WELCOME Pastor Malcolm Stranathan

PRELUDE “Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)” arr. Hughes

CALL TO WORSHIP The Williams Family Unexpectedly, the time came! The child was born! The Savior of the world is here! Unexpectedly, the angels told the shepherds of the newborn Savior; The Savior of the world is here! Unexpectedly, the shepherds went and found the child, lying in a manger. The Savior of the world is here! We wait for Christ to come again. We wait for Christ to enter our world and lives in a new way. Come, Lord Jesus, Come! (Liturgy created/adapted by Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell, rev-o-lution.org.)

CELEBRATION MUSIC “Glory to the Newborn King” arr. Larson Chancel Choir & Friends

CHRIST CANDLE LIGHTING PRAYER & SONG Westminster UMC Youth Group select verses are read, concluding in this unison prayer and followed by song Unexpectedly, the time came! The child was born! The Savior of the world is here! Unexpectedly, the angels told the shepherds of the newborn Savior; The Savior of the world is here! Unexpectedly, the shepherds went and found the child, lying in a manger. The Savior of the world is here! We wait for Christ to come again. We wait for Christ to enter our world and lives in a new way. Come, Lord Jesus, Come! (Liturgy created/adapted by Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell, rev-o-lution.org.) “A Candle is Burning” Sandra Dean Micaela Bowman

TIME WITH THE CHILDREN ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Rev. Ken Humbert

PASTORAL PRAYER / COMMUNITY PRAYER / LORD’S PRAYER Richard & Barbara Luckenbaugh

SPECIAL MUSIC “What a Glorious Night” insert pg 3 Rich Umla, Worship Leader

GOD’S WORD IS READ The Christmas Story shared by Lynn Shaw (Continued on page 2)

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HYMN “O Little Town of Bethlehem” UMH #230 insert pg 4

REFLECTING UPON GOD’S WORD “Oh, There is No Place Like Home for the Holidays” Pastor Malcolm Stranathan

OFFERTORY “Bring a Torch” arr. K.McChesney Wesley Carillon, Peggy Brengle, Director

Those at home are invited to mail your offering to our church P.O. Box for financial mailings: Westminster UMC, P.O. Box 2316, Westminster, MD 21158-2316,

or text your offering: 844-307-2876, or pay online at www.wumcmd.org. Thank you.

HYMN “Silent Night, Holy Night” UMH 239, insert pg 5

RESPONSE TO THE WORD Sharing the Light of Christ

THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION (in unison) May the light that began at creation, continued through the witness of the prophets, and has come to fullness at the Birth of Jesus Christ , be in our hearts and minds this evening. May your Spirit fill us with joy and hope; for God’s precious Light has been given for you. Amen.

BENEDICTION Pastor Malcolm Stranathan

POSTLUDE “Joy to the World” arr. D.Bish

(Continued from page 1)

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Prelude Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) Copyright 1968 Lorenz Publishing Co. Permission to podcast/stream from ONE LICENSE, #731177-A Arr. Hughes

Christ Candle Lighting

A Candle is Burning Words: Sandra Dean, 1986

Copyright 2012 The United Church of Canada/L’Église Unie du Canada. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike License. Visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca.

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What a Glorious Night McDonald, Brown, Frey, Smith

Curb Dayspring Music (Admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.) Used with permission CCLI License # 627547 Podcast/streamed CCLI License #20216174

Celebration Music Glory to the Newborn King Arr. Larson Copyright 2007 Hope Publishing Company

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Offertory Bring a Torch Arr. K.McChesney

Copyright 1999 CANTABILE PRESS Permission to podcast/stream by Ardis Freeman, Nov. 2020

Postlude Joy to the World Arr. D.Bish Copyright 2013 Lorenz Publishing Co. Permission to podcast/stream from ONE LICENSE, #731177-A

Music: Peggy Brengle, SPC – Organist, Kyler Brengle, Rich Umla, Linda Wood, Micaela Bowman, Wesley Carillon Leading Worship: Malcolm Stranathan, Rev. Ken Humbert, The Williams Family, Richard & Barbara Luckenbaugh WEEKLY HYMN STORY—Dial 410-848-8325, at the greeting, dial 763.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 Tune in to BWC for their First Sunday in Christmas Service, Sunday, December 27, 2020.

You may find the service on the BWC’s YouTube page, www.youtube.com/channel/UCv3hdcP1vG1pD9OlLC3tTWw

Interlude

Oo oo

Verse 1

The shepherds came to see the baby

Stood by His mother's side

Here laid the Savior inside a manger

Oh what a glorious night

Oh what a glorious night

Chorus

I hear the angels singin' hallelujah

Let the earth receive her King

I know that love has come sing it out

Jesus Christ is born

(I heard that) Jesus Christ is born

(Yeah yeah)

Ben McDonald | Casey Brown | David Frey | Jonathan Smith

© 2013 Pencil Prophet Publishing (Admin. by CURB | Word Music Publishing)

Run Run Milo (Admin. by CURB | Word Music Publishing)

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Not Just Another Song Publishing (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC)

So Essential Tunes (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC) Curb Dayspring Music (Admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.) Used with permission CCLI License # 627547 Podcast/streamed CCLI License #20216174

What A Glorious Night

Verse 2

The shepherds wondered

they couldn't hide it

They told ev'ryone in sight

All were amazed

when they heard how God came

Down on the glorious night

God came down on this glorious night

Bridge

Glorious glorious what a glorious night

Glorious glorious what a glorious night

Verse 3

All is calm now all is quiet

A star shining in the sky

Below in Bethlehem the King is sleeping

Oh what a glorious night

Oh what a glorious night

In honor of staff and pastors at WUMC, and Barbara and helpers, by David & Dianne Bearr.

