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MEMORIALS/HONORARIUMS NOVEMBER 22, 2015
Altar Fund In Memory of Jim Page, Jr. given by Mrs. Jimmie M. Smith
The Bridge In Honor of Malone Johnson given by Virginia Cade
Matthew 25 Fund In Honor of Ann Curry given by Leatha Anne Darden
In Honor of Ernestine Jackson and Carolyn Zeanah given by Marie Mills In Memory of Bill Barton and Norma Newton and
In Honor of Vaudie Hallman and Anne Odom given by Ruby Richardson
Memorials/Honorariums In Memory of Jim Page, Jr. given by Pat Ellis
In Memory of Jim Page, Jr. and Norma Newton given by Tim and Cathy Parker
Missions In Honor of Jim Mills given by Tim and Cathy Parker
Organ Fund In Honor of Ethelyn Stuhr given by Marie Mills In Memory of Jim Page, Jr. given by Dot Rice
Pew Bibles In Memory of Jim Page, Jr. given by the Artos Class
United Methodist Women In Honor of Frances Ann Baggett, Reese Grantham, and Sandra Reed
given by Margaret Smith
Volunteers Needed for FUMCT's Love Came Down Community Christmas Party! On Wednesday, Dec. 16th at 5:00 PM, First UMC will once again host a Christmas party for the recipients of our local outreach ministries. If you are interested in assisting with this meaningful outreach of First Church, please email Ashley Green at [email protected] by December 1.
Danube Christmas Market Cruise Dec. 8-16, 2016 plus optional 3 day Pra-gue extension. A preview and registration meeting is scheduled for Monday Nov. 30 at 4 PM in Stabler Conference. Contact Ethelyn Stuhr 205-799-6841 or [email protected] if interested. https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/721079
HOSTS/USHERS
9:00 Eleanor Boykin, Doug Harless, Andrew Billings Nathan Billings, Dale Erdman, Dick Zeanah
11:00 Frances Justice, Mary Lee, Jerri McCreless Roger Reed, Jerry Eure, Jan Kizziah Cindy Sands, Worship Coordinator
*BENEDICTION Dr. Ken Dunivant BENEDICTION RESPONSE
POSTLUDE Fanfare on VENI EMMANUEL John Leavitt * Congregation Standing. Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices.
(Hymn texts printed through permission of CCLI: 1108424)
MUSICIANS Dr. John Ratledge, Director of Music
Susan Goode, Organist Adult Chancel Choir
ABOUT OUR CONGREGATION
November 22 Attendance: Traditions: 401; Bridge: 356; Adult SS: 228; N/P SS: 44; K-5 SS: 55; Youth 47.
November 22 Giving: Budget: $50,164.98; Building: $17,731.99; Organ: $1,120.00; Designated: $9,771.00.
In the Hospital: DCH: Joe Bratton; Charlie Freeman (Reminder: Due to health privacy rules, we only become aware of hospital admissions if you notify us. Please help us care for our members by keeping us informed. Thank you.)
Deaths:
Sympathy to Christy Foster in the death of her mother, Sally Bates, on November 16, 2015. Sympathy also to the granddaughters, Abbi Foster and Christen (Forrest) Brown.
Sympathy to Teresa and Darrell Johnson in the death of Teresa's mother, Eula Faye Price, November 21, 2015. Sympathy also to Ashley (Scott) Haydu in the death of her grandmother and to Anabelle and Stella Haydu in the death of their great grandmother.
Baptisms: Ellen “Ellie” Davis Greer, daughter of Leslie Kinsaul Greer and sister of Anna Ryan Greer.
Celebration Circle Christmas Social Meeting will be Monday, December 7 at 6:00 PM at the home of Nancy and Tish Taylor, 13639 Old Ivey Drive, Northport. Bring a potluck dish, heavy snack or dessert. Questions? Call 339-1661.
Angels & Advent Activities for Preschoolers and their families. Today at 4:00-5:30 PM in Chitwood Hall, we will have crafts, sing-alongs, dinner and dessert, and even a surprise visit by an “angel.” The event will focus on the real meaning of Christmas, with an age-appropriate narrative of our Savior’s birth.
“An Out of the Box Christmas” musical featuring PWA, KWA and Psalm 150 children’s worship arts will debut on Sunday, December 6 at 6:00 PM in Chitwood Hall, followed by refreshments. Ages 12 and under: free; 12 and up: $5. This is a fun story of how God can use all situations and circumstances for His glory!
