Bethel 01/02/22 Service

New Year's
New Year's History: Festive Facts
5 Ancient New Year's Celebrations
Things You Should Know About Chinese New Year
Lucky New Year’s Food Traditions
The History of New Year's Resolutions
How Times Square Became the Home of New Year’s Eve
Epiphany (holiday)
Twelfth Night
History of Epiphany
Epiphany Season
Meet the Three Kings
Three Kings Day in Mexico
Rosca de Reyes for Three King's Day

Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Annual Worship Planning Documents
2022 Monthly Worship Calendar
2022 RCL 2 page Summary

Weekly Worship Planning Series

This is the 7th of a 7 session Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the weeks of the Series.
(Click on an earlier graphic to see that session's resource page)
(Note: The 5th session 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 Light of Home"
Liturgical Resources

This week can be a continuation of last week; the Christmastide desire to hold on to the hope of Christmas. Except this week, we go from a position of strength and not of loss. Instead of focusing on the cloud, we look to the light.