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December 25, 2006
Christmas Day Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church 11:00 a.m., December 25, 2006
Christmas Day
We invite all into a common discipline of silence as we gather for worship. Then we will greet and welcome one another into the presence of the Lord.
Prelude Carols Grieke Toebes
Lighting of the Christmas Candle The Bergmann Family
Greeting & Invocation
Hymn # 11 “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Confession of Faith : Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten from the Father before all ages, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God.
Begotten, not made; of the same essence as the Father. Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven; he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and was made human. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried. The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead. His kingdom will never end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life. He proceeds from the father and the Son, and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified. He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and to life in the world to come. Amen.
Special Music Erin & Jordan Sparks and Catherine Young
Scripture: Philippians 2: 5 – 11
Stu Robertson
5Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, 7but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, 8he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross. 9Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Sermon “The Most Important Lesson of the Nativity of Jesus” Pastor Robertson
Hymn # 17 “In the Bleak Midwinter”
Benediction
Postlude Carols Grieke Toebes
* The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
An offering basket is available in the Narthex
for alms.
Next Sunday Sermon will be:
“The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus” Pastor Robertson
Posted by faithpres at December 25, 2006 11:00 AM