Merry Methodists will attend the Nutcracker’s “The Nunsense Christmas Mu-sical” on Sunday, December 13 at 2:00 PM at the Bean-Brown Theatre. If you are interested in attending, please let Dan know by December 2nd, by emailing him at [email protected] or call the church, 345-7261 Extension 111.
First Church has a new email address! If you have questions, comments or ideas, please use [email protected] and your email will be routed to the right person.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TUSCALOOSA
800 Greensboro Avenue Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 Phone 205-345-7261
Facsimile 205-345-7263 After Hour Emergency Number: 886-7177
11:00 AM Worship Service is broadcast on WACT 1420 AM and 96.9 FM and online at www.fumct.org
November 29, 2015
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in the one holy catholic and apostolic church We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
*GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen. *PASSING OF THE PEACE Rev. Dan Kilgore
Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and peace. (11:00) Children grades K-3rd are encouraged to go with the adult leader to worship in WOW. LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE Rev. Dan Kilgore
(9:00) Matt and Terri Tompkins and daughter, Sara Quinn
(11:00) Susan and Jan Kizziah
ANTHEM Thou Shalt Know Him When He Comes Mark Sirett Thou shalt know Him when He comes, Not by any din of drums, Nor his manners, nor his airs, Nor by anything he wears. Thou shalt know Him when He comes, Not by His crown or by His gown, But His coming known shall be, by the holy harmony which His coming makes in thee. Thou shalt know him when he comes. Amen.
PASTORAL PRAYER Rev. Dan Kilgore
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever. Amen. PRAYER RESPONSE Be Near Me, Lord Jesus William J. Kirkpatrick Lauren Goldfuss, Soprano *OFFERTORY HYMN NO. 203 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed ELLACOMBE
Stanzas 1, 2, 4 Hail to the Lord's Anointed, great David's greater Son! Hail in the time appointed, his reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, to set the captive free; to take away transgression, and rule in equity. He comes with succor speedy to those who suffer wrong; to help the poor and needy, and bid the weak be strong; to give them songs for sighing, their darkness turn to light, whose souls, condemned and dying, are precious in his sight.
WELCOME TO WORSHIP First Sunday of Advent
November 29, 2015
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Jimmy Mixson PRELUDE Of The Father’s Love Begotten Wilbur Held CHIMING OF THE HOUR The sounding of the three chimes symbolizes the presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. *HYMN OF PRAISE NO. 211 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel VENI EMMANUEL
Stanzas 1, 2, 3, 4 O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Refrain Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. 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. Refrain O come, O come, great Lord of might, who to thy tribes on Sinai's height in ancient times once gave the law in cloud and majesty and awe. Refrain
O come, thou Root of Jesse’s tree, an ensign of thy people be; before thee rulers silent fall; all peoples on thy mercy call. Refrain
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Nicene Creed Rev. Jimmy Mixson We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
To him shall prayer unceasing and daily vows ascend; his kingdom still increasing, a kingdom without end. The tide of time shall never his covenant remove; his name shall stand forever; that name to us is love.
OFFERTORY PRAYER (9:00) Leigh Snodsmith (11:00) Nicole Bohannon
OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Please give the Friendship Pad slips to the usher as the offering is received.
OFFERTORY E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come Paul Manz Peace be to you and grace from him who freed us from our sins, who loved us all and shed his blood that we might saved be. Sing holy, holy to our Lord, the Lord, Almighty God, who was and is and is to come; Sing holy, holy, Lord! Rejoice in heaven, all ye that dwell therein, rejoice on earth, ye saints below, for Christ is coming soon! E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come, and night shall be no more; They need no light nor lamp nor sun, for Christ will be their all!
*DOXOLOGY Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow OLD 100TH
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, yet heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
SCRIPTURE Luke 1:67-80 (9:00) Leigh Snodsmith Pew Bible, NT, pp. 58 (11:00) Nicole Bohannon SERMON Songs of the Season “Song of Zechariah” Dr. Ken Dunivant *HYMN OF DEDICATION NO. 246 Joy to the World ANTIOCH
All Stanzas Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing, a nd heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the world, the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ; while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; he comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found, far as, far as the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders, wonders of his love.
