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NEXT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 Chapel Worship and Communion: 8 - 8:50 AM • Trotter Chapel Linder Lounge Adult Classes: 8 AM Koinonia NO CLASS • 10:30 AM Heart of Christianity
GIVING Mission Valley and Ocean Beach BUDGET YTD as of Oct.31, 2018
GIVING YTD as of Oct. 31, 2018
$1,441,480
$1,350,764
ANNOUNCEMENTS First visit? Stop by the red Guest Services tent on the patio. T-Coil Hearing Loop System: Available in all seats, excluding the transepts. Not connecting? Contact your hearing aid provider for assistance. Altar flowers given by: Two bouquets given by Anne Imel in memory of her parents John & Doris Repa and in memory of her great nephew Ryan Repa, given by Friends of Cynthia Miller in honor of her birthday on December 18. Prayer Quilts: Avery Wyatt
Advent Wreath Lighters: Brian & Dori Wilson, with Baron & Alex Liturgist: 9:00 AM—Courtenay Pearson
10:30 AM—Carl Meuser Youth Reader: 10:30 AM—Yasmin Hubert Greeters: 9:00 AM—LeVonne Cooke, Philip & Sharon Jeter 10:30 AM—Elizabeth Gowing, Jerry & Pam Petrone Acolytes: 9:00 AM—Sophie Backus
TODAY
3 PM: Lessons, Carols & Candle Lighting 5 PM: Christmas Pageant & Candle Lighting 8 & 10:45 PM: Lessons, Carols & Candle Lighting 10:20 PM: Holy Communion in Trotter Chapel
Christmas Day: Tuesday, Dec. 25 • 10 AM
2019 – COUNT IT ALL JOY – 150TH ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE YEAR The season of Epiphany will feature eminent guest preachers who will focus on the JOY of faithful living as we move toward our February 10, 150th Anniversary. Sunday, Jan. 6: Bishop Laurie Haller, Iowa Annual Conference • Lunch and conversation 11:45 AM - 1 PM. $10/each prepay, $20 at door (limited): purchase in church office or online. Sunday, Jan. 13: Dr. Dean Francis, UMC Retired, Evanston IL See more dates in our Christmas bulletin insert or on our website.
Midday Gathering: Resumes Wednesday, Jan. 9 • Pastors’ Bible Study 10:30 AM Lunch 11:30 - 12:15, $8, RSVP by noon Monday prior, 619-297-4366, or
[email protected]
KIDS FIRST & STUDENTS 1ST WORSHIP Preschool/Kindergarten: Purple Room • 8:45-11:30 AM • Sign-in clipboards for the Preschool/Kindergarten class are in the Purple Room all morning. We invite parents to join their preschoolers and kindergartners if you would like for your child(ren) to process into the Sanctuary for Children’s Time.
Strengthening Families: Starts Sunday, Jan. 13, 11-weeks • 10:15-11:30 AM Strategies that lead to happier, healthier families. Visit our website for more info. Future Worship Opportunities: Sunday, Jan. 13 • 12 - 1 PM • Middle School Rm, UM Center Bldg • A meeting to explore the possibility of creating an alternative worship experience with a focus on justice and spirituality. Music Series Concert: Occidental College Glee Club • Sunday, Jan. 13 • 7 PM Pastor Phil’s Book Club: Following the Path, Joan Chittister • Sunday, Jan. 20
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Middle School Grades 5-8: The Summit • 10:30-1:30 AM • The Cove Student must sign In / Out.
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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS As the prelude calls us to worship, let us listen quietly in reflection and prayer. In consideration of others, please silence your cell phones.
Invitation “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Prelude: Chaconne from Partita on “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugo Distler Jaebon Hwang, Associate Director / Organist
Welcome & Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. John Fanestil
May the peace of Christ be with you.
FIRST CHURCH
And also with you.
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• Passing the Peace: (signs of reconciliation and love)
High School Grades 9-12: The Mountain Top • 11:30 AM-1:30 PM • The Cove Student must sign In / Out.
POINSETTIAS : $15—DEADLINE IS NOON TODAY.
