{"id":7550,"date":"2025-12-22T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/?p=7550"},"modified":"2025-12-28T18:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:07:59","slug":"christmas-eve-candlelight-service-12-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/2025\/12\/christmas-eve-candlelight-service-12-24-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 12-24-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4>FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Mark shares his Sermon titled, <em>\"The Grace of God has Appeared<\/em>\"<br \/><br \/>Service in sanctuary and live streaming @ 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c617a1c7-2760-4b7d-855d-bba1fa935472\">Be sure to Subscribe to our YouTube Channel <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cupepchurch\" target=\"_blank\">@CupEPChurch<\/a><\/strong> and click on the \"Bell\" to get notified when we \"Go Live\" or post a video!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" id=\"block-b1faed2a-b1cf-404e-842c-b49ee0a3dec0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9cf808fe-f7a1-4da9-8a59-0970576a1f10\"><strong>Christmas <\/strong><span><em style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Meditation:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201cThe Gift of Gifts\u201d O SOURCE OF ALL GOOD, What shall I render to thee for the gift of gifts, thine own dear Son, begotten, not created, my Redeemer, proxy, surety, substitute, his self-emptying incomprehensible, his infinity of love beyond the heart\u2019s grasp.<br \/>Herein is wonder of wonders: he came below to raise me above, was born like me that I might become like him.<br \/>Herein is love; when I cannot rise to him he draws near on wings of grace, to raise me to himself.<br \/>Herein is power; when Deity and humanity were infinitely apart he united them in indissoluble unity, the uncreated and the created.<br \/>Herein is wisdom; when I was undone, with no will to return to him, and no intellect to devise recovery, he came, God-incarnate, to save me to the uttermost, as man to die my death, to shed satisfying blood on my behalf, to work out a perfect righteousness for me.<br \/>O God, take me in spirit to the watchful shepherds, and enlarge my mind; let me hear good tidings of great joy, and hearing, believe, rejoice, praise, adore, my conscience bathed in an ocean of repose, my eyes uplifted to a reconciled Father; place me with ox, ass, camel, goat, to look with them upon my Redeemer\u2019s face, and in him account myself delivered from sin; let me with Simeon clasp the new-born child to my heart, embrace him with undying faith, exulting that he is mine and I am his. In him thou hast given me so much that heaven can give no more.<\/em><\/p><cite><em>~ From \u201cThe Valley Of Vision\u201d Puritan Prayers and Devotions<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Cup EPC - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service - 12-24-2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9lYJpXANlnw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Sunday Service 12-24-2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christmas-Eve-Lessons-and-Carols-2025.pdf\">Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols - Bulletin<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christmas-Eve-Lessons-and-Carols-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/POINSETTIA-Purchased-Flyer-2025.pdf\">Poinsettias\/ Donations In Memoriam<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/POINSETTIA-Purchased-Flyer-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Children-in-worship-Insert-Advent-Version.pdf\">Children in worship Insert Advent Version<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Children-in-worship-Insert-Advent-Version.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Easy Online Giving: <\/strong><br>(click button below or search for \"Tithe.ly\" in your mobile app store!)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-very-dark-gray-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/tithe.ly\/give?c=736814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Give Online<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CUP-Church-Tithe.ly-Login.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7152\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CUP-Church-Tithe.ly-Login.png 1000w, http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CUP-Church-Tithe.ly-Login-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CUP-Church-Tithe.ly-Login-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/CUP-Church-Tithe.ly-Login-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><figcaption>Scan for easy access to Tithe.ly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tithe.ly-Instructions.pdf\">Tithe.ly Instructions<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tithe.ly-Instructions.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS Pastor Mark shares his Sermon titled, &#8220;The Grace of God has Appeared&#8221; Service in sanctuary and live streaming @ 7:00 pm. Be sure to Subscribe to our YouTube Channel @CupEPChurch and click on the &#8220;Bell&#8221; to get notified when we &#8220;Go Live&#8221; or post a video! Christmas Meditation: \u201cThe Gift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7550"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7566,"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550\/revisions\/7566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cupepc.org\/cup-church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}