1st Sunday after Christmas C

The family

Sentence
      Clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, and be thankful. Colossians 3:14-15
 
Collects
      Lord our God, you have given us as our example the life of Jesus in his home: grant that all Christian families may be so bound together in love and service that we may rejoice together in your heavenly home; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. The Sunday after Christmas
 
      Let us pray [for peace in our families]
      Father, help us to live as the holy family, united in respect and love. Bring us to the joy and peace of your eternal home. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. AAPB
 
      God of community; whose call is more insistent than ties of family and blood: may we so respect the love of those whose lives are linked to ours that we fail not in loyalty to you, but make choices according to your will; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. APBA
 
Readings
      The Lord speaks to the boy Samuel.   1 Samuel 2:18-26   2:18-20, 26
      To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and glory for ever.   Psalm 148  
      Christian life in the world.   Colossians 3:12-17  
      The boy Jesus in the temple.   Luke 2:41-52  
 
Supplementary readings
      The Israelites oppressed in Egypt.   Exodus 1:8-2:10   1:8-10, 15-21
      The analogy of Hagar and Sarah.   Galatians 4:21-31   4:22-28
 
Hymns and Spiritual Songs
 
Worship elements
Gathering Songs
 
 
Invocation
Praise
Gradual/Reading
Offertory/Prayer
Recessional 		Book & #
Hymn or Chorus first line
 		Tunes and sources
 
Color Key and Notes
      RCL reading;
      APBA reading;
      Congregational response or refrain, AAPB/RSV;
      Subject heading, AAPB;
      Where there is a second Old Testament reading it is sequential rather than linked to the gospel;
      Hymn book and other abbreviations. See In Words and Song.
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