Prelude………………………………………………….……Mary Cosey
Welcome and Announcements………..……………….…Pastor Peterson
Call to Worship……………………….…………………Marlene Sanders
L: Come, wise men, shepherds, virgins, carpenters, worship the Lord.
P: We come humbly & repentantly to celebrate the birth of our Savior.
L: Bring Jesus gifts of love, obedience, commitment, and service.
P: We give Jesus our devotion and all that we have & are & hope to be.
All: We thank God for the love, hope, joy, and peace of Jesus the Christ
*Hymn 110, "While Shepherds Watched" (Light 4 candles)
*Invocation & Lord's Prayer ("debts");
Receiving of God's Tithes and our Offerings
Harley Moore: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
*Doxology (556);
*Offertory Prayer;
(children exit)
Morning Prayer Time
*Hymn 104, "I Wonder as I Wander"
Scripture: Matthew 1: 18-25
Sermon, "Adjusting to Christmas"
*Hymn 102, "What Child Is This?"
*Benediction
Telephones: Church (518) 642-0673 Parsonage (518) 642-2245
Rev. James C. Peterson, Pastor Colleen Bucco, Sexton
Pianist ………………………………….…………………………….Mary Cosey
TODAY 9:30 a.m. Worship (child care available) & Sunday School. Please put Hymn Books & Bibles back on cart by door after service. Child Care: Kim Pauquette
Ushers: Marie Bogart, Marie Vanderminden
10:30 am Coffee Fellowship (everyone). Stockings for Sunday School children given out. Birthday party for Jesus.
3:00 pm Messiah Sing-a-long, SGCC
MON. 10 am "Experiencing God" Bible Study at parsonage
Wednes. 9 am Free baked goods distribution
7:00 pm Candlelight & Carol Service in sanctuary
Fri. 11:00-12:30 pm Free lunch at Methodist Church
Sat. 10-12 Coat Closet open at Peniel
Sun. (12/28) 9:30 am Worship & Sunday School
Call to Worship: Kim Pauquette Child Care: Sally Peterson Ushers: Kim Pauquette, Phyllis Reed
10:30 am Coffee Fellowship (everyone)
Take away left overs from Rummage Give-away
Christmas Eve Service in Sanctuary, 7 pm.
Christmas letters from Breaults and Kilpatricks, with their return addresses, are on table near kitchen.
