Christmas Children’s Program

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

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 [...]

Christmas Reading from Luke 2

A Dramatic Reading of Luke 2:1-20 Using 3 Voices for Dec 24 or 25   This famous Christmas Eve scripture passage comes to new life using a technique of multi-part readers phasing in and out with each other.  It is helpful to practice this technique together before presenting it in worship.   NIV Version: Reader [...]

What does the Lord’s Prayer and “Away in a Manger” have in common?

Try singing this to “Away in a Manger”.  We plan to use it this coming Sunday (12/14) but it would work well for a 12/24 or 12/25 service as well.   Our Father in heaven, all praise to your name! Your kingdom among us, your will done the same By mortals and angels. Come, Lord, [...]

Martin Luther and Aaron Shust Collaborate on a Christmas Song

Contemporary recording artist, Aaron Shust, has a new Christmas song called “God Has Come to Earth” that he gives some credit to Martin Luther for the lyrics.  It’s available at his BLOG as a free download with no strings attached.   Here’s his BLOG site if you are interested and if you’d like an MP3 to [...]