LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH:                               Tom and Linda Tozer
†CALL TO WORSHIP:  John 1: 1-5)                                                                                                
One: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
All: He was in the beginning with God. All thing cam into being through him and without him Not one thing cam into being.
One: What has come into being in him was life, and he life was the light of all people.
All: The light shines n the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
† HYMN: Blue #41 “O Come, All Ye Faithful”Hymn: Blue # 44 “ O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Scripture: Luke 2: 1-7         Bonnie Shapbell
HYMN: Blue # 25          “Away in a Manger”
Scripture: Luke 2: 8-20     Nancy Loudermilk
HYMN: Blue # 31 “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
MESSAGE
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
GIVING OF THE BREAD AND CUP
CHRISTMAS PRAYER/LORD’S PRAYER:
†HYMN: Blue # 40                      “Joy to the World!”
†BENEDICTION:                  
†CANDLE LIGHTING HYMN:        “Silent Night, Holy Night”† PLEASE DEPART IN SILENCE
*The Advent reading is by Henri J. M. Nouwen, from the Genesee Diary