Christmas Eve Candle Light Service

December 24, 2025, 5:30 pm

Prelude: “If I were There” (Van Wyhes)

Welcome /Lighting the Advent Candles: Rob & Brenda VanHofwegen

Ministry of Music: “O Come O Come Emmanuel” (Kadence & Aubree Boender)

Hymn: “Angels We Have Heard On High” #132

Hymn: “Joy To The World” # 125

Offering & Ministry of Music: “Behold” (Denise Roskam, Dustin, Taylor and Ellie Bosch, Bethany Kahl & Bryce Hunt)

Sermon: Luke 2: 8-14 “Christ Is Born”

Communion
Anyone who places their faith and trust
 in Jesus Christ is welcome to partake

Pass the Christ Candle Light
 (Please tip the unlit candle)

Hymn: Silent Night, #147
 (Please return your candle to the totes)

Have a Merry Christmas!

12/24/2025                            Savior, Christ, Lord                          Luke 2:8-14

Intro: Why is Christmas a Big Deal?

1. Jesus is the Savior 
1. Rescues us from our Sin (Separation from God)
1. Romans 5:6-8
2. Romans 6:23

1. Jesus is the Savior we needed!
1. 1 Cor. 15:22 For in Adam all die, but in Christ all shall be made alive.

1. Jesus is the Christ (Messiah)
1. Anointed One
1. Fulfilled Prophesies
1. Seed of the Woman (Gen. 3:15)
2. Root of Jesse (Isaiah 11:10)
3. Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)
4. Virgin Birth (Isaiah 7:14)
1. Call him Immanuel
5. Out of Egypt (Ex. 4:22)

1. Happiness is an emotional reaction base

1. Jesus is the Lord
1. Jesus is fully God.
1. Psalm 24:3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
2. God came to us!

1. Jesus Offers us Life
1. Purpose, Hope, Peace, Fulfillment in Himself

Table is a Reminder that Jesus is Savior, Christ, and Lord.