Second Baptist Church
Second Sunday of Advent December 7, 2014
Welcome Guests If you are a first-time guest, please complete a guest card from a pew pocket or Friendship Register and drop it in the offering plate so that we may acknowledge your visit and get acquainted with you. We are glad you have joined us for worship today. ________________________ Meditations We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us even in our soundest sleep. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up. – Anne Lamott
_________________________________ Note: + Indicates stand if you are able. | Please see an usher for a listening aid. Childcare available on Level 2. | Children’s worship bags available at the entrances. Give your tithe online now at 2bcliberty.org/giving. Online givers may participate in the worship offering by using the card in the pew rack.
The Worship of God The Second Sunday of Advent
December 7, 2014
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering
Amy Duncan
Trinity Chime Prelude
“Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming” arr. Mocklebust Student Handbell Choir, Christie White, director
Invitation to Worship
Greg Duncan
+Processional Hymn of Advent 83 “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
HYFRYDOL
(Children are invited to join the worship leaders in the processional)
Lighting the Advent Candle of Peace
Jason Edwards and Children Ella Robinson, candlelighter
Litany Leader:
Prepare the way of the Lord.
People: We light this candle in peace, Leader:
the peace that Jesus, our Savior, gives to the world.
O Antiphons 2014
People: Prepare, the way 2014 of the Lord. Othen, Antiphons Congregational Response “O Splendid Dayspring, Come”
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shine
path, path, bring
Words © 2014 Allan Aunspaugh
light up - on our
bright - ness to our
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way.
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Worship in Song
“Bethlehem City” Music Time Choir
Nan Gratham
“All is Calm” Barry Brahman Music Makers and Young Musicians Choirs
The Gospel Lesson
Luke 1: 76–79
Teresa Anderson (8:30) Anne Aunspaugh (11:00)
(Pew Bible, page 44, New Testament)
Leader: The Good News of Our Lord. People: Praise be to our Lord, Jesus Christ. Practicing the Presence of God +Hymn 88 “Blest Be the God of Israel” Prayers of the People
MERLE’S TUNE
Tyler Tankersley
Worship in Music (8:30) “Morgen Kommt der Weinachtsmann”
Milton Horne W.A.Mozart
Choral Worship
“Advent Canticle” arr. Mark Shepperd The Sanctuary Choir Soloists: Amy Duncan, Lisa Long, Audra Simcoe, Ed Gilliland; Michelle Cook, flute; Teresa Miller, oboe
The Old Testament Lesson
Isaiah 58:1–11
David Fuller (8:30) Angela Bush (11:00)
(Pew Bible page 533, Old Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God! Sermon
“O Come, Our Dayspring”
+Hymn of Response 90
“People, Look East”
Jason Edwards BESANCON
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 the pastor.
+Offertory Prayer Linda Jones Offertory “Promised One” Dan R. Edwards Michelle Cook, flute; Teresa Miller, oboe; Aaron Long, Jake Stouffer, percussion +Presentation of Offerings “Lift Up Your Heads”
TRURO
Fling wide the portals of your heart; make it a temple, set apart from earthly use for heav’n’s employ, adorned with prayer, and love, and joy. +A Time of Greeting
Jason Edwards
+Congregational Blessing
Jason Edwards
BEREDEN VAG FOR HERRAN +The Sending Forth 95 “Prepare the Royal Highway” Stanza 2
We wait our Savior’s coming, our own eternal King! Long promised by the prophets, let heaven with praises ring. Our hope is ever growing, God’s peace to all bestowing. Hosanna to the Lord, for He fulfills God’s word! English trans. © 2005 The First Baptist Church, Henderson, North Carolina, UBP
+Postlude
“Wake, Wake for Night is Flying”
Robert Lind
_________________ All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036
All Video UBP #502497070
Organ: Ann Posey Piano: Wanda O’Dell (8:30) Marianne Neth (11:00) Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington Media: John Hilton, Bob Dusin
FLOWERS IN WORSHIP The flowers on the altar this morning are given to the Glory of God and for the second Sunday of Advent: In Honor of: Eleanor Speaker by The Koinonia Class Greg Greason by The Koinonia Class David and Loreta Moore by Marcia Duke Bill Riggs by Marcia Duke Ron Whited by Becky Whited Scott and Andrew Brant by Martha Reppert My family by Ardis Driskill In Memory of: Doris Howell by John Howell Walt Koppala by Lisa Koppala Dr. and Mrs. Clayborn Landers by Judy Landers Mom and Dad Meyer by Dick and Sue Wright Dewey, Helen and Joe Hughes by Charlie and Loretta Hughes Dudley and Mary Riggs by Bill Riggs Joanne H. Riggs by Bill Riggs The Window Arrangements are given to the Glory of God and will be in the windows each Advent Sunday: In Memory of: Betty and Kenny Pierce by Edward and Tessa Pierce My grandmothers by Angie Fuller David Nelson Duke by Marcia Duke Frank and Peggy Millen and Bill Millen by Norman and Marianne Neth Hubert and Evelyn Daily and Forney Henderson by Maggie Henderson Dawson and Emma Newman by Phyllis and Ken Chatlos In Honor of: Mike and Riley Henderson, and Holly Henderson by Maggie Henderson _________________
OUR CARE MINISTRY CARDS There is a Care Ministry card located in the pew racks that describes our ministry and provides an option to request prayer or care on the opposite side. We would like to encourage you to use the card to express a need. Simply fill out the information and place it in the offering plate during worship, or give the card to one of the pastoral staff members.
