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December 26, 2021 – 11:00 A.M. Prelude Welcome *Call to Worship Calling Song “Joy to The World” UMH #246 Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven, and nature sing. Joy to the world, the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ; while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; he comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found, far as, far as the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders, wonders of his love. Responsive Reading from Psalm 148 (The Message) Leader: Hallelujah! Praise God from heaven, praise him from the mountain tops; People: Praise him, all you his angels, praise him, all you his warriors. Leader: Praise him sun and moon, praise him you morning stars. People: Praise him, high heaven, praise him heavenly rain clouds; Leader: Praise, oh let them praise the name of God! People: He spoke the word, and there they were! All: Hallelujah! Invocation Carols “Angels We Have Heard on High” UMH #238 Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o’er the plains, and the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains. Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! See him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise. Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice” UMH #224 Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice; give ye heed to what we say: Jesus Christ was born today. Ox and ass before him bow, and he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! Christ is born today! Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice; now ye hear of endless bliss: Jesus Christ was born for this! He has opened heaven's door, and we are blest forevermore. Christ was born for this! Christ was born for this! Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice; now ye need not fear the grave: Jesus Christ was born to save! Calls you one and calls you all to gain his everlasting hall. Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save! Old Testament Reading - Isaiah 9:2 and 6-7 New Testament Reading - Colossians 3:12-17 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! Our Prayer Time Carol “It Came upon the Midnight Clear” UMH #218 It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heaven's all-gracious King." The world in solemn stillness lay, to hear the angels sing. Still through the cloven skies they come with peaceful wings unfurled, and still their heavenly music floats o'er all the weary world; above its sad and lowly plains, they bend on hovering wing, and ever o'er its Babel sounds the blessed angels sing. And ye, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow, look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing. O rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing! For lo! the days are hastening on, by prophet seen of old, when with the ever-circling years shall come the time foretold when peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling, and the whole world send back the song which now the angels sing. Meditation, Luke 2:20 Closing Song “Go Tell It on the Mountain” UMH #251 Refrain: Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. While shepherds kept their watching o'er silent flocks by night, behold, throughout the heavens there shone a holy light. [Refrain] The shepherds feared and trembled when, lo! above the earth rang out the angel chorus that hailed our Savior's birth. [Refrain] Down in a lowly manger the humble Christ was born, and God sent us salvation that blessed Christmas morn. [Refrain] Postlude Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544)
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 We welcome you to Payette United Methodist Church We’re glad you are here! December 24, 2021, 8:00 pm (as recorded at Fruitland First United Methodist Church) Call to Worship and Lighting the Christ Candle Leader: "While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger" (Luke 2:6-7). Tonight, angels far and near sing tender lullabies; well-worn fabric full of years holds in the warmth of parental love; animals and shepherds crowd in tight, glowing with adoration, while a muffled cry squeezes out to greet the world. ALL: Tonight we give thanks for Jesus and every child among us. Each new birth -- regardless of circumstances -- reminds us of the preciousness of life, the potential of tomorrow, the promise of God. Leader: On this Christmas Eve, we light the Christ candle for the child-King, the infant-Redeemer, the lowly-Lord. ALL: And now we know: He is born and nothing will ever be the same! Christmas Carol: O Come, All Ye Faithful O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory to God, all glory in the highest; O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Invocation The Christmas Account: Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting light. he hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight. How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift was given; So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him still the dear Christ enters in. Meditation - Pastor Jim Hardenbrook Silent Night, Holy Night Please come forward to light your candle as ushers direct. We will surround the sanctuary. Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and Child. Holy Infant, so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace. Unison Prayer O God, we have returned to that stable in Bethlehem and found more than we could imagine - not just a baby in a manger but a Savior, Christ the Lord. Thank you for this important and quiet time. Amen. Merry Christmas May God Bless your homes tonight   Payette United Methodist Church
