Liturgical Color: White

Gospel: John 1:1-18

Theme: "God became human in order that man and woman, in their effort to be God, may not become monsters" (author unknown, revised)

Pastoral Invitation to the Christmastide Celebration
Suggestion: Begin with the statement which appears as the theme. You may want to add your own thoughts.

Continue with this response between pastor and ministers:

Pastor: At the beginning, God expressed self. That personal expression, that word was with God, and was God ...
Ministers: Christ came into the world, the world he had created and the world failed to recognize him ... Yet wherever people did accept him, he gave them power to become children of God.
Pastor: So the word of God became a human being and lived among us.
Ministers: We saw his splendor, full…