THE PEOPLE OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH GATHER FOR
THE WORSHIP DECEMBER 21, 2014
OF
GOD
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DAY OF LOVE
11:00 A.M.
We are an ecumenical, multi-racial, multi-ethnic Christian body that reaches out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. To that end we strive to be welcoming, responsive, trusting and prayerful in everything we do. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
G ATHERING FOR WORSHIP PRELUDE
WELCOME
Ave Maria Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Ashley Dalton, Flute Chuck Andreatta
BECOMING CENTERED We are all meant to be mothers of God—for God is always needing to be born. What good is it to me if this birth of the divine takes place unceasingly, but does not take place within me? And, what good is it to me if Mary is full of grace if I am not also full of grace? What good is it to me for the Creator to give birth to God’s Child if I do not also give birth to the Child in my time and my place? This, then, is the fullness of time: when Christ is begotten in me. —Meister Eckhart, 14th century German theologian CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP
PROCESSION, HYMN 142
Sancta Maria Arr. J. Edmund Hughes (b. 1947) Calvary Chamber Singers and Calvary Ringers People, Look East BESANÇON
Congregation standing; la congregación se pone de pie. Congregational responses in bold. Page numbers refer to sanctuary Bibles. Audio enhancement devices available for use during worship. Please ask an usher for assistance. Respuestas congregacionales en negrita. Las páginas se refieren a las Biblias en el santuario. Para Biblias en español o traducción del servicio en español, por favor hablar con un ujier.