Sunday School Today at FPC - First Presbyterian Church

December 21, 2014
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“Go 2 Blocks” is a two-fold challenge. First, as an act of hospitality, we ask
those who are able to park 2 blocks away from the church, making space in our
lot for visitors and those who are not able to walk that distance. Second, we ask
you to consider engaging in two blocks of time on a Sunday morning - worship,
and one other. If you’re looking for a second block, we encourage you to check
out one of our Adult Sunday School classes listed below. Note that children are
offered two totally different experiences at 9:30 and 11:00, so they can go two
blocks as well!
December 1, 2014
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Sunday School Today at FPC
Stop by the Welcome Desk for help in locating any of the listed classrooms.
ADULTS
9:30 Bible North Class - The Book of Isaiah Basic Bible - The Book of Matthew
Covenant Class - The Gospel of Mark Northminster House
Rabbi Room
Staff Conference Room
Questions? Contact Jim Gates, Associate Pastor, at [email protected]
YOUTH
Please check in to the computer by the Catacombs entrance before Sunday school.
9:30 11:00
Middle School “The Story” High School “Adventures in Missing the Point” Middle & High School “The Story”
Catacombs
Room 210
Old Fellowship Hall
Questions? Contact Josh Vaughan, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, [email protected]
CHILDREN
Please check your child into the computer check-in system before dropping them off to
their Sunday school classrooms.
8:30 Birth - Two Years Olds: Nursery Wing
9:30 Birth - Two Years Olds: Nursery Wing
3 Year Olds: Room 108
4 Year Olds: Room 109
Kindergarten - 5th Grade begins at 9:30 in the Old Fellowship Hall for the “Praise Kids”
worship service. Sunday school teachers will escort students upstairs to their classrooms
for the remainder of the worship time.
Kindergarten: Room 204
First & Second Grades: Room 205/206
Third Grade/Parent Child Class: Old Fellowship Hall
Fourth & Fifth Grades: Room 201
11:00
Birth - Two Years Old: Nursery Wing
3 & 4 Year Olds: Room 107
Kindergarten - Second Grades: Room 205/206
Third - Fifth Grades: Room 201
Questions? Contact Hunter Johnston Director of Family and Children’s Ministries, [email protected]
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CONNECT
Christmas Eve Services - Join us this Wednesday, December 24 for our Christmas
Eve services. Service times are 4:00, 5:30, 7:00 and 11:00 pm. 4:00 pm is a service
for children and families, 5:30 and 7:00 pm are traditional Christmas Eve services and
11:00 pm is our candlelight service. Join us and bring a friend!
Shoulder 2 Shoulder Men’s Breakfast - This Tuesday, December 23, at 7am in
First Hall. Breakfast is $7. Invite a friend to join you for this great breakfast and study!
Children & Youth Sunday School Change - Next Sunday, December 28, the
nursery will be available at all three services. Children, three years old through fifth
grade, will have Sunday school available at 9:30 only; there will not be Sunday school
at 11:00. Youth will not have Sunday school at 9:30 or 11:00. Regular Sunday school
scheduling will resume on January 4.
Showing of the film Home Run - On January 9th, the film Home Run will be shown
in First Hall. The event will be begin at 6:45 pm and end at 8:45 pm. Home Run is a PG13 movie about overcoming addiction. This film serves as an introduction to Celebrate
Recovery, a transformative new ministry that is changing thousands of lives.
Preschool Open House - Tuesday, January 13, invite your friends and join us at
6:00pm for an informative evening about First Presbyterian Preschool. Our preschool
offers first-class infant and toddler childcare, in addition to our preschool and
kindergarten programs. Come find out more about our programming and meet your
family’s childcare and early educational needs. For more information,
email Hunter Johnston (Preschool Director) at [email protected].
2015 Women’s Retreat Joy in the Journey - Feb. 20th – 22nd. Hilton Garden Inn,
Kitty Hawk, NC. Speaker: Ellie Lefaro. Registration is now open! Register Online at
fpcnorfolk.org/events-registration or pick up a registration form at the Welcome Desk.
Contact Becky Lyle Pinkard, [email protected], for more information.
Welcome Joey Haney and Meca Jones - Today we welcome two students from The
Governor’s School for the Arts, Joey Haney and Mecca Jones. They will join us today to
sing two arias from Handel’s famous “Messiah”.
SERVE
NEST - NEST is an overflow shelter program for the homeless in Norfolk, where we
host 70 guests in our church for the week of December 24-31.
- Open House Today - Are you interested in volunteering for our week of NEST
housing the homeless this year, but don’t know what all that means? Come to the
NEST Open House this afternoon, from 12pm-1pm located in the Old Fellowship
Hall. A short training and procedures will be discussed briefly as you meet with
the event’s coordinators and fellow volunteers. Contact Jordan Crouthamel
at [email protected] for any further details.
-Volunteer Signups - Available at the Welcome Desk next to the giving kiosk and
on our website at fpcnorfolk.org. There is a need for overnight shift ( 9:30 pm - 7 am
with sleeping breaks) and monitors ( 7 pm - 9:30 pm) for each of the eight days that
we are hosting.
