First Sunday of Christmas, January 1, 2023

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Music of Christmas - (#206) "We Three Kings of Orient Are"

Confession and Assurance

Gloria Patri

Affirmation of Faith

Sermon - "Arise, Sine, A New Year Has Come" (Ephesians 1:15–22) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Offertory

Doxology

Hymn of Approach - (#564) "Let Us Break Bread Together" (verses 1 & 2)

Serving the Sacrament of Communion

Benediction

Singing The Lord's Prayer

Postlude

We Three Kings of Orient Are

We three kings of Orient are, 

Bearing gifts we traverse afar

Firld and fountain, moor and mountain, 

Following yonder star. 

Chorus:

O star of wonder, star of night, 

Star with royal beauty bright, 

Westward leading, still proceeding, 

Guide us to The perfect light. 

Born a King on Bethlehem's plain, 

Gold I bring to crown Him again, 

King forever, ceasing never

Over us all to reign. 

[Chorus]

Frankincense to offer have I, 

Incense owns a Deity nigh; 

Prayer and praising all men raising, 

Worship Him, God on high. 

[Chorus]

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume

Breathes a life of gathering gloom: 

Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, 

Sealed in the stone-cold tomb. 

[Chorus]

Glorious now behold Him arise, 

King and God and Sacrifice; 

Alleluia, Alleluia! 

Sounds thru the earth and skies. 

[Chorus]

Let Us Break Bread Together

Let us break bread together on our knees; 

Let us break bread together on our knees; 

When I fall on my knees, 

With my face to the rising sun, 

O Lord, have mercy on me. 

Let us drink wine together on our knees; 

Let us drink wine together on our knees; 

When I fall on my knees, 

With my face to the rising sun, 

O Lord, have mercy on me. 

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