412-731-2511
905 Mifflin Avenue
Pastor: Rev.
Kelly Smith
Pastor@mifflinave.org
214-202-9291
Our goal is
to be a welcoming and inclusive
church for
all people.
- Gathering into worship -
*Those that are able are invited to stand
Welcome and Announcements
Prophet’s Call Isaiah 60:1-6
*Call to Worship
Leader: Shout with joy to God,
all the earth!
Men: Come
into God’s presence with singing!
Women: Worship
the Lord with gladness!
Leader: Remember that our God is
the only God—
Women: the
One who made us,
Men: the
One who sustains us,
All: the
One whose Spirit lives within us.
Leader: Let us enter God’s house
with thanksgiving;
Men: and
come into God’s presence with praise.
Leader: For God is good,
Women: with
unfailing love that lasts forever,
All: and
faithfulness that extends to all generations.
*Hymn
“The First Noel”
#245
* Unison
Opening Prayer – adapted from the prayers of Ignatius of
Loyola, 16th c.
Teach
us, good Lord,
to serve you as you deserve;
to give and not to count the cost;
to labor and not to ask for any
reward,
except that of knowing
that we do your will.
Everything
is yours; do with it what you will.
Give
us only your love and your grace; that is enough for us.
Through
Jesus Christ our Lord we pray, Amen.
*Chorus “Angels
from the Realms of Glory” (Refrain) #220
Come and worship, come and worship, worship
Christ the newborn King.
--Reflecting on the Story–
Children’s Sermon
Scripture
Matthew
2:1-12
Message Fit For a King Rev. Kelly J. Smith
Silent Prayer / Prayers of the People / Lord’s
Prayer
(You are invited to share your prayer concerns
with the congregation by writing them on the
Prayer Request cards in the pews and placing
them in the offering plate.)
- blessings to share –
The Great Thanksgiving and Communion
Offering
Our Gifts and Tithes
*Doxology
“Bless Thou the Gifts”
#587
Bless thou the gifts our hands have
brought;
bless thou the work our hearts have
planned.
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought;
the rest, O God, is in thy hand.
*Prayer
of Thanksgiving
- Taking
the Word to the World -
*Closing
Hymn “We Three
Kings”
UMH #254
*Benediction
*Chorus “Go, Tell
It on the Mountain” (Refrain) UMH #251
Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills
and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain, that Jesus
Christ is born.
Postlude
South Avenue and Mifflin
Avenue Churches make up the WILKINSBURG
CHARGE.
Not only do we “share”
Pastor Kelly, we work together to do ministry in our community and with each
other.
South
Avenue Church worships Sundays at 10am
Mifflin
Avenue worships Sundays at 11:15am
Folks are encouraged to
attend whichever worship service is most convenient for them.
January 5, 2020