Claybanks United Methodist Church
Sunday, January 4, 2026
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Second Sunday After Christmas
* Indicates to stand as you are able
Welcome and Announcements
*Praise Song
”Morning Has Broken”…..….…….UMH 145
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: Arise, shine, for your light has come!
All: We are called out of our darkness into the light.
Leader: Lift up your eyes and look around.
All: We will rejoice in the gift of light.
Leader: Come, let us worship the God of light and joy and peace.
All: We come to kneel at the cradle of the babe, the light incarnate.
*Gloria Patri……………………………………UMH 70
*Opening Prayer
*Hymn
”See the Morning Sun Ascending”……………UMH 674
Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns
The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves
*Doxology………………………………………..…UMH 95
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn
”O God Who Shaped Creation”…………..UMH 443
Sharing of the Word
Old Testament Reading
Jeremiah 31:7-14……………………………Pages 641
*Gospel Reading
John 1:1-18………………………….….…..Page 862
Message by Pastor Gary Peterson
“God Among Us”
Communion
Prayer
*Hymn
”All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night”……UMH 682
Benediction
Postlude – Please be seated
Pianist – Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist Bev Grumm
Ministers – All People As We Live The Good News
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