Welcome to Westover

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Welcome to Westover

• December 21, 2008
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Announcements
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• O come, let us adore Him,
• O come, let us adore Him,
• O come, let us adore Him,
• Christ the Lord!

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• For He Alone Is Worthy,
• For He Alone Is Worthy,
• For He Alone Is Worthy,
• Christ the Lord!

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Call to Worship
Kevin Withem (Please place your cell phones and
pagers on silent or vibrate)
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Ages 2 1/2 thru 2nd Grade
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Greet Your Neighbor
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Angels We Have Heard on High

• Angels we have
• heard on high,
• Sweetly singing
• over the plains

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• And the mountains
• in reply,
• Echoing their
• joyous strains.

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• Gloria in excelsis Deo!
• Gloria in excelsis Deo!

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• Come to Bethlehem,
• and see
• Him whose birth
• the angels sing

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• Come, adore on
• bended knee
• Christ the Lord,
• the newborn King.

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• Gloria in excelsis Deo!
• Gloria in excelsis Deo!

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Silent Night! Holy Night!

• Silent night, holy night
• All is calm, all is bright
• Round yon virgin mother and child,

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• Holy infant
• so tender and mild,
• Sleep in heavenly peace,
• Sleep in heavenly peace.

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• Silent night, holy night,
• Son of God,
• love's pure light!
• Radiant beams
• from Thy holy face,

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• With the dawn of redeeming grace,
• Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,
• Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.

Silent Night Holy Night Public Domain Words by
Joseph Mohr, tr. John F. Young, Music by Franz
Grüber CCLI 56321
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Sharing the Bread

• Kevin Rhodes

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O Holy Night!

• O holy night! the stars are brightly shining,
• It is the night of the
• dear Savior's birth

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• Long lay the world
• in sin and error pining,
• Till He appeared
• and the soul felt its worth.

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• A thrill of hope
• the weary world rejoices,
• For yonder breaks
• a new and glorious morn

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• Fall on your knees,
• Oh, hear the angel voices!
• O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
• O night, O holy night,
• O night divine!

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• Truly He taught us
• to love one another
• His law is love and
• His gospel is peace

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• Chains shall He break,
• for the slave is our brother,
• And in His name
• all oppression shall cease.

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• Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
• Let all within us
• praise His holy name

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• Christ is the Lord,
• Oh, praise His name forever!
• His power and glory evermore proclaim!
• His power and glory evermore proclaim!

O Holy Night Public Domain Words by John S.
Dwight, Music by Adolphe Adam CCLI 56321
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Sharing the Cup

• Kevin Rhodes

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The First Noel

• The first Noel,
• the angel did say,
• Was to certain poor shepherds in fields
• as they lay

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• In fields where they
• lay keeping their sheep,
• On a cold winter's night that was so deep.

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• Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
• Born is the King of Israel.

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• They looked up
• and saw a star
• Shining in the east,
• beyond them far,

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• And to the earth
• it gave great light,
• And so it continued
• both day and night.

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• Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
• Born is the King of Israel.

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• And by the light
• of that same star
• Three wise men came
• from country far

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• To seek for a king
• was their intent,
• And to follow the star wherever it went.

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• Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
• Born is the King of Israel.

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• This star drew nigh
• to the northwest,
• Over Bethlehem
• it took its rest,

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• And there it did
• both stop and stay,
• Right over the place
• where Jesus lay.

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• Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
• Born is the King of Israel.

The First Noel Public Domain Words Traditional
English Carol, Musi fro mW. Sandys Christmas
Carols by Clarence Hudson CCLI 56321
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OfferingGuests, please put your visitors card in
the offering tray as it passes your way
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Joy to the World

• Joy to the world,
• the Lord is come!
• Let earth receive her King
• Let ev'ry heart
• prepare Him room,

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• And heaven
• and nature sing,
• And heaven
• and nature sing,
• And heaven and heaven and nature sing.

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• Joy to the earth,
• the Savior reigns!
• Let men
• their songs employ,
• While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains

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• Repeat the sounding joy,
• Repeat the sounding joy,
• Repeat, repeat
• the sounding joy.

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• No more let sins
• and sorrows grow,
• Nor thorns infest
• the ground
• He comes to make
• His blessings flow

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• Far as the curse is found,
• Far as the curse is found,
• Far as, far as
• the curse is found.

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• He rules the world
• with truth and grace,
• And makes
• the nations prove
• The glories of
• His righteousness,

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• And wonders of His love,
• And wonders of His love,
• And wonders, wonders
• of His love.

Joy to the World Public Domain Words by Isaac
Watts, Music by Lowell Mason based on
Handel CCLI 56321
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Sermon

• Kevin Withem

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O Come, All Ye Faithful

• O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
• O come ye, O come ye
• to Bethlehem!
• Come and behold Him, born the King of angels!

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• O come, let us adore Him,
• O come, let us adore Him,
• O come, let us adore Him,
• Christ the Lord!

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• Sing choirs of angels,
• sing in exultation,
• O sing, all ye bright hosts of heaven above!
• Glory to God, all glory
• in the highest!

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• O come, let us adore Him,
• O come, let us adore Him,
• O come, let us adore Him,
• Christ the Lord!

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• Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy
  morning,
• Jesus, to Thee be
• all glory given
• Word of the Father,
• now in flesh appearing!

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• O come, let us adore Him,
• O come, let us adore Him,
• O come, let us adore Him,
• Christ the Lord!

O Come All Ye Faithful Public Domain Words
Latin Hymn ascribed to John Francis Wade, tr.
Frederick Oakeley, Music by John Francis
Wade CCLI 56321
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Guests, thank you for being with us today.
Please come by the guest booth in the foyer for
a free gift, our way of saying thank you for
being here.
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Parents, please pick up your children in the
Nursery and Kidz2Praise!
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

• Hark! the herald
• angels sing,
• "Glory to the
• newborn King!

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• Peace on earth
• and mercy mild,
• God and sinners reconciled!"

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• Joyful all
• ye nations rise
• Join the triumph
• of the skies

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• With the angelic
• hosts proclaim,
• Christ is born
• in Bethlehem!

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• Hark! the herald
• angels sing,
• "Glory to the
• newborn King!

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• Hail the heav'nborn
• Prince of Peace!
• Hail the Sun
• of Righteousness!

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• Light and life
• to all He brings,
• Risen with healing
• in His wings.

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• Mild He lays His glory by,
• Born that men
• no more may die,

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• Born to raise
• the sons of earth,
• Born to give
• them second birth.

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• Hark! the herald
• angels sing,
• "Glory to the
• newborn King!

Hark the Herald Angels Sing Public Domain Words
by Charles Wesley, Music by Mendelssohn CCLI
56321
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Thanks for Being With Us Today!
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