McPhail Weblog Dec 19 2021

 

McPhail Baptist Church

Gerard van Honthorst - Adoration of the Child

Prelude: “While By My Sheep”    

Mark Hayes 

Carol: “O Come, All Ye Faithful”

A Prayer of Intercession          

We pray, O God, for your people wherever they are gathered today on this day of worship and celebration. Some are worshipping in great stone cathedrals; others in mud plaster huts. Some are sitting on padded pews and others on wooden slats. Some of your people are dressed in the latest fashions and finest garb, while others are clothed in basic and threadbare garments. Some of your people are worshipping openly; others are huddled behind closed doors. Some are singing with grand pipe organs and others with the aid of rescue-mission pianos.  Many are worshiping in their own homes. 

But Lord, wherever your people are, we ask that the peace and joy of worship be ours, for we have arrived at this Christmas Sunday all for the same reason, to worship the Christ-child, Jesus Christ, who gathers all worshippers together under His name whatever their circumstance of meeting, and in whose name we pray. Amen.

Christmas Music: "The Birthday Of A King"

 Vanessa Lumpkin/Lynda Cox          

      

Opportunity to Give: Lebanon 

Link for McPhail Donations

The Christmas Story: "Luke2:1-20" 

Readers: Marian, Melina, and Sarian Shah

       

Christmas Music:"Jesu Bambino/O Holy Night" 

Terri-Ann Wint          

Carol: “Angels We Have Heard On High”

 

Sermon: "The Same Old Story" 

Rev. Ernie Cox          

                            

Carol: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” 

 

Benediction

Postlude: 

“Hark The Glad Sound! The Saviour Comes!”