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DisciplesNet Worship #607: Christmas 1 (Cobb 12.26.2021)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

When a new year approaches, we often think about what we would like to change to make the new year better. Pastor Anita speaks from Colossians 3:12-17 and helps us to see how we can make changes to our "inward life" to bring our spirits to be more like Jesus.
This worship service is 29 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a few favorite hymns, and communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.
(Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening music: "Farther On" - instrumental by Dean Phelps
2. "O Come All Ye Faithful" - DisciplesNet singers
3. Pastor's Prayer - Pastor Deb
4. "A Beautiful Life" - Dean Phelps
5. Luke 2:22-40 read by Janet Spaulding
6. "Stepping in the Light" - Dean Phelps
7. "What to Take into a New Year" - Pastor Anita
8. "Farther On" - Dean Phelps
9. Communion - Elder Susan
10. "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet singers
11. Sending Out - Pastor Anita
12. Credits - closing music: "Farther On" - instrumental by Dean Phelps

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #606: Blue Christmas (Mullen Borschel 12.21.2021)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

In the northern hemisphere, December 21st holds the longest night of the year. However, each of us faces in our lives, long nights of grief, suffering, or pain, where the light of hope seems far removed. This "Blue Christmas" service is for times such as those.
Student Minister Mary Beth provides a message of hope and Pastor Audrey tells of times when hope came in spite of her circumstances.
This worship service is just over 28 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a few favorite hymns, and communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.
(Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening music: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" - Bev Heid
2. Litany: "I am the light of the world" - Pastor Anita
3. Audrey's Word - Pastor Audrey
4. Pastor's Prayer - Pastor Russ
5. "Silent Night" - Southport Christian Church
6. Matthew 5:1-16 read by Janet Spaulding and Bob Shaw
7. "Light Through the Longest Night" - Mary Beth Mullen
8. Communion - Pastor Bob
9. "Be Thou My Vision" - Dean Phelps
11. Sending Out - Pastor Amy
12. Credits - closing music: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

DisciplesNet Worship #605: Advent 4 (Smith 12.19.2021)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

Even at the time of Jesus, when it was also known as "the City of David," Bethlehem was a most unlikely place for a king to be born. Yet, the small, out of the way, village was to be the birthplace of the savior. Pastor Russ speaks to us from Micah 5:2-5a, read in our Advent Candle lighting, and helps us see that God is to be expected in unlikely places, including our own hearts.
This worship service is 29 minutes of worship, prayer, scripture, a few favorite hymns, and communion. You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.
(Scroll down for an Order of Worship)

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening music: "Silent Night, Holy Night" - instrumental by Dean Phelps
2. Advent Candle - Rahul Nirmal with Deb Phelps reading Micah 5:2-5a
3. "How Far is it to Bethlehem?" - Dean Phelps
4. Pastor's Prayer - Pastor Bob
5. "I Wonder as I Wander" - Dean Phelps
6. "You O Bethlehem" - Pastor Russ
7. "Love Divine All Loves Excelling" - Dean Phelps
8. Communion - Pastor Deb
9. "Break Thou the Bread of Life" - DisciplesNet singers
10. Sending Out - Pastor Russ
11. Credits - closing music: "Silent Night, Holy Night" - instrumental by Dean Phelps

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you, and thank you for joining us!

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