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. Congregational Meeting Sunday December 17 after morning worship see bulletin for details

7. Christmas Caroling Wednesday Dec
Christmas Caroling Wednesday Dec. 20th 6:00 pm Dessert at 7:00 pm in the fellowship hall

8. 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.

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

11. Hark the Herald Angels Sing hymn #277

12. Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies

13. With angelic host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King.

14. Christ by highest heav’n adored Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of the Virgin’s womb
Veiled in flesh the God-head see
Hail the incarnate Deity

15. Pleased as man with men to dwell Jesus our Emmanuel
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the new born King

16. Hail the heaven born Prince of Peace Hail the son of righteousness
Light and life to all He brings
Ris’n with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die

17. Born to raise the sons of earth Born to give them second birth
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King

19. LIGHTING OUR
ADVENT CANDLE

20. [ Pastor/CONGREGATION ]
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
[ Pastor/CONGREGATION ]

21. Minister: O Zion, messenger of good news, shout from the mountaintops
Minister: O Zion, messenger of good news, shout from the mountaintops! People: Shout it louder, O Jerusalem. Shout, and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming!” (Isaiah 40:9)

22. Minister: He will tend His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah 40:11)

23. People: Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign
People: Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel which means, ‘God with us!’ (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23(b))

24. Congregational Prayer of Confession ALL: Almighty God, You who shaped out of nothing all that is, forgive us for returning empty-handed.

25. You, who called forth light, forgive our preference for the dark
You, who called forth light, forgive our preference for the dark! You, who sent John to be a voice crying, forgive our unwillingness to say anything at all!

26. Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew a right spirit within us
Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. Lord Jesus, hear our prayers.

27. SILENT PRAYERS OF
THANKSGIVING
AND
CONFESSION

28. Words of Assurance and Pardon of the Gospel (Zephaniah 3:14-15)

29. Minister: Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel
Minister: Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The LORD has taken away the judgments against you;

30. He has cleared away your enemies
He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil.

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

32. Angels from the Realms of Glory Hymn # 259

33. Angels from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o’er all the earth; Ye who sang creation’s story, Now proclaim Messiah’s birth: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ , the newborn King.

34. Shepherds in the fields abiding, Watching o’er your flocks by night, God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the infant Light: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ , the newborn King.

36. The Proclamation of Scripture

37. Colossians 1: The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in Him all things were created;

38.   things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones orpowers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him.

39. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead , so that in

40. In everything He might have the supremacy
In everything He might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,

41. By making peace through His blood, shed on the cross
By making peace through His blood, shed on the cross. Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through

42. Death to present you holt in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation— if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel.

43. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

44. Message “Give More” Rev. Dustin Sedlak

45. 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

46. As A Tangible Expression To Financially Support
OUR OFFERING
As A Tangible Expression
Of Our Gratitude To God,
We Joyfully Offer Our
Monetary Gifts
To Financially Support
God's Work At
Bayshore Gardens
Community Church

47. Offertory
“He Lives”

48. 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.

49. Go Tell It on the Mountain HYMN 258

50. Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere;
That Jesus Christ is born.

51. While shepherds kept their watching O’er silent flocks by night,
Verse 1
While shepherds kept their watching O’er silent flocks by night,
Behold, throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light

52. Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere;
That Jesus Christ is born.

53. The shepherds feared and trembled When lo! Above the earth
Verse 2
The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! Above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior’s birth.

54. Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere;
That Jesus Christ is born.

55. Our humble Christ was born, And God sent us salvation
Verse3
Down in a lowly manger
Our humble Christ was born,
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas morn.

56. Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere;
That Jesus Christ is born.

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

59. Christmas Family Adoption

60. Congregational Meeting Sunday December 17 after morning worship see bulletin for details

61. Christmas Caroling Wednesday Dec
Christmas Caroling Wednesday Dec. 20th 6:00 pm Dessert at 7:00 pm in the fellowship hall

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