Merry Christmas!

[Allow them to answer back!]

Praise be the Lord! The child is born! Halleluia! Gloria in excelsis deo!

Blessings to you and your family on this very holy day.

Today is a day for celebration!

Every worship is a time of celebration, but today, we celebrate especially the birth of the Messiah, Christ the Lord.

The baby is in the manger, and we are feeling pretty joyful!

Amen?

Baby Jesus, our boy of joy! How many of you are feeling joyful out there today?

[Allow people to answer.]

Well we’re going to start our time together today as joyfully as we can by singing one of those well-known Christmas songs that reminds us of what a joy and celebration today truly is! It’s angel-song…the song the angels “sang” at the birth of Jesus. And it’s called “Angels We Have Heard On High.”

If you don’t …