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WORSHIP Week of December 15-22 Foods needed for food pantry Offering Envelopes Joys and Concerns from last Sunday Participants The Lighted Tree Litany of the Advent Candles Needed Poinsettias December 15, 2002 3rd Sunday of Advent CHRISTIAN WORSHIP 8:15 & 10:30A.M. Musical ENTRANCE PIANO MEDITATIONS LIGHTING THE CANDLES ORGAN PRELUDE "While By My Sheep" - arr Hustad WELCOME LIGHTING OF THREE ADVENT CANDLES (see insert) OPENING HYMN #238 "Angels We Have Heard on High" OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 ANTHEM "In The Bleak Midwinter" - Holst/Moore Chancel Choir with Jenny Knight, Flute PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE HYMN #238 "Angels We Have Heard on High" JOYS, CONCERNS, PRAYERS For Joys - Thanks be to God For Concerns - Lord, have mercy ANNOUNCEMENTS GOSPEL John 1:6-8, 19-28 SERMON HYMN #240 "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" OFFERINGS "O Little Town" (Forest Green) - arr Held DOXOLOGY #95 "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow" THANKSGIVING & SENDING FORT CLOSING HYMN #246 "Joy to the World" BENEDICTION POSTLUDE "Noel" - McKay FOLLOWING THE LIGHT
Child care will be provided tonight for the Children= s Christmas Program. Tues., Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve Services 4, 7, & 11pm Child care will be provided for the 4:00 and 7:00 services. cereal, canned fruit, canned juices Numbered offering envelopes are ready for distribution. Please pick them up after worship service. If you have not been assigned envelopes and would like the, please request them. Envelopes not picked up by Dec. 22 will be mailed.
Joys and Concerns from last Sunday Gordy Wilson would like to thank everyone helping with the concert, especially Callie for all of her help and support. Please come at 7:00 tonight. Pat Price concern for her daughter Liz to find work. Jim, Susan, Ian & Alex Ferguson concern & prayers for a speedy recovery for Jane Ferguson= s hospitalization for a blood clot in her leg. Alison Smith joy for the chance to see Mindy= s play at Bradley yesterday and concern for a coworker whose friend passed away earlier this week. Helen Koss joy for passing her driver= s test in November & for celebrating her 85th birthday on Dec. 7. Thank you God. Richard King concern for Jennifer and all other college students taking final exams this week. Debbie Shoemaker concern for her son, Matt Peters, that he finds relief through this treatment for his blood disorder. Rose McCarthy concern that Jop Long and her family will be moving to Indiana next month. They will be missed! The Bell Choir concern for Matt Peters= health. Danielle Routh joy & would like to thank everyone for their overwhelming prayers & concerns for their son, Jared= s eyes surgery. It looks like his eyes surgery will be a success. Genelle Ingram joy that her great granddaughter will bring her piano students to Canterbury Ridge for a recital today. Concern & sympathy goes out to Alice Robinett at death of her sister. Beth Morgan concern for Alena - she is having surgery on Friday. Pray for it to go well and for a healthy recovery. Concern for her mother, Norma Ripkey= s health - cold & congestive symptoms all week and has had to miss work. The Valentine= s concern for Dale & Darlene White and Helen Knights. Karilyn Newnam joy to have Connie Alagna with us this morning. Carolyn Dickey joy for having Beulah Noel back in church. Brenda, Jeff & Joe Carter joy that their friends, Teresa & Jarrett are here today. Rosemary & George Woods joy of being with their children at Thanksgiving in Alabama & seeing their great grandson for the first time. Concern for Rosemary= s sister, Inez Helm. Ted & Jessica Hartke concern for a friend going through divorce and prayers for those who are alone for this holiday season due to loss of a loved one. Kyra & Eli Entwistle joy that Grandma Ary will be here this evening to watch them in the Christmas Concert. Becky Withers concern for Blake who has developed an infection & so far, test results have been inconclusive & he faces his first college finals this week. Melissa Hays joy for the blessings of music this Advent and concern for her younger (A little@ ) sister moving out on her own & for Eric during upcoming finals & for Matt Peters= health. We praise God for our joys and answered prayers. We continue lifting up those who are still in need of our prayers, those that are recovering from surgery, facing new surgery, and those that are grieving or ill. If you know of someone in our church who is sick or in the hospital, please call the church office 328-1414 and let us know. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Preacher: J. Michael Smith Organist: Gordon Wilson Piano Meditations: Karen Henderson Choir Director: Gordon Wilson Angelus Bell Director: Tim Bowlby Youth Bell Director: Callie Knight Nursery Attendant: Carol Brown 8:15 10:30 Greeters: Acolytes: Adam Burns Miranda McCarthy Head Usher: Richard Barnett Dale Johnston
