St. Andrew by the Sea
First Sunday After Christmas Day
Prelude
Chiming of the Hour
peregrinatio est tacere
“to be
on pilgrimage is to be silent”
*Processional Hymn – 145 O Come, All Ye Faithful
Let’s go
to
*Opening Prayer
*Passing of the Peace
The Peace of the Lord
be with you.
And also with you.
Holy Ground
We are standing on
holy ground,
and I know that there
are angels all around.
Let us praise Jesus
now.
We are standing in his presence on holy
ground.
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 Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at 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 Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and
the life everlasting. 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.
Welcome and
Announcements
Children’s
Moment
Old Testament
May
the Lord bless the reading of this Old Testament scripture.
Thanks be to God.
Silent Meditation
Pastoral
Prayer
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, and the power, and the glory, for ever. . .
Choral Response
Offertory Anthem Angels,
from the Realms of Glory M. Burkhardt
All: Angels, from the realms of glory, wing your
flight o’er all the earth: Once you sang creation’s story, Now proclaim
Messiah’s birth; Come and worship, Come and worship, Worship Christ, the
newborn King.
Choir: Shepherds, in the fields abiding, watching
o’er your flocks by night, God with us is now residing, yonder shines the
infant light. Come and worship, Come and
worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King.
All: Gentle Mary laid her child lowly in a manger;
He is still the undefiled, but no more a stranger. Son of God of humble birth, Beautiful the
story; Praise his name in all the earth; Hail the King of Glory!
Presentation of Tithes and Offerings
*Doxology –
625 Praise God From
Whom All Blessings
Flow
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.
*Hymn - 137 What Child Is This?
They spread the word concerning what had been told them
about this Child. Luke 2:17
New Testament Reading (Pew Bible, p. 189) Galatians 4:4-7
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon
“A
Promise Kept”
Rev. Jonathan Henderson
*Hymn -135
While
Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Today in the town of
*Benediction
*Choral
Amen
*Postlude
Senior Minister: Rev. Robert C. Warren
Associate
Minister: Rev. George R. Myers
Associate
Minister of Children/Youth: Rev.
Jonathan Henderson
Music
Director: Joan Hand
Choral
Director: Dr. Roger Jones
Children’s Church Leaders: Nashisha Henderson
Administrative Assistant: Pat Strahan
The flowers on the altar are presented to the glory of God
by David & Meredith Egbert
in
loving memory of her parents, Mike & Jeanette Malloy.
The single rose on the altar is presented to the glory of
God
by Lance and Teresa Matherne
in celebration of the birth of their granddaughter
Katherine Elizabeth
Woerner.
Ushers: *Micky Webb, *Tommy
Lee, Carl Shchuchardt, Joe Slaughter, Robert Davidson, Mike Hancock, Bill
Parks,
Lynda Thurmond,
and Pierre Geneux.
Wheelchairs and devices to assist the
hearing-impaired
are
available from the ushers.
*Please stand.
Welcome
We welcome you to worship at St. Andrew by the
Sea. Your presence enriches our
fellowship. Please sign the attendance
registration form, and fill out a visitor’s card (located in the back of the
pew) to place in the offering plate. If
you are seeking a church home, we invite you to consider St. Andrew by the
Sea. Thank you for being with us
today. If you are with us for the first
time, we have a gift bag in the
Narthex for you.
Nursery Care for infants and
toddlers is staffed from
Sunday.
Our nursery is located near the front entrance of the sanctuary.
Children 3
years old - 2nd grade who are interested in attending Children’s Church
will be escorted to the
Children’s Bulletins
There are children’s worship bulletins available in
the narthex for ages 3 - 12.
Children and Youth Classes
3 yrs. – 1st grade,
Fellowship Hall
Classroom 4
2nd – 4th
grade, Modular
room 101
5th – 6th
grade, Modular
room 102
7th
grade & up, Modular
room 103
Adult Bible
Study, International Sunday School Lesson
Fellowship
Hall, Classroom 3
Adult Discussion Class,
Christian Literature
Fellowship Hall, Classroom 2
Women's Sunday School Class Office Wing
xplorers
Fellowship Hall, Classroom 1
Wednesday: Dec. 31st New
Years Eve
Office
will be closed half a day.
Thursday: Jan.
1st New Years
Day / Office Closed
Friday: Jan.
