1. Bayshore Gardens Community Church
Believing, Again
Gaining Hope
Caring Relationships
Christ Jesus

3. THE WHITE ATTENDANCE PAD so that we may celebrate your
WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN
THE WHITE ATTENDANCE PAD
so that we may celebrate your
presence with us today!
Please pass it on
to the next person
and then back down the row

4. and Read the Announcements for fellowship and service
Please Take
Your Bulletins Home
With You
and Read the Announcements
We invite you to
take advantage
of the Opportunities
for fellowship and service

5. Coffee with the Pastor Wednesdays 9:30 am refreshments 10:00 am discussion

6. To all who are weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to all who will come, this church opens wide her doors and offers welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

7. Bayshore Gardens Community Church
Believing, Again
Gaining Hope
Caring Relationships
Christ Jesus

9. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus hymn 244

10. Come, Thou long expected Jesus, Born to set Thy people free; From our fears and sins release us; Let us find our rest in Thee.

11. Israel’s strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth Thou art; Dear desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart.

12. Born Thy people to deliver, Born a child and yet a king
Born Thy people to deliver, Born a child and yet a king. Born to reign in us forever, Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.

13. Be Thine own eternal Spirit Rule in all our hearts alone; Be Thine all sufficient merit, Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

15. [ Pastor/CONGREGATION ]
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Isaiah
[ Pastor/CONGREGATION ]

16. Minister: Comfort, comfort my people, says your God
Minister: Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and declare to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

17. People: A voice cries “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

18. Minister: Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low;

19. People: the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.  

20. Congregational Prayer of Confession ALL: Lord Christ, we confess our willingness to be loved but also our reluctance to love.

21. We confess our readiness to accept Your forgiving love but also our refusal to forgive. We confess our eagerness to grasp Your offer of redeeming love but also our resistance to follow You without question.

22. In this Advent time, forgive us our failure to respond as we should
In this Advent time, forgive us our failure to respond as we should. Come to us anew, and by Your grace, assist us to receive You with joy, as the shepherds;

23. with gratitude, as Simeon; with obedience, as Mary; with love, as You have loved us. Even so: come, Lord Jesus, hear our prayers.

24. SILENT PRAYERS OF
THANKSGIVING
AND
CONFESSION

25. Words of Assurance and Pardon of the Gospel (Isaiah 9.2; 40:5)

26. Minister: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together.

27. Minister: This is the good news! People: Thanks be to our great God!

28. O Come, O come Emmanuel

29. O come, O come Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lowly exile here, Until the son of God appear.

30. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.

31. O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death’s dark shadows put to flight.

32. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.

33. O come, Thou Wisdom from on high And order all things far and nigh; To us the path of knowledge show and cause us in her ways to go.

34. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.

35. O come, Desire of nations, bind All peoples in one heart and mind; Bid envy, strife and quarrels cease; Fill the whole world with heaven’s peace.

36. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.

37. The Proclamation of Scripture

38. John 1:1-5 NLT “In the beginning the Word already existed
John 1:1-5 NLT “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God.

39.   God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.

40. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.”

41. Message “Spend Less” Rev. Dustin Sedlak

42. The 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 DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS;
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,
AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER
AMEN

43. Offertory
“Here I Am,
Lord”

44. THE DOXOLOGY PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW; PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW; PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOST; PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST.

45. ‘O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL’
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[ All who are able please stand ]

46. (1)
O come all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem!
Come and behold Him,
born the King of angels.
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ, the Lord.

47. O sing all ye bright hosts of heaven above! Glory to God,
(2)
Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exultation;
O sing all ye bright hosts of heaven above!
Glory to God,
all glory in the highest.
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ, the Lord.

48. born this happy morning; Jesus, to You be all glory given;
(3)
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
born this happy morning;
Jesus, to You be all glory given;
Word of the Father
now in flesh appearing!
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ, the Lord.

50. Coffee time

51. THE PASTORAL BENEDICTION
Go forth from this place
as God’s elect and covenant people . . .
AMEN

52. Coffee with the Pastor Wednesdays 9:30 am refreshments 10:00 am discussion