{"id":1804,"date":"2024-12-24T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alamosacrc.com\/blog\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T19:41:12","slug":"december-24-2024-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alamosacrc.com\/blog\/december-24-2024-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"December 24, 2024 ~ Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"December 24, 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pRCp6NzPNRw?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;rel=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;color=white&#038;modestbranding=1\" style=\"border: none;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alamosa Christian Reformed Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gathering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Welcome&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Call to Worship: Luke 2:15b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *The Lord\u2019s Greeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Mutual Greeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Hymn of Praise: LUYH 76 \u201cO Come, All Ye Faithful\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *Hymn of Praise: LUYH 81 \u201cAngels, from the Realms of Glory\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lighting of Advent Candles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prayer of Adoration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Profession of the Church\u2019s Faith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Our Testimony: John 1:1-5, 9-14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congregation: He was with God in the beginning. <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In him was life, and that life was the light of men. <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light shines in the darkness,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>but the darkness has not understood it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He came to that which was his own,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>but his own did not receive him. <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God\u2014 <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband\u2019s will, but born of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Hymn of Faith: LUYH 8 \u201cO Little Town of Bethlehem\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proclamation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prayer for Illumination<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scripture: Luke 2:1-21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sermon: \u201cCaesar on a Throne; True King in a Manger\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Response to the Word<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prayer of Application<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hymn of Response: LUYH 95 \u201cWhat Child Is This\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sending<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lighting of Candles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *Hymn: LUYH 85 \u201cSilent Night! 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