Order of Worship • December 10, 2017 Second Sunday of Advent Prelude: Joy to the World Call to Worship: Hymn 125 – Joy to the World Vance Stallings Welcome and Prayer: Luke Kincaid, Student Ministry Pastor Celebration and Worship Holy, Holy, Holy (God with Us) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Second Sunday of Advent: Love 9 a.m.: Student Ministry Senior Girls 11 a.m: Student Ministry Senior Boys
Note: Chapel offices will be closed Dec. 25–Jan. 1. For additional assistance or pastoral care, please contact our main number (229-7152) and a staff member will return your call.
our giving Highlighted Verse for This Message Series: When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. MATTHEW 2:10-11 (ESV)
Giving at the Chapel: As an act of worship to our
Choral Offertory: Gloria Vance Stallings, soloist
God who gave everything for us, we give back cheerfully to the Lord our tithes and offerings. • Checks should be made payable to Wlliamsburg Community Chapel. Please use the memo area of your check to indicate designations. All undesignated checks are credited to the General Fund. • Give one-time or recurring gifts online: wcchapel.org/giving
Scripture Reading: Matthew 1:18-25 (p. 807) Jill Knight and Charli Knight
Hymn 127: Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne (v. 1, 5)
Morning Message: The Present King Doug Bunn, Associate Pastor Song of Reflection: Emmanuel Benediction: Travis Simone, Lead Pastor You are invited to meet with members of our Prayer Team at the platform steps following the service. Musicians: Lynette Carpenter (leader), Tommy Vereb (vocals), Nathaniel Darling (electric guitar), Glenn Lavender (bass), Isaac Goncalves (drums) Choral Director: Ted Cornell Choral Accompanists: Nancy Luzar (piano), Marcia Budnikas (organ) Chapel Brass: Larry Hart, Don Bone, and Rod Rogers, (trumpet); Ken McFarland and Dan Grubbs (trombone); Cynthia Gibbs (horn)
DECEMBER 10, 2017 • SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT CHAPEL BULLETIN
General Fund Offering Summary as of Dec. 3
Jan.–Nov. Budget $3,420,000 Actual $3,304,712 Variance - $ 115,288
December Annual 2017 $530,000 $3,950,000 $108,138 $3,412,850
For specific information about your individual account, please contact us at 941-1569. For other information, please contact Cynthia Gibbs, Finance Director, 941-1567,
[email protected]. wcchapel.org/giving
End-of-Year Giving Information The following
options are available for your gift to be included in 2017 contributions. Please note these dates: Dec. 28: Online Electronic Funds Transfer by 4 p.m. Dec. 31: Online Credit Card payments by 4 p.m. Dec. 31: Mail is postmarked in December OR Physically received at the Chapel during Sunday Services or in the Chapel Library Drop Box (East Door 1).
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he Gospel writers make it clear that Jesus is the promised King of the Old Testament. In Jesus’ day, there were many different ideas of how this promised King would come and what He would be like, but the Gospel of Matthew makes it clear that the ultimate and perfect fulfillment of these promises is Jesus. Embedded in these first chapters of Matthew are many Old Testament prophesies. The narrative of Jesus’ birth and even His genealogy are written to explicitly announce the fulfillment of these prophesies and to leave no doubts that Jesus is indeed the Messiah, our promised Savior and King. Together, in the season of Advent, we will see how Jesus is not only the promised fulfillment of Old Testament prophesy, but how He is our powerful, preeminent, and prevailing King today. Studying the narrative of Jesus’ birth, we will see how Matthew invites us to make Jesus our King, our only King. If Jesus is indeed the promised King, the Son of the Most High God and our only hope for salvation, then He demands our complete surrender.
