Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Hymn 21:1-6*
Ten Words and Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Hymn 11:9
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Matthew 1
Congregational Singing: Psalm 130:1-4
Reading of Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Ministry of the Word: From one Father to another: Joseph receives the gift of a child
1. Joseph’s dilemma (18-19)
2. A Father’s intervention (20-23)
3. Joseph’s wholehearted acceptance (24-25)
Congregational Singing: Hymn 24:1,3,5,6*
Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession
Offertory: Anchor
Congregational Singing: Hymn 18:1,3*
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]