Christmas Eve Worship - First Sunday after Christmas Worship

I realize that I have been sending E-mails over the last few weeks about our Christmas Eve services. I promise that this will be the last time. :-) I am just excited that there will be three unique opportunities to celebrate Christmas. I hope that you might be able to make one, or more, of these opportunities! Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve (December 24th) Worship Schedule

• 6:00PM at Oakfield UMC - Join us for worship as we sing traditional Christmas hymns, as we hear the Christmas story, as we reflect on the meaning of Jesus' birth and as we renew ourselves for 2011. Our worship service will also include a service of Holy Communion with a liturgy that is unique to our celebration of Christmas. We will also be lighting candles and singing Silent Night together .
• 7:30PM at Tabor UMC - Our worship services will include the singing of Christmas hymns and a hearing of the Christmas story. It will also be exciting to watch and listen to the children of Tabor UMC perform The Surprising Christmas Pageant. Watch a large cast and various soloist retell the story of Jesus' birth. There is also an opportunity to watch the preschooler's Candy Cane Message.
• 10:00PM at Oakfield UMC - The sanctuary will be lit only by candlelight for this subdued service of lessons and carols. Hear the story of the birth of Christ beginning from Genesis. There will be nine readings of the Bible that weave the story of Jesus together, and we will sing and listen to our favorite Christmas hymns in between. The service will end with a congregational singing of Silent Night.

First Sunday after Christmas (December 26th) Worship Schedule
"I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord, the praiseworthy acts of the Lord, because of all that the Lord has done for us, and the great favor of the house of Israel that he has shown them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his steadfast love." - Isaiah 63:7

With the original performance date snowed out on December 12th, this Sunday the Tabor Choir will be performing their yearly Christmas Choir Concert at both morning worship services. Let us continue our celebration of the Christmas season!

The scripture readings for this Sunday are:

• Isaiah 63:7-9
• Psalm 148
• Hebrews 2:10-18
• Matthew 2:13-23
  

*** Evening worship services at Oakfield will resume on January 9. Beginning on this date, they will begin at 6:00PM. ***