1ST NIGHT SIMBANG GABI | DEC. 16, 2022
THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Dona Paz corner Dona Trinidad St Purok 5, PulungMaragul, Angeles City December 16, 2022 SIMBANG GABI 2022 “And the Word became flesh and lives among us” John 1: 14 ORDER OF WORSHIP PRELUDE: LIGHTING OF CANDLES: OPENING OF THE BIBLE: CALL TO WORSHIP: John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. HYMN OF PRAISE:JOY TO THE WORLD 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 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 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 of His love INVOCATION: RESPONSIVE READING: Psalm 37 L – Clap your hands, all you nations;shout to God with cries of joy. For the LORD Most High is awesome,the great King over all the earth. P – He subdued nations under us,peoples under our feet. He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved L – God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. P –For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. ALL–The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings[c] of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. *GLORY PATRI: “Glory Be To The Father....” READING OF THE SCRIPTURE: Philippians 2:5-7 RESPONSE: “Thy Word…” Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path SONG OF PRAISE: Sapang Maisac Family MESSAGE OF LIFE: Rev. Leslie Cunanan CALL TO OFFERING: Deuteronomy 16:16c-17Usher’s No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed: 17 Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the LORD your God has blessed you. Response: DOXOLOGY Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen! HYMN OF DEDICATION: Away in a manger Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head; The stars in the heavens looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing; the poor baby wakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love thee, Lord Jesus; look down from the sky And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. I N T E R C E S S O R Y P R A Y E R Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay Close by me forever, and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in thy tender care, And fit us for heaven to live with thee there. *BENEDICTION: “AMEN..AMEN..AMEN” *POSTLUDE: *RECESSIONAL:
