Thank you to each and every person participating in any way in our worship service today. We are truly grateful.
Acolytes: Anna HIllebrand and Alison Krizan
Altar and Tree Decoration: Kay and Jerry Vaughn, Sue Dahlstrom, Elaine Sharp, Karen Stimeling, and Sharon West
Ushers/Greeters: Erv Larsen, Jeff Anders, Brendan Heidtke, Suzanne Pinnow
Advent Candle Lighting: Jason, Lee, Jina, and Noah Kim
Candle Lighting Stewards: Orion Caneff , Kyle and Emmit Johnson, Bob Langland, Sarah and Max Sauerwein
Music Ministry: Sue Dahlstrom, Liz Dempsey, Barb and Ken Flouro, Lucas Hering, Elizabeth Hillebrand, Jason Kim, Karen Langland, Gail Laudenslager, Brittany Ross, Sara Setayeshi, Karen and Bill Stimeling, Jerry Vaughn, Helen Wagar
Cellist: Kurt Hosely
Percussion and Rhythm: Jennifer Heidtke, Jill Samardzich,
Readers: Belle Anders, Saira Caneff, Ray Guthman, Jacob Hillebrand, Angie Johnson, Rog Paulsen, Lay Leader Karen Stimeling
Message: Pastor Jason Kim
Sound Set up and Preparation: Cliff Lyon
Sound-board Operator: Jacob Hillebrand
You are invited to join us at church Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m..
Also join us New Year’s Eve for potluck at 6 p.m. and games to follow.
Holcombe United Methodist Church
27841 County Highway M, Holcombe, WI 54745
Pastor Jason Kim: office hours: Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holcombe
office hours: Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jim Falls
e-mail: , cellphone: 847-757-9716
Administrative assistant Kyra Yeakel 715-382-4191
(Office hours: Monday & Tuesday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. at Jim Falls UMC)
Holcombe church715-595-4967
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“A NIGHT OF MYSTERY, LOVE, JOY AND PEACE”
Holcombe United Methodist Church
7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve December 24, 2014
The mission of Holcombe United Methodist Church:
“For Christ we welcome, invite, nurture and serve.”
We enter in peace and reverence and exit in joy
At the † please stand as you are able in body or spirit.
A TIME OF PEACE
Prelude...... Coventry Carol Cellist – Kurt Hosely
Welcome
Reflection
Sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth!
Sing to the Lord! Bless His name for He is awesome!
The Lord comes, and all creation sings for joy.
The Advent Candle Lighting……….Christ Be Our Light
The Kim Family – Jason, Lee, Jina, Noah
LITANY Hope for Those Who Are Willing
Our Savior’s birth is celebrated with bold faith.
All: May our hearts be willing
Like Mary, who showed humble surrender:
All: May our hearts be willing
Like Joseph, who exhibited unconditional trust:
All: May our hearts be willing
Like the shepherds, who displayed awestruck wonder:
All: May our hearts be willing
Like the angels, who sang glorious praise:
All: May our hearts be willing
For all who are willing to receive the gift of the Savior born in Bethlehem:
All: Grant that we might have the peace of Christ as we wait, the love of Christ as we act, and the grace of Christ as we speak.
Advent Lighting Prayer
Thank you to all who gave Poinsettias
to make our church so beautiful for Christmas.
Pat & Tony Arneson
Jim & Mary Beede
Dick & Rochelle Catlin
Joe and Rita Cigan
Sue Dahlstrom
Liz Dempsey
Ken & Barb Flouro
Jake & Bonnie Gundlach
The Geist Family
Ray Guthman
The Hillebrand Family
Bob & Karen Langland
Ervin Larson
Sandi Lesmeister
The Ross Family
David and Susan Staudacher
Jerry and Kay Vaughn
A TIME OF GREAT JOY
SEE THE BABY
†SONG OF JOY…………………………………………………..…...... Joy to the World- #246
Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare him room and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the world, the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ;while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground;He comes….to…. make… His blessings flow far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found, far as, far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories…. of ……His right…eous..ness, and wonders of His love, and wonders of His love, and wonders, wonders of His love.
Message
"A night of mystery, love, joy and peace"
A TIME TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL
Sending out with Hope, Love, and Peace for All
BENEDICTION
Let us go out with joy and love after the candles are out.
Postlude…………………………………………………………… ………………….………..Three Carols
Blessings to you and yours throughout this season and throughout the year.
CALL TO WORSHIP
R: This is a night of deep mystery -
All: a night when heaven comes to earth.
R: This is a night of great love -
All: a night when a child is born for us.
R: This is a night of incredible joy -
All: a night when angels sing to shepherds.
R: Glory to God in the highest! Peace to all on earth.
All: O Come let us adore him, Christ the Lord!
Scripture- The Prophecy…………Isaiah 9:2-7
†SONG OF REQUEST……………………….…….………Emmanuel, Emmanuel #204
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, His name is called Emmanuel.
God with us, revealed in us, His name is called Emmanuel.
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, His name is called Emmanuel.
God with us, revealed in us, His name is called Emmanuel.
A Peaceful, Silent Night
Scripture The Prophecy Unfolds…….Luke 2:1-7
†SONG OF THE BIRTH……………………………………………….What Child Is This #219
What child is this who, laid to rest, on Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, while shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King, whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Haste, haste to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary.
Why lies he in such mean estate where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear, for sinners here the silent Word is pleading.
This, this is Christ the King, whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
Haste, haste to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary.
The lighting of the candles of Christmas Eve
LIGHT A CANDLE FOR PEACE
Congregational candle lighting
† SONG OF PEACE…………………………………………..…….…..Silent Night #239
Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant, so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the sight, glories stream from heaven afar, heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born.
Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love’s pure light;radiantbeams from thy holy facewith the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Silent night, holy night, wondrous star, lend thy light; with the angels let us sing, Alleluia to our King, Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born.
(Please extinguish candles and place in baskets provided by candle lighting stewards.)
A TIME OF NEWS AND FAITH
†Scripture The Good News Begins………….Luke 2:8-20
†SONG OF THOSE IN AWE……………While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks #236
While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around, And glory shone around.
“Fear not!” said he, for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind.“Glad tidings of great joy I bring to all of humankind, to all of humankind.
“To you, in David’s town, this day is born of David’s line a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, And this shall be the sign, and this shall be the sign:”
“The heavenly babe you there shall find to human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, and in a manger laid, and in a manger laid.”
“All glory be to God on high, and to the earth be peace;
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to earth begin and never cease, begin and never cease!”
A TIME OF BEGINNINGS AND UNDERSTANDING
Prayer for New Beginnings
WELCOME TO OUR WORLD
OFFERING OUR GIFTS………………………..…….We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise #2031
We bring the sacrifice of praise
Unto the house of the Lord.
We bring the sacrifice of praise
Unto the house of the Lord.
And we offer up to You
The sacrifices of thanksgiving;
And we offer up to You
The sacrifices of joy.
†SONG OF GRATEFULNESS ……………………………………..…………He Is Born #228
He is born, the holy Child, play the oboe and bagpipes merrily!
He is born, the holy Child, sing we all of the Savior mild.
O how lovely, O how pureis this perfect child of heaven;
O how lovely, O how pure, gracious gift to humankind!
He is born, the holy Child, play the oboe and bagpipes merrily!
He is born, the holy Child, sing we all of the Savior mild.
Jesus, Lord of all the world, coming as a child among us,
Jesus, Lord of all the world, grant to us thy heavenly peace.
Scripture Grace Given………….Titus 2:11-14