9:00 am Worship Service • December 21st, 2025
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Pastor Keith Buckbee
PRELUDE “O Come, O Come, Emanuel” “Silent Night” Handbell Choir
CALL TO WORSHIP Pastor Tony Etzel
Pastor: Sing and rejoice, O daughter, Zion!
People: For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord.
Pastor: Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in the day;
People: And they shall be my people and I will dwell in your midst.
HYMN “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” #244
APOSTLES’CREED
Pastor Tony Etzel
OFFERTORY "Pour l' Advent" Paul Benoit
MEET & GREET
SPECIAL MUSIC “Child in a Manger” Senior Choir
Heather Campbell on Viola
TIME OF PRAYER & THE LORD’S PRAYER Pastor Austin Lamos
(The Lord’s Prayer (using debts)
SCRIPTURE Luke 1:-57-80 Ethan Balderrama
SERMON “The Father's Blessing" Pastor Keith Buckbee
HYMN “Joy to the World!” #270
BENEDICTION Pastor Keith Buckbee
POSTLUDE "Toccata on 'Veni Emmanuel'" arr. by James Denton
Save The Date: Zion United Women in Faith, #3rd Annual Book Sale!! We will begin collecting books and rummage sale item in January! Save your books for us!
For more information, Contact: Susan Kerschner @ 717-383-9399 or Beth Mellon @ 610-
812-1372
Men’s Discipleship Group
Pastor Tony is looking for a few men who would like to be part of a new discipleship group that will start sometime after the new year. Anyone interested may contact Pastor Tony. The meeting day and time are still to be determined and will be scheduled based on the availability of those who participate.
Evangelism Team – Now Forming
Pastor Tony is looking for individuals interested in joining the new evangelism team. Evangelism training materials have already been secured, and we plan to begin an eight-week course sometime after the start of the new year. We are hoping to gather four to six people who would like to learn how to evangelize and share the Gospel effectively within our community.
Sunday – Youth Group - Sundays 6:00pm-8:00pm
Sunday - All 6th-12th graders are welcome to join us for the Youth Group.
Tuesday – Prayer Meeting, “Revival”2pm, in the Parlor
Saturday- Praise Band Practice,9-10am
Health and Safety needs volunteers, keeping the Church safe. Knowing where
the fire alarm system panel is. CPR training, assist with medical emergencies.
We will have our meeting in January. Stay tuned for updates. For more
information contact Denise Gouldey.
Tissue Drive: We will be collecting tissues for the local school districts. If you have
A child or grandchild who attends outside the ELCO school district and you would
tissues support their classroom, please let us know! Zionoutreachteam@gmail.com
Advent Candle Lighting:
If you are interested in lighting the Advent candle on any Advent Sunday or on
Christmas Eve, please sign up at the Information Desk on Sunday morning.
Needed - Secretary for Administrative Council. If you are interested in serving as
Secretary on Administrative Council, please contact Pastor Keith.
You can bring your angels to decorate the Christmas trees during the final hymn
Sunday services during Advent.
The church is collecting cereal (the healthy kind) like Chex, Cheerios, or Rice Kris-
pies, for LCCM.
Please pick-up your offering envelopes as you leave church today.