December 19, 2021 – 9:00 A.M. 4th Sunday of Advent (as recorded at Fruitland First United Methodist Church) Prelude “Pat-a-Pan” by Bernard de la Monnoye Welcome Lighting Advent Candle and inviting the neighborhood to worship. Interlude In the Bleak Midwinter” by Christina Rossetti and Gustav Holst, Iran Trenkel and Jim Schmid *Call to Worship Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Calling Song “While We Are Waiting, Come” While we are waiting, come While we are waiting, come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel, While we are waiting, come With pow'r and glory, come With pow'r and glory, come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel With pow'r and glory, come Come, Savior, quickly come Come, Savior, quickly come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel Come, Savior, quickly come Responsive Reading Mary’s Song – Luke 1:46-55 Leader: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. People: Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed: for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name! Leader: His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. People: He has shown great strength; he has scattered the proud in their inmost thoughts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly. Leader: He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty. All: He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised. Unison Invocation O God of Elizabeth and Mary, you visited your servants with news of the world’s redemption in the coming of the Savior. Make our hearts leap with joy, and fill our mouths with songs of praise, that we may announce glad tidings of peace, and welcome the Christ in our midst. Amen. Carol “Angels, from the Realms of Glory” UMH #220 Angels from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth; Ye who sang creation's story Now proclaim Messiah's birth Shepherds, in the field abiding, Watching o'er your flocks by night, God with us is now residing; Yonder shines the infant light Come and worship, come and worship, Come and worship, Christ the newborn king. Come and worship, come and worship, Come and worship, Christ the newborn king. Choir “Children, Go Where I Send Thee” New Testament Reading - Hebrews 10:5-10 Gospel Reading - Luke 1:39-45 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! Special Music “I Wonder as I Wander” by Aubrey Assad, Jim Schmid and Iran Trenkel Stewardship Thought, Prayer “ Joy To The World” UMH #246 Joy to the world! The Lord is come Let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven, and heaven and nature sing Joy to the world! The Savior reigns Let men their songs employ While fields and floods Rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy Repeat the sounding joy Repeat, repeat the sounding joy Message "O Bethlehem" Micah 5:2-5 Commitment Carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem” UMH #230 O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light. The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary, and, gathered all above while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wond’ring love. O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth, and praises sing to God the King and peace to all the earth. How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is giv’n! So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heav’n. No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him, still the dear Christ enters in. O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray, cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Immanuel! Unison Benediction May our Lord lead us now out of the familiar settings of doubt and fear, beyond our pride and need to be secure, into a strange and graceful ease with this life, this time, these opportunities; that in boundless silence we may grow strong enough to endure and flexible enough to share the grace of God that is manifest in Jesus through whom we live and pray. Postlude “Still, Still, Still” (a German lullaby arranged by Philip Keveren) Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544)  Payette United Methodist Church
December 12, 2021 – 9:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday of Advent (as recorded at Fruitland First United Methodist Church) Prelude “Sheep May Safely Graze” by Johann Sebastian Bach Welcome Lighting the Advent Wreath & Inviting the neighborhood to worship. Interlude “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” by Greg Sewell *Call to Worship Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Calling Song “While We Are Waiting, Come” While we are waiting, come While we are waiting, come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel, While we are waiting, come With pow'r and glory, come With pow'r and glory, come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel With pow'r and glory, come Come, Savior, quickly come Come, Savior, quickly come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel Come, Savior, quickly come Responsive Reading Isaiah 12:2-6 Leader: Surely God is my salvation; People: I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord is my strength and my defense, he has become my salvation. Leader: With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. In that day you will say: People: “Give praise to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.” Leader: Sing to the Lord for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. All: Shout aloud and sing for joy for great is the Holy One of Israel among you. Unison Invocation Heavenly Father, we come as we are – Troubled and weary, grateful and grumpy, nervy and scared, partially whole but still broken, kind of closed but wishing to be more open. Please mute whatever distractions we may have brought with us or found after we arrived. Here we are ready to encounter Jesus in whose name we pray. Amen. Carol “O Come, All Ye Faithful” UMH #234 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. Church Choir “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy” Old Testament Reading - Zephaniah 3: 14-20 New Testament Reading - Philippians 4: 4-7 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! Stewardship Thought, Prayer and Doxology “Joy to the World” UMH #246 Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven, and heaven and nature sing Carol “He Is Born“ UMH #228 Refrain: He is born, the holy Child, play the oboe and bagpipes merrily! He is born, the holy Child, sing we all of the Savior