Christmas 2
Worship
Lectionary Worship Workbook
Series III, Cycle A
Object:
Gathering Litany
P: O God, who created our world with a single word,
C: shine on us this day.
P: O God, who created our lives with a single word,
C: shine on us this day.
P: O God, who gave us the power to believe with a single word,
C: make us your children. Amen.
Prayer Of The Day
P: Gather us in, ever-living God. Gather us in and fill our hearts with your joyous dance, that, breaking all known human boundaries, we might forever sing your glorious praise through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.
Offertory Prayer
A: You have shown your heart to us, O God, and now we show you ours. May your grace and truth make each person new, that in our everyday actions and decisions your light would shine in the name of the one who shines for all the world to see, Jesus Christ our Lord.
C: Amen.
Eucharistic Prayer
As an option, the congregation may sing the response, such as WOV 637.
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And also with you.
P: Lift up your hearts.
C: We lift them up to the Lord.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
P: God of all people,
your goodness and beauty come to us
like the first-fallen snow.
Your infant smile refreshes us
like sunlight glistening through winter's branches.
The whole creation waits for your breath to give it life.
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: We give you thanks
that shattering all darkness,
your Word beyond time came to us,
that we, too, would be born of you.
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: This Word lived among us,
and gathering us to your heart,
he took bread and gave thanks,
broke it, and gave it to us to eat saying,
"This is my body given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me."
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: Again after supper he took the cup,
gave thanks, and gave to all to drink saying,
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do this for the remembrance of me."
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: Living in the promise of the Holy Spirit
we call again for you to come,
that believing in your name,
we would live as your holy children.
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: No one has ever seen God.
(elevate elements now)
It is God, the only Son,
who is close to the Father's heart
who has made him known.
C: Glory to God in the highest
and peace to his people on earth!
Sending
A: With all wisdom and insight,
God has made known to us the mystery of the divine will.
P: Now may you live according to God's good pleasure.
C: Thanks be to God!
Hymns And Songs
Listen, You Nations Of The World -- LBW 14
Cold December Flies Away -- LBW 53
Let Our Gladness Have No End -- LBW 57
The Bells Of Christmas -- LBW 62
He Whom Shepherds, Once Came Praising -- LBW 68
Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now -- LBW 253
Surely It Is God Who Saves Me -- WOV 635
You Satisfy The Hungry Heart -- WOV 711; UMH 629; PH 521; G&P 525
Here In This Place -- WOV 718
The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy -- TFF 53
Jesus, The Light Of The World -- TFF 59
Fill My Cup, Let It Overflow -- TFF 127
He Came Down -- TFF 37; GATHER 276
He Is Born/Il Est Ne -- UMH 228
The Word Of God A Promise Told -- MBW 299
At Your Feet, Our God And Father -- MBW 310
Lord, Who Left The Highest Heaven -- MBW 692
Child Of Mercy -- GATHER 270
You Are Our Living Bread -- GATHER 608
Will You Come And See The Light From The Stable Door -- PFP 14 (tune: KELINGROVE)
Psalm Settings
Now Praise The Lord -- PH 255
Psalm 147: Bless The Lord, My Soul -- GATHER 125
Choral Music
"Christmas Lullaby" -- John Rutter (Oxford University Press/Henshaw Music, Inc.)
"Creator Of The Stars Of Night" -- Noel Goemanne (GIA)
"Heaven And Nature Sing" -- Dana D. Jacobson
"O Radiant Night, Incarnate Word" -- David Cherwien (GIA)
P: O God, who created our world with a single word,
C: shine on us this day.
P: O God, who created our lives with a single word,
C: shine on us this day.
P: O God, who gave us the power to believe with a single word,
C: make us your children. Amen.
Prayer Of The Day
P: Gather us in, ever-living God. Gather us in and fill our hearts with your joyous dance, that, breaking all known human boundaries, we might forever sing your glorious praise through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.
Offertory Prayer
A: You have shown your heart to us, O God, and now we show you ours. May your grace and truth make each person new, that in our everyday actions and decisions your light would shine in the name of the one who shines for all the world to see, Jesus Christ our Lord.
C: Amen.
Eucharistic Prayer
As an option, the congregation may sing the response, such as WOV 637.
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And also with you.
P: Lift up your hearts.
C: We lift them up to the Lord.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
P: God of all people,
your goodness and beauty come to us
like the first-fallen snow.
Your infant smile refreshes us
like sunlight glistening through winter's branches.
The whole creation waits for your breath to give it life.
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: We give you thanks
that shattering all darkness,
your Word beyond time came to us,
that we, too, would be born of you.
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: This Word lived among us,
and gathering us to your heart,
he took bread and gave thanks,
broke it, and gave it to us to eat saying,
"This is my body given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me."
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: Again after supper he took the cup,
gave thanks, and gave to all to drink saying,
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do this for the remembrance of me."
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: Living in the promise of the Holy Spirit
we call again for you to come,
that believing in your name,
we would live as your holy children.
C: Glory to God in the highest!
P: No one has ever seen God.
(elevate elements now)
It is God, the only Son,
who is close to the Father's heart
who has made him known.
C: Glory to God in the highest
and peace to his people on earth!
Sending
A: With all wisdom and insight,
God has made known to us the mystery of the divine will.
P: Now may you live according to God's good pleasure.
C: Thanks be to God!
Hymns And Songs
Listen, You Nations Of The World -- LBW 14
Cold December Flies Away -- LBW 53
Let Our Gladness Have No End -- LBW 57
The Bells Of Christmas -- LBW 62
He Whom Shepherds, Once Came Praising -- LBW 68
Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now -- LBW 253
Surely It Is God Who Saves Me -- WOV 635
You Satisfy The Hungry Heart -- WOV 711; UMH 629; PH 521; G&P 525
Here In This Place -- WOV 718
The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy -- TFF 53
Jesus, The Light Of The World -- TFF 59
Fill My Cup, Let It Overflow -- TFF 127
He Came Down -- TFF 37; GATHER 276
He Is Born/Il Est Ne -- UMH 228
The Word Of God A Promise Told -- MBW 299
At Your Feet, Our God And Father -- MBW 310
Lord, Who Left The Highest Heaven -- MBW 692
Child Of Mercy -- GATHER 270
You Are Our Living Bread -- GATHER 608
Will You Come And See The Light From The Stable Door -- PFP 14 (tune: KELINGROVE)
Psalm Settings
Now Praise The Lord -- PH 255
Psalm 147: Bless The Lord, My Soul -- GATHER 125
Choral Music
"Christmas Lullaby" -- John Rutter (Oxford University Press/Henshaw Music, Inc.)
"Creator Of The Stars Of Night" -- Noel Goemanne (GIA)
"Heaven And Nature Sing" -- Dana D. Jacobson
"O Radiant Night, Incarnate Word" -- David Cherwien (GIA)
