GATHERING & ADORATION
*SING TO THE LORD “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” Worshipbook #195
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
We shine brighter and warmer today because you are here!
Please be sure to sign the Welcome Book located on the inside of each pew.
CALL TO WORSHIP
As Christians, we rejoice that when we seek God, God finds us first. We have come to claim our destiny.
We have decided to become — or become yet again — the people of God.
We have come to do and to be what God calls us to. We welcome you with
thanksgiving to this time of worship and this place of empowerment and grace.
Come, let us worship the newborn king!
*SING TO THE LORD “Great Are You Lord” & “Way Maker”
PRAYER
INSTALLATION OF 2026 LEADERSHIP TEAM
BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING (Tithes & Offerings)
Offertory – “O Sing a Song of Bethlehem,” Worshipbook #197
On Communion Sunday, we encourage our older children to remain and participate in Holy Communion with us.
THE WORD THAT BRINGS LIFE…
JEREMIAH 29:11; PROVERBS 19:21; AND EPHESIANS 2:10 John Swift
MESSAGE Finding & Living Our Why
OUR RESPONSE TO ALL THAT GOD HAS BEEN DOING
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
Invitation to the Table | Prayers for Others & Ourselves
*Affirmation of our Faith – The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty
Maker of Heaven and Earth
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
Born of the Virgin Mary
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried
He descended into hades
The third day he rose again from the dead
He ascended into Heaven
And sitteth on the right hand of God
the Father Almighty
From thence he shall come
to judge the quick and the dead
I believe in the Holy Spirit
The holy Christian Church
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life everlasting. Amen.
Consecration of the Bread & Cup
Receiving the Bread & Cup
*SONG – “God With Us”
OUR TIME TOGETHER IS OVER.
GO NOW, LIVING & TELLING OUR LORD’S STORY!
*BENEDICTION
*SING TO THE LORD “Days of Elijah”
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*Please stand if able.