FPC Monrovia Live Worship Service January 1, 2023 10:30 AM PST

Worship Order January 1, 2023 10:30 AM PST Series: The Road to Bethlehem Sermon: “Who will lead you?” Pastor Joel Larson Prelude “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” Call to Worship Hymn “Angels from the Realms of Glory” Hymn “We Three Kings” Welcome Announcements Prayer Requests Click here: https://bit.ly/FPC-pr Greeting one another (Dismiss the children) Prayers of the People Call and Thanksgiving for the Offering Click here: https://bit.ly/FPC-tythe Offertory: "See Amid the Winter Snow" Doxology Sermon “Who will lead you?” Pastor Joel Larson Matthew 2:1-7 Communion "Joseph is Well Married" Organ Solo Hymn “Noel” Benediction Postlude ”We Three Kings” Sermon Scripture: Matthew 2:1-7 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him, and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah ]was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet: ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.’ ” Then Herod secretly called for the magi and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.” When they had heard the king, they set out, and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen in the east, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road. #‎FPCMonrovia