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                  Christmas season is here.
 
  
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                  Welcome
to St. John'sWhether you are visiting or exploring what it means to have faith in
God, you are welcome here. No matter what your
cultural or ethnic tradition, your lifestyle, your situation or need,
you are welcome here. Wherever you are in your spiritual journey, you
are welcome at St. John's.
 
 WORSHIP
SERVICE EVERY SUNDAY AT 10.00 AM
 
 
 
 
                  
                    
                      
                        | Merry
Christmas and may God's Grace
and Holly Spirit be with you during this special time. |  
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                         Our Christmas
Eve
service will begin at
7:00
p.m. with the singing of carols and the Children’s Pageant
followed by the Eucharist at 7:30.
 All
children and young people are welcome to participate in the
pageant.
 
 There
will be a worship service on Sunday,
Christmas Day at
10:00.
 
 
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                        | Christmas
Eve, December 24, 2005 |  
                        | “The
Shepherd’s Story”    
                        Readers: Aimee Pitcher, Taylor Shearer,
Harley Vane
 Hark! The Herald Angels
Sing   
        
87
 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 
        89
 O Come All Ye
Faithful       
     
       
    83
 Unto Us a Child is
Born       
        
       98
 Away in a
Manger       
          
       
       101
 Go Tell It On the
Mountain   
              
99
 Prelude:
Nowell  arranged by Wedgwood   
   Clarinetist Ron Newton
 THE WORD OF GOD
 Hymn #100 - Joy to the
World
 Acclamation and Collect for
Purity   
           
Prayer Book Page 355
 Gloria    
       
       
       Hymnal S280
 Collect of the
Day
 First Reading - Isaiah 9:2-4, 6-7
 Hymn #115 - What Child is
This?
 Psalm
96:1-4,11,12
 Second Reading - Titus 2:11-14
 Hymn #96 - Angels We Have Heard on
High
 The Gospel - Luke
2:1-20
 Homily   
       
   
          
The Rev. Elizabeth Tattersall
 The Nicene
Creed       
       
       
Prayer Book 358
 Prayers of the
People       
      
   Prayer Book 387
 The Exchange of the
Peace       
Prayer Book 360
 THE HOLY
COMMUNION
 Eucharistic Prayer
A       
       
    Prayer Book
361
 Sanctus 
       
       
     
    Hymnal S129
 The Breaking of the
Bread         
(All are welcome to receive communion)
 Vocalists: Kathie Davidson and Mary Ann
Helman
 Hymn #111 - Silent
Night   (in candlelight)
 The Lord’s
Prayer       
       
       
Prayer Book 364
 The Blessing
 Dismissal   
       
       
      
      
     Prayer Book 366
 Organ Postlude played by Organist Shirley Newton
 
 
 
 
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                        | Christmas
Day, December 25, 2005 |  
                        | THE WORD OF
GOD       
        Processional Hymn #83 - O Come All Ye
Faithful
 Acclamation and Collect for
Purity   
        
          
       
 355
 Gloria       
       
       
    S280
 Collect of the
Day       
       
       
       
       Insert
 First Reading - Isaiah 62:6-7,
10-12       
   Insert
 Psalm 97:1-4, 11,
12       
       
       
 726
 Second Reading - Titus
3:4-7       
       
    Insert
 Gospel Hymn #96 -Angels We
Have Heard on High
 The Gospel - Luke 2:[1-14]
15-20       
        Insert
 Homily       
       
       
The Rev. Dn. Betty Ihfe
 Member, Preachers-in-Training Class
 The Nicene
Creed       
       
       
 358
 Prayers of the
People
 Exchange of the
Peace       
       
   
 360
 THE HOLY
COMMUNION
 Offertory Hymn #87 - Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing
 Eucharistic
Prayer       
       
       
  361
 Sanctus 
       
       
       
      S130
 The Breaking of the
Bread
 (All are welcome to receive communion)
 Post Communion
Prayer       
       
      365
 The Blessing
 Recessional Hymn #100- Joy to the World
 Dismissal       
       
       
      366
 
 
 
 
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