Saturday, December 14, 2013

Bulletin, Dec. 15, 2013

Granville Baptist Church                December  15,  2013

 

Prelude…………………….…………………………….Mary Cosey

 

Welcome & Announcements……………………...…Pastor Peterson

 

Call to Worship………………..……………………...Linda Monroe

L:  Come, worship God our Father, with child-like love and trust.

P:  We come humbly and repentantly to worship our Creator God.

L:  Thank Jesus for coming to earth as a baby, born to a Virgin.

P:  We praise Jesus for leaving the glories of Heaven to save us.

All: We rejoice in the love and grace of Jesus our Savior & Lord.

 

*Hymn 86, “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus”

 

*Invocation & Lord’s Prayer (“debts”)

 

Sunday School Christmas Program……….…………Colleen Bucco   

 

Receiving of God’s Tithes and our Offerings

            Special Music;  *Doxology (556),  *Offertory Prayer                                                                                                                                                            (children exit)

Morning Prayer Time         

 

Hymn 112, “Away in a Manger”           

 

Scripture:  Matthew 1:18-25

 

Sermon:  “Unto You a Child Is Born”

 

*Hymn 102, “What Child Is This?”                               *Benediction

 

Telephones:  Church (518) 642-0673                           Parsonage (518) 642-2245

Rev. James C. Peterson, Pastor                                          Colleen Bucco, Sexton

Pianist ………………………………….…………………………….Mary Cosey

JCPeterson@roadrunner.com                                 www.granvillebaptist.com

TODAY          9:30 a.m. Worship in Fellowship Hall (child care available) with Sunday School  Christmas Program

Child care: Marie & Carrie  Bogart                    Ushers: Phyllis & ?               

                        10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship & Happy Birthday Jesus party, with distribution of STOCKINGS to SS children.

WEDNES.      9:00 am Free bread & bakery products, at GBC.

THURS.          4-5 pm Bible Study at 7 Quaker ST.

SAT.                9-5 pm SA bell ringing at Price Chopper. See Pastor

SUN. (12/22)  9:30 a.m. Worship (child care available) and Sunday School.    Ushers: Phyllis Reed & ?    Call to Worship:Linda Monroe

Child care:  Marie & Carrie  Bogart

                        3:00 pm Area Chorus Concert at SGCC.  

                       

                        Christmas Eve service in the sanctuary, 7 pm.

                        GBC is responsible for doing bell ringing on Sat., 12/21 in foyer of  PC.  Please sign up with Pastor for 1 or 2 hours.

                        Volunteers to ring bell for Salvation Army red kettle in Granville, Monday through Friday until 12/’24, see Pastor.

                        Anyone interested in Baptism and/or Church Membership, see Pastor Peterson.