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Welcome to Worship Thank you for joining us for this celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ! Whether you are a first-time guest or long-time member we welcome you to this community of faith on this holy night. We are a congregation that is committed to connecting people with God, serving our neighbors, and making disciples of Jesus Christ. Through mission partners who offer hope and healing both locally and around the world, we are committed to being the hands and feet of Christ. Through small groups and care ministries, we are committed to helping children, youth, and adults grow in their walk with Christ as they are supported and encouraged by loving friends. If you would like to hear more about Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, please visit our website at: www. hydeparkchurch.org, call the church office at 513-871-1345, or contact our senior pastors, Rev. Dr. Cathy Johns and Rev. Doug Johns at: [email protected] or [email protected]. Please honor us with your presence tonight by: • Enjoying a beverage in our Welcome Center. • If you have special needs, please ask an usher to provide you with assistive listening devices integrated with the sanctuary sound system or a large print hymnal and order of worship. • If your family needs child care, our nursery services are provided in the following locations: Infants (Room 120), 1 year olds (Room 119), and 2 year olds (Room 118). These rooms are on the first floor (same floor as the sanctuary) in the northwest wing of the building. If you need further assistance our ushers, greeters, and staff are happy to help you and your family. Connect with us in the future: Live worship is available online each Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. Recordings of the sermons are updated weekly on our website (www.hydeparkchurch.org/media/), both in video and audio format. The 9:30 a.m. service from the previous week can be heard each Sunday on WCVX (1160 AM) at 1:00 p.m. 2 Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church Sharing the love of Jesus to transform lives, Cincinnati and the world. ENTRANCE Enter to hear the Good News of God’s love and to experience God’s hope and peace. WELCOME Sign and pass the friendship/attendance pad located in the pew rack. *Please stand as you are able. Join together in reading/singing the bold type. UMH - United Methodist Hymnal PRELUDE: “Petite Noel” Carl Simone Brenda Portman, Resident Organist *CALL to WORSHIP (Please stand if able) Leslie Gimbert Let us dance with delight in the Lord, and let our hearts be filled with rejoicing. For eternal salvation has appeared on the earth. Alleluia! *CAROL: (Standing) “O Come, All Ye Faithful” UMH #234 (verses 1 & 3) 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: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory to God, all glory in the highest; Refrain *LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE (Standing) The Ronningen Family The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Jesus Christ is the light of the world! Arise, shine, for your light has come! Jesus Christ is the light of the world! We remember the night when a star broke through the darkness of the Bethlehem sky. Jesus Christ is the light of the world! We light the Christ-candle, celebrating the good news: Jesus Christ is the light of the world! 3 *RESPONSE: (Standing) “O Come, All Ye Faithful” UMH #234 (verse 6) Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning, Jesus, to thee be all glory given. Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Please be seated PROCLAMATION & RESPONSE OLD Testament LESSON: Isaiah 9:2,6-7 Brady Jenkins The prophet Isaiah tells of the coming of the Messiah. CAROL: “It came Upon the Midnight Clear” UMH #218 (verses 1 & 4) It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: “Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heaven’s all-gracious King.” The world in solemn stillness lay, to hear the angels sing. For lo! the days are hastening on, by prophet seen of old, when with the ever-circling years shall come the time foretold when peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling, and the whole world send back the song which now the angels sing. OLD Testament LESSON: Micah 5:2-5a Cole Reed God promises a ruler from Bethlehem, the One of Peace. CAROL: “O Little Town of Bethlehem” UMH #230 (verses 1 & 2) O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie; above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary, and gathered all above, while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love. O morning stars together, proclaim the holy birth, and praises sing to God the king, and peace to all on earth! 4 GOSPEL LESSON: Luke 2:1-7 Caroline Gneuhs The birth of Jesus. ANTHEM: “Away in a Manger” The Joy Singers, directed by Elizabeth Hickerson GOSPEL LESSON: Luke 2:8-20 Edmund Gimbert The angels proclaim the birth of Jesus; the shepherds visit the Christ-Child ANTHEM: “Song of Peace” Mary Donnelly The Joy Singers & Sunshine Singers PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER Kate Hurst 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. MEDITATION Rev. Doug Johns OFFERTORY: “Keeping Christmas” Natalie Sleeth The Sunshine Singers, directed by Dana Calhoun Prayer OF dedication Milo Hickerson SENDING FORTH SHARING THE Light During the singing of the carol, we light our candles. The light from the Christ- Candle will be shared by acolytes who will come to those seated at the end of the pews. In turn, pass the light to the person next to you. The lighted candle remains upright; the unlit candle is tipped to the lighted candle. 5 CAROL: “Silent Night, Holy Night” UMH #239 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, heavenly 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. Silent night, holy night, wondrous star, lend thy light; with the angels let us sing, Alleluia to our King; Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born! CHRISTMAS prayer BENEDICTION POSTLUDE: from “Variations on a Noel” Marcel Dupré Acolytes Sam Gneuhs Gio Minghetti David Yeung Marco Siegel Caleb McOwen Travis Jenkins 6 Global Outreach Merry Christmas! As the Christmas season approaches and begins to ascend into full swing merriment, we would like to invite you to partner with us, in the spirit of giving, to support the Global Outreach ministries that we have here at our church. We have a strong history of faithfully providing for our global partners in meeting the various needs that they have. We invite you to prayerfully seek in giving an extraordinary gift this Christmas season to the Global Outreach Ministry Partners at Hyde Park Community UMC. In giving to our Christmas offering for Global Ministry Partners, you will be supporting: • The Samara United Methodist Church and the Volga District of Eurasia Central Conference, Russia. • The United Methodist Churches in Chemnitz, Freiberg, Plauen, and Augustusburg, Germany. • Faith Academy, Haiti. • The Henrys in Asia Minor. • The Henderson Settlement and Red Bird Mission, Kentucky. Our specific goal for providing for the needs of all of our Global Ministry Partners is $60,000. With your generous support we will provide leadership training, education for those in poverty, supplies and staffing resources for health needs, as well as training and care for those who need support. You can make your donation to the Global Ministry Partners by writing your check to Hyde Park Community UMC. Please use the enclosed envelope or mark your check Christmas Global Offering. Bring it with you to church or mail it to the church office. To provide the most assistance to our partners, we will use your gift where it can do the most good by combining it with the gifts of others to fulfill the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Your faithfulness in giving above and beyond this Christmas season may save the life of a person in Africa from malaria, enhance the lives of children in Haiti, provide a Christ- centered place of worship amidst predominantly atheistic surroundings in Russia and Germany, or help to maintain the health and wellness of Americans who have followed God into full-time missions in Asia Minor.