CHRISTMAS FAMILY HOME EVENING

Opening Prayer:

Song: “OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL (1ST & 2ND verse)

Scripture Reading: MATTHEW 1: 18-23

Song: ‘OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL (3RD verse)

Scripture Reading: LUKE 2:1-7

Song: “OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHELEHEM” (1ST verse)

Scripture Reading: LUKE 2: 8-14

Song: “FAR, FAR AWAY ON JUDEAS PLAINS (1ST verse)

Scripture Reading: LUKE 2: 15-20

Song: “HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING” (1ST & 2ND)

Reading 1: THE WISEMEN

Song: “WITH WONDERING AWE” (all verses)

Scripture Reading: MATTHEW 2: 1-12

Song: “JOY TO THE WORLD” (all verses)

Reading 2: THE STAR WAS ALSO SEEN IN THE
AMERICAS (GLOBE & STAR)

Scripture Reading: 3 Nephi 1: 13-21

SHARING OF TESTIMONEIS CONCERNING THE SAVIOR

Song: “SILENT NIGHT” (all verses)
CLOSING PRAYER:

Reading 1: THE WISEMEN

THE WISEMEN DID NOT COME THE NIGHT JESUS WAS BORN, AS THE SHEPHERDS DID. THEY SAW THE STAR IN THE EAST AND TRAVELED FAR TO SEE HIM. THEY ARRIVED IN PALESTINE FROM THE EAST SOMETIME LATER, PERHAPS EVEN MONTHS LATER. THERE IS NO ACCOUNT THAT TELLS US JUST HOW MANY WISE MEN CAME TO WORHIP THE SAVIOR. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 3, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 7, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 10. BUT HOW MANY CAME IS NOT SO IMPORTANT. THAT THEY WERE WISE MEN, WHO CAME TO PRESENT THEIR GIFTS AND WORSHIP THIS WONDROUS CHILD IS IMPORTANT. WE TODAY SHOULD REMEMBER THAT WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM.

Reading 2: WORLD/STAR DEMONSTRATION

HERE IS WHERE JESUS WAS BORN, MANY SAW THE NEW STAR THAT NIGHT. BUT AS THE WORLD TURNED MANY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS SAW THAT SAME STAR AND KNEW OF HIS BIRTH. LET’S READ THE ACCOUNT WHERE JESUS SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS BIRTH