Christmas Eve 2018 Children's Service Worship guide_3PM

Christmas Eve Children’s Service Sanctuary | 3PM

WELCOME! WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE Thank you for registering your attendance. Please fill out the insert in your bulletin and place it in the offering basket. New guests will find a gift just for you at the Welcome Center.

PRAYER CONCERNS Share prayer concerns on the prayer cards in your pew pockets and place in the offering basket or find the “Prayer Request” link at stlukesumc.com.

PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN Nursery provided birth through Pre-K for 3, 5, & 7PM (E124 & E125).

Follow signs. Activity bags are available for children at the Welcome Centers. Room 126 is equipped for nursing moms, including live streaming of worship. Cry areas are located to the left of the Sanctuary and down the hall from Robertson Chapel with toys and a live stream of our services.

YOUTH PROGRAMMING (SUNDAYS)

5th - 6th Grade – 9:30 & 11AM @ The Modge 7th - 12th Grade – 9:30AM @ Luke’s Lodge Find more at stlukesumc.com/connect/youth Programming resumes Jan. 6th.

YOUNG ADULTS (SUNDAYS) Join us for coffee and cookies outside Robertson Chapel following the 9:30 & 11AM services. We will not be meeting Dec. 30th. See you Jan. 6.

CARING FOR ST. LUKE’S If you are hospitalized, we want to know and care for you. Please call Laura Marine at 317-846-3404 or send an email to stlukescares@ stlukesumc.com.

POINSETTIAS Thank you to everyone who donated poinsettias in honor of or in memory of a loved one. A listing of the donors can be found today at the Welcome Center.

SUNDAY WORSHIP TRADITIONAL 8:15, 9:30 & 11AM • Sanctuary CONTEMPORARY 9:30 & 11AM • Chapel CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ SERVICE 5PM • 3rd Sunday • Chapel

WORSHIP ORDER Christmas Eve | 3PM | December 24, 2018

ORGAN PRELUDE O Come, All Ye Faithful Michael Conley, Organ

WELCOME Mindie Moore

* OPENING HYMN O Come, All Ye Faithful | No. 234 - verse 1

LIGHTING of the ADVENT WREATH & PRAYER Rev. Jevon, Rev. Nicole, Joshua, Olivia and Isabella Caldwell-Gross

THE LORD’S PRAYER Vincent Stark and Nora Nace Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Jevon Caldwell-Gross

OFFERING OFFERTORY Dear Jesus, It’s Your Birthday Joy, Joy, Joy to the World Preschool Choir; Donita Murphy-Sims, Director

* standing, as able

* HYMN The First Noel | No. 245, verse 1

THE CHRISTMAS NATIVITY Piper Murphy and Peter Summers, Narrators O Come, O Come, Emmanuel | No. 211, verse 1 Everyone sing (stay seated) O Little Town of Bethlehem | No. 230, verse 1 Everyone sing (stay seated) Away in a Manger Children’s Choir, Gay Talbert, Director Can You See? Dancers Angels We Have Heard on High | No. 238, verses 1–3 Everyone sing (stay seated) O Holy Night

* Silent Night | No. 239, verses 1–3 Everyone sing * CLOSING HYMN Joy to the World | No. 246, verses 1,2, & 4 Everyone sing

* BENEDICTION POSTLUDE Meditations on Joy to the World Michael Conley, organ All movie clips are from The Star, a Sony Pictures Animation film, used with permission. - verify required wording on license (received 12/14)

ANNOUNCEMENTS CHRISTMAS MORNING BROADCAST Channel 8, WISH TV, will be broadcasting the 2017 Candlelight Christmas concert tomorrow morning at 8AM. Enjoy!

ST LUKE’S HOLIDAY CLOSURE | Dec. 25 – 29, Dec. 31 & Jan. 1 The church building will be closed beginning Christmas Day through January 1. We will be open on Sunday, Dec. 30, for our regular worship schedule.

