Bethel 12/19/21 Service

This is the 4th of a 7 session Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
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(Note: The 5th graphic is for Christmas Eve, not a Sunday Service)

Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for today's message but is provided here for your personal study and reflection.

Worship Series: "Come Home for Christmas"
from umcdiscipleship.org

Advent is an invitation. For many, it is the invitation to get into that Christmas spirit, to count down the days to the grand celebration, and let the holiday transform everything around us. We’re not all about Christmas, the holiday, about December 25 with all the jingle bells and tinsel. We are about Christmas, the Mass of Christ, the celebration of the Incarnate one who comes to remind us that we are not alone, and God is with us. We are about the longing for the coming kin-dom, where we will study war no more, where people will walk in the light, where joy will be found, and love with be the tie that binds us together. That’s the home for which we long. That’s the invitation this Advent season to your church and the world: “Come home for Christmas.”

This Week's Theme: "The Blessing of Home"
Liturgical Resources

The story takes over this week. Let’s just admit it. The story that we’ve learned and told and retold, the story that we’ve sentimentalized and Disney-fied, the story that has produced songs and dramas, movies and poems. And yet through it all, the story persists. The story draws. It defies explanation.

Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes

Lectionary Scriptures:
Micah 5:2-5a; Hebrews 10:5-10 ; Luke 1:39-45; Luke 1:46b-55

Sources of Music for the following hymns are:

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Hymns Considered For this week: