Caldwell United
Methodist Church
Bring Individuals to Christ Nurture spiritual growth
Invite others to discipleship
December 28,
2008
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(Please sign the attendance sheet in the pew pad. Please tear the
sheets out and place them in the offering plate after everyone in your pew has
signed in)
PRELUDE: Lighting of the Candles
WORDS OF GREETING:
God is Good – All the time
All the time- God is Good
SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS: Including birthdays and
Anniversaries
Following each joy, please respond:
For These gifts, We
thank you, God.
Following each concern, please
respond:
God, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
*MORNING GREETINGS: Greet
those around you with handshakes or hugs and words of greeting or
joy.
*OPENING SONG:
“Joy to the World, the Lord Is Come!”
#246 in your Hymnal
*CALL TO WORSHIP:
Leader: In the beginging was the Word,
People: And the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
Leader: And the Word became flesh and lived among
us.
People: And we have seen his glory. Amen.
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER:
“Through It All” #507 in your Hymnal
SILENT PRAYER
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING GOD'S BLESSINGS (Loose change for:
Caldwell Food Pantry)
*OFFERING RESPONSE “Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow” # 95 in your Hymnal
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
O God, we are stirred
this Christmastime to refocus our attention from the commercialism of Christmas
to the miraculous birth of an infant who was born in a manger long ago. You
have given us such a precious gift. Thank you, God. We offer you these gifts as
our gratitude for all that you give to us. We pray in the name of that
miraculous infant, the Baby Jesus. Amen.
A READING FROM THE BIBLE: Luke 2:22-40
MESSAGE: “Faith Sharing”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*CLOSING
SONG: O Come, All Ye Faithful #234
in your hymnal
*PARTING
SONG: “Trees of the Field”
#2279 in The Faith We Sing
8504 Caldwell Road,
Mukwonago, WI 53149
(800) 570-4440
www.CaldwellUMC.org
CaldwellUMC@earthlink.net
Pastor Grace
Baldridge’s Cell Phone (262) 751-0955
Secretary’s
Phone: (262) 662-0264
Ministers
All of us
Pastor
Pastor Grace Baldridge
Pianist
Jane Spires
Greeters & Ushers Robert & Tami Dixon
Reader Steve
Lohr
Dates
to Remember
December 28
Children’s Church on Break
December 27- Jan 6 Pastor Grace on mission
in Grenada, contact
Pastor Sue Leih at
St. James UMC 262-642-7842
January 1 Happy New Year!
No choir rehearsal.
January 4- Special guest speaker: Marilee
Gloe
No communion this Sunday
Volunteers for Next
Sunday
Greeters & Ushers Steve and Carol Lohr
Reader Lucia Janke
Luke 2:22-40
Jesus Is Presented in the Temple
When
the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they
brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the
Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrifice according
to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle-doves or two young
pigeons.’
Now
there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and
devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit
rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not
see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon
came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do
for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and
praised God, saying,
‘Master,
now you are dismissing your servant in peace,
according to your word;
for
my eyes have seen your salvation,
which
you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
a
light for revelation to the Gentiles
and for glory to your people Israel.’
And
the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to
his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many
in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will
be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’
There
was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel,
of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband
for seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left
the temple but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to
praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking
for the redemption of Jerusalem.
The Return to Nazareth
When
they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to
Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled
with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him.
Eunice Drought Betty Sheady Stewart Mary Alice Rubach People of Cambodia Family of Dennis O. Carol Denise Traveling to see Family Bev Squires Tracy Bonnie Jill Mission efforts Eugene Saltzman Family Taylor and Family Family of Samantha People of India All Those Looking for Work Business and Economy Jolie Family of Mark All Who Are Grieving This Christmas Season Today I will Pray For: Joys Anna & Ally Bob Richardson December Birthdays & Anniversaries Julie Children’s Church Al Handy’s Aunt Helen New Job for Marilee Shut Ins Mabel Byron Elizabeth Stark Lois, Pastor’s Grandma Other Concerns Alverne Our troops overseas Family of Dorothy Schroeder David Hempen Lucille Craig Jaris Heidi Tracey Kevin
Mattson Stewardship Bridget
and Tom Reiter
Other Concerns
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Daily Prayer
Please
use this guided prayer as a way to pray daily for the whole world.
Together,
let us pray
For the
people of this congregation…
For
those who suffer and those in trouble…
For the
concerns of this local community…
For the
world, it’s peoples, and it’s leaders…
For the
Church universal – it’s leaders, it’s members, and it’s mission
In communion with the saints…Amen