ADULT CLASSES AND SMALL GROUPS Kick off the New Year by joining a new class or small group! Many are off to a fresh start in January. For full information, stop by the Welcome Center or grab a new winter/spring catalog before you leave the building tonight.

NEW YEAR’S EVE LABYRINTH WALK | Dec. 31 • 6 – 8PM • Fellowship Hall Take 30 minutes to review 2018 and prepare for 2019.

Walking the labyrinth is the perfect way to slow down and reflect. If you are new to labyrinth walking, a brief introduction is provided. Please enter through Door #1.

PILGRIMAGE TO MONTGOMERY, AL | March 13 – 16, 2019 The focus of this pilgrimage is a visit to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (the Lynching Memorial) and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. To register (limited to 35) and to learn more, email Bob Zehr at rdzehr@traveltoremember.net.

WESLEY TOUR OF ENGLAND | June 18 – 27, 2019 Join Rob and Susan Fuquay on a tour of John Wesley’s England next summer. Rob will give lectures and lead worship at many of the sites. We will also visit other highlights in England. For more information, email Bob Zehr at rdzehr@traveltoremember.net.

JANUARY SERMON SERIES

OUR PARTICIPANTS: DONKEYS (3 - 4yrs): Evan Dodson, Roland Fiega, Ziva Goble, Annie Harpe, Beatrix Hensley, Tucker McGarrell, Henry Miller, Oliver Musgrave, Alexander Oster, Luke Seebach, Cydney Smith, Melody Smith SHEEP (3 - 4yrs): Noah Bell, Calvin Crouse, Jack Crouse, Byron Donoho, Brady Hayner, Amaya Henderson, Ashley Kennedy, James Kiefer, Chelsea Miller, Miriam Mullins, Avery Skinner, Charley Stark, Isaac Strand ANGELS (K - 3rd): Ella Alessandrini, Mia Alessandrin, Willow Bakary, Abby Bieschke, Olivia Caldwell-Gross, Abigail Corbett, Olivia Cox, Claire Harpe, Carly Kennedy, Claire Lory, Marissa McGarell, Juliette Miller, Kate Miller, Sydney Miller, Hazel Moore, Clara Seebach, Myles Shover, Ella Skinner, Lucy Vannatta SHEPHERDS (K - 4th): Will Akers, Preston Black, Spencer Blom, Brayden Crouse, Zachary Goble, Davis Lory, Olivia Madden, Charlie Miller, Wilson Miller, Gavin Monke, Keaton Monke, Reid Mullins, Hudson Musgrave, Lincoln Nace, Reid Wilmes HOLY FAMILY: Molly, Brian and Blair Reffett ANGELS (4th): Ellie Cox, Katie Cox, Adelaide Hensley, Lydia Kouns, Kendyl Monke, Jennifer Nicoletti, Sylvia Nicoletti LEAD DONKEY (5 - 8th): Charlotte Kouns LEAD SHEEP (5 - 8th): Molly Reffett, Audrey Nace LEAD ANGELS (5 - 8th): Makenzie Blom, Katherine Simcox LEAD SHEPHERDS (5 - 8th): Michelle Martin, Meg Rohloff 3 WISE MEN: Joshua Caldwell-Gross, Miles Rogers, Henry Summers NARRATORS: Piper Murphy and Peter Summers DANCERS: Sophie Dodson, Kayleigh Donoho, Elle Feltman, Leighton Hammerly, Lucy Hammerly, Olivia Henderson, Leah Kiefer, Arelly Martin, Eleanor Nace, Lauren Quinto, Sydney Veatch, Kate Wood, Megan Walawender SPECIAL THANKS to the Genesis, KidzSing Choir, Annette Pettigrew and Village Dance Studio dancers VOLUNTEERS: Jo-Ann Feltman, Caroline Hensley, Maggie Miller, Stephanie Quinto, Stephanie Wood