BETHANY SERVICE December 28, 2025 10:30 AM
WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “Joy to the World” Donna Rhine
*CALL TO WORSHIP
L: We have welcomed the Christ child and declared the glory of God’s salvation that
comes to live among us. And yet, still, we wait.
P: We watch and work for God’s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
L: We prepare to welcome a new year, thankful for how God has brought us through
the past year and anxious to discover what the new year might bring.
P: We watch and work for God’s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
L: We join generations who learned and taught us how to listen, notice, and discern
divine love at work in the world.
P: We watch and work for God’s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
L: Come, let us worship God, whose love endures from generation to generation,
guiding us from one year to the next.
P: Come, let us worship as we live in anticipation of God’s kingdom on earth as
it is heaven. Amen.
INVOCATION
*HYMN “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” #218
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Presenting Our Gifts to the Lord
Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
*HYMN “Angels We Have Heard on High” #238
SCRIPTURE Luke 2:12-15 Larry Strait
Liturgist: This is the word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
SERMON “A Tale of Two Cities” Jenean Speck
*HYMN “Go Tell if on the Mountain” #251
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “Happy Holidays” Donna Rhine