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Christmas Eve: Monday, Dec. 24
Baptism for Infants & Young Children: Sunday, Jan. 13 • 9 & 10:30 AM Contact Demmie Divine,
[email protected] or 619-297-4366 x108
Imagination Station Grades 1-4: 10:45-11:30 AM • Multipurpose Room Parents/Guardians may also sign in their children in the classroom if they are not able to do so before service begins. Parents/Guardians will sign their child out with the small group leader in the classroom.
of SAN DIEGO
CHRISTMAS WORSHIP
Midday Pipes: Wednesday, Jan. 9 • 12:15 - 1 PM • Dr. Michael Munson, Organist, FUMC Escondido
Grades 3-4: 9:15-10 AM • The Cove
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
UPCOMING
Alternative Christmas Gift Fair: 9 AM - Noon • Linder Hall • “Purchase” symbolic gifts which will fund mission work.
Grades 1-2: 9:15-10 AM • Multipurpose Room
FIRST CHURCH
• Introit: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel . . . . . . . . arr. John Yarrington O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel. Rejoice!
• Hymn of Celebration #213: Lift Up Your Heads
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• Invocation
Prayers of the People
God of hope, you call us home from the exile of selfish oppression to the freedom of justice, the balm of healing, and the joy of sharing. Make us strong to join you in your holy work, as friends of strangers and victims, companions of those whom others shun, and as the happiness of those whose hearts are broken. We make our prayer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Advent Wreath Lighting: Philippians 4:4-7
• Collect
The Lord’s Prayer
The Lord be with you.
Prayer Response #230: O Little Town of Bethlehem (vs. 4)
And also with you.
Congregation is invited to sing the prayer response.
O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray; cast out our sin, and enter in, be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel!
TO HEAR THE WORD & RENEW COMMITMENT
Anthem: O Thou that Tellest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Frideric Handel Patricia McAfee, mezzo-soprano and The Chancel Choir
Anthem: First Song of Isaiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Noble White The Contemporary Singers and Congregation; Dr. Stanley M. Wicks, Director of Worship, Music and the Arts (The Congregation is invited to sing the refrain at the direction of the conductor)
God of Might and Mercy: We bring our gifts this morning to your altar, knowing that neither they nor we are everything we might wish. But we come ready to hear the call of repentance on our lives, and truly long to welcome the coming of our Savior. We pray in his Name, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
TO DISPERSE IN MISSION
Prayer for Illumination Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read and your word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
TO OFFER OUR PRAISE & PRAYERS
Let us pray.
Behold! A Virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel: God with us. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up they voice with strength; be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, behold your God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Isaiah 40:9)
• Gospel Lesson: Luke 3:7-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yasmin Hubert (Page 73 of the New Testament in your Pew Bible)
The Gospel of the Lord.
• Hymn of Consecration #209: Blessed Be the God of Israel • Benediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. John Fanestil • Benediction Response: People, Look East . .Traditional French Carol People, look east. The time is near of the crowning of the year. Make your house fair as you are able, trim the hearth and set the table. People, look east and sing today: Love, the Guest, is on the way.
Postlude: Lift Up Your Heads, You Mighty Gates . . . . . . Wilbur Held • You are invited to stand. +Choir members leaving service have sung multiple services. The preacher for the day may be greeted on the patio following worship.
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Thanks be to God. +• Hymn of Proclamation #214: Savior of the Nations, Come (vs. 1-3) Sermon: “It Bears Repeating” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. John Fanestil
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Worship with Tithes and Offerings Offertory: Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (Rejoice greatly, o my soul) BWV Anh. 52 . . Johann Sebastian Bach Surely, it is God who saves me; I will trust in him and not be afraid. For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, and he will be my Savior. Therefore you shall draw water with rejoicing from the springs of salvation. And on that day you shall say, give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his Name. Make his deeds known among the peoples; see that they remember that his Name is exalted. Sing the praises of the Lord, for he has done great things, and this is known in all the world. Cry aloud, inhabitants of Zion, ring out your joy, for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 12:2-6) 2
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• Doxology: (Hymnal #95)
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