Call to Worship:
Christmas is a laser
piercing through boredom's hours
breaking into the hum of frustration,
cutting through pain.
Christmas is a light beam
waiting,
even as its promise and hope burst forth,
waiting for us.

Collect
You give us time to get ready. You give us time to expect. You give us time to wait. And still, ever-birthing God, you surprise us with the ways you come into our lives…