Young, Unmarried, Pregnant and Unafraid

December 8, 2024 Preparation for Worship Time for Gathering Opening Hymn “Once in Royal David’s City” Once in royal David's city stood a lowly cattle shed Where a mother laid her Baby iIn a manger for His bed Mary was that mother mild Jesus Christ her little Child He came down to earth from heaven Who is God and Lord of all And His shelter was a stable and His cradle was a stall With the poor and mean and lowly lived on earth our Savior holy And our eyes at last will see Him through His own redeeming love For that Child so dear and gentle is our Lord in heaven above And He leads His children on to the place where He is gone Lighting of the Advent Candle Song of Worship Prayers of the Church and Prayer of our Lord Offering and Hymn “Away in a Manger” Away in a manger no crib for a bed The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head The stars in the sky looked down where He lay The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay The cattle are lowing the Baby awakes But little Lord Jesus no crying He makes I love Thee Lord Jesus look down from the sky And stay by my cradle ’til morning is nigh Be near me Lord Jesus I ask Thee to stay Close by me forever and love me I pray Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care And fit us for heaven to live with Thee there Scripture Lesson Luke 1:26-45 Sermon Young, Unmarried, Pregnant and Unafraid Closing Hymn “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” 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 Still thro' the cloven skies they come with peaceful wings unfurled And still their heavenly music floats o'er all the weary world Above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hovering wing And ever o'er its Babel sounds the blessed angels sing But with the woes of sin and strife the world has suffered long Beneath the angel strain have rolled two thousand years of wrong And man at war with man hears not the love song which they bring O hush the noise ye men of strife and hear the angels sing For lo the days are hastening on by prophet bards foretold When with the ever-circling years comes round the age of gold When peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling And the whole world give back the song which now the angels sing Benediction Building Project Update and Book Signings with Richard Diedrich, Jack Tymann and Karna Bodman Fellowship • Sunday Morning Study: Great Moments in Church History | 9 AM in the Sunshine Room • Sunday Prayer | 9:30 AM in the Sunshine Room • Monday Bible Study | 12 & 6 PM in the Sanctuary and via Zoom • Wednesday Issues Hour | 11 AM in the Fellowship Area and via Zoom • Billy Dean & Dawn Christmas Concert: Friday, December 20th | 5PM at the church. Please register on our website www.naplescommunitychurch.org/concert • Christmas Eve Service: Tuesday, December 24th | 5PM here at the church. • Thank you to Jocelyn Pierre for providing the cookies today. • The chancel flowers were given today by Mike & Cindy Lyster.