December 21st, 2025
Guest Pastor: Kevin Vryhof
Welcome/Announcements
God's Greeting, Greeting of One Another
Worship & Praise Music​​
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Light Of The Stable
Verse 1
Hail hail to the newborn King
Let our voices sing Him our praises
Hail hail to the guiding light
That brought us tonight to our Savior
Chorus
Halle hallelujah halle hallelujah
Halle hallelujah halle hallelujah
Verse 2
Come now where it shines so bright
To the knowing light of the stable
Kneel close to the Child so dear
Cast aside your fear and be thankful
Love Has Come
Verse 1
Love has come a light in the darkness
Love explodes in the Bethlehem skies
See all heaven has come to proclaim it
Hear how their song of joy arises
Love love
Born unto you a Savior
Love love
Glory to God on high
Verse 2
Love is born come share in the wonder
Love is God now asleep in the hay
See the glow in the eyes of His mother
What is the name her heart is saying
Love love
Love is the name she whispers
Love love
Jesus Immanuel
Verse 3
Love has come He never will leave us
Love is life everlasting and free
Love is Jesus within and among us
Love is the peace our hearts are seeking
Love love
Love is the gift of Christmas
Love love
Praise to You God on high
Noel
Verse 1
Love incarnate love divine
Star and angels gave the sign
Bow to babe on bended knee
The Savior of humanity
Unto us a Child is born
He shall reign forevermore
Chorus
Noel Noel
Come and see what God has done
Noel Noel
The story of amazing love
The light of the world given for us
Noel
Verse 2
Son of God and Son of man
There before the world began
Born to suffer born to save
Born to raise us from the grave
Christ the everlasting Lord
He shall reign forevermore
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Guide for Living: 1 John 3:11-24
11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of
Man. [a] 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, [b] 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” [c] 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not
condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict:
Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.)
Assurance of Pardon: John 1:1-2, 10-13
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize
him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but
born of God.
Congregational Prayer
Gathering the Offering
The Gifts of God to His People
Hearing His Word: Isaiah 7:10-15
10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the LORD your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test.” 13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you [a] a sign: The virgin [b] will conceive and give birth to a son, and [c] will call him Immanuel. [d] 15 He will be eating curds and
honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,
Matthew 1:18-25
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about [a] : His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet [b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you
are to give him the name Jesus, [c] because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” [d] (which means “God with us”). 24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
His Message: Never "Home" Alone
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Prayer
God's Blessing
Song of Going Out
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Go Tell It On The Mountain
Verse 1
While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light
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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Postlude