Sunday 20th December 2020 - Carol Service

DONAGHCLONEY PARISH
HOLY TRINITY’S CAROL SERVICE

Greeting Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. And also with you.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God (John 1:1-2 & 10-12)

Eternal God, as we come to this Christmas time again,
help us to worship you with all our heart and mind and strength;
and as we gaze at your crib, help us also to wonder at the cross;
for you are our Saviour and our Lord. Amen.

Video Above the Stable (which animal are you?)

First Reading Genesis 3:8-15

Carol CH 172 O come, all ye faithful
(omit 3,4,7a,7b)

Second Reading Genesis 22:15-18

Solo O Holy Night
Jill Woods

Third Reading Micah 5:2-4

Carol 174 O little town of Bethlehem

Fourth Reading Luke 1:26-38

Carol Prepare Him room

Fifth Reading Luke 2:1-20

Video Christmas as we once knew it

Sixth Reading John 1:1-14 (all stand)

Sermon

Carol CH 166 Joy to the world

Prayers
The Blessing Christ, who by his incarnation gathered into one all things earthly and heavenly, fill you with his peace and joy: and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be with us and remain with us always. Amen

Dates for your diary:

Monday 24th Dec. Christmas Eve
11pm First Communion of Christmas – Waringstown Hall

Tuesday 25th Dec.
9am Holy Communion –Waringstown & Donaghcloney (Church buildings)
10:30 am Christmas Family Service – Donaghcloney & Waringstown (Halls)

[annecampbell]

So true. Our hope is not is Christmas trees etc it is in Jesus Christ. No one can separate us from Gods love through Christ our Lord.