-Toiletries Drive - For our NEST guests Christmas week we need: sample-sized
men’s deodorant, shaving cream, dental floss and mouthwash, as well as disposable
razors, lip balm and travel packs of tissues. If you or your group is interested in
making complete kits, please email Tom and Martha at [email protected] for a
complete list.
Joy to the World Ornaments Available Throughout Advent - For a $60 donation,
not only will you receive a beautiful ornament and a Kenyan gift bag with note cards,
you will know the joy of supporting our children at the Joy Children’s Village, Allamano
School and other at-risk children in Kenya. Visit one of our Christmas trees this morning
to get your ornament!
All-Church West Virginia Mission Trip Save the date - Sunday, July 26 - Friday,
July 31, 2015. Don’t miss out on this incredible intergenerational event in North Lewis
County, WV; space will be limited. Prices are $150 for children under 12, $300 for adults
with an $800 max per family. Email [email protected] for more information
Visit fpcnorfolk.org for a full listing of events and opportunities for growth and service.
Traditional Services in the Sanctuary, 8:30 & 11:00
Welcome
Call to Worship Isaiah 7:14
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Leader: We light this candle as a sign of the coming light of Christ.
The Lord will give you a sign.
The Lord’s Prayer (“Debts” version)
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.
Go, Tell It on the Mountain People: Look, the young woman is with child
*Hymn 29
Leader: And shall bear a son,
*An Invitation to Christian Discipleship
All: And shall name him Immanuel: God is with us.
*Hymn 41
O Come, All Ye Faithful Prayer of Confession O God of compassion, have mercy upon us. You send forth
your Spirit, yet we ignore your counsel. Christ dwells among us, yet we fail to obey him.
We sing of peace on earth, yet hostility continues. Angels herald good tidings, yet we
commit evil deeds. Forgive our deliberate and indirect misuse of your graciousness,
and make us worthy to receive Christ in our lives.
Silent Confession
Confessional Response 574
Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us.
Lord, have mercy upon Us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Assurance of Pardon Philippians 3:7-9
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*Congregational Response to God’s Grace Gloria in excelsis Deo; Gloria in excelsis Deo
Greeting
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Sacrament of Baptism
Today we celebrate the baptism of Campbell Amelia Hall,
covenant child of Graham and Stephanie Hall.
Anthem
Isaiah 9: 1-7
New Testament Reading Luke 1:57-80
The Preached Word
Take A Hint: Praise Jim Wood
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Presentation of Our Gifts
O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion from G.F. Handel’s “Messiah”
Performed by Mecca Jones, Mezzo Soprano
*Doxology and Prayer of Dedication
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. Amen.
*Affirmation of Faith The Apostles‘ Creed
*Stand if able
Contemporary Service in First Hall, 9:30
Songs of Praise & Prayer Your Love Never Fails
Where My Feet May Fail
You Won’t Relent
Old Testament Reading Isaiah 9: 1-7
New Testament Reading Luke 1:57-80
The Preached Word Take a Hint: Praise
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Offering Our Gifts & Prayers
Benediction and Song of Response
Your Love Never Fails
Celebrate Joy Village Birthdays
Old Testament Reading Offertory
The Rose in the lectern celebrates the birth of Violet Michaela Shields, daughter of
Vickie and Micheal Shields.
The rose on the Communion Table today celebrates the birth of Violet Michaela Shields,
daughter of Vickie and Micheal Shields.
Rec. and Aria: “Comfort Ye” & “Every Valley Shall be Exalted”
from G.F. Mandel’s “Messiah”, Performed by Joey Haney, tenor
Celtic Alleluia
*Benediction and Congregational Response Hymnal Page 14
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ,
His only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell;
the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the
right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick
and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church, the communion
of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.
Amen.
This month we celebrate Elizabeth, Eunice, Yvonne, Anastasia, and Boniface! Please
pray for these beautiful children and all the children at Joy Village. www.treeoflives.org
A Special Thank You
Thank you to Luana Hugel, Diane Liedman, Mary Ann Taylor, Elizabeth Hudson, Leslie
Fulcher, Janie Tenney, Lori Wang, Judy Shrewsbury, and Lillian Katz for the beautiful
advent decorations and arrangements that have enhanced our worship spaces. They
have brought beauty and glory to our coming Messiah!
Save The Date
Shamrock Race - March 21st, 2015. The BIGGEST event in the history of Tree of
Lives is coming your way! Everyone can join the TOL Run for a Kenyan Team to
benefit the Joy Children’s Village. All ages can register to run or walk the 8K race; the
Complete Joy Club will sponsor a team of elementary children to run or walk the Final
Mile race; and First Presbyterian Preschool will sponsor a team of kids 6 months to 5
years to participate in the Leprechaun Dash. Get registered, get sponsored, and get
moving! For more information visit treeoflives.org. The best part is the same day we
walk/run the Shamrock for our Kenyan children, they will have their own race at the
Joy Village and run for us!
Red Letter Jesus - Performance, Friday, February 6 at 7pm in First Hall.
Off-Broadway actor Brad Sherrill’s 600 live performances of The Gospel of John
have touched the hearts of over 200,000 people worldwide! Please join us as Brad
shares his compelling adaptation of Jesus’ words from Matthew, Mark and Luke
communicated powerfully through live performance and beautiful multimedia imagery
from Israel and Jordan.