Christmas 2008 Family Service

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Psalm 23 1/6 Townend Version

THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD, I’ll not want.

He makes me lie in pastures green.

He leads me by the still, still waters,

His goodness restores my soul.

Psalm 23 2/6

And I will trust in You alone.And I will trust in You alone,For Your endless mercy

follows me,Your goodness will lead me

home.  (Descant) I will trust, I will trust in

You.I will trust, I will trust in You.Endless mercy follows me,Goodness will lead me home.

Psalm 23 3/6He guides my ways in

righteousness,And He anoints my head with

oil,And my cup, it overflows

with joy,I feast on His pure delights.

Psalm 23 4/6And I will trust in You alone.And I will trust in You alone,For Your endless mercy

follows me,Your goodness will lead me

home.  (Descant) I will trust, I will trust in

You.I will trust, I will trust in You.Endless mercy follows me,Goodness will lead me home.

Psalm 23 5/6

And though I walk the darkest path,

I will not fear the evil one,For You are with me, and Your

rod and staffAre the comfort I need to

know.

Psalm 23 6/6

And I will trust in You alone.And I will trust in You alone,For Your endless mercy

follows me,Your goodness will lead me

home.  (Descant) I will trust, I will trust in

You.I will trust, I will trust in You.Endless mercy follows me,Goodness will lead me home.

Prayer

Bible Reading – Isaiah 7:10-14 (Pew Bible - page 692)• 10 Again the LORD spoke to

Ahaz,• 11 "Ask the LORD your God for

a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights."

•  12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test."

Bible Reading – Isaiah 7:10-14 (Pew Bible - page 692)

• 13 Then Isaiah said, "Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God also?

• 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign:

• The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Immanuel means ‘God is with us’.)

Psalm 134 – Ian WhitePRAISE THE LORD,All you servants of the Lord,Who minister by night within His house.Lift up your handsWithin the sanctuary,And praise the Lord.

Psalm 134 – (2/4)May the Lord,The Maker of heaven and

earth,May this Lord bless you from

Zion;Lift up your handsWithin the sanctuaryAnd praise the Lord.

Psalm 134 – (3/4)PRAISE THE LORD,All you servants of the Lord,Who minister by night within

His house.Lift up your handsWithin the sanctuary,And praise the Lord.

Psalm 134 – (4/4)May the Lord,The Maker of heaven and earth,May this Lord bless you from

Zion;Lift up your handsWithin the sanctuaryAnd praise the Lord.

Ian White / Little Misty Music.

A Meditation on Isaiah 9:6-

7

Paraphrase 37 (Luke 2) 

WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED their flocks by night, all seated on the ground,

the angel of the Lord came down and glory shone around.

Paraphrase 37 (2/6) 

‘Fear not’ said he, for mighty dread

had seized their troubled mind;

‘Glad tidings of great joy I bring to you and all mankind.

 

Paraphrase 37 (3/6) 

‘To you in Bethlehem this day is born of David’s line

a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, and this shall be the sign:

Paraphrase 37 (4/6) 

‘The heavenly babe you there shall find

to human view displayed, all simply wrapped in

swaddling clothes, and in a manger laid.’

Paraphrase 37 (5/6) 

Thus spoke the seraph; and at once

appeared a shining throng of angels, praising God,

who thus Addressed their joyful

song:

Paraphrase 37 (6/6) 

‘All glory be to God on high And to the earth be peace! Goodwill henceforth from

highest heaven begin and never cease.’ 

Scottish Paraphrases (Nahum Tate, 1652-1715)

MEET THE ‘CAST’ FOR CHRISTMAS

-From the

Gospels by Matthew

and Luke

Psalm 130:1-8* (p. 173)1/4

1 LORD, from the depths I call to you;2 Lord, hear me from on high

And give attention to my voice

when I for mercy cry.

Psalm 130:1-8* (p. 173)2/4

3 LORD, in your presence who can stand,

if you our sins record?4 But yet forgiveness is with you,

that we may fear you, LORD.

Psalm 130:1-8* (p. 173)3/4

5 I wait—my soul waits—for the LORD;

my hope is in his word.6 More than the watchman

waits for dawnmy soul waits for the

Lord.

Psalm 130:1-8* (p. 173)4/4

7 O Isr’el, put your hope in God,

for mercy is with him8 And full redemption. From

their sinshis people he’ll redeem.

One Last Question:

-Did Jesus

need to be rescued from

Herod?

Matthew 2:13-15 (p. 966)•  13 When they [the Magi] had gone, an

angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." 14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.” [Quoting Hosea 11:1].

Things Are Not Always How They Seem…!

A HAPPY SAIL TO THE SKATE BANK – INNER

MORAY FIRTH

A Skate Bank Cricket Match – the first for 80

years!

How Did Things Seem from the shore?

Help Came to “rescue” the cricket team…

Help Came to “rescue” the cricket team…

Help Came to “rescue” the

cricket team…

Jesus did not need to be rescued from Herod…

•He came to rescue us. •Luke 2:11 - Today in the town of

David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

•Luke 2:19 - But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Paraphrase 19 (Isaiah 9)

THE PEOPLE WHO IN DARKNESS WALKED

have seen a glorious light:that light shines out on those

who livedin shadows of the night.

Paraphrase 19 (Isaiah 9 2/5)

To greet you, Sun of righteousness,

the gathering nations come;rejoicing as when reapers

bringtheir harvest treasures home. 

Paraphrase 19 (Isaiah 9 3/5)

For now to us a child is born,to us a son is given;and on his shoulder ever restsall power in earth and heaven.

Paraphrase 19 (Isaiah 9 4/5)

His name shall be the Prince of peace,

eternally adored;most wonderful of

counsellors,the great and mighty Lord.

Paraphrase 19 (Isaiah 9 5/5)

His peace and righteous government

shall over all extend;on judgement and on justice

based,his reign shall never end.

Words: John Morison (1749-1798). Scripture Song Adapted from Scottish Paraphrase of Isaiah 9:2-7Suggested tunes: Kilmarnock, Tiverton. (CM).

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Carols & Mince Pies

tonightat 6 pm

God Calls Us to delight in Christ

and to ShareHis Hope.