Monday, December 25, 2017—10:00 AM
Christmas Day
The Nativity by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
6550 Fairmont Boulevard
Yorba Linda, California 92886
(714) 779-2384
www.GraceLutheran.church
Email: [email protected]
Pastor Daniel Wagenknecht (714) 624-9001
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
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WELCOME! We are happy you are with us today. It would be a pleasure to get to know
you better. We invite you to join any of our activities. See the schedule in the bulletin. To
our guests: Please sign the friendship register as it is passed down the pews.
The ushers are here to help you during the service. If you need anything
(temperature adjustment, restrooms, large print worship materials, hearing
amplifiers, etc.) feel free to ask them. Rest rooms and a drinking fountain can be found
across the breezeway in Grace Hall. Our Information Table contains free devotions,
Bibles, pamphlets, and other things for you to take home.
Five or ten minutes before the service, the organist will be playing music to
encourage worshipers to find seats and get ready for worship. We ask that during the time
before the service, everyone refrain from loud talking so that those who wish to pray and
meditate silently may do so. Please turn off cell phones when you enter the church.
The Nursery is available for parents whose children become restless. It is located
behind the right pews.
To request prayers, hymns for future services, etc. please fill out an index card
and hand it to an usher or Pastor.
Welcome: Pastor
OPENING HYMN: 55 Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful
1 Oh, come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant,
Oh, come ye, oh, come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him, Born the King of angels.
Refrain:
Oh, come, let us adore him, Oh, come, let us adore him,
Oh, come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
2 God from true God, and Light from Light eternal,
Born of a virgin, to earth he comes,
Only begotten Son of God the Father.
Refrain
3 Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation;
Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above.
Glory to God, all Glory in the highest.
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Refrain
4 Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n,
Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing.
Refrain
Invocation
Confession of Sins (Hymnal page 15)
M: Beloved in the Lord: let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins to God
our Father, asking him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us forgiveness.
C: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful and that I have
disobeyed you in my thoughts, words, and actions. I have done what is evil and
failed to do what is good. For this I deserve your punishment both now and in
eternity. But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting in my Savior Jesus
Christ, I pray: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.
M: God, our heavenly Father, has been merciful to us and has given his only Son to be
the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Therefore, as a called servant of Christ and by his
authority, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son (+)
and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
Reading: Isaiah 52:7-12 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the herald,
who proclaims peace,
who brings news of good things,
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
8 The voices of your watchmen—
they lift up their voices,
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shouting for joy together;
for every eye will see
when the LORD returns to Zion.
9 Be joyful, rejoice together,
you ruins of Jerusalem!
For the LORD has comforted His people;
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD has displayed His holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;
all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.
11 Leave, leave, go out from there!
Do not touch anything unclean;
go out from her, purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12 For you will not leave in a hurry,
and you will not have to take flight;
because the LORD is going before you,
and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
PSALM 98 (CW p. 103)
Reading: Hebrews 1:1-9 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times
and in different ways. 2 In these last days, He has spoken to us by His
Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe
through Him. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact
expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word.
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After making purification for sins He sat down at the right hand of the
Majesty on high. So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as
the name He inherited is superior to theirs.
For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I
have become Your Father, or again, I will be His Father, and He will be
My Son? 6 When He again brings His firstborn into the world, He
says, And all God’s angels must worship Him. 7 And about the angels
He says:
He makes His angels winds,
and His servants a fiery flame,
8 but to the Son:
Your throne, God,
is forever and ever,
and the scepter of Your kingdom
is a scepter of justice.
9 You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness;
this is why God, Your God,
has anointed You
with the oil of joy
rather than Your companions. HYMN 67 What Child Is This
1 What child is this who, laid to rest,
On Mary’s lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet With anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping?
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This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing.
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The babe, the Son of Mary!
2 Why lies he in such mean estate
Where oxen now are feeding?
Good Christians, fear; For sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear shall pierce him through;
The cross he’ll bear for me, for you.
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The babe, the Son of Mary!
3 So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh;
Come, peasant, king, to own him.
The King of kings Salvation brings;
Let loving hearts enthrone him.
Raise, raise the song on high;
The virgin sings her lullaby.
Joy, joy, for Christ is born,
The babe, the Son of Mary!
Reading: John 1:1-14 (HCSB)
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.
4 Life was in Him,
and that life was the light of men.
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5 That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome it.
6 There was a man named John
who was sent from God.
7 He came as a witness
to testify about the light,
so that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the light,
but he came to testify about the light.
9 The true light, who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.
10 He was in the world,
and the world was created through Him,
yet the world did not recognize Him.
11 He came to His own,
and His own people did not receive Him.
12 But to all who did receive Him,
He gave them the right to be children of God,
to those who believe in His name,
13 who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.
14 The Word became flesh[k]
and took up residence[l] among us.
We observed His glory,
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the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
HYMN 61 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
1 Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all you 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 newborn King!”
2 Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him come, Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th’ incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with us to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel!
Refrain
3 Hail, the heav’nly Prince of Peace! Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings, Ris’n 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
Sermon: Hebrews 1:1-9
THIS NEWBORN BABY IS THE SON OF GOD
a. He is the same LORD the prophets knew
b. He is to be worshipped by all created beings
c. He is the eternal Ruler
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OFFERING
SOLO: “Mary Did You Know?”
CHRISTMAS PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN: 63 Angels We Have Heard on High
1 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.
2 Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heav’nly song?
Gloria in excelsis Deo; Gloria in excelsis Deo.
3 Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo; Gloria in excelsis Deo.
The Benediction
HYMN 60: Silent Night
1 Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright,
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Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy Infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
2 Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar;
Heav’nly hosts sing, Alleluia;
Christ, the Savior, is born!
