Estes Park United Methodist Church
December 26, 2021
First Sunday of Christmas
Come Home This Christmas
Announcements
- Zoom Book Study Group is meeting at 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM on Wednesday.
- Easy Hiking Group is meeting today at 3 and Tuesday at 10.
- Church office will be open Monday and Friday from 8 – 10:30.
- Congregational Care meeting at 2:30 on Monday via Zoom.
Birthdays
Barbara Bailey 12/27
Anniversaries
Don and Barbara Bailey 1/1
Order of Worship
Prelude
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Greeting/Welcome
Call to Worship
Leader: Like Joseph and Mary, we want to protect the child Jesus.
People: We want the Christ Child to be safe and sound.
Leader: And when something unexpected happens, we are frightened.
People: We wonder what we should have done differently.
Leader: Lord, on this day, help us to remember that God is ever with us.
People: Let us place our trust in God’s loving presence as we grow in our own faith.
Opening Prayer (Unison)
God, who walks with each one of us, help us to place our trust in your guiding care for us as we gather to learn the great lessons of living in peaceful community with each other. Prepare us to be witnesses of your love and forgiveness. Make us ready to work for you in your creation; for we ask this in the name of Jesus, your beloved Son. Amen.
Opening Hymn
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Affirmation of Faith
We are not alone, we live in God’s world.
We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God’s to live with respect in Creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God.
Offering
Prayer of Blessing
Pastoral Prayer
Gospel Lesson
Luke 2:41-52
Sermon
Lost at Home
Closing Hymn
Joy to the World
Benediction
Postlude
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Service Participants:
Pastor: Rev. Ann Steiner Lantz
Recorded Worship Liturgist: Cay Lacey
Zoom Worship Liturgist: Dale Beck
Director of Music: Jim Flanigan
Pianist: Nancy Gunter
Videographer: Jim Ecklund