Why not place a card at each seat for your family dinner tonight or tomorrow to recite grace together? Print something like this: Lord, Jesus, be our Holy guest, our morning joy, our evening rest. And with our daily bread impart; Your love and peace to every heart. Amen. Lord, Jesus, [...]
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Table Grace for Christmas Dinner
Posted: December 24, 2011 in Christmas, Christmas Eve, PrayerTags: Grace
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Mary and Joseph felt a tug, And so they went with reverent fear. To the city of David For the Messiah’s birth was near. The lowly shepherds felt the tug, And their wonder just would not yield. For they saw a heavenly vision, Whilst abiding in the field. The wise men also felt a tug, [...]
What I love about Jesus His love He heals His grace The cross His mercy His beauty His majesty His wisdom His patience His kindness He is faithful He knows me His protection His gentleness He rescues me He died for me He inspires me He is my refuge He listens to me He comforts [...]
Babe in a Manger
Posted: December 21, 2010 in Christmas, Sibling HarmonyTags: Christmas music, Nativity Collection
Sibling Harmony has just released a new Christmas song & video. You can see and hear it here: All of the nativity sets shown in the video were acquired by the Bueltmann family. You can view the complete collection here: http://tinyurl.com/NativityScenes or www.pbase.com/bbmphoto/nativity And here are the lyrics and chords for the song used in [...]
Christmas Text – Responsive Reading
Posted: December 14, 2010 in Christmas, Christmas Eve, New TestamentP: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. C: He was with God in the beginning. P: Oh, come, let us adore Him, C: Christ the Lord! P: Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. C: In [...]
Christmas Music
Posted: December 18, 2009 in Chris Tomlin, Christmas, Messiah Lutheran Church, Paul & Rita BalocheTags: Christmas Offering, Emmanuel
For our Christmas services we use mostly hymns and carols but our Praise band will be playing four songs this year. We will be playing Chris Tomlin’s new Christmas song titled “Emmanuel – Hallowed Manger Ground” on 12/20 and Paul Baloche’s “Christmas Offering” on 12/24. You can hear each selection here: We will also be accompanying [...]
Christmas Prophecies
Posted: December 15, 2009 in Advent, Christmas, Christmas Eve, CompositeTags: Prophecies
One of the many things that I love about Christmas worship is the OT prophecies and their NT fulfillments. I’m told that there are about 300 such statements in scripture. I don’t claim to know much more than a hand full of them but here’s a few of my favorites, collected into a responsive reading [...]
Christmas Children’s Program
Posted: September 8, 2009 in Advent, Children, ChristmasTags: Christmas, NPH
Pastor Johnold Strey has written a new Children’s Christmas Worship program that is available at NPH. You might want to check this out if you are looking for Christmas materials as his writings and worship pieces are always nicely done. You can view samples of the service and listen to sound clips here: http://online.nph.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?servingyou/music/kits
A Multi-Part Reading: Shepherds, Angels and Magi
Posted: December 19, 2008 in ChristmasTags: Christmas
The Shepherds: Reader #1: And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, Reader #2: Do not be [...]
A Christmas Offering
Posted: December 17, 2008 in Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Paul & Rita BalocheTags: Offering, Paul Baloche
Every year, around this time, I always try to fit in the song “Offering” by Paul Baloche in a worship service. It works well during the Offering for the Advent, Christmas or Epiphany seasons. Paul is very generous with free resources at his website, but you should report usage to CCLI if you have a license. [...]
