FLC Bulletins

First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS HYMN:  "Gather Us In" Red 532 CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS GREETING, KYRIE Red 157 HYMN:  "Now the Feast" Red 167 PRAYER OF THE DAY FIRST READING:  Micah 6:1-8 SECOND READING:  1 Corinthians 1:18-31 GOSPEL: Matthew 5:1-12 APOSTLE'S CREED CHILDREN COME FORWARD  HYMN: "Blessed Are They" Red 728 SERMON HYMN:  "All Are Welcome" Red 641 OFFERING PRAYERS LORD'S SUPPER LORD'S PRAYER DISTRIBUTIONS HYMNS:  "Let Us Break Bread Together" Red 471, Music , "Built on a Rock" Red 652,  Music BLESSING Lord, you are my heart's true home. May I rest in you, for I ask in Christ's name. Amen.

First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS SONGS:  "All I Need", "10,000 Reasons" CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS GREETING, PSALM 27:1, 5-13 HYMN:  "Shine, Jesus, Shine" Red 671 PRAYER OF THE DAY FIRST READING:  Isaiah 9:1-4 SECOND READING:  1 Corinthians 1:10-18 GOSPEL:  Matthew 4:12-23 SUNDAY SCHOOL KIDS SING SERMON HYMN: "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" Red 807 TITHES & OFFERING Music by the Choir APOSTLE'S CREED PRAYERS LORD'S PRAYER HYMN: "O, Jesus, I Have Promised" Red 810 BLESSING God, may we always look to Jesus for grace and guidance in our lives. In His name. Amen.

First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS HYMN:  "I Am the Light of the World" CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS PSALM 40:1-12 SONG: "You Are the Light of the World" PRAYER OF THE DAY FIRST READING:  Isaiah 49:1-7 SECOND READING:  1 Corinthians 1:1-9 HYMN:  "As With Gladness, Men of Old" Red 302 GOSPEL: John 1:29-42 CHILDREN COME FORWARD  SERMON APOSTLE'S CREED OFFERING PRAYERS LORD'S SUPPER LORD'S PRAYER DISTRIBUTIONS HYMNS:  "Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers" Red 244, "Songs of Thankfulness and Praise" Red 310, Music , "Bright and Glorious is the Sky" Red 301, Music BENEDICTION God, remind us each day that we are your beloved children. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS HYMN:  "Baptized in Water" Red 456 CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS GREETING, PSALM 29 KYRIE Setting 2 sung, pp. 77-78 HYMN:  "We are Baptized in Christ Jesus" Red 451 PRAYER OF THE DAY FIRST READING:  Isaiah 42:1-9 SECOND READING:  Acts 10:34-43 HYMN:  "Wash, O God, Our Sons and Daughters" Red 445 GOSPEL:  Matthew 3:13-17 CHILDREN COME FORWARD  SERMON HYMN:  "Songs of Thankfulness and Praise" Red 310 OFFERING Music by the Choir APOSTLE'S CREED PRAYERS LORD'S PRAYER HYMN:  "Arise, Your Light Has Come" Red 314 BLESSING God, remind us each day that we are your beloved children. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS HYMN: "Bright and Glorious is the Sky" Green 75 CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS GREETING, KYRIE setting 2 sung HYMN:  "Joy to the World" Green 39 PRAYER OF THE DAY FIRST READING:  Isaiah 60:1-6 SECOND READING: Ephesians 3:1-12 HYMN: "There's a Star in the East" Blue 645 GOSPEL: Matthew 2:1-12 CHILDREN COME FORWARD  SERMON HYMN:  "We Three Kings" Blue 646 PRAYERS OFFERING APOSTLE'S CREED LORD'S SUPPER LORD'S PRAYER DISTRIBUTION HYMNS: "Away in a Manger" Blue 644, "I Wonder As I Wander" 642, "Holy Child within the Manger" 638, "Angels We Have Heard on High" Green 71 BLESSING HYMN:  "Go, Tell It on the Mountain" Green 70 GO IN PEACE Lord, in the bleakness of winter help me see your constant effervescent light. In your name. Amen.

First Lutheran Church Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. -John 17 PRELUDE HYMN:  "Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful" Red 283, vss. 1, 2 & 4 GREETING:  Beloved in Christ, we are gathered together this Christmas to prepare our hearts for the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ; to meditate upon the mystery of that Incarnation by which our nature is redeemed, and to receive with joy the message of our salvation. PRAYER: Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him. Grant that we, who have been born again and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I. MARY HYMN: "What Child is This" Red 296, vss. 1 & 2 LUKE 1:26-35:  In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was