mild. Thru long ages of the past, prophets have foretold his coming; thru long ages of the past, now the time has come at last! (Refrain) O how lovely, O how pure is this perfect child of heaven; O how lovely, O how pure gracious gift to humankind! (Refrain) Jesus, Lord of all the world, coming as a child among us, Jesus, Lord of all the world, grant to us thy heavenly peace. (Refrain) Message “What Should We Do?” Luke 3: 7-18 Commitment Carol “What Child Is This?” UMH #219 What child is this who lay to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping Refrain: This, this is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste, haste to bring him laud The Babe, the Son of Mary So bring him incense, gold and myrrh Come peasant king to own him The King of Kings salvation brings Let loving hearts enthrone him (Refrain) O raise, raise a song on high His mother sings a lullaby Joy, oh joy for Christ is born The Babe, the son of Mary (Refrain) Unison Benediction from Philippians 4 (The Kingdom New Testament Translation) Celebrate joyfully in the Lord, at all times. I’ll say it again: celebrate! Let everybody see how gentle and gracious you are. The Lord is near. May the grace of God, which is greater than we can ever understand, keep guard over your hearts and minds in King Jesus. Amen. Postlude “O Little Town of Bethlehem” by L. H. Rende Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544)  Payette United Methodist Church
Communion Sunday and Advent #2 December 5, 2021 – 11:00 A.M. Prelude “Gesu Bambino” Pietro Yon Welcome Lighting the Advent Candle & Inviting the neighborhood to worship. Interlude “ Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella and Still, Still, Still, weil’s Kindlein Schlafen will” *Call to Worship Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Calling Song “While We Are Waiting” While we are waiting, come While we are waiting, come Jesus our Lord, Emmanuel, While we are waiting, come With pow'r and glory, come With pow'r and glory, come Jesus our Lord Emmanuel With pow'r and glory, come Come, Savior, quickly come Come, Savior, quickly come Jesus our Lord Emmanuel Come, Savior, quickly come Responsive Reading Zechariah’s Song Luke 1: 68-75 Leader: Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. He set the power of salvation for us in the house of his servant David just as he promised through the preaching of his holy prophets long ago. People: Deliverance from our enemies and all who hate us, showing mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy agreement to Abraham. Leader: That agreement to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, All: So that we might be able to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. Unison Invocation Holy God, While we are waiting come… Come and lace our songs, our shopping, our silence, and celebrations with your mystery and magnificence. Help us sense all this in the small stirrings in our hearts and in the life around us. Help us welcome the coming Jesus in whose name we pray. Amen. Advent Song “He Came Down” TFWS #2085 He came down that we may have love; He came down that we may have love; He came down that we may have love, Hallelujah forevermore. He came down that we may have peace; He came down that we may have peace; He came down that we may have peace, Hallelujah forevermore. He came down that we may have joy; He came down that we may have joy; He came down that we may have joy, Hallelujah forevermore. He came down that we may have hope; He came down that we may have hope; He came down that we may have hope, Hallelujah forevermore. He came down that we may have life; He came down that we may have life; He came down that we may have life, Hallelujah forevermore. Old Testament Reading - Malachi 3: 1-4 New Testament Reading - Philippians 1 :3-6 and 9-11 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! Church Choir “Like A Child” Daniel Charles Damon Message “You Call This Peace?” Luke 3: 1-6 The Communion Service Communion Hymn “In the Bleak Midwinter” UMH #221 In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan Earth stood hard as iron Water like a stone Snow had fallen Snow on snow on snow In the bleak midwinter Long, long ago Angels and Arc Angels May have traveled there Cherubim and Seraphim Thronged the air But only his Mother In her maiden bliss Worshiped the beloved With a kiss What can I give him? Poor as I am If I were a shepherd I would give a lamb If I were a wise man I would do my part But what I can I give him Give him my heart Invitation Our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace with one another. Let us confess our sin before God and one another. Prayer of Confession and Pardon Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. Our faith has been tested and we have stumbled. Forgive us, we pray. Our feet have strayed from the path of Christ and we have wandered from you. Forgive us, we pray. We have put our faith in the loud voices of this world, ignoring your whispers. Forgive us, we pray. We do want to follow Jesus, the Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen. Hear the good news; Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. That proves God’s love for us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Bread and Cup Guidance for the Communion Service will be provided. After we have received the bread and the cup, please join the congregation as we pray: Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” Strengthen us in mind, body and soul for the days ahead. May your Spirit fill us as we live and pray in Jesus’ name. Amen. Unison Benediction Be people of peace. Let peace live in your heart and share the peace of Christ with all you meet. Share peace by acting out of compassion and not fear. Share peace by listening to all sides of the story. Share peace by praying for our world. In this Advent season, we need to see, feel, and share peace. As you go out into the wonder of God’s creations, share peace and hope with those you meet. Amen. Postlude Gesu Bambino Pietro Yon Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544) |