Bozeman United Methodist Church

This Sunday's Sermon was a video walking tour with Pastor Eric of Bozeman. The Video File is available on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAvJxeuS77o

PRELUDE—In the Bleak Midwinter INVOCATION—Poem, In the Bleak Midwinter HYMN—In the Bleak Midwinter  UMH 221 (v. 1, 2, & 5)                 WELCOME AND OPENING PRAYER WREATH OF LIGHT HYMN, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel UMH 211 (Adapted words on the screens) SCRIPTURE (Words on the screens)     Psalm 77: 1-5 (CEB)     Psalm 34: 18 (CEB)     John 1:1-5 (CEB) HYMN, Want To Walk as a Child of the Light UMH 206 (v. 1) VOICES       Our readers this evening are not necessarily reading stories that reflect their own experiences. SILENCE  LIGHTS OF HOPE, Canticle of Light and Dark    UMH 205 (Response 2)    SILENCE CLOSING PRAYER AND BLESSING SPECIAL MUSIC —Rescue POSTLUDE

Luke 2:8-15 (CEB) Nearby shepherds were living in the fields, guarding their sheep at night. The Lord’s angel stood before them, the Lord’s glory shone around them, and they were terrified. The angel said, “Don’t be afraid! Look! I bring good news to you—wonderful, joyous news for all people. Your savior is born today in David’s city. He is Christ the Lord. This is a sign for you: you will find a newborn baby wrapped snugly and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great assembly of the heavenly forces was with the angel praising God. They said, “Glory to God in heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors.” When the angels returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go right now to Bethlehem and see what’s happened. Let’s confirm what the Lord has revealed to us.”

Luke 1:39-55 (CEB) Mary got up and hurried to a city in the Judean highlands. She entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. With a loud voice she blurted out, “God has blessed you above all women, and he has blessed the child you carry. Why do I have this honor, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. Happy is she who believed that the Lord would fulfill the promises he made to her.” Mary praises God Mary said, “With all my heart I glorify the Lord!     In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior. He has looked with favor on the low status of his servant.     Look! From now on, everyone will consider me highly favored         because the mighty one has done great things for me. Holy is his name.     He shows mercy to everyone,         from one generation to the next,         who honors him as God. He has sh

Matthew 1:18-25 (CEB) This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. When Mary his mother was engaged to Joseph, before they were married, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband was a righteous man. Because he didn’t want to humiliate her, he decided to call off their engagement quietly. As he was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child she carries was conceived by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you will call him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”  Now all of this took place so that what the Lord had spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: Look! A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, And they will call him, Emmanuel. (Emmanuel means “God with us.”) When Joseph woke up, he did just as an angel from God commanded and took Mary as his wife. But he didn’t have sexual relations with her until she gave birt

Brass, Christmas Carols *Hymn Angels We Have Heard on High  Welcome Morning Sounds w/ M.A. Bellingham and Sara Boom on Bells O Day of Peace  Brass Christmas Cortege  Children’s Choir Christmas Bells Are Ringing *Hymn Sing We Now of Christmas Celebration There Was the Word *Hymn The First Noel Men’s Group God Rest You Merry, Gentleman *Hymn Good Christian Friends, Rejoice Gospel Train A Gospel Song of Peace *Hymn Infant Lowly, Infant Holy Duet on Strings Oh, Come Little Children with Caden Jimmerson & Carter Lukes *Hymn O Little Town of Bethlehem Puppet Show, Marvin Lansverk, Kath Crumrine, Eric Strader *Hymn What Child is This?  Morning Sounds Christmas Joy         Solo: Frank Johnson Offering 100% of what you give tonight supports HRDC’s warming shelter, a place of refuge from the cold, alongside the Fork & Spoon Cafe, an eatery for all. Elevate & Friends on Elementary School Instruments All I Want for Christmas Is You Story Llamas at Christmas *Hymn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/King of Heaven Wo

Isaiah 11:1-10 A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse;  a branch will sprout from his roots. The Lord’s spirit will rest upon him,     a spirit of wisdom and understanding,     a spirit of planning and strength,     a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord. He will delight in fearing the Lord. He won’t judge by appearances,     nor decide by hearsay. He will judge the needy with righteousness,     and decide with equity for those who suffer in the land. He will strike the violent with the rod of his mouth;     by the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked. Righteousness will be the belt around his hips,     and faithfulness the belt around his waist. The wolf will live with the lamb,     and the leopard will lie down with the young goat;     the calf and the young lion will feed together,     and a little child will lead them. The cow and the bear will graze.     Their young will lie down together,     and a lion will eat straw like an ox. A nursing child will play over the snake’s hole;     toddl

Message sent via email:   Dear sisters and brothers of Bozeman United Methodist Church, Grace and peace to you all as we begin the season of Advent.   It is my pleasure to share with you that, in response to the request of your Staff Parish Relations Committee,  Bishop Karen Oliveto has chosen to appoint the Rev. Amy Strader as full time pastor of Bozeman UMC as of January 1, 2020. Rev. Eric Strader will continue as part time pastor at Bozeman UMC and part time as Congregational Resource Minister for the Montana West District.  I am grateful for the gifts and graces that Rev. Amy brings to your congregation, and for the gifts and graces that Rev. Eric brings to your congregation and to the District CRM position.  I am excited about the possibilities for your ministry together, and trust that this will reflect good stewardship of financial resources and of gifts and skills.   Also, a Church Conference will be held, according to the Discipline, on Sunday, December 15, at 11:45 a.m. to approve the pastoral compe

Pastor Amy Strader Psalm 50: 7-14 (CEV) My people, I am God!     Israel, I am your God.     Listen to my charges     against you. Although you offer sacrifices     and always bring gifts,     I won’t accept your offerings     of bulls and goats. Every animal in the forest     belongs to me,     and so do the cattle     on a thousand hills. I know all the birds     in the mountains,     and every wild creature     is in my care. If I were hungry,     I wouldn’t tell you,     because I own the world     and everything in it. I don’t eat the meat of bulls     or drink the blood of goats. I am God Most High!     The only sacrifice I want     is for you to be thankful     and to keep your word.

Peter Brown, BUMC Trustee Chair

Speaker, Sarah Lukes, BUMC Finance Chair

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 62:2 (MSG) God, the one and only— I’ll wait as long as God says. Everything I need comes from God, so why not? God's solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I’m set for life. Psalm 118:22 (MSG) Thank you for responding to me; you’ve truly become my salvation! The stone the masons discarded as flawed is now the capstone!  

Psalm 139 (MSG) Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit?     to be out of your sight? If I climb to the sky, you’re there!     If I go underground, you’re there! If I flew on morning’s wings     to the far western horizon, You’d find me in a minute—     you’re already there waiting! Then I said to myself, “Oh, he even sees me in the dark!     At night I’m immersed in the light!” It’s a fact: darkness isn’t dark to you;     night and day, darkness and light, they’re all the same to you. Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;     you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!     Body and soul, I am marvelously made!     I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out,     you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,     how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;     all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all pre

Guest Speaker Jason Jimmerson November 10, 2019