Christ The King Lutheran Church

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 Service for December 25, 2009

Christmas Day

Opening Hymn: "Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Opening Dialog  - Rev. Mark Goble 

Hymn: "O Little Town of Bethlehem" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Confession and Absolution -  Rev. Mark Goble

Hymn of Praise: "Angels We Have Heard On High" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist   

Prayer of the Day- Rev. Mark Goble 

First Lesson:  Isaiah 62:10-12  (KJV) - Mr. Justin Zagel

(The Lord proclaims, "Your Savior Comes.")

 10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

 11Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

 12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Psalm of the Day: "Psalm 98" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 
Second Lesson:  Titus 3:4-7  (KJV) - Mr. Justin Zagel 

(Christ Jesus, our Savior is poured out upon us.)

 4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

 5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

 6Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

 7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Gospel Procession: "Now Sing We, Now Rejoice" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 
Holy Gospel: John 1:1-18 (NIV) - Rev. Mark Goble

(Birth of Jesus Christ.)

  The Word Became Flesh

 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.

 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood[a] it.

 6There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.[b]

 10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent,[c] nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

 14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[d] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 15John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.' " 16From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,[e][f]who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

Footnotes:
  1. John 1:5 Or darkness, and the darkness has not overcome
  2. John 1:9 Or This was the true light that gives light to every man who comes into the world
  3. John 1:13 Greek of bloods
  4. John 1:14 Or the Only Begotten
  5. John 1:18 Or the Only Begotten
  6. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only (or only begotten) Son
 Gospel Recession: "Now Sing We, Now Rejoice" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Children's Message: -  Rev. Mark Goble

Hymn of the Day: "Gentle Mary Laid Her Child" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Message "The Morning After"

Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Christmas Creed - Rev. Charles Neugebauer & Congregation

Offerings: "What Child is This" -  Sherman Strong & Becky Tilly - Duet / Michella Novy -Pianist

Offertory Hymn: "Angels From the Realms of Glory" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist

Prayers of the Church:  -  Rev. Mark Goble  

Preface: Rev. Mark Goble  

Sanctus: "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Lord's Prayer:  - Rev. Mark Goble & Congregation

Words of Institution: Rev. Mark Goble  

Agnus Dei: "O Lamb of God, You Take Away" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Distribution: "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" -  Charles Gilllihan - Guitarist

Distribution of the Sacrament of the Altar: Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Post Communion Canticle:  - Rev. Mark Goble 

Benediction:  - Rev. Mark Goble

Recessional Hymn: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

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