1. Sunday JAM Christmas Service
The Trees of Christmas
Sunday JAM Christmas Service
Sunday, December 18th

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Christmas, is Monday,
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7. “Journey to Bethlehem”
Rescheduled due to weather Wednesday, December 21st 4-8 p.m. Northland Lutheran High School

8. Christmas for Us – Christmas for All
Northland Lutheran High School Christmas Concert December 18th 3:00 p.m.

9. You can find your envelopes in the entryway.
2017 Offering Envelopes
You can find your envelopes in the entryway.

10. Christmas Worship Christmas Eve Services of Lessons & Carols
4:00 & 6:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
10:00 p.m.
Christmas Day Festival Service with Communion
10:00 a.m.

11. Sunday JAM Christmas Service
The Trees of Christmas
Sunday JAM Christmas Service
Sunday, December 18th

12. Joy to the World CW #62 Verses 1-4
Text: Isaac Watts,
Setting: ANTIOCH
Tune: George F. Handel, , adapt.

13. Verse 1:
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let ev'ry heart prepare him room
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing.

14. Verse 2:
Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let all their songs employ,
While fields and floods,
rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat repeat the sounding joy.

15. Verse 3:
No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as the curse is found.

16. Verse 4:
He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness
And wonders of his love,
And wonders, wonders of his love.

17. Invocation
Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.

18. Responsive Reading
Pastor: Sing to the Lord, praise His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.
All: Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.

19. Responsive Reading
Pastor: Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.
All: Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it.

20. Responsive Reading
Pastor: Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
All: Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;

21. Responsive Reading
Pastor: For He comes to judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His truth.
All: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

22. Prayer Pastor: Let us pray. (Pastor says the prayer of the day)
All: Amen.

23. Introduction

24. Part One The Garden Trees

25. The Tree of Life CWS #754 Verses 1-4
Text: Stephen P. Starke, b. 1955
Tune: TREE OF LIFE

26. Verse 1:
The tree of life with ev’ry good
In Eden’s holy orchard stood,
And of its fruit so pure and sweet
God let the man and woman eat.
Yet in this garden also grew
Another tree, of which they knew;
Its lovely limbs with fruit adorned Against whose eating God had warned.

27. Verse 2:
The stillness of that sacred grove
Was broken as the serpent strove
With tempting voice Eve to beguile
And Adam to by sin defile.
Oh, day of sadness when the breath
Of fear and darkness, doubt and death,
Its awful poison first displayed
Within the world so newly made.

28. Verse 3:
What mercy God showed to our race, A plan of rescue by his grace:
In sending One from woman’s seed, The One to fill our greatest need—
For on a tree uplifted high
His only Son for sin would die,
Would drink the cup of scorn and dread
To crush the ancient serpent’s head!

29. Verse 4:
Now from that tree of Jesus’ shame Flows life eternal in his name;
For all who trust and will believe, Salvation’s living fruit receive.
And of this fruit so pure and sweet The Lord invites the world to eat,
To find within this cross of wood
The tree of life with ev’ry good.

30. Part Two The Family Tree

31. Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel
CW #23
Verses 1-4
Text: Latin hymn, c. 12th cent.
Setting: VENI, EMMANUEL
Tune: Plainsong melody,
15th cent., alt. cent.

32. Verse 1:
Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

33. Verse 2:
Oh, come, O Root of Jesse, free
Your own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell your people save,
And bring them vict'ry o'er the grave.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

34. Verse 3:
Oh, come, O Day-spring from on high,
And cheer us by your drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

35. Verse 4:
Oh, come, O Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav'nly home.
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!

36. Part Three The Branching Tree

37. O Little Town of Bethlehem CW #65 Verses 1-4
Text: Phillips Brooks,
Setting: ST. LOUIS
Tune: Lewis H. Redner,

38. Verse 1:
O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep And dreamless sleep The silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting light.
The hopes and fears Of all the years Are met in thee tonight.

39. Verse 2:
For Christ is born of Mary, And, gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, The angels keep Their watch of wond'ring love.
O morning stars, together Proclaim the holy birth,
And praises sing To God the King
And peace to all the earth.

40. Verse 3:
How silently, how silently The wondrous gift is giv'n!
So God imparts To human hearts The blessings of his heav'n.
No ear may hear his coming, But in this world of sin
Where meek souls will Receive him still, The dear Christ enters in.

41. Verse 4:
O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in; Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell;
Oh, come to us, Abide with us, Our Lord Immanuel!

42. Part Three The Branching Tree

43. All:
There were shepherds living out in the fields nearby,
keeping watch over their
flocks at night.

44. Women:
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them,
and they
were
terrified.

45. Men:
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of
great joy that will
be for all
the people.

46. All:
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

47. Women:
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

48. Men:
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel,
praising God and
saying,

49. All:
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peach to men on whom his favor
rests”

50. Children:
Born in a stable, a long way away,
A little tiny baby was in a bed of hay.
His mother was Mary, and the Angels did sing,
“Glory to God!” for the birth of a King.

51. “Calypso Lullaby”

52. On a clear and starry night, on a hillside far away,
Shepherds saw a golden light, and they heard the angels say:
“Alleluia, shout for joy,” sweet music fills the sky.
The heavens ring while angels sing a Christmas lullaby.