2nd Office
will be open.
Announcements
In our Prayers: Betty Christie, Mary Wilson, Lionel Gustafson, Joe Nowell, Tommie
King, Melissa Peace, Susan Van Dervor, John Joiner, Louise Coffey, Daphne Rice,
Elaine Klinske, Leandra Walker, Louise Greenwald, Ana Lewis, Joan Koepke, Kathy
Van Cor, Dee Jones, Lieu Porter, Kyle
Null, Sandra Leonard, Jim Boutwell, Dottie Griffin, Bill Webb, Judy
Wilson, Yuri West, Jeanne Helton, Diane Rachel Boswell, Martha Hosey, Wilmer
Glasgow, Terry & Vicki Green, Billy & Lois Gale Walker, Bubba and Tommy
Lee and family, Perry Hand and family, Valerie Robinson and family, Gunther
Niemann, Clinton Thrasher, Robert Craft, Elizabeth Speaker, Nicole, Allen, and
baby Katherine, and Kathy Van Cor and family, unmentioned requests.
Prayer
for the Sick
God of all goodness and love, hear our prayers for the sick members of
our church and community and for all who are in special need at this time. Amid mental and physical suffering, may they
find consolation in your healing presence. Show your mercy upon each need. May these special people find lasting health
and deliverance, and with them, may we thank you for
all your gifts. We ask this through the
Lord Jesus who healed those who believed.
Amen.
“Every Member is called
to Ministry”
I am only one, but I am
one. I cannot do everything, but I can
do something; and what I should do and can do,
by the Grace of God I will
do.
The Membership and Welcome
committee would like to invite everyone to join them Sunday, January 4th following
the worship service in the Fellowship Hall where coffee will be served. Please join us for this time of fellowship.
The Membership and
Welcome committee would like to invite everyone to join them Sunday,
January 4th following the worship service in the Fellowship Hall where coffee
will be served. Please join us for this
time of fellowship.
Children’s Church: Thank you to those who have signed up for Children’s
Church. Currently we have no one for the
month of January. Please sign up today.
Attention Widows,
Widowers, and Mature Singles! The possibility of a
group for widows, widowers, and mature singles is being discussed. If you are interested in such a group with
which to meet and plan activities, please contact Sharon Svejda at 968-2240.
Announcements:
Your announcements are important. Please email Pat at standrewoffice@gulftel.com no
later than Wed. at
Sermons: Thanks to Bill Martin, we now offer Video Taped Sermons
on our website. Copies of select sermons
are recorded during the worship service and are available by going to the
church’s website www.standrewbythesea.org
and click on Video Taped Sermons at the top of the page.
Winter Classes
Coming Thursday, January 15th
at 6 p.m. Rev. Warren will be hosting a five week class for couples titled “The
Five Love Languages”. Making
Marriage Work: It doesn’t have to feel
like a chore. Your emotional love
language and the language of your spouse may be as different as Chinese from
English. No matter how hard you try to
express love in “English”, if your spouse understands only “Chinese”, you will
never understand how to love each other.
Being sincere is not enough. We
must be willing to learn our spouses primary love language if we are to be
effective communicators of love. Supper will be served at
Rev.
Jonathan Henderson will be hosting a five week class titled “Flawed”, starting Thursday January 15th
at
Let's
be honest, not one of us is perfect. We have all had bad thoughts, lied, talked
bad about another person, cheated, been unfaithful to someone, and... the list goes on and on. Here's the good news; we don't have
to be perfect. Since the Fall of humanity into sin,
God has been using imperfect people to fulfill his perfect plan. Come explore
with me in this five week lesson, “Flawed:
Imperfect People Chosen by God”, how God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary
things and how you and I can be one of those people. Supper will be served at
Weekend
Emergency Number: 968-3900. You will be
forwarded to the pastor on call.
Office hours:
Office e-mail addresses: standrewoffice@gulftel.com
Office Phone Number -
251-968-3900
Rev. Robert C. Warren – rcwarren@gulftel.com
Rev. George R. Myers – myers9823@bellsouth.net
Rev. Jonathan Henderson – jmhenderson@gulftel.com
Pat Strahan – standrewoffice@gulftel.com
St. Andrew by the Sea
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251-968-3900
www.standrewbythesea.org