Sunday, January 2, 2022

Payette United Methodist Church
January 2, 2022 – 11:00 AM

Welcome and Announcements

“Family of God”
I'm so glad I'm a part of the family of God
I've been washed in the fountain
Cleansed by His blood
Joint heirs with Jesus
As we travel this sod
For I'm part of the family
The family of God

Hymn: “Joy to the World”                               UMH# 246 vs 1,2,4        
 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 Responsive Reading from Psalm 147
Leader: Jerusalem, worship God! Zion, praise your God! He made your city secure, he blessed your children among you.
People: He keeps the peace at your borders, he puts the best bread on your tables. He launches his promises earthward – how swift and sure they come!
Leader: He spreads snow like white fleece, he scatters frost like ashes, he broadcasts hail like birdseed – who can survive his winter?
People: Then he gives the command and it all melts; he breathes on winter – suddenly it’s spring!
Leader: He speaks the same way to Jacob, speaks words that work to Israel. He never did this to the other nations; they never heard such commands.
All: Hallelujah!

Unison Invocation:
O Almighty God, heavenly angels spoke to earthly shepherds and eternity entered time in the child of Bethlehem.
As we retell the Christmas story let us be caught up in the eternal in that same child, that we might join the shepherds and all the heavenly host in praising the coming of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.
 
Offering our gifts and tithes
Offering Prayer
 
New Testament Reading - Ephesians 1:3-12
God’s Word for God’s People.  Thanks be to God!

Hymn: “Angels From the Realms of Glory”  UMH#220 vs. 1,2,4
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:

Refrain:
Come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the newborn king.

Shepherds, in the field abiding,
watching o'er your flocks by night,
God with us is now residing;
yonder shines the infant light: [Refrain]

Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear;
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
in his temple shall appear: [Refrain]

Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
                                         
Message: “You Don’t Know the Scriptures”   Timothy 2:15 and 3:14-17

Hymn: “Go Tell it on the Mountain”  UMH#251 all vs.    
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Benediction:
May the peace of the Lord Jesus go with you
wherever he may send you.
May he guide you through the wilderness,
protect you through the storm.
May he bring you home rejoicing
at the wonders he has shown you.
May he bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors.

Postlude
Thank you for Worshiping with us today!

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