The final Sunday of the year is the final week of our Christmas celebration and the final week of our “Do Not Fear” series. We’ll be looking at Luke 2:8-20 and thinking about the fact that the good news of our salvation dispels our fears. The visual theme will be “Dawn Snow” and the worship theme will be “Joy to the World.”
Here is the link to the YouTube Playlist: 151227 Heart Prep
Prelude:
All is Well by Michael W. Smith
1 John 4:9-14 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 13By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
We Three Kings – Hymn #166
Luke 2:8-20 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” 15When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 17And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
Angels We Have Heard on High
Also, the great Piano Guys version: Christmas with 32 fingers and 8 thumbs
Offertory:
Shepherd’s Call – David Jackson Brand New Video. This turned out pretty well!
Closing Worship:
Go, Tell it on the Mountain
