August 9, 2020 Worship
Channel: First Presbyterian Church of Bryan, Texas
Date: 2020-08-06

August 9, 2020 First Presbyterian Church, Bryan, Texas
Link to full bulletin available at: https://www.fpcbryan.org 

PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP            Angels, from The Realms of Glory              arr. Kevin Costley

WELCOME

HYMN NO. 133 (st. 1,3,4)                       O Come, All Ye Faithful                              ADESTE FIDELES
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant; O come ye; O come ye to Bethlehem!
Come, and behold him, born the King of angels!
REFRAIN O come, let us adore him; O come let us adore him,
                 O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!
Sing, choirs of angels; sing in exultation; sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God, all glory in the highest! REFRAIN
Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; Jesus, to thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing! REFRAIN

PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND CONFESSION

HYMN OF RESPONSE NO. 581                         Glory Be to the Father                          GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.

SCRIPTURE READING                                Luke 2:8-20 & I John 4:8-12

GOSPEL PROCLAMATION                        The Background Angel and
                                                     the Difference God’s Love Makes in This World

HYMN NO. 143 (st. 1)                   Angels, from the Realms of Glory                      REGENT SQUARE
Angels, from the realms of glory, wing your flight o’er all the earth; you, who sang creation’s story, now proclaim Messiah’s birth:
REFRAIN come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn king!

HYMN (st. 1)                               Love Divine, All Loves Excelling                                          BEECHER
Love, divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
fix in us thy humble dwelling; all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion; pure, unbounded love thou art;
visit us with thy salvation; enter every trembling heart.

PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION, AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
... Our Father, who art in heaven; hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

HYMN                                                      O Holy Night                          Adolphe C. Adam; arr. Al Smith
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth;
Long lay the world in sin and error pining, 'Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn;
CHORUS Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices! O night divine!
                O night when Christ was born. O night, O holy night, O night divine.
Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is Love and His gospel is Peace;
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother, And in his name all oppression shall cease, Sweet hymns of joy in grateful Chorus raise we; Let all within us praise his Holy name!
CHORUS Christ is the Lord, then ever! ever praise we!
                 His pow'r and glory, evermore proclaim! His pow'r and glory, evermore proclaim!

DISMISSAL AND BLESSING

POSTLUDE                                   O Come, All Ye Faithful                                       arr. Edwin McLean