Pre service: Come O Long Expected Jesus 1,2 (page 57 yellow booklet)
Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Hark the Herald Angels Sing:1-3 (page 65-66 yellow booklet)*
Prayer for Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Isaiah 52:13-53:3; Micah 5:1-5
Congregational Singing: Hymn 23:1-4
Reading of Text: Luke 2:1-7
Ministry of the Word:
Majesty in a manger: The glorious significance of Christ’s humble birth.
Congregational Singing: Hymn 20:1,2,4*
Profession of Faith: Apostles’ Creed (in unison)*
Congregational Singing: Hymn 3:1,3,4*
Prayer of thanksgiving
Offertory: Ministry of Mercy
Congregational Singing: Hymn 84:1-4*
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]