- Scripture of Covenant Renewal
- 2 Kings 23:1-3
- Litany of Thanksgiving
- Leader: Let us give thanks for all of God’s mercies. O God, our Covenant Friend, You have been gracious to us through all the years of our lives. We thank you for your loving care, which has filled our days and brought us to this time and place.
- People: We praise your holy name, O God.
- Leader: You have given us life and reason, and set us in a world filled with your glory. You have comforted us with family and friends, and ministered to us through the hands of our sisters and brothers.
- People: We praise your holy name, O God.
- Leader: You have filled our hearts with a hunger after you, and have given us your peace. You have redeemed us, and called us to a high calling in Christ Jesus. You have given us a place in the fellowship of your Spirit. And the witness of your Church.
- People: We praise your holy name, O God.
- Leader: You have been our light in darkness, a rock of strength in adversity and temptation. The very Spirit of joy in our joys, and the all-sufficient reward in all our labors.
- People: We praise your holy name, O God.
- Leader: You remembered us when we forgot you. You followed us even when we tried to flee from you. You met us with forgiveness when we returned to you. For all your patience and overflowing grace.
- People: We praise your holy name, O God.
- 12 days of Christmas Carol
- Coventry Carol
- Scripture of a New Covenant
- Jeremiah 31:31-34
- Giving God All that we Have
- Welcome to Our World
- Doxology
- Prayer of Dedication
- The Voice of the Scripture
- Living Out The Word
- O Come Let Us Adore Him
- Making a New Covenant with God
- Invitation
- Leader: Let us, therefore, go to Christ, and pray:
- People: Let be your servant, under you command. I will no longer be my own. I will give up myself to your will in all things.
- Leader: Be satisfied that Christ shall give you your place and work.
- People: Lord, make me what you will. I put myself fully into your hands: put me to doing, put me to suffering, let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you, let me be full, let me be empty, let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and with a willing heart give it all to your pleasure and disposal.
- All: And now, O Glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, Let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.
- Hymn of Commitment
- Sing We Now of Christmas
- Litany of Restoring
- Leader: Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
- People: Restore and sustain us, O Lord.
- Leader: Restore us, O Lord God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- People: Restore and rekindle us, O Lord.
- Leader: He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- People: Restore, refresh and guide us, O Lord.
- Leader: Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
- People: Restore and awaken us, O Lord.
- Leader: And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
- People: To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
- Hymn of Fellowship
- Good Christian Friends Rejoice
- Benediction
- Take the Light of Christ in the World/Postlude
- Go Tell it on the Mountain
Prayer List, Praises, and Prayer Requests
12/13/2020 Prayers:
- Mike and Vikki Morris' son-in-law's cancer treatments
- Wayne and Linda Carpenter loss of Wayne's brother Don
- Stefanie Morsey's mother-in-law JoAann, fell and shattered Kneecap
- Bette Seaton's friend's son, Ronald Becker, has COVID-19
- Katie Bradford's Grandmother, Joan Anderson, passed due to COVID-19 after decades of struggles with dementia.
12/06/2020 Prayers:
- Cindy, Donna Stepp's friend, losing her business from COVID restrictions, has three children she supports.
- Ongoing prayers for Bette Seaton's niece Royce and brother Donald Bartels.
- Mary Peterson's brother, John Brown, has MS and currently in hospital with double pneumonia, not COVID related.
11/22/2020 Prayers:
- Grace Wright, food pantry family, massive headaches at Age 11.
- Lana Flatt's neighbor Logan Byrd, stage 4 cancer.
- Michelle Field's father, Phil Junker, suffered a stroke.
- Davis Taylor's Stepfather, Virgil "Duddy" Walden, dementia & pending surgery.
11/15/2020 Prayers:
- Continued prayers for those recovering from COVID-19
- Greylynn Waters coworkers and families that are testing positive for COVID-19
- Bette Seaton's niece Royce and Brother Donald Bartels.
- Becky Alexander - White House HC
- Jack Seifert - Home
- Cassie Stewart - Home
- Jewel McDonald - Jubilee Hills
- Peggy Nelson - Home
- Sarah Smith - Home
- Jeanette Lee - NHC
- Betty Hester - Portland
- Glenda Ishak-H’ville
- SGT Kevin R. Houston
- HN Spencer Sartain
- LCpl Austin Toungette
- SSG James Holcombe
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