Christ, the Savior, is born!
3 Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
SERVING OUR LORD TODAY: Organist: Phyllis Lindley
SERVING OUR LORD SUNDAY: Sunday music: Margie Erickson; Altar Guild:
Hurst, Wagenknecht; Acolyte: Ilena Vandiver; Ushers: Bell, McCauley, Vogt; Flowers:
Dowler; Refreshments: Everyone, please bring leftover Christmas goodies.
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
• Judy Ehlers Blaylock (sister in law of Elizabeth Ehlers), cancer
• Andrew and Liz Cifranic, expecting a baby in June
• Amy Cox, a friend of the Wagenknechts, cancer
• Steve De Long, abdominal aneurysm
• Tanya De Long, treatments for endocrinal cancer
• Joan Dressendorfer, homebound
• Carol Ford, on hospice
• Dayton Fritz, kidneys
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• Joan Hackbarth, sister of Dale Hackbarth, ill
• June Heckenlaible, homebound
• Maxine Heitshusen, homebound
• Evelyn Hokenson, ill
• Carol Hubbard, homebound
• Matt and Stephanie Ibarra, expecting a baby boy in January
• Bob Krueger, homebound
• Kathe Lind, homebound
• Wayne and Annette Madsen, homebound
• Dolores Poorman, homebound
• Chris Quirk, Dale Hackbarth’s son in law, who has a brain tumor
• Jim Smithling, cancer treatments
• Hulda Stoppelmann, homebound
• Austin Wagenknecht and Lydia Harbach, engaged to be married August 4, 2018
A NEW BENCH IS BEING DELIVERED THIS WEEK. It matches the two brown
benches in the breezeway, and will replace the concrete bench near Pastor’s Study. If
anyone would like to have the concrete bench, it is yours for the taking.
CHURCH WEBSITE: Check out the church website. You can find the weekly
sermons, both written and audio, the weekly Bible readings, the Messenger of Grace, and
calendar. We have a members only section, so that private information and names of
people are not broadcast beyond the congregation.. This has the church directory, prayer
list, women’s guild news (coming soon) and any other announcements for our church
members only. To gain access to this area follow the instructions to sign up and shortly
following you will be able to view this area as well. Any questions, please connect
Pastor or Eric Erickson.
SERMON SERIES
“The Names of Jesus”—There are more than 200 names, titles, and identifiers of Jesus
Christ in the Bible. Each of them tells us something about our Lord and Savior.
Continuing Wednesday, and including all of our services through January 14, Pastor
Wagenknecht will preach on one or more of them.
Dec 31 pm- Bread of Life Dec 31 am- Servant
Jan 7 – Light of the Nations
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Jan 14- Rabbi, King of Israel
Dec 25- Son of God
CHECK OUT THE VOLUNTEER SHEETS: The 2018 Flower chart is posted by the
drinking fountain. Consider bringing flowers once this year to commemorate an event,
anniversary, or birthday, or to honor a loved one. The Altar Guild sheet is posted on the
main bulletin board. Want to learn how to prepare the Lord’s Supper for communion
services and take care of the altar furnishings? Sign up on the board and one of our
experienced AG volunteers will show you. The 2018 Refreshment signup is posted, too.
If everyone brings refreshments once in 2018, nobody will be stressed!
2018 MASTER PLANNING CALENDAR: Are you in charge of a group or committee,
or do you know of some events that are being planned for the next year? Please write
your event on the planning calendars, which are on the right side of the hall as you enter
Grace Hall. These sheets are used when we plan the printed and website calendars each
month.
WELCOME NEW MEMBER: Tanya DeLong, transfer from St. John, Victorville. Her
birthday is March 10. She has been married to Steve since April 29, 1989. Her two
children are grown: Tiffany and Mitch. Her address is 22160 Kayenta Rd., Apple Valley,
CA 92308. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 760-669-2092.
THIS WEEK AT GRACE
Today Christmas Day Service 10:00am
Tuesday Brookdale YL Bible 3:00 pm
Wednesday No Adult Bible Class
Thursday Brookdale- Walnut 2:00 pm
Saturday No Youth
No Evening Worship
Next Sunday Worship 9:30am
New Year’s Eve Worship 7:00pm
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Jan 13, 2018 CLHS Association Meeting, Wildomar, 10 am
Jan 22 & 23, 2018 CA Pastoral Conference, Sparks, Nev.
Feb 14, 2018 Lenten Soup Supper, Ash Wednesday Worship
Feb 21, 28 Lenten Supper and Worship
Mar 7, 14, 21, Lenten Supper and Worship
March 18, 2018 “Christian Family Solutions” Sunday
Mar 29 Maundy Thursday Worship 7 pm
Mar 30 Good Friday Tenebrae, 7 pm
Mar 31 Easter for Kids
April 1 Easter Sunrise service 7 am
Easter breakfast
Easter festival service 9:30 am
June 11-13 AZ-CA District Convention, Scottsdale, AZ
Dec 24, 2018 Christmas Eve Worship Service: 5 pm
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The Mission of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church is to
make disciples for Jesus Christ by sharing the gospel in God’s
Word and Sacraments. Following God’s direction and seeking
His help, we will fulfill this mission by conducting the following
activities:
• Glorifying and praising God through public worship
services,
• Teaching classes for all ages
o to strengthen those who believe,
o to train and equip members to lead exemplary Christian lives,
o to train and equip members t
o o reach out to others;
• Seeking the lost and straying,
• Administering the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion,
• Mutually encouraging one another through fellowship activities,
• Supporting one another and caring for each other’s needs, and
• Participating in the worldwide mission of the church through our synodical and
district affiliations.
