Hope and Promise

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 28, 2025    First Sunday after Christmas   10:00 a.m.

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS SERVICE:
Rev. Charlotte E.Y. Bell, Associate Pastor
Michael Havay, Organist/Accompanist
Sally Bowkett, Deacon in Charge
Liz MacMillan, John Swanson, Deacons
Reid Cunningham, Liturgist
Doug Topliffe, Videographer

MUSIC:
Prelude – It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – Richard S. Willis/Anna Laura Page, ©2021 Lorenz Publishing Co.
Offertory – The Holy Boy – John Ireland/Geoffrey Edwards, ©2015 Lorenz Publishing Co. from Nov/Dec 2015 issue of The Organ Portfolio
Postlude – O Come Rejoicing – Dan Forrest/Douglas E. Wagner, ©2019 Lorenz Publishing Co.

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-731944.

HYMNS:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing #31
Love Came Down at Christmas #165
Jesus Calls Us, o’er the Tumult #172

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!
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