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
Please Take Your Bulletins Home With You and Read the Announcements We invite you to take advantage of the Opportunities for fellowship and service
CHOIR PRACTICE Thursday @ 5:00 PM
2019 Offering Envelopes are in the west entry
Coffee With The Pastor Wednesdays 9:30 refreshments 10:00 discussion
Men s Bible Study begins Tuesday, Jan. 8 th @ 7:30 am
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL FOLLOWING SUNDAY SERVICES IN THE CHOIR ROOM
To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest; to all who are sad 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 friendship; to all who hunger and thirst for something real and lasting; and to all who come here, this church opens wide her doors and offers welcome to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bayshore Gardens Community Church Believing, Again Gaining Hope Caring Relationships Christ Jesus
Angels We Have Heard on High Hymn 113
Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echo back their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? Say what may the tidings be, Which inspire your heav nly song? Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Come to Bethlehem, and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo.
See within a manger laid Jesus, Lord of heav n and earth! Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, With us sing our savior s birth. Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo.
The Chancel Choir
THE CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 19.1-4)
Minister: The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.
People: Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
Minister: There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
People: Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tent for the sun.
Prayer of Confession All: O God, in the beginning You spoke, and creation was born, the object of Your loving care.
In the fullness of time You spoke, and the Word became flesh, Jesus, gift of Your love.
We wonder at the miracle of creation; we stand in awe before the mystery of the incarnation.
Forgive us earthbound creatures, feeble in faith, empty of hope, lacking in love, falling short of Your righteousness.
Let me with Simeon clasp the new-born child to my heart, embrace Him with undying faith, exulting that He is mine and I am His.
We wait upon You with ready hearts, O God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Lord, hear our prayers.
SILENT PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION
Words of Assurance and Pardon of the Gospel (John 15: 5,8)
Minister: I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples.
What Child Is This, Who, Laid to Rest Hymn 281
What Child is this, who laid to rest, On Mary s lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: This, this is Christ the King, The babe, the Son of Mary.
Why lies He in such mean estate Where ox and ass are feeding? Good Christian, fear; for sinners here The silent Word is pleading.
This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: This, this is Christ the King, The babe, the Son of Mary.
So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh, Come, peasant, king to own Him; The King of kings salvation brings, Let loving hearts enthrone Him.
This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: This, this is Christ the King, The babe, the Son of Mary.
Proclamation of Scripture: John 1 (NLT)
1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. 4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,[a] and his life brought light to everyone.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.[b] 6 God sent a man, John the Baptist,[c] 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.
8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. 9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
Message SHINE Pastor Dustin Sedlak
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
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
Offertory We Three Kings
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.
Prayer of Gratitude
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Chris Tomlin
Amazing grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed
My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love, amazing grace
The Lord has promised good to me His word my hope secures He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures
My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love, amazing grace
My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love, amazing grace
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow The sun forbear to shine But God, Who called me here below, Will be forever mine. Will be forever mine. You are forever mine.
THE PASTORAL BENEDICTION God has a plan for you and, you are EXACTLY where God wants you to be.