Sunday December 27, 2020
Online Worship Service
LINKS:
Sermon: https://youtu.be/TLIYSa6KZ3Q
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_g8f8gr3KpP_huiA8cKEY2_4d3Wvc4KY
Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LTnzkYxWXzC7LXKEqP5W7?si=F5f0tnvrTyGyrCVgH9UdDQ
GREETINGS | ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pastor Andy will be away from the office on December 28th (in lieu of Boxing Day) and January 1st (New Years Day)
If there’s anything you need over the holidays, feel free to reach out.
Starting in the New Year, we will begin a series on 1 John. Take some time to make yourself familiar with the book.
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CALL TO WORSHIP (PSALM 97:1, 8-12)
Leader: The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.
Together: Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord.
Leader: For you, Lord, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
Together: Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Leader: Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.
Together: Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.
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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE
Angels From the Realms of Glory
Verse 1
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
Chorus
Come and worship come and worship
Worship Christ the newborn King
Verse 2
Shepherds in the field abiding
Watching o'er your flocks by night
God with us is now residing
Yonder shines the infant light
Verse 3
Sages leave your contemplations
Brighter visions beam afar
Seek the great Desire of nations
Ye have seen His natal star
Verse 4
All creation join in praising
God the Father Spirit Son
Evermore your voices raising
To the eternal Three in One
Angels We Have Heard on High
Verse 1
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Chorus
Gloria
In excelsis Deo
Gloria
In excelsis Deo
Verse 2
Shepherds why this jubilee
Why your joyous strains prolong
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav'nly song
Verse 3
Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord the newborn King
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Verse 1
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
Verse 2
Still thro' 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
Verse 3
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
Verse 4
For lo the days are hastening on
By prophet bards foretold
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing
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CHILDREN’S TIME
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SCRIPTURE READING: ISAIAH 52:7-10
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Prayer Time
Pray that we might keep Christ at the center of our lives as we enter the New Year.
Pray for the global church as we celebrate Christmas together.
Pray Ephesians 3:14-21 for our Church.
Pray for our government leaders as there will be new challenges to address in the New Year.
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SONGS OF WORSHIP & PRAISE
The First Noel
Verse 1
The first Noel the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter's night that was so deep
Chorus
Noel Noel Noel Noel
Born is the King of Israel
Verse 2
They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the east beyond them far
And to the earth it gave great light
And so it continued both day and night
Verse 3
And by the light of that same star
Three wise men came from country far
To seek for a king was their intent
And to follow the star wherever it went
Verse 4
Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord
That hath made heaven and earth of nought
And with His blood mankind hath bought
While Shepherds Watched
Verse 1
While shepherds watched
Their flocks by night
All seated on the ground
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around
And glory shone around
Verse 2
Fear not said he for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind
Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind
To you and all mankind
Verse 3
To you in David's town this day
Is born of David's line
The Savior who is Christ the Lord
And this shall be the sign
And this shall be the sign
Verse 4
The heavenly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands
And in a manger laid
And in a manger laid
Verse 5
All glory be to God on high
And to the earth be peace
Good will hence forth
From heaven to men
Begin and never cease
Begin and never cease
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SERMON: A SAVIOUR HAS BEEN BORN TO YOU
(LUKE 2:8-20)
Link: https://youtu.be/TLIYSa6KZ3Q
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HYMN
Go Tell It On the Mountain
Chorus
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and ev'rywhere
Go tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
Verse 1
While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light
Verse 2
The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed the Savior's birth
Verse 3
Down in a lowly manger
The humble Christ was born
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas morn
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BENEDICTION (ROMANS 16:25-27)
Now to Him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made know through the prophetic writing by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith – to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Pastor: Andy Gilkinson
566 Main Street, Box 32, Durban, MB R0L 0P0
Office Admin: Kayla Balko
Office Email: covenantchurch@xplornet.ca Office Phone/Fax: 204-539-2271