All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Book Signing Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 41 - 52 of 52 Sort by: Title | Date The Gift of Joy - Isaiah 12 A service plan in an Advent series for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day focused on our joy in Christ's coming and our call to proclaim this joy to the world. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 First Sunday of a New Year This worship service plan for the first Sunday of the year is built around six favorite promises of God, and our trust in Him. The new year is a time to center ourselves in the faithful care of God and position ourselves firmly on his promises. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 God's Gentle Power - Isaiah 40 A service plan for Christmas Day planned around Isaiah 40:10-11. This service is part of "Prepare the Way," a series of Advent service plans. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 The Song of Simeon - Luke 2 (Sunday after Christmas) A service plan for the week after Christmas planned around the Song of Simeon. Simeon's story speaks of fidelity, expectation, and hope, but it also warns about the danger of ignoring the Messiah. Part of an Advent series focused on the tension between the message that "Christ has come" and "not all is yet accomplished." Worship Service | June 01, 2005 The Song of Mary - Luke 1 (Christmas Eve/Christmas) A Christmas service plan on the Song of Mary, proclaimed during the months of her pregnancy and filled with an awareness that God is in the process of doing his mighty redeeming work. Part of an Advent series focused on the tension between the message that "Christ has come" and "not all is yet accomplished." Worship Service | June 01, 2005 When Death is Swallowed Up: A Service of Remembrance - Isaiah 25, Revelation 14 This "Service of Remembrance" can be scheduled at the most convenient time during the changing of the year to fit the worship calendar of your congregation. It may be on Old Year's Night, or the last Sunday of the year, or the first Sunday of the new year. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Ancient Christmas Sermons: Making the old, old story new again People look forward to singing Christmas carols. Meanwhile, each Christmas preachers struggle to compose yet another sermon that will engage worshipers. A feature story presenting a new view of preaching at Christmas. Feature Story | October 01, 2004 The Paradox of Christmas (sermon full text) The full text of a short meditation on the Paradox of Christmas. Worship Service | June 01, 2004 The Paradox of Christmas (worship order) A weekday chapel service plan for the season of Christmas with the full text of a short meditation on the Paradox of Christmas. Worship Service | June 01, 2004 Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come - Christmas Celebration based on Luke 2 A weekday chapel service plan to celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas based on Luke 2. Worship Service | June 01, 2004 Worship Service: When God Breaks In: We See Glory - Luke 2, John 1 (Christmas Eve, Day) A service plan for Christmas focused not merely on Mary and Joseph, or even on the miracle of Christ's birth, but on the glory of God that is revealed. Part of an Advent series of anticipation focused on what happens when God breaks in to our lives. Worship Service | November 01, 2003 Worship Service: When God Breaks In: Conflict Breaks Out - Matthew 2, Revelation 12 (Sunday After Easter) A service plan for Christmas bringing strong touch of realism into the celebration. Spiritual warfare goes along with Christmas. Evil is determined to destroy the work of Christ. The final service in an Advent series of anticipation focused on what happens when God breaks in to our lives. Worship Service | November 01, 2003 « Previous 1 2 3