2BC Weekly | December 25, 2016 | The Nativity of the Lord Christmas Day

Upcoming 2bc Information ANNUAL CHURCHWIDE NEW YEAR’S BREAKFAST January 1| 9:30 a.m. | No 8:30 a.m. worship service or Bible study this morning | Please join us for a casual continental breakfast featuring fresh pastries, muffins, fruit, juice, and specialty coffees.

Breakfast begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by our 11 a.m. worship.

January 1 January 2 January 3 January 4

January 6 January 8

FOOD SHARE SUNDAY (Monthly donation to Link Food Pantry of In As Much Ministry 6:00 PM Youth Intermission OFFICES CLOSED Women on Mission Assembly Room Regular Wednesday Schedule to Resume.

Fellowship Meal Menu mild Thai food. Make reservations by Tuesday, January 3 at noon. http://2bcliberty.org/wednesdays or by calling the church office.

Senior Adult Coffee & Conversation 11:30 AM Epiphany Lunch in the Social Room CELEBRATION OF EPIPHANY Regular Sunday Morning Schedule Resumes 8:30 Worship in Tutt Chapel 9:15 Coffee Bar Opens in Welcome Center 9:45-10:45 Bible Study for all ages 9:45 Coffee with the Pastor Oak Room (Rm. 301) 11:00 Worship in Sanctuary

CHURCH COMMITTEE INFORMATION WOMEN ON MISSION (WOM) meet at 9:30 on January 3 in the Social Hall.

STEPHEN MINISTRY ONE EVENING RETREAT Friday, January 6 with Sonya Richardson-Thomas. Details Coming.

DEACONS meet at 6:30 on January 8 in the Assembly Room (Rm. 302) IMPORTANT MESSAGE re: JANUARY CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING The January Church Council meeting will take place on January 22 instead of January 15.

Christmas Day

CHURCH CONFERENCE will be held the following Sunday, January 29th at noon.

belong | believe | become

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December 25, 2016 Second Baptist Church belong | believe | become

WELCOME TO WORSHIP! If you are a first-time guest, we invite you to complete a guest card from a pew pocket or Friendship Register and drop it in the offering plate so that we may get acquainted with you. Also, text “Explore” to 816-3554736. We would like to communicate with you via text and email with some brief informational messages over the next few weeks. Your information is private and will not be used for any other purpose than to keep you informed about 2BC.

MEDITATION Take a moment to prepare your heart for worship…

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ― Laura Ingalls Wilder

Please see an usher if you’d like a listening aid.

GETTING CONNECTED AT 2BC Each Sunday in the Welcome Center (just inside the Kansas Street entrance on Level 1), our Hospitality Team is waiting to help you get connected. This may include finding a Bible study class, showing you where children and student ministries meet, or sharing the day’s activities and schedule. You may also enjoy a cup of coffee at the Welcome Center’s coffee bar and get to know others at Second.

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more! ― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Your Entire Family is Welcome!

Children’s worship bags filled with books and activities are available at the Sanctuary entrances. If you’d like an alternative for your children, childcare for birth through Pre-K is available on Level 2 at any point in the service. Our Welcome Center is also available for those with restless infants, and you can view the service on a monitor there.

ONLINE/SMARTPHONE GIVING In addition to placing your offering in the offering plate, you can give online at 2bcliberty.org/give or via your smartphone by scanning this QR code.

We have “online giving” cards in the pew rack that you can place in the offering plate to represent your gift if you choose.

Our Ministry Team Jason Edwards, Senior Pastor | Mike Lassiter, Assoc. Pastor, Missions & Community Care Connie McNeill, Assoc. Pastor, Administration & Discipleship | Charles Smith, Assoc. Pastor, Student Ministry Gwen Phillips, Children’s Pastor | Ann Posey, Organist David Fulk, Interim Worship Leader | Don Brown, Interim Choir Director

COMING UP AT 2BC...

