WELCOME TO WORSHIP Sunday | December 20, 2020 | 11 a.m.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Bill Gabbard
HYMN NO. 79
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
(verses 1 only; see hymn insert)
WELCOME & INVOCATION
VENI EMMANUEL Bill Gabbard
LIGHTING OF THE LOVE CANDLE
The Milam Family
RESPONSE HYMN NO. 80: HOPE, PEACE, JOY & LOVE Hope, peace, joy and love! These are gifts You bring from above. Jesus, Emmanuel, come to be light of Your love, reflected in me. CHILDREN’S SERMON
Rev. Heather Webb
MUSICAL REFLECTION
Mary’s Boy Child
Jake McWhorter, tenor; Joy Callaway, piano
A PRAYER OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Hairston
Bill Gabbard
Draw us nearer, Lord, draw us into the inner Sanctuary. Draw us within the place which once was hidden by the veil which Christ has rent. Bring us right up to the throne of grace and there beholding the glory of God, may we have communion with the Most High. Heal all our diseases and forgive us all our trespasses. We listen now for your voice, through the reading and preaching of your word. Draw us nearer, Lord, draw us nearer to you. For we ask it in your son Jesus’ precious name. Amen. SCRIPTURE SERMON HYMN NO. 123
Luke 2:1–7 (KJV)
Dr. Dock Hollingsworth
Rerouted: The Holy Family Goes to the City of David Instead While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (verses 1 & 3 only; see hymn insert)
BENEDICTION
CHRISTMAS Dr. Hollingsworth
SPEND CHRISTMAS EVE AT SECOND-PONCE! We’re excited to announce a new outdoor, drive-in, Christmas Eve worship service! On December 24, come to the Second-Ponce parking lot for a socially distant church experience like none other. We’ll use the familiar worship elements of music, Scripture, prayer and message in an unexpected setting: the parking lot. The meaningful tradition of spending Christmas Eve at Second-Ponce continues—under the stars and in your cars. Service begins at 5:30 p.m. EST.