___________________________ PRAYER CONCERNS CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY Christian sympathy is extended to Becky and Bill Gossett and family on the death of Becky’s mother, Stella Mae Aladeen, on November 29. Christian sympathy is extended to Amon and Kristin Wooldridge and family in the death of Amon’s aunt, Elfreeda “Pedie” Hoggard, of Harviell, MO, on November 19. CELEBRATIONS Congratulations to Jim and Cindy Noel on the birth of their granddaughter, Annie Mae Dobbs, on December 1. She joins big sisters, Ellie and Molly. Proud parents are Jenny and Ben Dobbs. Congratulations to Rick and Cathy Cole on the birth of their grandson, Lincoln Jakob, on November 27. Lincoln’s parents are Nicholas and Holly Cole. Congratulations to Dan and Wanda O’Dell on the arrival of their granddaughter, Katherine O’Dell Hood, on November 19. Katherine’s mom is Amy O’Dell Hood OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS Lincoln Jakob Cole, NICU/health (These are the latest additions to our Second Baptist Church prayer list. To see a full prayer list please go to 2bcliberty.org/prayerlist)
From Pastor Jason Earlier this month our family celebrated the 6th birthday of my eldest son, Jackson. For him, this was all about the presents and the party. He’d longed for them for months, and then, on November 12th, he unwrapped birthday satisfaction. No surprise there. It was a different day for me, one filled with nostalgia and hope. My baby turned 6. So we cherished the past that we’d no doubt rushed living, we savored the present because we’ve learned we can’t slow it, and we prayed for his good future. It will come before we know it. Advent has a similar character. It transports us into the past so we might cherish the gift of Christ’s first coming so many years ago. It invites us to savor the present, keeping our eyes peeled for the Jesus that still lives within it. And it reminds us that God still has plans, that Bethlehem was only the beginning - a foretaste of even better things to come. T.S Eliot once said “the end is in the beginnings.” True of so many great stories. True of Advent. True of the gospel, especially as it’s lived. We glimpse this in Paul’s letters. They end just as they begin, with grace. We see this whether their middles are shaped by joy or sadness, celebration or suffering. Paul seems to want sinners and saints alike (and they are alike), to live with the unmistakable knowledge that they are loved, no matter what, from beginning to end. I hope you know that too. And if you don’t, I hope you’ll come to know it deeply in the days ahead. This Advent, may you come to know the holy one who was and will be as Emmanuel, the great and gracious God who still is with you. Grace and Peace, Jason Edwards
Second Baptist Church
December 7 | Second Sunday of Advent O Come, Our Dayspring Isaiah 58:1–11 Worship 8:30 p.m. & 11:00 a.m.
December 14 | Third Sunday of Advent O Come, Desire of Nations Isaiah 2:2–4 Worship 8:30 p.m. & 11:00 a.m.
December 21 | Fourth Sunday of Advent O Come, Emmanuel Isaiah 7:1–17 “Gloria” by John Rutter, presented by the Sanctuary Choir Worship 11:00 a.m.
December 24 | Christmas Eve Decoding Advent Luke 2 Candlelight & Communion Service Worship 5:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
Advent 2014
This Advent our attention will be focused specifically by one of the Songs crafted to help us remember the holy one who came into our lives so many years ago: “O Come, O Come Emanuel.” The words of this hymn are based on a piece of Advent liturgy known as the O Antiphons. These are seven sayings that offer us seven names for the Messiah. Learn more at 2bcliberty.org/advent _________________________________________
2BC Advent 2014 Congregational Devotional Booklet is available online at 2bcliberty.org/advent or pick up a printed copy in the Welcome Center or entrances to the worship centers. Watch our Facebook page or sign up on our website home page to receive our weekly e-news, and each day’s Advent devotional will come right to your desk top.
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Our Ministry Team
Jason Edwards, Senior Pastor | Mike Lassiter, Associate Pastor Allan Aunspaugh, Minister of Music | Ann Posey, Organist Gwen Phillips, Children’s Pastor | Linda Jones, Church Administrator Connie McNeill, Interim Spiritual Formation Pastor Ashton Wells and Jordan Groves, Interim Co-Pastors for Student Ministry
Getting Connected Each Sunday in the Welcome Center (just inside the Kansas Street entrance on Level 1), our Connections 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 days’ activities and schedule. You may also choose simply to enjoy a cup of coffee at the Welcome Center’s coffee bar and get to know others at Second.
Learn more @ 2bcliberty.org
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