CHURCHWIDE SECOND SESSIONS Wednesday January 4|6:30-7:15 In November we made a significant commitment to Get Stronger by strengthening our global presence. How will we do that? One way is by developing a Thailand/Myanmar ministry network to minister to immigrants and refugees here and in southeast Asia. This January we are taking the next step in this new mission commitment by sending 5 of our members and 2 William Jewell students to Thailand. Jason Edwards, Mike Lassiter, Blane Baker, Bill Gossett, Jeff Buscher, Christian Wyatt and Daniel Bittel will travel to the Upland Holistic Development Project in Mai Ai, Thailand to build and strengthen relationships, explore future mission opportunities, and to demonstrate possible uses of both an aquaponics system and solar recharging stations. Sound interesting? Want to know more?

We’ll kick off our 2017 Second Sessions with an opportunity to learn more about this important new ministry venture. Enlarging our global presence will transform lives—both in Thailand and here. See you January 4th, 5:45pm for (mild) Thai food and 6:30pm to learn about this ministry.

COFFEE WITH THE PASTOR Sunday, Jan. 8 | 9:45 a.m. | Oak Room | Join Pastor Jason Edwards and a few members of 2BC for an informal coffee. Ask questions and chat about anything you want to know as you get familiar with the 2BC faith family.

FOOD SHARE SUNDAY IS NEXT WEEK The first Sunday of every month is FOOD SHARE SUNDAY, when we support the Link Food Pantry of In As Much Ministry by donating items to stock their shelves. Collection bins will be inside each entrance.

Needed items include: Canned beans/fruit, rice sides, sugar, cake/brownie mix, Jello/pudding, vegetable oil, tea, coffee, shampoo, paper towels, toilet paper, deodorant, lotion, soap, toothpaste/brushes, laundry/ dish soap.

EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY SUNDAY CLASS Eight Sundays starting Jan. 15 | 2:30-4:30 p.m. | led by a team | If you found our fall emphasis on Emotionally Healthy Spirituality helpful, this is your opportunity to take your next step and go further in-depth on these concepts.

CONNECTIONS CLASS Sundays, Jan. 15-Feb. 12 | 9:45 a.m. | Connections is a five-week class led by Greg Duncan and designed for new members and those who are new to our congregation. Not only will you explore more about who 2BC is as a faith community and how you can best connect, but you’ll be able to examine your own giftedness and perhaps discover new opportunities for personal growth and ministry here at Second Baptist. To sign up, contact the church office at 816-781-2824.

SENIOR ADULTS EPIPHANY LUNCH Friday Jan. 6 at 11:30 a.m. Epiphany Lunch in the Social Room. Make reservations by calling the church office by noon Tuesday, January 3. If you’d like to volunteer or need more information contact Carroll Makemson at 781-1160.

CHILDREN MINDFUL PARENTING RETREAT AT 2BC January 20, 5:30-8p and Jan. 21, 9 a.m.-noon | Sonya Richardson-Thomas, LPC, RPT will lead this community-wide retreat for parents of 0-7 year olds. As of Dec. 2 the cost is $125 and you can bring your spouse or partner. Register at squareup.com/store/sonya-richardson-thomas, or find the link on Sonya’s Facebook page.

PRAYER REQUESTS THAILAND MISSION TRIP The Thailand mission team will depart on January 9 and return on January 21, 2017.

LIBERTY HOSPITAL Allene Franck’s son George, health concerns HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL Bill Riggs Dorthy Bracewell Michelle Welch, Carolyn Libby’s daughter.

OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS John Powers, Karen Roger’s brother-inlaw, had a stroke Monday afternoon, December 19th. He is at Center Point Hospital. John has lost his speech and is half paralyzed. He would appreciate our prayers.

GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER Wes Blanton is the Director of Commercial Banking for Citizens Bank and Trust. He and Debbie have been members of Second since 1988. Over the years Wes has served as Deacon Chair and Chairman of the Church Council.

Olivia Dolton is a third grader at Schumacher Elementary. She is the daughter of Melissa and Jon Dolton.

Christy Edwards is married to Pastor Jason Edwards. They have 3 children: Jackson, Luke, and Norah. Christy is in the CPE chaplaincy program at St Luke's Hospital. She is a member of MOPS and is Chair-Elect of the National CBF Missions Council.

Sue Wright and Dick live in Liberty with their cats, Bootsy and Beau. She is a graduate of William Jewell College and the University of Missouri School of Social Work. Sue serves as a Mentor Mom for MOPS, greets at the front doors on Sunday mornings, and serves as a deacon. She also loves helping to coordinate writers for and edit the Advent & Holy Week Devotional Booklets.