In honor of Chris Clise, by Larry & Ronnie Bohn.

In memory of Cordelia Brengle and Janice & Ellis Leatherwood, by Peggy & Kyler Brengle.

In honor of Sherri Haines, Belinda Norton, Jacki Stranathan, Malcolm Stranathan, by Peggy & Kyler Brengle.

In honor of Ken Humbert, Michelle Olson, Stephany Seargeant, John Seargeant, Michael Habeeb, by Peggy & Kyler Brengle.

In honor of John D. Carbaugh, by Jeanne Carbaugh.

In memory of Clarence Proescher, by Linda Catania.

In honor of our children, Scott & Lily, Brad & Penny, our grandchildren Jeremy, Rebecca, Kassi, Joshua, Caleb, Luke, and in memory of Denise, by Bonnie & Dick Clendaniel.

In memory of Jerry Rosier, by Bonnie & Dick Clendaniel.

In honor of Dave & Conni Highfield, by Bonnie, Dick, Lily, and Scott Clendaniel.

In honor of our parents, Dick & Bonnie Clendaniel and Paul & Lil Swartzbaugh, by Scott & Lily Clendaniel.

In loving memory of Denise Clendaniel, by her family.

In loving memory of Lillian Osten, by her family.

In loving memory of Charles & Rheba Clendaniel, by their family.

In loving memory of Bill & Becky Swartzbaugh, by their family.

In honor of Janet & Gordon Struder, Angels on Earth, by Michael & Vicki Collett.

In honor of Cathy & Albert Pokorny, Angels on Earth, by Michael & Vicki Collett.

In honor of Pastor Malcolm and Jacki Stranathan; thank you both for being such great examples of living a life of faith! Merry Christmas! by Michael & Vicki Collett.

Donations to our Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen, Holiday Hope, and Wreaths to adorn our campus.

Continued on page 7

In honor of Pastor Ken Humbert; you are truly a blessing to us and our church! Merry Christmas! by Michael & Vicki Collett.

In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Russell Conover, Jr., Martin Conover, and Ruth Ohler, by Richard Conover.

In loving memory of my husband, Gene Fluri, by Nancy Fluri.

In memory of my husband, L. Earl Griswold, by Lura Griswold.

In memory of Earl Griswold, by his family.

In honor of Barb & Dick Luckenbaugh for their dedication to the soup kitchen, by John & Susan Harbold.

In memory of our great (great) Aunt Betty Long, with love from Lori & Alexa Hayman.

In memory of my friend, Geoffrey Seargeant, with love from Alexa Hayman.

In memory of my friend Mac Conover, with love from Lori Hayman.

In honor of our Mom and Grammy, Barbara Hayman, with love from Lori & Alexa Hayman.

In honor of our Dad and Pop, Bob Hayman, with love from Lori & Alexa Hayman.

In memory of Bill, by Jackie Hering.

Given by The Hicks Family.

In honor of the congregation and church staff, by Dave & Conni Highfield.

In honor of Dixie Elmes, by Loretta Hill.

In honor of our nine grandchildren, ages 14-33, by Ann Hull.

In memory of all deceased family members, by Mary & Gary Kavanagh.

In memory of AnnaMae Melown Beard, Robert W. Melown, and Harry B. Beard, Jr., by Al & Sandy Keefer.

In memory of Brian Lockard, by Lynda Lockard.

In honor of Thomas Malehorn (Opa), from all of his grandchildren.

In honor of our children - Tom, Christiane, David, Kim, Nicholas, Colleen, Dave, and Meghan, by Karen & Tom Malehorn.

In honor of our grandchildren - Leila, Tyler, Collin, Connor, Emma, Caroline, Stella, Lucille, Grayson, and Laurel, by Karen & Tom Malehorn.

In honor of Jeanne Herr, given by Karen, Stephen, and Jim.

In memory of Thomas Munch, by Jennifer Munch. Continued on page 8

Continued from page 6

In honor of my siblings, Ronnie Bohn, Keith Clise, Chris Clise, and Sarah Sampson, by Jennifer Munch.

In honor of Jeanne Herr, by Donna Myers.

In memory of my parents, Robert & Mildred Poole, by Mary Louise Poole.

In memory of my sister, Bernice Elaine Taylor, and my niece, Susan Elaine Bare, by Mary Louise Poole.

