Christmas Eve Services / 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Join us for a celebration of the birth of Jesus filled with music, a message, and the spirit of the season.
This year, as the anticipation for Christmas reaches its peak, we invite you to gather with your loved ones and others from our community for a special worship service on Christmas Eve.
Experience the wonder of the night as our talented choir and band fill the air with beautiful renditions of beloved Christmas carols and choruses that carry the message of hope, peace, and love that Christ's birth brought to the world. We are also thrilled to have our children's choir join us at the 3:00PM service.
More than just music, we'll hear Scripture readings that tell the timeless story of the Nativity and a message from Pastor Mike that will resonate with the joys and challenges of the holiday season.
Come together with your community, raise your voices in song, and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in the warm glow of fellowship and faith.
SERVICE DETAILS
Services
3:00PM, 5:00PM, and 7:00PM in the sanctuary
Children's Choir
The children's choir will join us at the 3:00PM service.
Childcare
We will have childcare for ages 0-3 at the 3:00PM service.
We look forward to welcoming you to our church and sharing this night of joy and light with you. We can't wait to celebrate with you!
December 24, 2024
- Welcome
- Worship Songs
- Christ Candle Lighting
- Worship Song
- Christmas Story
- Children's Choir (3:00PM) / Worship Song (5:00PM & 7:00PM)
- Life Together
- Offering Prayer
- Choral Anthem
- Message
- Worship Songs
- Benediction
LEADING IN WORSHIP
Mike McClenahan - Senior Pastor
Aaron Burgett - Director of Worship Arts
Derren Raser - Assistant Director of Worship Arts
Jamie Nelson - Associate Pastor
Candice Richey Womack - Associate Pastor
Doug Peterson - Director of Media and Communications
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Christ Candle Lighters - The Raser Family, The Owens Family and Pastor Jamie and Family
Christmas Story Readers - Jaxson Hamady, Tylee Held, Fern Miller, Hopelyn Southcombe and Nolan Walker
Soloist - Caitlin Kowieski
SONGS
Choral Anthem - The First Noel - Mack Wilberg
O Come All Ye Faithful - Hillsong Worship
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Shane and Shane
Joy To The World - Phil Wickham
Angels We Have Heard On High - Chris Tomlin
All is Well - Michael W. Smith
Silent Night - Hillsong
The Light Shines in the Darkness
5. The Word Became Flesh
John 1:1–18 (NIV)
1 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 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
1. The Word became flesh.
Word of the Father now in flesh appearing. –O Come All Ye Faithful
2. We have seen his glory.
Light and life to all He brings, Risen with healing in His wings. –Hark The Herald Angels Sing
3. Full of grace and truth.
Joy to the world; the Lord is come Let Earth receive her King
Let every Heart prepare him room And Heav’n and nature sing
He rules the world with truth and grace And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness And wonders of his love –Joy to the World
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! –Silent Night, Holy Night
God, thank you for showing yourself to me. Jesus, I turn to you, admit I need you as the Light that shines in the darkness. I ask you to enter my heart by faith. By your Spirit, restore me with your forgiveness, help me to hear your voice and know your love. Gather me with others to worship and serve you, to nurture our faith and shine your light in the world. Thank you for calling me your child. I know that always be in your embrace, and that nothing can separate me from your love. Help me to bear witness to who you are in my life and in our life together as the church. Amen.
