CALL
TO WORSHIP
As
people of joy, we gather together for worship.
Continuing
along the road that leads to a manger in Bethlehem.
As
we travel along the road we share the story.
Today we hear it from a different perspective.
But
still the story fills us with joy.
And
so our hearts are lifted as on the wings of eagles.
As
we gather to hear the story and sing the carols, we greet each other
with the Peace of Christ, whose Birth we await...
OPENING
PRAYER
God
of joy,
here
we bring our sorrows and our fears, those things that threaten to rob
our lives of joy.
God
of joy,
here
we lay our burdens in your hands.
God
of joy,
in
this time of worship play the melody of joy in our souls, that we
would join the birds in song.
We
pray in the name of Jesus, the child whose birth is drawing nigh, and
who taught his friends to pray saying...
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