1st Sunday after Christmas , December 28, 2025

We at OSLC are pleased to provide this service. I believe this is the first time we are observing this festival; it is a principal festival, which means when it falls on a Sunday it is normally observed The Gospel lesson is only one verse long! Color: White Opening Hymn: 393 “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” Opening Hymn 370: Liturgy: Prayer and Preaching Old Testament Isaiah 63:7–14 Gradual: Isaiah 9:6; Psalm 98:1a Epistle: Galatians 4:4–7 Gospel: Matthew 2:13–23 Hymn of the Day: 384 “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” Hymn of the Day: 381 Text Focus: Luke 2:21 “When he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.” Offertory Offering Prayers of the Church Distribution Hymn 390: Recessional Hymn: 386 We thank Concordia Publishing House (CPH) for this temporary promotional license during this time of crisis. https://music.cph.org/lutheran-servic... During the COVID19 virus outbreak we encourage everyone to stay safe. We hope that this reaches our brothers and sisters in Christ. We furthermore wish to share the hope that we have in Christ. CPH has extended this license to OSLC, and we are very grateful. Our license number is LSBL 100011895. Also, Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI / http://us.ccli.com ) has given us a streaming license, CCLI CSPL047757. This license shows that the authors and copyright holders have graciously given us their permission to put these materials in our live stream and post-edited material. Visit us online, and when this COVID quarantine is over, visit us in person. OSLC can be found on the web at https://www.oslc-rc.org. OSLC can be found on Facebook at:   / oslcrc   The audio and text of the scripture readings and sermon can be found on our web site at http://www.oslc-rc.org/sermons Legal Credits: Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. May not copy or download more than 500 consecutive verses of the ESV Bible or more than one half of any book of the ESV Bible This translation of the Bible may be found at these fine retailers: Apple Books. https://books.apple.com/us/book/esv-c... Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ESV-Study-Bibl...