Call to Worship
Pastor: God is not dependent on what man glories in to make his own work glorious.
People: Anything that God does is glorious, and marvelous in our eyes.
Pastor: Such was the case when God chose Bethlehem, smallest of the Judah clans, for Jesus' birth place.
People: From that insignificant village came our Messiah who feeds his flock like a shepherd!

Collect
Eternal God, who chose the lowly village of Bethlehem to be the birth place for your M…