Corrie (Christmas Store shopper) has a one year old and an 18 year old. Corrie is a single mother. On Thursday she has an interview for an IRS job. She desperately needs this job, and also needs to find childcare for her one year old.

Nancy Baker, Sabra Boyd’s mother; appendectomy Allen Zugelter, lead pastor of LUMC, leukemia treatment

The Worship of God

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The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas Day

December 25, 2016 Gathering

Brass Ensemble

Invitation to Worship

Connie McNeill

Prelude

“What a Wonderful Child” Brass Ensemble

Larry Shockley

+Processional Carol 103 “O Come, All Ye Faithful” ADESTE FIDELES On the last stanza of the hymn, children in the pews are invited to join the pastor and other children at the Advent Tree for the litany.

Christ Candle Litany

Olivia Dolton Jason Edwards

Leader:

With Advent now behind us on this Christmas morning,

People:

We see, reflect and follow the light of Christ.

Leader:

He is the messenger who brings good news, who announces peace and salvation, who says, “Your God reigns.”

People:

Break forth into singing. All the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Children:

Jesus is our Light.

Leader:

Make a joyful noise to the Lord. Sing praises with the lyre, with trumpets and the sound of the horn.

People:

Let the sea roar, the floods clap their hands, and the hills sing together for joy.

Children:

Jesus is our Light.

Carol 106

“He is Born”

IL EST NE

He is born, the divine Christ Child; play the oboe and bagpipe merrily!

He is born the divine Christ Child; sing we all of the Savior mild. (repeat at end) Jesus, Lord of all the world, coming as a Child among us; Jesus, Lord of all the world, grant to us Thy heavenly peace.

Prayers of the People

Sue Wright

Choral Anthem

“The First Noel”* Sanctuary Choir

A Reading from the Psalms

Psalm 96:1-11

arr. Stewart Duncan Christy Edwards

(Pew Bible, page 70, New Testament)

Offertory +Presentation of Offerings 148

Wes Blanton “Unto Us a Child is Born” Brass Ensemble

Doug Smith

“What Child is This”

GREENSLEEVES

So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh, come peasant, king to own Him; The King of kings salvation brings, let loving hearts enthrone Him. Raise, raise the song on high, the virgin sings her lullaby.

Joy, joy for Christ is born, the Babe, the Son of Mary.

Leader: This is the Word of our Lord.

People: Thanks be to God. +Carol

+Offertory Prayer

“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”

WALTHAM

I heard the bells on Christmas Day, Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth good will to all.

+A Time of Greeting

Jason Edwards

+Congregational Blessing

Jason Edwards

+The Sending Forth 137

I thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along th’unbroken song Of peace on earth good will to all.

And in despair I bowed my head; “There is no peace on earth,” I said, “For hate is strong, and mocks the song Of peace on earth good will to all” Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: “God is not dead nor doth he sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, With peace on earth good will to all.”

“Sing We Now of Christmas”

FRENCH CAROL

Sing we now of Christmas, Noel, sing we here!

Hear our grateful praises to the Babe so dear.

Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel!

Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel! ­Postlude

“O Come, All Ye Faithful”

Rick Deasley

Then ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from night to day A voice, a chime, a chant sublime, Of peace on earth good will to all.

Sermon +Carols of Response 122

“Surprised by Christmas”

“Good Christian Friends, Rejoice” (stanzas 1 and 3)

Jason Edwards

IN DULCI JUBILO

All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036

Organ: Ann Posey Piano: Angie Fuller Brass Ensemble: Cynthia Hartwell, Gary Love, Dustin Williams, trumpets; Don Long, trombone; Matthew North, euphonium Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington

133

“On Christmas Night All Christians Sing” (stanzas 1 and 3)

SUSSEX CAROL

127

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (stanzas 1-3)

MENDELSSOHN

The worship of the living God invites our response. Those who wish to profess faith in Christ and/or to unite with the church are invited to come forward and share your decision with a pastor.

All Video UBP CCVI #502497070

Media: John Hilton, Kenny Williams

*The choral anthem, The First Noel, arranged by their grandson, Stewart Duncan, was given

by Helen and Don Brown in gratitude for the ministry of Second Baptist Church to the Brown and Duncan families.