November 29 2015


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A Special Welcome to our Guests We are so glad you have joined us today. We invite you to complete a visitor card from the pew rack and share it with us by dropping it in the offering plate or bringing it to the guest table in either the Welcome Center or Front Door Foyer following the service. Also at the guest tables, we have a church mug for you which will provide you a keepsake of your visit, and tell you more about the ministries of First Baptist. Worshipping with Children First Baptist desires to come alongside families as they raise their children to be all God is calling them to become. Several resources are available to aid your family as you worship together. Children age 3 and under may be dropped off on the 1st floor prior to the service to be part of our Preschool Extended Session, designed specifically for them. Pagers are provided to communicate with parents in case of an emergency. All children are invited to the front of the Sanctuary for a children’s sermon during the service. Children age 4 - Kindergarten are invited to attend Passage, our children’s worship experience, following the children’s sermon, or to remain with their families in the service. All Children are invited to worship using a children’s bulletin, which can be picked up at the entrances. Becoming a Member If you want to know more about having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, feel free to talk with any of our ministers or most anyone in the pew. During our time of response you are welcomed and encouraged to come to the front of the church to meet with a minister to request baptism or to join the church. Our ministers will also be available following the service at each exit, or you may call the church office to request an appointment with any minister during the week. Restrooms are located in the hallway directly behind the choir loft. Hearing devices are available in the Reception Office courtesy of the Senior Adult Ministry. You can watch our 11 am service live each Sunday morning on FOX 43 or livestreamed at fbcknox.org. You can watch a replay of the service on Community Television each Friday at 4 pm or anytime at fbcknox.org.

November 29, 2015 • 11:00 AM

"In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

The First Sunday of Advent ~ Hope November 29, 2015 • 11:00 AM

Isaiah 40:3

Tom Ogburn, D.Min., Senior Pastor

In Service - Week of November 29

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Isaiah 60:1 Piano Prelude

John Purifoy O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

*Greeting and Call to Worship

Wendell Boertje

First Community Greeters: Nancy Roberts, Betty Chandler Welcome Center Greeters: TBA Preschool Extended Care: Nancy Evans, Megan Miller, Susan Hunt Monitor: Patrick Carmichael TV Ministry Team: Paul Ivie, Pat Shope, Marion Carter, Elaine Rhodes, Charles Brooks, Tiffany Brooks, Seva Ball Hospital Ministry Team: Bill and Betty Coley

The Lord be with you.

New Member Ministry: Jama Mosher, Lacy Wallace

And also with you. As we enter this season of Advent, may the love of God the Father, and the grace of Jesus the Son, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be and abide with us all. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His Word I hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning.

Outreach Deacon: Bill Higdon TeleCare Ministry: Dianne Rairdon

Prayer List as of Tuesday, November 24, 2015* Requests Bob Davis, NHC Farragut for therapy Milton Effler, pacemaker adjustment, outpatient surgery at UT Virginia Griffin, double mastectomy recovery Ava Stewart, surgery recovery Jack Reynolds, discernment for tests and treatment Gene Scrivner recovery from pacemaker Penny d’Armand, recovering from a fall Maureen Pickle, kidney and bladder problems and ongoing health issues Doug Wilt, neurological disease Ruthie Johnson Russ Linger *A complete prayer list may be picked up in the Welcome Center.

Mug Ministry: Trentham Hall 8:45: Dianne Rairdon Front Door: Pam Shirley; Welcome Ctr: Cliff Shirley

First Baptist Knoxville Contacts To phone staff, dial (865) 246- plus the four-digit number found beside the staff member’s name, or call the main number, 546-9661.

There is no darkness with you, O Lord.

Wendell Boertje, Interim Minister of Music (4668) Scott Claybrook, Minister with Young Adults (4678) Arthur Clayton, Director of Congregational Mission (4661) Pam Neal, Minister of Administration (4660) Tom Ogburn, Senior Pastor (4652) Susan Tatum, Minister with Children and Families (4666) Dave Ward, Minister for Pastoral Care (4667) Ben Winder, Minister with Youth and Families (4663)

O, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with Him is plenteous redemption. There is no darkness with you, O Lord. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

Minister on Call (865) 546-9661, Option 9 510 W. Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902

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*Processional Hymn 79

Sharing of Public Decisions

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel VENI EMMANUEL

*Spoken Benediction

Tom Ogburn *Prayer of Invocation and Welcome

*Choral Benediction

Tom Ogburn

Sanctuary Choir A Christmas Blessing

Special Musical Presentation by HeartBEAT Rhythm and Chimes Choir Joy to the World

Traditional Irish Blessing Music by John Purifoy

Program of Open Doors Tennessee Hosted by Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church

The light of the Christmas star to you, the warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and good-will of friends to you, the hope of a childlike heart to you.

*Hymn 99 View the Present Through the Promise AR HYD Y NOS

Organ Postlude

Rhonda Carpenter People, Look East arr. Stephen L. Aber

Children’s Message

Susan Tatum

[Four year-olds and Kindergarteners who are attending Passage (Children’s Worship) will be escorted at this time to the Kids Connection hallway.] *The Congregation is asked to stand

Lighting the Advent Candle (Hope)

Bob and Sydnor Money

We light this candle as a symbol of hope and expectation. May the light sent from God shine in the darkness to show us the way to salvation. O come, O come, Emmanuel.

Sing Stanza 1 of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (79) O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

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Scriptures

Myra Nunley

O come to my heart, Lord Jesus, O come to my heart, Lord Jesus, O come to my heart, Lord Jesus: There is room in my heart for Thee!

Jeremiah 33:14-16 (Lectionary) “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

Heaven’s arches rang when the angels sang, Proclaiming Thy royal degree. But in lowly birth didst Thou come to earth And in great humility.

“‘In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’"

O come to my heart, Lord Jesus, O come to my heart, Lord Jesus, O come to my heart, Lord Jesus: There is room in my heart for Thee!

Luke 1:1-4 (Morning Scripture) Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

When the heav’ns shall sing and the angels sing At Thy coming to victory, Let Thy voice call me home, saying, “Yet there is room, there is room at My side for Thee.” And my heart shall rejoice, Lord Jesus, my heart shall rejoice, Lord Jesus, my heart shall rejoice, Lord Jesus, And my heart shall rejoice when Thou comest and callest me.

*Hymn 83 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus HYFRYDOL

Sermon *Offertory Prayer

Tyler Johnson

Choral Offertory

Sanctuary Choir

Tom Ogburn “With Certainty”

*Hymn of Response 87 Arise, Your Light Is Come

Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne

FESTAL SONG

arr. Craig Courtney

Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown When Thou camest to earth for me. But in Bethlehem’s home there was found no room For Thy holy nativity.

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Opportunities at First Baptist

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