December 28, 2025: First Sunday of Christmas

Sermon Title: “A Guiding Star” Pastor Annie Parker

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Service Details

YouTube Channel: Worship will be live streamed on the First Presbyterian Church of Salem, Ohio YouTube channel:
FPCSALEM YouTube Channel

Note on Worship:

• Today is the First Sunday of Christmas, as we continue to celebrate the birth of our Savior.

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Scripture and Hymns

Bible Readings (NRSVue):

• Psalm 19:1-6
• Matthew 2:1-15

Hymns (from The Presbyterian Hymnal, 1990):

• We Three Kings of Orient Are (Hymn 66)
• What Child Is This (Hymn 53)

Note: Today’s service included a Hymn Sing, where the congregation participated in singing various carols of the season.

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Affirmation of Faith

“A New Creed” (The United Church of Canada, 1968)

We are not alone, we live in God’s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God’s presence, to live with respect in Creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God.