Flowers in the Chancel Area in honor of Vice & Laura Christman= s wedding anniversary. Fellowship Time Host: Needed!! Please join us downstairs in the fellowship hall for coffee, koolade and cookies, following the first service. Pastoral Visitors: Bill Valentine (367-1683) and Bob deJong (328-4849) Office Manager: Janice Roy Church Office: 328-1414 (office hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 am-12:00 & 1:00-4:00 pm) Parsonage: 367-1046 Fax: 328-9259 E-mail: urbgumc@net66.com and web site at http://www.urbanagrace.org Mike= s cell phone number for emergencies: 898-3148 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + OUR CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS Over four hundred years ago, a clergyman, while returning home one beautifully clear, cold Christmas Eve, lifted his eyes to the sky in contemplation. Thousands of stars seemed to be clinging to the branches of the lofty pines by the wayside. His first thought was to share this inspiring spectacle with is family . . . That night a glittering tree blazing with star-bright candles was his gift to his loved ones . . . and his gift to all the world. Cantor: O come, thou dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thy justice here; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death= s dark shadows put to flight. People: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. Leader: God is making final preparations for an amazing thing! Now is the Advent of the long-awaited Messiah, our bringer of hope, our Prince of Peace, our leader of love. People: We wait, we prepare, we make straight the way. Leader: We celebrate the coming of Christ with the lighting of the Advent candles. People: We are a people of hope, a people of peace, a people of love. Leader: At first there was the frail light of a single candle of hope, daring to pierce through the darkness of despair and sin, People: Then there was the candle of peace, the gentle and persistent fire, the one that exposes violent forces and welcomes instead God= s deep and tranquil Spirit. Leader: Today we light the candle of love. No other word so adequately captures the spirit and goal of our faith. No other word so completely describes what we know of our God. People: For God so loved the world. Leader: For God so loved the world that a child was given. A savior was made in the form of Love Incarnate. And Love was allowed to live on... People: We gather, then, in Christian Love; Leader: We give thanks for a love that passes understanding, and we await the dawning of God= s pervasive and enduring love once more this Christmas season. Amen. (Lighting the three candles) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Needed: Someone to do light cleaning and errands on Saturday, or one day a week for 1-2 hours. Duties might include vacuuming, washing sinks, dusting, getting a few things from the store. Pay is negotiable. Please leave your name at the church office if you are interested. Wanda Adams in memory of Lewis Adams. Ray & Bee Allen in memory of sister, Doris Rasmussen & son, Larry Allen. Christine Apperson & family in memory of Arthur Apperson. Rich, Jeannie & Ritchie Barnett in memory of Andy Lovenguth and all service men.. Victor & Laura Christman in memory of Dorothy & Harold Price, Russ & Minda Stickels and Grandma & Grandpa Christman. Herschel & Harriet Cline in memory of Mr. & Mrs. William Schaepe, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cline, and Mr. Ben Sharp. Walter Crackel family in memory of Catherine Crackel. Lowell & Carolyn Dickey in honor of our children and grandchildren. The Heath family in memory of Sylvia & Jim Arceneaux & Bruce, Christilee & Don Heath. Karen & Amanda Henderson in memory of Lewis Adams & Marylynn Mickey. Marge & Dale Hubert in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Moore and Mr. & Mrs. Nick Hubert. Dave & Betty James in memory of Aleta James, David & Mildred James and Jim Coon. Shirley Jenkins in honor of Bobbie Ford and Karilyn Newnam. Tom & Jan Johansen and Mike, Cathy, Jeremy & Katie Shaw in honor of Virginia Sadler. Jill King in honor of Morgan, Michael & Alyssa. Shirley Lovenguth in memory of Hal Lovenguth. Howard & Ruth McIntosh in memory of their parents and Emma Pritchard. Irene Millikan in memory of Dallas Millikan. Truman & Pat Price in honor of Truman= s sister, Estelle Wade and Pat= s mother, Gladys Skaggs. Gary & Audrey Ricketts in memory of our loved ones gone before us. Alice, Dennis & Leon Robinett in memory of Merrill C. Robinett, beloved husband & father. Janice Roy in memory of Glenn Roy, Herman & Rosie Roy & Hazel Brown and in honor of my dad, children and grandchildren. Bob & June Sostheim in honor of the Sostheim family. Patty Black Stoffel, Michelle Carley & Glen Black, III in memory of husband & father, Glen Black, Jr. Margaret Tsiang in memory of Chong Ze Shao. Diane & Wayne Weidner in memory of Roy Weidner. Tom & Nancy Welch in memory of Ann Houchin and Robert Welch. Bob, Becky, Amanda & Blake Withers in memory of Jim Clark and Jim Withers. James, Marilyn, Nathan & Daniel Wright in memory of Alice Fisher and Dale May. |
