Page 10 2025 Worship Guide LINCOLN DAILY NEWS December 2025 As Thanksgiving season becomes the Advent and Christmas seasons, St. John UCC is considering our calling and future afresh. The Angels and the Advent Wreath announce to Mary and to our church community the miracle of God: “The angel said to her, ‘Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High…” (Luke 1:30-32). At the conclusion of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus gives his disciples and to us His Great Commission: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20). The Beginning and the End of the Gospel of Jesus Christ meet in this Holy Season of Advent and Christmas 2025, and St. John UCC, our members and friends remember and experience again this miracle of redemption! Mary and Joseph at the incarnation, and the Twelve Disciples receiving the Great Commission at the resurrection bring us the New Future that God intends for us even today. We will light the candles of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love each Sunday on our way to Baby Christ’s Holy Night and manger. A LIGHT TO THE WORLD THE MISSION The mission of both OUR CHURCH and the CHURCH UNIVERSAL is to work now for the restoration and redemption of our Christian Community and family. This mission is launched annually and dramatically in the Christmas Eve Service Nativity and Birth of Jesus Christ, the very incarnation of God’s Love in the Star of Bethlehem. Music and faith will join in our Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve at 11:00 p.m. Come Home to your church this Advent and Christmas Seasons! Join us on each Sunday at St. John United Church of Christ for the Birth of Jesus Christ our Lord! Pastor Ken Kline St. John United Church of Christ
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