sunday, January 2, 2022

Fruitland United Methodist Church
January 2, 2022 – 9:00 A.M.

Prelude

Welcome
Lighting of the Candles and inviting the neighborhood to worship.
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Interlude

*Call to Worship
Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Calling Song “Joy to the World” UMH #246
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 all their songs employ;
while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.

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, wonders of his love.

Responsive Reading from Psalm 147 from The Message
Leader: Jerusalem, worship God! Zion, praise your God! He made your city secure, he blessed your children among you.
People: He keeps the peace at your borders, he puts the best bread on your tables. He launches his promises earthward – how swift and sure they come!
Leader: He spreads snow like white fleece, he scatters frost like ashes, he broadcasts hail like birdseed – who can survive his winter?
People: Then he gives the command and it all melts; he breathes on winter – suddenly it’s spring!
Leader: He speaks the same way to Jacob, speaks words that work to Israel. He never did this to the other nations; they never heard such commands.
All: Hallelujah!

Unison Invocation:
O Almighty God, heavenly angels spoke to earthly shepherds and eternity entered time in the child of Bethlehem. As we retell the Christmas story let us be caught up in the eternal in that same child, that we might join the shepherds and all the heavenly host in praising the coming of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.

Carol of Epiphany “The First Noel” UMH #245
‘The Procession of the Magi’
The first Noel the angel did say
was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
in fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
on a cold winter's night that was so deep.

Refrain:
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
born is the King of Israel.

They looked up and saw a star
shining in the east, beyond them far;
and to the earth it gave great light,
and so it continued both day and night. (Refrain)

And by the light of that same star
three Wise Men came from country far;
to seek for a king was their intent,
and to follow the star wherever it went. [Refrain]

This star drew nigh to the northwest,
o'er Bethlehem it took its rest;
and there it did both stop and stay,
right over the place where Jesus lay. [Refrain]

Then entered in those Wise Men three,
full reverently upon the knee,
and offered there, in his presence,
their gold and myrrh and frankincense. [Refrain]

New Testament Reading Ephesians 1:3-12 (The Message)
God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God!

Prayers of the People The Lord’s Prayer

Message “The Shepherd”

Sending Song “Go Tell It On The Mountain” UMH #251
Refrain:
Go, tell it on the mountain,
over the hills and everywhere;
go, tell it on the mountain
that Jesus Christ is born.

While shepherds kept their watching
o'er silent flocks by night,
behold, throughout the heavens
there shone a holy light. [Refrain]

The shepherds feared and trembled
when, lo! above the earth
rang out the angel chorus
that hailed our Savior's birth. [Refrain]

Down in a lowly manger
the humble Christ was born,
and God sent us salvation
that blessed Christmas morn. [Refrain]

Unison Benediction
May the peace of the Lord Jesus go with you
wherever he may send you.
May he guide you through the wilderness,
protect you through the storm.
May he bring you home rejoicing
at the wonders he has shown you.
May he bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.

Postlude
Thank you for Worshiping with us today!

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