tHIRD
SUNDAY IN ADVENT
Order of Worship December 10, 2006
(*Stand, as you are
able)
Ringing of the Tower Bell
GATHERING FOR WORSHIP
(Please
register your attendance by
signing
the pew register)
Announcements
Prelude See Amid the Winter’s
Snow Charles Callahan
Lighting of the
Advent Candle Zechariah
(Bob Neidecker)
ALL: We light the candle of love today.
Let us love one another as we were first loved.
Response (see
insert)
*Hymns It Came upon the Midnight Clear No.
218
Anthem Good Shepherd on the Hill Crawford Thoburn
Youth
Choir
Arise, Shine Eugene Butler
Children’s
Choir
*Hymn Away in a Manger No. 217
Young People’s
Message
(Please note that during each Sunday in
advent, Sunday School classes for children three and up will begin in the
Sanctuary. After the Young People’s
Message, the children will be dismissed for Sunday School.)
Prophecy Isaiah
12:2-6 (pg. 641)
Anthem Glory to God G. F. Handel
from Messiah
Joys and
Concerns for Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
& Lord’s Prayer
Our Father who
art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us. Lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.
Piano Solo Silent Night arr.
Bobbie
Walker
HEARING GOD’S WORD
Gospel Reading Luke
2:14 (p. 58)
L: This is the Word of the Lord.
P: Thanks be to God.
*Hymn While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks No. 236
Homily “Becoming Our
Salvation” Rev. Karin Walker
RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD
Offertory Sleeps Judea Fair Hugh
MacKinnon
*Doxology No.
95
Praise
God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise
God, all creatures here below;
Praise
God above, ye heavenly host;
Praise
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn Angels We Have Heard on High No. 238
*Benediction
*Choral Response Praise Ye the Lord of
Hosts C. Saint-Saens
from the Christmas Oratorio
Postlude Bring A Torch,
Jeanette Isabella Keith Chapman
Please sit and enjoy the postlude.
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THE ALTAR FLOWERS are given by
Bob & Elaine Neidecker
in loving memory of their dear friend, Chet Kirk.
If you
are a guest today, we are delighted to have you worship with us. Please sign the pew register and stop by our
Acolyte..................................................................................... Ian
Frazier
Crucifer................................................................................ Bobby
Hewitt
Liturgist....................................................................................... Jim
Smith
Greeters..................................................................... Clem
& Adda Clark
Helen Beven
& Brian Rohun, Georgiana, Guy & Giles
Sound............................................. David
Furman, John Regan, Stu Foster
Ushers................................................... Wayne Thompson, Paul Englehart
Harold
Moyer, Rebecca Little
Pastor Deacon/Minister of Ed.
& Yth.
Rev. Karin W. Walker Rev.
Richard L. Buckingham
Minister of Visitation Director
of Music
Rev. John C. Walker Mr.
N. Thomas Pedersen
Pastoral Counselor Organist
Mrs. Mandi Mader Mr.
Marvin Mills
Church Phone: (301) 933-7933; FAX Phone: (301) 933-4418
Home Page: http://www.stpaulsk.org;
E-mail: stpaulsunited@verizon.net
Rev. Karin W. Walker’s e-mail: revkarin@comcast.net
Rev. John C. Walker’s e-mail: friartuck4@verizon.net
Activities for the Week of December 10
Sunday 12/10/06
Third Sunday in Advent (see 1)
Note: no coffee service in the Octagon today.
