December 29, 2024, Worship at Grace Presbyterian Church
December 29, 2024 – The First Sunday After Christmas Words for the Beginning: Don’t Forget to Laugh Rev. Dr. Joanne Sizoo, Pastor Pat Banki, Elder on Call --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grace Presbyterian Church Following Jesus, we love, welcome, and serve. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome & Announcements Prelude “Joy” Elizabeth Eppes Call to Worship: This is the season of joy—God is in our joy. God is in this room. We have reason to celebrate. We have a reason to sing. Thanks be to God for the bright hope of this day. Hymn #110 “Love Has Come” Christmas Affirmation of Faith We believe that God has come to us as a little child, making our weakness his strength, securing our salvation by becoming one of us, blessing us with a steadfast savior, filling our hearts with joy to be shared with one another. We believe that God has birthed righteousness and justice into the world, giving us a law that will be written upon our hearts, making the cause of the oppressed the highest priority, declaring an everlasting reign of peace, defeating the power of pain and suffering. We believe that God calls us to participate in this reality of love, inviting us to proclaim Christ’s resurrection at the Table, transforming us as disciples to go out into the world, sending us forth to announce his kingdom of peace and comfort, challenging us to see everyone as nothing less than beloved children. This we believe. This we preach. This we seek to embody in word and deed. Time with Young Disciples Anthem "This Joyful Christmas Day" Grace Notes Choir Joy in Scripture and Song Luke 2: 10 Isaiah 9: 2-3 #136 “Go, Tell It on the Mountain” Matthew 2: 10 Psalm 148 #133 “O Come, All Ye Faithful” Psalm 126: 1-3 Isaiah 55: 12-13 #132 “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice” Meditation Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us, not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Hymn #127 “Jesus, the Light of the World” (vs 1-3) Benediction Choral Response #127 “Jesus, the Light of the World” (vs 4) Postlude --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can give online at http://onrealm.org/gracefortmill/give or text “GRACEFORTMILL” with any amount to 73256 Visit us online at http://www.GraceFortMill.org Music streamed and reprinted under CCLI License #2545718 and One License #A-737483 Words for the Beginning: Advent Reminders for New Seasons worship series by A Sanctified Art worship liturgy written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed | A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org
