Call To Worship
Leader: You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own.
People: We come to worship our Lord who has forgiven our sins.
Leader: You have been raised to life with Christ. Come seeking that new life.
People: We come singing to God with thanksgiving in our hearts.
Collect
O God, the carol, "Joy To The World, The Lord Is Come," still echoes in our hearts as we face the reality of the world Mary and Joseph faced, and which confronts us, too. In our determination …
CSS Publishing, Lectionary worship aids. Series VI. Cycle A, by H. Burnham Kirkland