53. Sleep, sleep, sleep, little one, rest your head.
Dream of peace on earth in your manger bed.

54. Angels filled the ev’ning sky and with joy began to sing:
“Glory be to God on high! Let the bells of heaven ring!”
Alleluia, shout for joy, sweet music fills the sky.
The heavens ring while angels sing a Christmas lullaby.

55. It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold.
Alleluia, shout for joy, sweet music fills the sky.
The heavens ring while angels sing a Christmas lullaby.

56. Sleep, sleep, sleep, little one, rest your head.
Dream of peace on earth in your manger bed.
“Alleluia, shout for joy,” sweet music fills the sky.
The heavens ring while angels sing a Christmas lullaby.

57. Part Four The Calvary Tree

58. Words by Ryan Wiechmann
“Lying Still”
Words by Ryan Wiechmann
Music by Debra Price

59. Solo:
Lying still by sheep in darkness Angel of the Lord appears
Terrified I hear the good news Savior of the world is here!

60. Hands are shaking, heart is pounding; Can’t believe my eyes the sight
Glory of the Lord surrounding born in Bethlehem this night.

61. Teens:
As I kneel before the manger emotions race but can’t describe
Joy! Peace! Love! Exuberation! That God’s Son, right here! Alive!
Sent to take away all trespass sent to give the Promised Land
Wrapped, the sinless, perfect baby living God and living man.

62. Children:
As I contemplate the prophets words and types of Jesus Christ
See His passion full of torment that a cross will take His life

63. Children:
I am filled with guilt and sorrow broken to my knees I fall
I should die, but why does Jesus? Born to die to save us all.

64. All:
As I cringe the nails are driven Cross is hoisted to the skies
See my Savior, gasp, forsaken breathes His last and then He dies.

65. All:
All turns dark the tombs are opened God/Man barrier torn in two
No love greater than in dying all this done for me, for you.

66. All:
Now I sit at the tomb empty Jesus rose and conquered death
Since He lives I will live also Live for Him with every breath

67. All:
Sing and tell His name, His praises from the rooftops shout His love
Eagerly ‘til His next coming then to praise with Saints Above!

68. The Christmas Creed All:
I believe in God the Father Almighty, who sent his Son to be my Savior.

69. The Christmas Creed All:
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, my Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, announced by the angels, worshipped by the
shepherds,

70. The Christmas Creed All:
adored by the wise men; who lived to suffer, die and rise again to free me from all sin, from death, and the power of Satan.

71. The Christmas Creed All:
I believe in the Holy Spirit, who has brought me to faith in my Savior, and by whose continuous work in my heart

72. The Christmas Creed All:
I rejoice in my salvation, show forth his praises, and will one day live and reign with him through all eternity. Amen.

73. Prayer

74. Lord’s Prayer
All:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.

75. All:
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

76. All:
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever.
Amen

77. In thankfulness for our salvation, we support God’s work with our offerings.

78. Part 4 The Christmas Tree

79. Preschool – Grade 2: The green of the Christmas tree shows the life Jesus gave to me.

80. Grades 3-4:
The shape of the Christmas tree points my eyes to heaven, where I will one day be with Jesus.

81. Grades 5-6:
The tree itself reminds me of the tree in the Garden of Eden, where sin began, and where God promised us to Jesus.

82. Preschool – Grade 2: The lights on the Christmas tree show that Jesus is the Light of the World.

83. Grades 3-4:
The ornaments on the Christmas tree remind me of the many blessings God has given to me.

84. Grades 5-6:
The gifts under the Christmas tree remind me of the best gift God gave me in the Bethlehem stable.

85. Preschool – Grade 6: The wood of the Christmas tree reminds me of the Calvary tree.

86. All:
The Christmas tree gives us a place to gather at Christmas to hear the story of God’s wonderful love.

87. By Boltz & Steve Millikan
The Perfect Tree
By Boltz & Steve Millikan

88. The ornaments are ready, the place has been prepared;
Strings of lights and holly are draped across the chair.
The family’s all together, I know where they must be:
Everyone is searching for the perfect tree.

89. The perfect tree grew very long ago,
And it was not decked with silver or with ornaments of gold.
But hanging from its branches was a Gift for you and me.
Jesus laid His life down on the perfect tree.

90. Mother wants a straight one, the children want it tall,
Dad just hopes that somehow he can get it down the hall.
Soon they’ll gather ‘round it, as proud as they can be.
But when they’re looking at it, I wonder if they see.

91. The perfect tree grew very long ago,
And it was not decked with silver or with ornaments of gold.
But hanging from its branches was a Gift for you and me.
Jesus laid His life down on the perfect tree.

92. With all the celebrations, sometimes the truth is lost,
That every step this Baby took brought Him closer to the cross.

93. The perfect tree grew very long ago,
And it was not decked with silver or with ornaments of gold.
But hanging from its branches was a Gift for you and me.
Jesus laid His life down on the perfect tree.

94. Blessing All: Amen. Pastor:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: Amen.

95. O Christmas Tree

96. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
O tree of green unchanging.

97. Your boughs, so green in summer time,
Do brave the snow of winter time,
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
O tree of green unchanging.

98. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
You set my heart a- singing.

99. Like little stars, your candles bright
Send to the world a wondrous light.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
You set my heart a- singing.

100. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
You come from God, eternal.

101. A symbol of the Lord whom
God to man sent from above.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
You come from God, eternal.

102. Silent Prayer