The Festival of the Nativity
2021 Advent Liturgy
Christmas Day 25th December 2021
(Light all of the candles on the outside of the wreath and the white Christ candle in the middle)
Leader Our waiting is over!
Response this is the day we have been waiting for, the day of our Saviour’s birth
Leader Let us hear the story
Reader Reader Luke 2:6 – 14
Leader today we celebrate the way God’s promise of a Saviour came true in the birth of a baby named Jesus
Response Jesus is God’s gift to us. Thanks be to God
Prayer by All: God of Christmas, thank you for giving us the gift of Jesus. Help us to remember to thank you by the way we live our lives each day. Amen
Hymn The Servant King (From Heaven He Came) – stanzas 1 & 2
1. From heaven he came, helpless babe,
entered our world, your glory veiled;
not to be served but to serve,
and give Your life that we might live.
This is our God, the Servant King,
He calls us now to follow Him,
to bring our lives as a daily offering
of worship to the Servant King.
2. There in the garden of tears,
my heavy load He chose to bear;
His heart with sorrow was torn,
‘Yet not My will but Yours,’ He said.
This is our God, the Servant King,
He calls us now to follow Him,
to bring our lives as a daily offering
of worship to the Servant King.