Claybanks United Methodist Church
Sunday, December 14, 2025
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Third Sunday of Advent
* Indicates to stand as you are able
Welcome and Announcements
*Praise Song
”There’s a Song in the Air”…….……UMH 249
Prelude
*Processional
In this place, among these people
God is worshipped, God is praised.
We have seen the signs and wonders;
The lost are found here, the dead are raised.
We are living the Gospel story;
lives are changed, and mountains moved.
Won’t you come and work among us?
You are welcomed, you are loved.
*Call to Worship
Leader: Love has come down to us this Advent Season.
All: Divine love which heals and transforms our lives.
Leader: With joy, we receive that love and share it with others.
All: We open our hearts to the last, the least, the lost and all of God’s children.
Leader: The Lord has done and continues to do great things for us.
All: Praise be to God who loves us so much and who challenges us to be people of joy in the world. AMEN.
*Gloria Patri…………………………..UMH 70
*Opening Prayer
*Hymn
”Away in a Manger”………………………UMH 217
Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns
Lighting the Third Advent Candle
Reader: In the midst of our waiting………………the truth of God’s salvation.
All: We choose to believe that the day is coming when, “The ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isaiah 35:10).
The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves
*Doxology………………………………………..…UMH 95
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn………..….”In the Bleak Midwinter”……..……..UMH 221
Sharing of the Word
Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 61:1-4. 8-11………………………..………….Pages 603-604
*Gospel Reading
Luke 2:1-16…………….…………………….………..Pages 832-833
Message by Pastor Gary Peterson
“The Wonder of a Manger”
Prayer
*Hymn
”Love Came Down at Christmas”…………UMH 242
Benediction
Postlude – Please be seated
Pianist – Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist – Roger Carlson
Ministers – All People As We Live The Good News
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