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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | december 21, 2025

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

to each other and our community.

WELCOME | Pastor Cathy Johns

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
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MUSIC MINISTRY
Dancers Sloane Levitt, Harper Palonka, Adelaide Tracy and Elinor Tracy
O Come O Come Emmanuel | Chris Tomlin

LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE | Susan Spragg and Matt Till, readers

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE | Pastor Doug Johns

OFFERING
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· 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
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) | Joel Houston, Matt Crocker & Salomon Ligthelm
© 2012 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia | 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
Luke 2:8-20
And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!”

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child; and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

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

INTRODUCTION TO ANGELS

CAROL
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 218 (verses 1,3,4)
It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold.
“Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heaven’s all-gracious King.”
The world in solemn stillness lay, to hear the angels sing.

And ye, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low,
who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow,
look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing!

For lo! the days are hastening on, by prophet seen of old,
when with the ever-circling years shall come the time foretold
when peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling,
and the whole world send back the song which now the angels sing.

Edmund Sears & Richard Willis | © words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

ANGELS PREPARE

ANGELS PRAISE

CAROL
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 240 (verses 1,2,3)

Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King”,

Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!”

Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies;

With th’angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

(refrain) Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King!”

Christ, by highest heaven adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord,

Late in time behold him come, offspring of the virgin’s womb.

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail th’incarnate Deity,

Pleased with us in flesh to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. (refrain)

Hail the heaven-born, Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and Life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die,
Born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth. (refrain)

Charles Wesley | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy| public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MEDITATION

Gloria! | Pastor Cathy Johns

CAROL
Angels We Have Heard on High | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 238 (verses 1,2)
(Please bring your gift for Jesus forward and place on The Enchanted Tree)

Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plains,
and the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song?
Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

ANGELS PROCLAIM

CAROL
Angels We Have Heard on High | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 238 (verses 3,4)
(Please bring your gift for Jesus forward and place it on The Enchanted Tree)

Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing;
come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

See him in a manger laid, whom the choir of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

SENDING FORTH

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, for one of three services:
5pm child-led worship
7pm traditional worship with lessons & carols and
11pm traditional worship with holy communion

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