Ardor (Worship Musicians)
The musicians rehearse from 9:00 – 9:45 am every Sunday morning. You are invited to join us in leading music during the worship service. The musicians for worship can find the service orders and music in the crate on the back pew in the sanctuary for each week. Contact the office if you plan to help lead worship.
Worship Information
Join us for the weekly Sunday worship service at 10 am in-person or via Facebook Live (www.facebook.com/allsaintsdavenport). The service will later be uploaded to YouTube (www.youtube.com/@allsaintslutheranchurchdav1987) for your viewing.
Worship at All Saints might look and feel a little different. We carefully and prayerfully select a worship theme each season, and we choose songs and liturgical elements that help communicate that theme and bring us closer to God and to one another.
All Saints Lutheran Church is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and participates in the Synod Authorized Ministry (SAM) program offered by the Southeastern Iowa Synod. Bishop Amy Current has authorized Wanda Barber, Matthew Reece, and Julie Schoville to be Synod Authorized Ministers able to preside over all worship services and offer pastoral care. The Synod provides training and instruction throughout the year and fully supports this program.
If you would like the spoken words for the worship services, contact the office (office@allsaintsdavenport.org) to request the information.
Introduction
Within the gospel reading’s profound words lies the simple message that God is revealed in a human person. Though we may try to understand how the Word existed with God from the beginning of time, the wonder we celebrate at Christmas is that the Word continues to dwell among us. Christ comes among us in the gathered assembly, the scriptures, the waters of new birth, and the bread and the wine. Through these ordinary gifts we receive the fullness of God’s grace and truth.
Scripture
Jeremiah 31:7-14 Joy at the gathering of God’s scattered flock
God promises to bring Israel back to its land from the most remote parts of exile. In Zion Israel will rejoice over God’s gift of food and livestock. Young women will express their joy in dancing; God will give gladness instead of sorrow.
Psalm 147:12-20 Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. (Ps. 147:12)
Ephesians 1:3-14 The will of God made known in Christ
In Jesus, all of God’s plans and purposes have been made know as heaven and earth are united in Christ. Through Jesus, we have been chosen as God’s children and have been promised eternal salvation.
John 1:[1-9] 10-18 God with us: the incarnation of the Word
John begins his gospel with this prologue: a hymn to the Word through whom all things were created. This Word became flesh and brought grace and truth to the world.
Prayer of the Day
Almighty God, you have filled all the earth with the light of your incarnate Word. By your grace empower us to reflect your light in all that we do, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Fellowship Time
After worship there is time for refreshments and fellowship in the gathering space.
Christmas Theme
Awake and alive: The Light is here!
Theme Write-up
written by Matthew Reece, Director of Music Ministries
The worship theme “Awake and alive: The Light Is here!” celebrates the fulfillment of Advent’s promise: the arrival of Christ, the true Light who has come into the world. No longer are we merely watching and waiting; now we stand in the radiance of God’s redeeming presence made flesh in Jesus. This theme proclaims that the long-expected Light has dawned, illuminating our lives and transforming our hearts. Through word, song, and sacrament, the congregation is invited to rejoice in the nearness of God and to see the world anew through the lens of divine love made visible in the Christ child.
To be awake and alive is to live as people renewed by that Light: to let its warmth and truth shape how we see, speak, and serve. The Light of Christ calls us out of fear and complacency into the joy and courage of discipleship. As this theme unfolds through the Christmas and Epiphany seasons, the congregation is sent forth as bearers of the Light, reflecting Christ’s presence in acts of compassion, justice, and mercy. “Awake and alive: The Light Is here!” reminds us that God’s incarnation is not a past event but a present and ongoing reality: Christ among us, transforming our darkness into dawn.