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In Advent
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Prayer
Carol Penner offers a congregational prayer, thanking God for the joyful signs of Christmas that appear during Advent. "Emmanuel, God with us, we wait for your presence this Christmas."
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Christmas, Advent, Peace, Emmanuel
Finding You in Advent
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Prayer
Carol Penner offers a congregational prayer for Advent, asking for God's presence to give us generosity, gratitude, patience, contentment, and peace.
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Christmas, Advent, Peace, Emmanuel
Call to Worship: Christmas Music
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Call to Worship
"Sing a joyful song to the Lord, sing carols for the birth of a saviour!" A Christmas call to worship by Carol Penner.
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Christmas, Joy, Singing, Music
An Advent Congregational Prayer
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer
This worship resource by Carol Penner features a congregational prayer centering on the theme of Advent. The prayer remembers those who suffer in this season which is joyful for so many.
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Christmas, Advent, Prayer, Emmanuel
The Year I Put God on the Christmas List
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Poetry
Carol Penner's poem puts "God on the Christmas list," wondering what God would like for Christmas. What could make God say, "This is just what I've always wanted!"?
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Christmas, Gift, God's Omnipotence, Present
Prayers of the People on Christmas
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer of Intercession
Carol Penner's Christmas prayer celebrates Jesus' incarnation and remembers those who are homeless, the sick, and our relationship with the earth.
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Christmas, Joy, Prayer, Salvation
Gloria
Carol Penner | Together in Worship
Call to Worship
Carol Penner offers a call to worship that centers on the theme of the incarnation of God in Jesus. Penner borrows words from Philippians 4 to address the congregation.
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Birth, Incarnation, Light, Waiting
For unto us a child is born!
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer
Carol Penner wrote this Christmas Reader's Theater for a Christmas Eve service, having different congregants reading parts portraying a variety of characters from the Old and New Testaments all gathering round a manger scene.
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Christmas, Advent, Faith, Faithfulness
Light: A Christmas Eve Reader's Theatre
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Scripture Drama or Paraphrase
Carol Penner offers a reader's theater on the theme of Christ coming to bring light into the darkness. The text can be divided into parts as one sees fit.
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Christmas, Jesus, Darkness, Light
Way of Peace Christmas Benediction
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Benediction or Blessing
Carol Penner offers a Christmas benediction quoting Zechariah's prophecy (Luke 1:78-79). "We go into this season knowing that God will guide our feet into the way of peace."
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Death, Christmas, Mercy, Light
Last Christmas
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer
Carol Penner offers a prayer from the perspective of those who understand that the coming Christmas will be their last, "so they enter this season with different eyes."
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Christmas, Love, Laughter, Death
The year I put God on the Christmas list
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Poetry
Carol Penner's poem reflects on the question of what to give God for Christmas. "If I can’t get a present, maybe I can be a present, by being present for God."
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Christmas, Peace, Gift, Listen
Blue Christmas Prayer
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer
Carol Penner offers a prayer for people who find Christmas to be a "blue" time because of sickness, pain, grief, fear, marital conflict, financial difficulty, etc.
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Christmas, Hope, Prayer, Angels
Holding the Baby
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Poetry
Carol Penner's poem reflects on the nativity of Jesus, emphasizing the ordinary manner of the birth of the one who was God incarnate.
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Christmas, Nativity, Incarnation, Love
Voices This Christmas
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Scripture Drama or Paraphrase
Describing the myriad of voices that distract us in daily life, this liturgical drama and prayer by Carol Penner asks whether people will hear the prophetic and glorious voice of Jesus during Christmas.
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Christmas, Distraction, Prophecy, Hearers
The Best Christmas Gift
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Poetry
"Christ is a gift that you can’t pack away neatly in a box, bringing him out for special holidays." Carol Penner's poem reflects on Christ as the best gift of Christmas.
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Christmas, Love, Christ, Gift
Darkness on Christmas Eve Poem
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Poetry
A beautiful poem written by Carol Penner about the darkness on Christmas Eve. In the darkness of the night, of the stable, of the world, Jesus is born.
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Birth, Christmas, Jesus, Darkness
All I Want for Christmas: A Prayer List as I Go to the Mall
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Prayer
On the way to the mall, Carol Penner prays for contentment, joy in giving, protection from buying too much, freedom from envy, kindness toward store employees, and a sign leading to a treasure.
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Christmas, Prayer, Contentment, Beauty
A Christmas Call to Worship
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Call to Worship
A worship resource featuring a call to worship for Christmas written by Carol Penner giving thanks to God for Jesus and a myriad of things.
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Christmas, Worship, Call To Worship, Liturgy
Newborn king call to worship
Carol Penner | Leading in Worship
Call to Worship
This call to worship by Carol Penner acknowledges the transcendence and immanence of God in concrete ways and asks God to “open our eyes to your glory…as we come to worship Jesus, the newborn king.”
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Christmas, Advent, Worship, Glory
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