9:00 a.m. Worship with Communion –
Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Worship
(
11:30-5 p.m. Christmas Tree
11:30 a.m. Church
Wide Youth Choir Sponsored Lunch –
Heavener
Hall (see 2)
11:30 a.m. “Scattered
for Service” – Heavener Hall (see 3)
6:30
p.m. Recreation –
Multipurpose Room
7:00
p.m. UMYF –
Multipurpose Room Area
Monday 12/11/06
10:00 a.m. “Stretchersize”
- Octagon
10:30 a.m. Staff
Meeting – Conference Room
1:00 p.m. Congregational Health Ministry – Conference
Room
7:30 p.m. BSA Troop #439 – Multipurpose Room
7:30 p.m. “Spanish for Everyone!” – Room 119
Tuesday 12/12/06
10:00
a.m. Prayer Lift –
Chapel
10:45
a.m. Bible Study –
Library
11:30
a.m. Friendship
Club – Heavener Hall
1:00 p.m. Women’s Advent Study –
Conference Room
7:15 p.m. Handbell
Rehearsal – Room 109 & Sanctuary
7:15 p.m. “Jesus
in the Gospels” - Room 115
Wednesday 12/13/06
6:00 p.m. Children’s Choir – Room
211
6:00 p.m. Christmas Pageant music
rehearsal – Sanctuary
7:00 p.m. Youth Choir – Room 211
7:30 p.m. Church Council - Library
Thursday 12/14/06
1:30 p.m. “Invitation to the Old
Testament” Class – Room 109
7:15 p.m. “Invitation to the Old
Testament” Class – Room 119
8:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir – Room
211
Friday 12/15/06
10-7
p.m. Christmas
Tree
Saturday 12/16/06
9:45 a.m. Christmas Pageant
rehearsal - Sanctuary
9-6 p.m. Christmas Tree
Sunday 12/17/06
Fourth Sunday in Advent
9:00 a.m. Worship with Communion –
Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Worship
– Sanctuary
11:30-5 p.m. Christmas Tree
6:30
p.m. Recreation –
Multipurpose Room
7:00 p.m. UMYF
– Multipurpose Room Area
Worship attendance last
Sunday: 382
Sunday School attendance last
Sunday: 114
Poinsettias – Poinsettia order deadline is TODAY. We will be taking orders after each
service. Cost is $10.50 per plant, and
you may choose red or white. Donors for
the church door wreaths are also appreciated.
Cost is $20 per wreath. Both
poinsettias and wreaths may be given in honor or in memory of loved ones. Please make checks payable to
The
Star Tree is in the Octagon
TODAY. If you wish to participate in
providing a Christmas gift for one of the TEAM children, please select a star, sign your name and phone number next to
the number of the star on the sheet provided (it’s under the tree). Return the gift wrapped with the star on it for identification, by next Sunday, December 17th. If you’d like to buy a Giant or Safeway gift
card for a family of TEAM children, please select an apple!
Our
full and part time staff gives so much to each and everyone of us throughout
the year, faithfully serving our church with compassion, professionalism and
love. To acknowledge their outstanding
service, the Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) would like to extend an
invitation to all members of the
1 **Important**
Today and next Sunday, December 10 and 17, cars will need to be removed
from the Armory parking lot by 12:30. In an effort to work with the Town of
2 TODAY
our Youth Choir will serve a delicious
luncheon in Heavener Hall. The cost
is $10 per adult and $7 per child. Lunch
will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m. and will be served until 1 p.m. This will be a fundraiser for the choir trip
to
3 Don’t
miss your last chance to shop Scattered
for Service, an alternative Christmas giving opportunity, today after
worship, in Heavener Hall. Place your catalog
orders and shop for fair trade crafts while you wait. Additional catalogs and order forms will be
available
HEAR YE, HEAR YE… We are in URGENT need of someone
to be the coordinator of beverage servers after the 10:15 Sunday worship
services, starting in January 2007. We
also need people to volunteer to serve the beverages during the coffee hour
starting in January. If we want to have
something to drink after the service, we surely need people to help, so if God
is tugging on your heart to take on this position, please call Diane Moore
(Worship Ministries Chairperson) at 301-816-0328, so she can let Jenny Smith
know that there is someone or perhaps two people that can coordinate people to
be servers. Thanks so much for
considering this position.
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