Dec. 27, 2020

First Sunday After Christmas

December 27, 2020

GATHERING AND PRAISE

Greeting

Rev. Richard C. Vaughan

Call to Worship

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 

with 

King of Heaven

Kelly Irons, Pianist

Hymn

Sing We Now of Christmas

Young Disciples Moment

Hymn

Angels From the Realm of Glory

 PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer   

Lord’s Prayer

Special Music

 Mary’s Boy Child

by Jester Hairston

Richard Connelly

Proclamation

Scripture Reading

Galatians 4:4-7

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were 

under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And 

because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. 

Luke 2:25-32

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him 

according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now you are letting your servant 

depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all 

peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

Message

Finding the Time

Jeremy Absher

Sending Forth

Hymn

Joy to the World 

Offertory Prayer

Benediction