2nd Sunday after Christmas January 4, 2026
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Welcome and Announcements
*Call to Worship: Psalm 119:97-104 (pg. 609)
*Opening Prayer …………………………………………….. pg. 2
OPENING HYMN ------------------------------------------------- # 157
“Rejoice, the Lord Is King!”
*Confession of Sins …………………………….................... pg. 2
*Kyrie & Declaration of Grace ..………………………….… pg. 3
*Scripture Lessons: 1st Reading: 1 Kings 3:4-15 (pg. 332)
2nd Reading: Ephesians 1:3-14 (pg. 1158)
*The Gospel: Luke 2:40-52 (pg. 1019)
*Response to the Word ……………………………………… pg. 3
*Confession of Faith – The Nicene Creed….…………......... pg. 18
*Gloria Patri …………………………………………………. pg. 4
The Offering
*Response: “Create in Me A Clean Heart O God” ……..….. pg. 17
*Prayers of the Church
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 521
“Thank You, Lord”
Sermon: John 6 – “Refreshments”
HYMN --------------------------------------------------------------- # 50
“O God, Our Help in Ages Past”
* Communion Service: The Exhortation ……………………. pg. 6
* The Lord’s Prayer & Words of the Institution.……………. pg. 7
Lamb of God ………………………………………………. pg. 20
Hymns during the distribution of Communion: # 285, 331, 24, 19
*Closing Prayer
*The Benediction & Three-fold Amen ...……………………. pg. 8
THE DOXOLOGY ……………………………...………….. # 390
Organ Postlude
WE CORDIALLY WELCOME all who have come to worship with us this morning! We ask our visitors to please sign the guest book and let us know how we may assist you in any way. God’s peace and joy be upon you!
Announcements
Holy Communion: We invite all who believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and who have received Confirmation or other Biblical instruction on this Sacrament to come to the altar to participate in the Lord’s Supper. All other, including children, are invited to come forward to receive a blessing from the Pastor. We also invite you to prepare yourself by reading “Personal Preparation for Holy Communion,” (hymnal pages 14-15). Please note: The 6 cups in the center ring of the communion trays are Grape Juice for those wanting juice instead of wine.
Monthly hymn #521: "Thank You, Lord"
Memory verse: Colossians 3:17 “And
whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the Name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”
Bible reading plan options: Navigators reading plans –
navigators.org/resource/bible-reading-plans
Entire Bible Chronological reading plan –
blueletterbible.org/assets/pdf/dbrp/1Yr_ChronologicalPlan.pdf
Create your own reading plan –
biblereadingplangenerator.com
Our Annual meeting will be held on Sunday, January 18th, following the worship service. Annual reports are due to Joanne by January 11th.
Men’s Retreat at New Hope on January 23-25. Check in is from 6-7pm on Friday. Join us for a time to refocus, revive, and re-invest in your spiritual life. There will be great food, fellowship, and fun activities. You can register on our website or call 605-682-1992
This Week’s Activities:
7th – Wed. – Council Meeting, old & new officers, 7:30
p.m.
11th – Sun. – Worship - John
7, 9:00 a.m.,
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.
CHURCH CLEANING: Jan 5 – 11 Audrey Fink & Carey Brenner
Usher for Sunday, January 11th: Larry Klumb & Logan Sorenson
*Call to Worship: Psalm 119:97-104
97 Oh how I love your law!
It is
my meditation all the day.
98 Your
commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with
me.
99 I have more
understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my
meditation.
100 I understand
more than the aged,
for I keep your precepts.
101 I hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.
102 I
do not turn aside from your rules,
for you have taught me.
103 How sweet are your words to
my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through
your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false
way.
1st Reading: 1 Kings 3:4-15
4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” 6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in. 8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. 9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 12 behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. 13 I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. 14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
15 And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
2nd Reading: Ephesians 1:3-14
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth in him.
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
*The Gospel: Luke 2:40-52
40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. 43 And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, 44 but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, 45 and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” 49 And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?” 50 And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man