Bethel 12/27/20 Service

Christmastide (Season of Christmas)
Twelve Days of Christmas
Twelfth Night
Epiphany
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Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries

This is the 6th Service of a 7 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries. The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the weeks of the Series. (Note: the 5th service was for Christmas Eve.)
(Click on an earlier week's graphic to view that week's Resource page.)

Worship Series: "Company's Coming"
from umcdiscipleship.org

Who doesn’t like Advent? It is a season of excitement and anticipation and joy. Lots and lots of joy. Even when we acknowledge that we aren’t ready for what is coming, for the realm that is promised, for the kin-dom we hope for. We admit we have fallen short; we confess that we are wrapped up in ourselves and in things that don’t last; we admit that our watchful waiting has fallen by the wayside. And yet, in this season, there is joy. And we have a sense that we can start all over again, because "Company Is Coming."

This Week's Theme: "Enjoying the Company"

There is an inevitable let down after Christmas. This is December 27, only two days after the day that most are still digesting. The other phenomenon that normally occurs at this time is that folks are starting to depart; families are returning home; people are going back to work. That may all be different now, even as we will still be recovering or enduring the pandemic. But there is still a shift in thinking, in focus, in direction in these Christmastide worship experiences.

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