Prelude
Gathering
         Song: Now greet the swiftly changing year (bulletin)
         Call to Worship
         Welcoming Guests
                  Please pass the friendship registers.
         Songs:   Gloria (WB 204)
                                    Hark! the glad sound! (WB 184)
Offering Gifts and Tithes
         Offertory
Examination
         Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19      Sue Byler
         Reflecting on the Good of the Year Past:
·         When did you sense the call of Jesus?
·         For what are you particularly grateful?
·         When did you experience the joy and comfort of Jesus?
         Song: Love came down at Christmas (WB 208)

         Scripture: Matthew 26:69-75      Chuck Hernley
         Reflecting on Failure in the Year Past
·         What do you regret from the year past?
·         When have you betrayed your relationship with friends and family?
·         When have you betrayed your relationship with Jesus?
         Song: Lord Jesus, think on me (WB 527, verses 1-4)
Preparation
         Scripture: John 21:4-17  Rita and Jud Gingrich
         Reflecting on the Year to Come:
·         In what areas of your life do you want to experience Jesus' welcome and restoration?
·         For what do you hope?
·         For what do you need strength and understanding and courage?
·         How do you want to respond to Jesus' call to you?
         Song: Comfort, comfort, O my people (WB 176)
Restoration
         Introduction
         Communion and Anointing
         Songs:   Let all mortal flesh keep silence (WB 463)
                           Niño lindo (WB 207)
                           Lord, you have come to the lakeshore (WB 229)
Congregational Sharing and Praying
Sending
         Announcements
         Blessing for the New Year
         Song of Benediction: Now greet the swiftly changing year


Please replace the hymnals in the pockets on the back of the chairs and the Sing the Journey books on the chairs.


Worship Participants:
Worship Leaders: Anita Kehr and Dan Schrock
Song Leader: Bryan Kehr
Accompanist: Jay Mast
Prelude and Offertory: Morgan Short
Communion: Congregational Elders
Sound and Projection: Phil Miller
Ushers: The Mast Family


Childcare during worship is available for infants and toddlers (generally ages three and under) in the nursery on the right side of the hallway going back to Jubilee Hall.


Nurture Hour classes will resume next Sunday, January 7.






































Song: Used by permission, CCLI # 816695.
Cover poetry: Reprinted by permission of United Church Press from Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas. Copyright 1998 by Jan L. Richardson.







Ancient One
who makes all things new,
may we receive with gentleness
and touch with hopefulness
and protect with fierceness
and love with tenderness;
and may we celebrate with gratefulness
and welcome with humbleness
and tend with gracefulness
all that you give
into our care.

                                             Jan Richardson






Nurture Hour begins ten minutes after the end of worship. All of you are invited to stay, enjoy coffee and conversation in the fellowship hall, and then gather in one of the classes available to people of every age. See the list of classes on the back of the bulletin.




Adult nurture classes at BAMF are intergenerational, and visitors are encouraged to attend the class of their choosing.
        The college-age class meets in the northwest corner of the meetingroom and is led by Ruth and John Roth, Jan and Peter Shetler. For the winter quarter the adult classes are studying John Roth's book Beliefs. Classes 1 and 8 meet in the library, classes 2 and 6 meet in the southwest corner of the meetingroom, classes 3 and 7 meet in the northeast corner and classes 4 and 5 meet in the southeast corner. Visitors are welcome to attend any group. If you don't remember your class number, you can check the list on the bulletin board.   

Children from kindergarten through fifth grade gather after worship for singing in ``Jubilee Hall'' (the large room north of the fellowship hall). Younger children may go directly to their classrooms.
¨         Infants and Twos meet in ``Cherub Corner.''
¨         Preschool and Kindergarten meet in ``Gentleness.''
¨         First and Second Grades meet in ``Peace.''
¨         Third and Fourth Grades meet in ``Joyful.''
¨         Fourth and Fifth Grades meet in ``Forgiveness.''

Youth:
The JYF (grades 6-8) and the MYF (grades 9-12) meet in their classrooms off of Jubilee Hall.