<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you for being a part of the Christmas Eve service! I'm hoping you can process with me near the beginning of the service (along with any younger kids and families) </div><div><br></div><div>Then we'll be doing the gospel together: here is the reading breakdown. Could you come a little early (6) to sort out the reading locations and mics?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, everyone! Let me know if your plans change and we'll adjust. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Peace,</div><div>Janet<br></div><div><br></div><div>


















<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">The Holy Gospel<span>                                                                      </span>Luke
2:1-20<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">(Pastor Janet) The Holy </span><span class="gmail-redtext1" style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:black">☩</span></span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> Gospel according to Luke,
the 1^st chapter. <i><span></span></i></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.75in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Glory to you, O Lord.<span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Max (from pulpit mic): In those days a decree went
out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered for taxation.
This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius (Kwī-</span><b><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">ree</span></b><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">-nee-us)
was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Neal (from pulpit mic): Joseph also went from the
town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem,
because he was descended from the house and family of David.<span>  </span>He went to be registered with Mary, to whom
he was engaged and who was expecting a child. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Maddie (at Nativity Scene, handheld): While they
were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to
her firstborn child and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a
manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Verse, TBD<i><span>                                        </span><span>                                                           </span></i></span><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"> <span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Frances (from piano, headset mic): In that region
there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by
night. Then an angel of the Most High God stood before them, and the glory of the
Living God shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to
them, "Do not be afraid; for see--I am bringing you good news of great joy
for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who
is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child
wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger." <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Neal (from pulpit mic): And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom
God has blessed!"<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Verse, TBD<i><span>        </span></i><span><span>                                                                                          </span></span><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Josie (near Nativity Scene):
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one
another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken
place, which the Sovereign God has made known to us."<span>  </span>So they went with haste and found Mary and
Joseph, and the child lying in the manger.<span> 
</span>When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this
child; <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Maddie (at Nativity
Scene): …and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But
Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.<span>  </span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Max (from pulpit mic): The
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and
seen, as it had been told them.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-BulletinLiturgicalText" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">(Pastor Janet) <span>   </span>The Gospel of the Lord.<i> <span> </span></i><b>Praise
to you, O Christ.</b><i><span></span></i></span></p>

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</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Janet Katari (she/her)<br></font></div><div><font size="2">Pastor, Christ Church, Lutheran, San Francisco</font></div><div><font size="2"><a href="mailto:seniorpastor@christchurchlutheran.org" target="_blank">seniorpastor@christchurchlutheran.org</a><br></font></div><div><font size="2">415-215-1576</font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Justice, therefore, represents the peace of God. This peace is freedom from the violence that distorts the human person. It is the elimination, in other words, of systems, constructs, and all actualities of violence. God's peace thus requires a radical restructuring of a political, social, and economic order that is sustained by and thus creates 'crucified classes of people.' <i>Kelly Brown Douglas, Stand Your Ground, p. 195</i></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>