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Processional

Hymn: Congregation                   O Come, All Ye Faithful                                    

O come, all ye faithful,

Joyful and triumphant!

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;

Come and behold Him

Born the king of angels:

Refrain (after each stanza):

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

    Christ the Lord!

Highest, most holy,

Light of Light eternal,

Born of a virgin, a mortal He comes;

Son of the Father

Now in flesh appearing! Refrain.

Sing, choirs of angels,

Sing in exultation,

Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!

Glory to God

In the highest: Refrain.

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,

Born this happy morning;

Jesus, to Thee be glory giv’n!

Word of the Father

Now in flesh appearing! Refrain

Invocation

P: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen.

Prayer by Pastor Bruce

Song: In a Little Stable (Karen’s Class) 

Reading by children                  Luke 2:1–7

Action Rhyme: Rock Baby Jesus (Karen’s Class)

Prelude played by Alexis Torbeck

SONG: Away in a Manger (All Children)

Reading by children                 Luke 2:8–11

Hymn: Congregation      Silent Night, Holy Night                                                        

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,

Heav’nly hosts sing, Alleluia!

    Christ, the Savior, is born!

    Christ, the Savior, is born!

Silent night, holy night!

Son of God, love’s pure light

Radiant beams from Thy holy face

With the dawn of redeeming grace,

    Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,

    Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.

Reading by children                Luke 2:12-14

Hymn                                        Angels We Have Heard on High                                                 

Children sing

Angels we have heard on high,

    Sweetly singing o’er the plains,

And the mountains in reply,

    Echoing their joyous strains.

Refrain (after each stanza):

Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Congregation

Shepherds, why this jubilee?

    Why your joyous strains prolong?

What the gladsome tidings be

    Which inspire your heav’nly song?

Refrain

Come to Bethlehem and see

    Him whose birth the angels sing;

Come, adore on bended knee

    Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Refrain

Reading by children                            Luke 2:15–20

Action Rhyme: Walk to the Manger (Evonne’s Class)

OFFERING: Lutheran Child & Family Services of IL

 

Away in a Manger by Hannah Schaal during offering

OFFERTORY Hymn                 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing                                                   

Congregation                                             Stanzas 1–3

Hark! The herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King;

Peace on earth and mercy mild,

God and sinners reconciled!”

Joyful, all ye nations, rise,

Join the triumph of the skies;

With the angelic host proclaim,

“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

Refrain:

Hark! The herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King!”

Christ, by highest heav’n adored,

Christ, the everlasting Lord,

Late in time behold Him come,

Offspring of a virgin’s womb.

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,

Hail the incarnate Deity!

Pleased as Man with man to dwell,

Jesus, our Immanuel!

Refrain

Hail, the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!

Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all He brings,

Ris’n with healing in His wings.

Mild He lays His glory by,

Born that man no more may die,

Born to raise the sons of earth,

Born to give them second birth.

Refrain

Reading by children              Matthew 2:1-12

Song: What Child is this by Corie Sasse                                                                      

Message: Pastor Bruce “The Perfect Gift”  Luke 2:1-14

Closing Prayer

Almighty God, You have called Your Church to witness that in Christ You have reconciled us to Yourself. Grant that by Your Holy Spirit we may proclaim the good news of Your salvation so that all who hear it may receive the gift of salvation; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (LSB, p. 305)

Benediction

Hymn  Joy to the World        LSB 387

Congregation

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare Him room

And heav’n and nature sing,

And heav’n and nature sing,

And heav’n, and heav’n and nature sing.

 

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!

Let men 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 sin 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 righteousness

And wonders of His love,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders, and wonders of His love.