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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | december 28, 2025

a diverse, inclusive church experiencing and reflecting the love, hope and joy of Jesus Christ

to each other and our community.

* OPENING SONG
Zaria Modeste, Praise Band Leader
He Shall Reign Forevermore | Chris Tomlin & Matt Maher
© 2015 S. D. G. Publishing | Twelve Lions Music | Worship Together Music | Be Essential Songs | I Am A Pilgrim Songs | CCLI License # 48710

WELCOME | Pastor Doug Johns

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
Please see below.

* SONG OF WORSHIP
King of Kings | Brooke Ligertwood, Jason Ingram & Scott Ligertwood
© 2019 Fellow Ships Music | So Essential Tunes | Hillsong Music Publishing Australia | CCLI License # 487103

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE | Pastor Cathy Johns

OFFERING
worshiping through the offering of our lives and gifts.

·     Place offerings in the basket or wooden box

·     Go to christchurchfl.org/give

·     Text GIVE to 954.880.3885

·     Mail a check to Christ Church, 4845 NE 25^th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Christ Church is a congregationally supported ministry. We thank you for your faithfulness, which allows us to reflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community. Connect Cards may be placed with your offering.

* SONG OF WORSHIP
Light of the World | Edmund Hamilton Sears & Richard Storrs Willis
© words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MORNING PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

SCRIPTURE
Matthew 1:18-25 | New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly. ²⁰ But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” ²² All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

²³ “Look, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a son,  and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means, “God is with us.” ²⁴ When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife ²⁵ but had no marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son, and he named him Jesus.

These are the words of God for us, the people of God. Thanks be to God.

MESSAGE
God’s Grace and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer | Pastor Doug Johns

* CLOSING SONG
King of Kings (reprise) | Brooke Ligertwood, Jason Ingram & Scott Ligertwood
© 2019 Fellow Ships Music; So Essential Tunes; Hillsong Music Publishing Australia | CCLI License # 487103

SENDING FORTH

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday for the message Do you believe in Magi? based on Matthew 2:1-12.

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