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Weekly Bulletin

Theme of the Quarter: John 1:16

And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

Sunday morning, December 21, 2025

Welcome & Announcements

Prelude

Advent Reading

*Receiving the Lord’s Invitation to Come to Him in Worship – Isaiah 7:14; 9:6-7

Pastor: Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Congregation: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

*Lifting Our Hearts to the Lord in Humble Adoration & Praise

Pastor: O Lord our God, we praise you that the virgin has conceived and borne a son who is Immanuel. We thank you that we who lived in darkness have seen the great light of your salvation. We praise you that our Lord Jesus is the son who has been given to us. We thank you that your government is upon his shoulders and that he is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Father in heaven we come to you through our Lord Jesus Christ who is seated upon the throne of David, and at your right hand who rules over all the earth! Glorify your name as we come to you in worship through our Lord Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit praying together the prayer our Lord Jesus taught us…

Congregation: Our Father…

*Praising God in Song

“Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” Trinity Hymnal 221

Hearing the Word of God from the Old Testament

Isaiah 11:1-16

Hearing the Word of God from the New Testament

Galatians 4:1-7

We Bring our Prayers before the Throne of Grace – Ruling Elder Alex Pinegar

Responding with Gratitude for the Work of Christ on Our Behalf

“It Came upon the Midnight Clear” Trinity Hymnal 200

*Confessing Our Faith Together

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter XII, Paragraph I (p. 855 in Trinity Hymnal)

*Praising the Lord with the Doxology

“Doxology” (Trinity Hymnal 731):

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.

Bringing our Tithes and Offerings to the Lord with Prayer

(Children age 4 through K may be dismissed to Children’s Church)

Giving Heed to the Word of God

John 1:14-18

“The Glory of the Word Become Flesh” - Rev. John Peoples

*Responding to the Living God in Thankful Praise

“Hark! the Herald Angels Sing” Trinity Hymnal 203

*The Lord Sends Us Out into the World with His Benediction

Sunday evening, December 21, 2025

The Lord Calls us to Worship Him – Isaiah 26:3-4; 12:4-6

Pastor: You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Congregation: Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.

“Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

We Praise the Lord with a Prayer of Adoration

*Praising God in Song

“Angels We Have Heard on High” Trinity Hymnal 214

Scripture Reading

Acts 17:22-34

Corporate Confession of Sin (unison)

Almighty God, You who are rich in mercy to all who call on You; Hear us we pray, as we come to You humbly in prayer confessing our sins; We implore Your mercy and forgiveness. We have broken Your holy laws by our deeds and by our words; And by the sinful affections of our hearts. We confess to You our disobedience and our ingratitude, our pride and our willfulness; And all our failures and shortcomings toward You and toward one another. Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; And of Your great goodness grant that we might serve You faithfully and please You in newness of life; Through the merit and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

*Hearing God’s Promise of Forgiveness

1 Peter 2:24 - He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

*We Rejoice in this Great Forgiveness by Singing the Gloria Patri

“Gloria Patri” (Trinity Hymnal 735):

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.

We Bring our Prayers before the Throne of Grace

Responding with Gratitude to the Living God for His Grace

“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen” Trinity Hymnal 211

*Confessing Our Faith Together

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter VIII, Chapter IV & V (p.853 in Trinity Hymnal)

*Praising the Lord with the Doxology

“Doxology” (Trinity Hymnal 731):

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;