Expecting Jesus
December 21, 2025
Please note – The YouTube recording will be updated at approximately noon following the in-person service.
Welcome to our Sunday Morning Online Worship at the Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC!
No matter WHO you are, or WHERE you are on life’s journey, YOU are welcome here!
December 21, 2025 Fourth Sunday of Advent 10:00 a.m.
SHINE SUNDAY
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS SERVICE:
Rev. Maureen R. Frescott, Senior Pastor
Rev. Charlotte E.Y. Bell, Associate Pastor
Sara Phelps, Director of Music
Michael Havay, Organist/Accompanist
Sally Bowkett, Deacon in Charge
Liz MacMillan, Gail Wiegand, Deacons
The Pyle Family, Advent Candle Lighters
Gretchen and Chris Pyles , Ushers
Patricia Bodan, Videographer
MUSIC:
Prelude – Once in Royal David’s City – Dan Forrest/Douglas E. Wagner
Anthem – The Holly and the Ivy, John Rutter, Chancel Choir
Offertory – Ring Little Bells/O Come, Little Children, Larry Shackley
Postlude – Yuletide Joyeux, Craig A. Penfield
Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-731944.
HYMNS:
#107 (NC) – Awake, Awake and Greet the New Morn (insert)
#23 – Angels We Have Heard on High
The first hymn is from Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs, ©1990 Westminster/John Knox Press.
The second and third hymns are from The New Century Hymnal, ©1995 The Pilgrim Press.
Donations Appreciated!
You can donate online by using the button below or make checks payable to the Congregational Church of Amherst and mail to the church office at 11 Church St. Amherst NH 03031.
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