In memory of Eleanor & Dan Shipley, by Anne Pritts.

In honor of Loved Ones, by Anne Pritts.

In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Harry Reck, by Don & Gerri Reck.

In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Garold Barnes, by Don & Gerri Reck.

In memory of David Roush, by Dee and his children and grandchildren.

In memory of parents, Robert & Leona DuVall, by Donna Shaeffer.

In memory of my father Daniel F. Shipley, my mother Eleanor Galt Shipley, my Aunt Alice Mildred Shipley, my past relatives, by Steven Galt Shipley.

In honor of my son Christopher, his wife Kara, his daughter Beryl, his son Eigen, my daughter Kayla, her husband Lewis, by Steven Galt Shipley.

In memory of Peggy Stone, by her daughters Peggy Simpson and Sherri Blackiston.

In memory of my parents, Herbert & Catherine Waddell, by Sally Stair.

In honor of UMW Dee Roush, Sue Thomas, and Brenda Tracy, by Sally Stair.

In memory of Tom Thomas, by Sue Thomas.

In honor of my family and my church family, by Brenda Tracy.

In memory of my husband, Arnie, by Kristy Vandervalk.

In memory of my sister Karen, her husband Ron, and daughter Debbie, by Kristy Vandervalk.

In memory of Earl and Catherine Holt, by Bob & Dot White.

In memory of Gary & Helon White, by Bob & Dot White.

THANK YOU, WUMC, for your kind and generous contributions:

Soup Kitchen—$3,220 Holiday Hope—$410 Wreaths—9

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WUMC congregation, You are positively awesome! When we asked you to contribute toward a staff love gift, you amazed us with your response. It has been a tough year for staff, but your generous sharing of love raised spirits and replaced looks of weariness with smiles of appreciation. Thank you for being the kind-hearted, loving, responsive, and appreciative people God has called to serve at Center and Main. Merry Christmas! Staff-Parish Relations Committee

Dear Friends in Christ, Beverly and I want to thank you so very much for the genuinely unexpected and overwhelmingly generous Christmas gift we received from you, presented to us by the Staff Parish Relations Committee. It was so kind of you to contribute to this, especially in such of year of sacrifices, reversals and displacement, and more than a little grief and loss. Beverly and I long to see you again, face to face! (Even if we must begin more like mask to mask.) As for me, I long to be at your doors and amongst our families in coming days. But, for now, we'll continue to reach out via all the electronic and digital marvels of the age, the trusty telephone and the ever present links of love and prayer. A bless-ed Christmas to all, with eager hopes for a New Year that brings a New Day, Rev. Ken and Beverly Humbert

Dear Westminster Church Family, Yesterday, Ronnie Bohn stopped into the church office with gifts from our church family. She shared that early in November, the SPRC approached our congregation with this opportunity to collectively give a financial gift to our staff and she and the SPRC were blown away at your generosity. She shared how many of you expressed appreciation of the hard work of our staff throughout this past year and she expressed sincere thanks on your behalf. I am glad to say that because we have the caliber of staff that we do, we have been able to pivot repeatedly and continue to support the mission and ministry of our congregation. We also acknowledge that many of you have continued to serve faithfully in our community, which is so greatly appreciated by me. Together we make a great team. I just wanted to say to your expression of thanks that I want to say how very welcome I am of your generosity and recognition of the hard work of our staff. On behalf of the staff, Jack and myself, let me also say thank you for your continued support and activity in our faith community. Most of us will agree that this 2020 year has been one for the record books, one to put away and say farewell to a challenging year. And, may we pray for new opportunities in the coming new year. For now, God bless you all and in the midst of challenges bring us together in our Christmas Eve service (Join us, virtually, at 7pm on Dec 24). May I say in advance, to you and yours, do have a blessed and safe Christmas. Pastor Malcolm

Dear Congregation of WUMC

Thank you, from my heart, for your kind and generous gift—

made ever more precious by the circumstances of this past year.

I am humbled by your spirit of benevolence and feel honored to be a part of your family at

Westminster UMC.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a

Happy (& Healthy) New Year! With Love, Sherri Haines Administrative Assistant

Dear WUMC family, We are very appreciative of your generous gift to us this Christmas Season. We have both been through many personal issues as well as keeping the music flowing each and every week of the Pandemic. Your outpouring of love and support is valued each and every day. We are not out of the woods yet. We still need your prayers and words of encouragement. We need your voices and your gifts of every kind. We thank you for being our family, as we have grown to become over the last 35 years. We will continue to serve this congregation as we can, individually, together, and collectively. It will take us all; we need you all; for "In Our Music, God Is Glorified!” With Love in Christ, Peggy and Kyler Brengle

Westminster Family and Friends, I can’t begin to tell you how very blessed I felt to receive part of the Staff Christmas Love Offering. Your generosity has touched me beyond words – I am so grateful. May all of you and your families have a Joy-filled Christmas and a Blessed, Safe and Healthy New Year. Peace to you all and Many Thanks, Belinda Financial Secretary