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First Sunday After Christmas Day (A): God with Us. The Scottish preacher James S. Stewart said, “God could not get to us until God got with us.”. This is the heart of the Christian message and the center of our text for this Christmas season. God no longer was going to use prophets or priests, kings or queens, Levitical laws or rabbinical ...
First Sunday after Christmas, Year C. Yesterday was Christmas. Whew, we’re worn out. The crowd will be thin today, most likely. Only those faithful ones who come whenever the door opens will be present. Too many others say they have to tend to their guests or that they are the guests because they went home for Christmas. That is understandable.
Gospel: John 1:1-18. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
Dec 31, 2023 · into the darkness of human night. Open our eyes to Christ's presence in the shadows of our world, so that we, like him, may become beacons of your justice, and defenders of all for whom there is no room. Amen. OR. Light of life, you came in flesh, born into human pain and joy, and gave us power to be your children.
Nov 27, 2022 · The First Sunday after Christmas can be a buzzkill for preacher and congregation alike. In speaking about today’s scriptures, one pastor confessed, “I don’t want to preach the Gospel today. I don’t want to dampen their spirits so soon with the Flight to Egypt and the Massacre of the Children.”. As the song says, “We need a little ...
Nov 1, 2021 · Psalm 148:1-14 · 1 Samuel 2:28-30 · Colossians 3:12-17 · Luke 2:41-52. The theme for this first Sunday after Christmas week is a little child shall lead them. The call to worship Psalm shows all of creation—from the young to the old—singing out in praise. 1 Samuel 2 gives us the image of the child Samuel serving in the temple—a ...
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light UMH 206. O, Freedom TFWS 2194. Baptized in Water TFWS 2248. Lord, I Lift Your Name on High TFWS 2088. Let Us Now Depart in Thy Peace UMH 668. Music notes for the First Sunday after Christmas, Year B (December 31, 2023). Part of the "Our Spirit Waits" worship series.
