Celebration Service December 24 , 2023 – 3 pm

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Prelude                                                                            Dan Bruce 

 

Welcome

 

The Lighting of the Christ Candle                          Haugh Family

 

Leader: We wait with hope for justice and righteousness of God.

All: We wait with peace for God’s shalom to fill the world.

Leader: We wait with joy, celebrating all that God has done for us and our world.

All: We wait with love, humbled by the love that God shows to all people.

Leader: Today we light this candle to celebrate the energy that God has sent into the world through the love and life of Jesus.

 

Special Music                                 Camille Cobaugh and Dan Bruce

 

Storytime                                                                   Rev. Dan Haugh

 

Special Music     “Just Like Me”                                        David Benoit

                                                            Blake Haugh and Dan Bruce

 

Carols:*

“Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”          Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn

“O Come, All Ye Faithful”                                          John Francis Wade

“Angels We have Heard on High”                        Edward Shippen Barnes

“Go Tell It On The Mountain” John W. Work, Jr & William Farley Smith

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Offering

Click here to make an online donation. - THANK YOU!             

 

Special Music    “Let There Be Peace on Earth”  Sy Miller & Jill Jackson

                                    Camille Cobaugh and Dan Bruce

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Christmas Prayers

           

Carol*    “Joy To The World”                    Issac Watts & George Frederick Handel

 

Benediction

 

Postlude          “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”                 Dan Bruce

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Announcements

 

Our church experienced tremendous growth in 2023!   To fund this growth SCC had to dip into our rainy-day resources in order to meet our needs.  We ask that you prayerfully consider making a one-time end-of-year gift to enable us to finish 2023 strong and begin 2024 with our resources intact. Place your donations in the offering plate, visit our website or scan the QR code that is in the bulletin.

 

Beverages are allowed in the sanctuary however, please do not put your cup on the hymnals, bibles, or pew cushions.  Place them on the floor by your feet. 

 

If you, or someone you know, would like prayers for comfort or healing, the members of the Prayer Team are ready to support you. Please fill out the prayer request form in the pew and put it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher to deliver to the office. 

 

The staff of Stowe Community Church wishes you and your family a peaceful and joyous Christmas!

 

Reflections:

“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” ― Charles M. Schulz

"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart." —Washington Irving

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." —Norman Vincent Peale

O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray. Cast out our sin and enter in. Be born in us today! We hear the Christmas angels, the great glad tidings tell. O come to us, abide with us, our Lord, Emmanuel. —from “O Little Town of Bethlehem” by Phillips Brooks (1868)

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2023 Poinsettias given by

In memory of Alan & Becky

Matt & Leslie Anderson in memory of Theodora & Jack Van Halen; Sally Patterson; Jack Turner;  Michaelle LaBow and in honor of all our service members.

Jena and Michael Anthony in memory of Marcia & Harry Tenney and Gus and Fanny Anthony

Phil and Anne Bongiorno in memory of my mother Priscilla Watson and my sister-in-law Liz Watson, and Joseph & Ruth Lewenthal Bongiorno (Phil’s parents)

Ben Brayton in memory of Rev Doug and Elinor Brayton

Charlie & Susanna Burnham in memory of Charles & Virginia Burnham and Susann Robinson Elmore

Evie Dworetzky and Luke & Katelyn O’Toole in memory of Katherine & George Dworetzky

Marlene & Bob Davison in loving memory of our son, Robbie.

Marcia Johannesen in memory of Dick Johannesen

Roger Keller and Nancy Small in memory of those who have fought the battle of Huntington’s Disease

Linda Kratt in memory of William Kratt

Bob & Amy Marshal in memory of our families

Karen Monsen in memory of loved ones

Greg Morrill in memory of George & Ruth Morrill

Greg Morrill and Meg Scotti in memory of Adrienne Chamberlin

Dave & Nan Myers in memory of Bob & Nell Ayers and Harvey & Millie Myers

Laura Nichols in memory of Alice Kruidenier

Sandy and Scott Noble in memory of Noble and Knittle loved ones

David and Ruth Roy in memory of our parents, Rita and Lucien Roy & Galen and Hazel Mudgett and in honor of our children and grand children

The Saylor family in honor of Christmas and all Holidays 2023-2024

Meg Scotti in memory of Frank & Joan Scotti

John and Barb Stotsenburg in memory of our parents

Betty Teffner in memory of Ted Teffner.

Dian Williams in memory of Martha and Reynold Spruill, my parents

Jessie and Jacob Winters in memory of Alice Kruidenier

Bernadette & Lori Wyman in memory of Bill Wyman

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If you, or someone you know, would like prayers for comfort or healing, the members of the Prayer Team are ready to support you. Please fill out the prayer request form in the bulletin and put it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher to deliver to the office. 

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