First
Congregational Church of North Collins
Conservative Congregational
Christian Conference
10385 Main Street, North Collins,
New York 14111
337-9811 Church Office / 337-4303 Parsonage
Pastor / Teacher Derek S. Yoder
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Sunday
School 9:30 am ▪ Family Worship
Service 10:45 am
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Choral Introit ……………………………...............………………………………………………… To Us A Child of Hope is Born
*Call to Worship ……………………………………………..............………………………………..……………..….……………… Isaiah 54:1-8
*Hymn of Adoration & Praise #214 ……………..............….. Angels We Have Heard on High
*Invocation
Worship Through
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Choral
Anthem
*Hymn
#200 ……………………………………………..............……………….……..…………
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
*Carol
of the Month #220 ……………................……………… From Heaven on High I Come to
You
*Hymn
#201 ………………………………………………………………………….............….…………
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Memory
Verse………………………………………………………………...............…………………………
Revelation 19:6-9
(insert)
Lighting
of the Third Advent Candle
Fellowship
of Welcome
Sermon
Text ………………………………………………………..................……………………………………………
Luke 1:26-38 &
39-56
Sermon ………………………………………………………………………………………………................…………………………………………….
Derek Yoder
*Closing Carol #225 ………………………………...................……………………………………
Once in Royal David’s City
Prayer Requests and Testimonies
Pastoral
Prayer
Tithes and Offerings
Offertory
*Doxology………………………………………………………...................…………………………………………………………………………………
Gloria Patri
“Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without
end. Amen, amen.”
*Benediction
Postlude
*Congregation
invited to stand
Announcements
The church’s financial statement for
November 2015 is posted for review in the office over the copy machine.
If you
have photographs of special occasions from 2015 (family events, church events,
vacations), let’s include them in our “Collage of Memories” slideshow. Garry Dole can convert printed photos or
digital formats are fine. We’re planning
to make them a part of our service on December 27th.
We hope you can join us at the parsonage for our
Christmas Tea between 2 and 5 pm this afternoon. It’s a time for our family to express the
love and appreciation we feel to all of you who mean so much to us. Feel free to stop by for favorite holiday
foods with good friends. We look forward
to sharing this special time with you. – Alice, Derek, Katie, Rebekah, Joel and
Owen
During the Advent
season, our morning worship services will commemorate the season with candles,
readings, and special messages. This
year’s theme is “We Have Heard on High”,
a series of Advent reflections on the angelic messengers in the Christmas
story, their message, and what we can learn from their startling appearances
throughout redemptive history. Pray that
this will be an encouraging, challenging time in our congregation.
In lieu of mittens and toys, the
Dewey Missionary Society is collecting Christmas presents of money for Promise
Valley (formerly Seneca Gospel Mission) to help with various renovation
projects. If you’d like to be involved
in this Dewey Christmas Project, use the mitten envelope from last week - make checks payable to First Congregational Church with “Dewey Christmas Project”
in the memo. Thank you for your generous
giving.
Calendar
Wednesday,
December 16th
Choir
practice at the church at 6:00 pm.
Bible
study and prayer meeting meets at 7:00 pm.
In our survey of the great themes of Genesis, we’re looking at the storm
clouds of judgment that are gathering over Sodom in Chapters 18-19. It’s a great time to join us!
Saturday,
December 19th
“Miraculous Jesus”
actors & actresses … final Dress Rehearsal 9:00 am – 12 noon!
Thursday, December 24th
Christmas
Eve Candlelight Service. Join us for our
traditional Christmas Eve service at 6:30 pm.
