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
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Sunday
School 9:30 am • Family Worship Service 10:45 am
Wait in Prayer Worship in Reverence Depart to Serve
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Choral Introit ………………………..…………….…… All My Heart This
Night Rejoices
*Call to Worship ………………….……….….……………………….……… Isaiah 42:1-9
*Hymn of Adoration & Praise #214 ………….…… Angels We Have Heard on High
*Invocation
Worship Through
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Choral
Anthem
*Hymn
#193 ……………………………………………
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
*Hymn #194 ………………………………….………… O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Memory Verse ………………….……………….……………… Isaiah
11:1-5 (see insert)
Lighting
of the Second Advent Candle
Fellowship of
Welcome
Sermon
Sermon Text …………………………………………….………….……………… John 1:1-13
Sermon ………………………………………….…….……………….…………… Derek
Yoder
*Hymn of Faith #225 …….…………………….………….……… Once
in Royal David’s City
Prayer Requests and Testimonies
Pastoral Prayer
Tithes and Offerings
Offertory
*Doxology #735 ………………………………………………………………………… 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
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, Joel and Owen
Our Christmas Project this year is raising funds for the
North Collins Food Pantry. For each $5 you donate, please put an ornament
on the small tree in the back of the church. Please designate your gift for
"Eden-N.Collins Food Pantry" and place it in the offering plate.
Let's share Christ's love in a tangible way with those in need.
This morning marks the
beginning of Advent 2017! Our morning
worship services will commemorate the season with candles, readings, and
special messages. This year’s theme is “The
Spirit of Christmas”. We’ll examine the role of the Holy Spirit in
the familiar Nativity stories – preparing the way (John the Baptist), working a
new creation (Mary), bearing testimony (Simeon), and granting the favor of
sonship (Bethlehem). Pray that this will
be an encouraging, challenging time in our congregation as we reflect on the
Spirit’s work at Christmas – and in our hearts and lives.
Calendar
Monday,
December 11th: AA meets downstairs from 8:00 – 9:15
pm.
Tuesday,
December 12th:
Full Board meets at 7:00 pm at the church, preceded by Elders’ Meeting
at 6:00. Elders, come prepared to
discuss the Treat article on the back table (“At the Right Hand: Why Jesus
Being Seated in Heaven Changes Everything”).
▪ Immediately following the regularly
scheduled meetings, the Nominating Committee will begin to prepare a slate of
candidates to be considered for office at the Annual Meeting in February 2018. To submit names, see Olive, Fred or Derek.
Wednesday,
December 13th: Bible study &
prayer meeting at 7:00 pm. We’re studying
the two angelic announcements about “miracle babies” in Luke 1. It’s a great time to join us!
Saturday,
December 16th: Dress
rehearsal for the Sunday School program from 9:00 am to noon.
Sunday, December 17th: Sunday School program “No More Shadows”
during our morning worship.
Sunday, December 24th: Join us for morning worship at our regular
time and our traditional Candlelight Service at 6:30 pm.
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