WILLIAMSBURG COMMUNITY CHAPEL 757-229-7152 • wcchapel.org
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Our Mission & Vision Williamsburg Community Chapel is an interdenominational family of faith called to make disciples of Jesus Christ by: meeting people where they are on their spiritual journey ( getting people into God’s Word and God’s Word into people ( ), and preparing believers for works of service to foster unity and maturity in the Body of Christ ( ). — MATT. 28:19-20, EPH. 4:12-13 Contact: Josh Parker 880-9597,
[email protected] wcchapel.org/connect
Welcome! Please visit our Welcome Center in the Main Foyer following
the worship service. We would love to meet you and help you connect! You can also learn more about us and fill out our Get Connected form online at wcchapel.org/welcome.
Contact: Jessica Washburn 941-1571,
[email protected] wcchapel.org/grow
ADULT BIBLE CLASSES All are welcome! No classes Sundays, Dec. 24 and 31. Sundays, 9:30 a.m.: Mini Bible College Bible Survey, Room 120 Sundays, 9:30 a.m.: Reformation at 500, Room 128 Sundays, 11 a.m.: The Will of God for Your Life, Room 120
ADULT BIBLE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES IN JANUARY Women’s Open Door: Discerning the Voice of God by Priscilla Shirer Sunday, Dec. 24 at 11 a.m., 5 p.m., and 11 p.m. Please join us for one of our three Christmas Eve services. We encourage you to invite family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers to come so that they too might encounter the newborn King of Kings, Jesus Christ! Childcare provided 6 weeks through preschool at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS Order a poinsettia for the
Worship Room this season in honor or in memory of a loved one. A list of those honored or remembered will be included in the Dec. 17 bulletin if purchased by today (Dec. 10) at 1 p.m. Purchase at the spotlight table in the Main Foyer after the service or online wcchapel.org/registration. Welcome to the Newest Members of the Chapel We believe membership is an important part of a person’s journey of faith Cody & Paige Kim Beagle Sheryl Buckner and demonstrates growing Brandon commitment to Christ’s work in the world through His Church. If you're interested in becoming a member, please join us at our next Starting Point on Sunday, Jan. 21 or contact Josh Parker (contact info above).
Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m., Ross Hall and Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 10 at 9:30 a.m., Ross Hall Evening contact: Jackie Hawks, 345-6366,
[email protected] Morning contact: Anne Anderson, 342-6764,
[email protected] Registration and cost details online: wcchapel.org/opendoor
Precept Upon Precept: Acts Part 1 – Thursdays, beginning Jan. 11 Women: 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Moog Hall Contact: Ann Berg, 258-3510,
[email protected] Men: 9:30 a.m., Room 122 Contact: Conrad Hopkins, 925-899-6107,
[email protected]
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Contact: Suzanne Leffler, 941-1562,
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ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP 1st Wednesday of each month from 1–2:30 p.m., Room 118 This group is for family and friends who are caregivers for their loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Contact: John Broadwater, 220-2863,
[email protected]
CANCER SUPPORT MINISTRY 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month from 6:30–8 p.m., Serve Suite. These confidential group support meetings are led by trained facilitators. Contact: Steve or Dawn Linton, 476-7245,
[email protected] or Gerry Zel, 375-3308
PRAYER MINISTRY Prayer Teams meet throughout the week to pray for people’s needs. To submit your prayer request by phone or to join the Prayer Team, please contact Phyllis Leffler, 229-7152,
[email protected]. wcchapel.org/prayer
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Thank you to our Tribe Fellowship Thanksgiving Dinner volunteers! Thank you to all of the volunteers
who helped make Tribe Fellowship Thanksgiving possible. With your help, 227 people were served by congregants and students from the Chapel and got a glimpse of the Gospel.
Prayer: Please submit your prayer requests on this form or online at wcchapel.org/prayer. Prayer teams are honored to pray for your requests throughout the week.
Chapel Family Sundays in Advent: This year we are excited to make
Advent a season of Family Sundays! We are inviting all our children and students (K–12th grade) to join us in the main Worship Room for each Sunday in Advent. Our hope is that as we worship together, we will more fully express our value for intergenerational worship. We are eager for our children and students to feel connected to the larger church family and to see and experience the power of corporate worship. Please join us in welcoming our children and students as we sing, pray, and learn together this wondrous Advent season. Children’s and student bulletins are available.
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