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The Lighting of the Christ Candle
WORSHIP SERVICE
Christmas Eve Communion
December 24, 2014
Gathering Music
Musicians
THE SINGING OF THE WORD
Prelude
Jerry & Marcia Servatius
(to be read in unison)
God of hope, peace, joy and love, we give you thanks on this night for
coming to be among us! The birth of this baby at Bethlehem is your
answer to our alienation; the incarnation of the divine is your
response to our unrest, our brokenness, our pain. Tonight we
celebrate Hope, we celebrate Peace, we share your Joy and are filled
with your Love. Thank you for sending your son to be our
Emmanuel! Amen.
Pietro Alessandro Yon
“Christmas in Sicily”
Hurst Coffman, guest organist
PARTAKING OF THE WORD
Hymn of Preparation
“O Little Town of Bethlehem”
#180
vss. 1 & 3
A Moment of Silent Expectation
The Lord’s Supper
The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness
Hymn of Celebration
Joy to the World
Call to Worship in Word
(to be read in unison)
“For unto us a Child is born! To us a son is given! And the
government shall be upon His shoulder and His name shall be called
‘Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace’. And of His Kingdom there shall be no end.”
Our Offering for Those in Need
*Hymn of Worship
Offertory
O Come, All Ye Faithful
# 182
THE SHARING OF THE WORD
*Invocation and Lord’s Prayer
We Need a Silent Night
*The Passing of Christ’s Peace
The Passing of the Light
Singing the Word
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away in the Manger
The First Noel
Hymn of Christ’s Peace
# 188 vss. 1 & 3
# 203 vss. 1 & 3
# 229 vss. 1 & 5
#179
vss. 1 & 4
“O Holy Night”
Adolphe Adam
First Baptist Youth
Silent Night
*Benediction
*The Light Goes With Us from This Place
THE HEARING OF THE WORD
The Gospel Reading
*Stand as you are able
Meditation
(CCLI#1344006)
Welcome To Our Christmas Eve Worship Service
The invitation to receive the Lord’s Supper is extended by Christ
the Lord of the Church to all who believe in Him. On this special
night you are invited to come forward in quiet and reverence to
receive the bread and the cup. Our getting up and moving
symbolizes our movement toward God just as God in Christ has
moved toward us. If you are unable to come to the front or choose
not to, we will gratefully serve you where you are seated.
Our Christmas Eve Offering
The offering received tonight will be for our Deacon’s Fund. These
monies are used throughout the year for people needing assistance.
Silent Night
“Silent night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright ‘round yon
virgin, mother and child; holy infant, so tender and mild, sleep in
heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.”
“Silent, night! Holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight, glories
stream from heaven afar, heavenly hosts sing alleluia; Christ, the
Savior, is born! Christ, the Savior, is born!”
“Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light, radiant
beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus,
Lord, at thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.”
Church Staff
Pastor
Joel Fredrikson
Christian Education
Angela Audiss & Gina Taldo
Youth Leader
Angela Audiss
Administrative Assistant
Natalie Roberts
Minister of Music
Gaynia Menninger
Organist
Edith Rader
Treasurer
Melissa Van Leiden
Custodian
Kent Markley
First Baptist Church of Ottawa is part of the
American Baptist Churches of the Central Region
(ABCCR) and American Baptist Churches, USA (ABCUSA).
CHRIST IS BORN
First Baptist Church
410 S. Hickory
Ottawa, KS 66067
785-242-2713
fbcottawa.org
Rev. Joel Fredrikson, Pastor
Poinsettias
Radio Ministry
Gracing Our Sanctuary
In loving memory of our parents
Jim & Doris Grogan
In loving memory of Jim Allen
In loving memory of Mr. & Mrs. L.E. Allen
Carol Allen and family
In loving memory of Don, Lucymae & Dorothy Lewis
In loving memory of Raymond, Alice Elizabeth &
Naomi Lee Mackish
In loving honor of Isabella Joy Lewis
Tom & Alice Joy Lewis and family
In loving memory of Orlis and Christine Cox
Jim, Cathryn, Boyd and Elyse Ensley
In loving memory of Bob Holloway
Phyllis Holloway
In loving memory of Jack Patty
In loving memory of Erin Patty McCollum
In loving memory of Joe & Ruth Patty
Gwen Patty
In loving memory of our parents
Dick & Marge Martin
In loving memory of our mother, Lorene Blunk
Sharon Jones & Barbara Rice
In loving memory of our father, Robert Murphy
Paul & Chris Bean and family
In loving memory of Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Minnick
Jerome & Betty Minnick and family
In loving memory of Dar Welborn
Jim, Cathryn, Boyd and Elyse Ensley
In loving memory of Marsha Kern
Bill & Janet Kern
In loving memory of Gene & Darlene Clough
Tim & Paula Mages and family
In loving memory of Ida Anna Clough
Tim & Paula Mages and family
In loving memory of Rev. Bruce & Garra Dean Currier
Alan & Phyllis Cunningham
In loving honor of Earl Payne
Therese Payne
In loving memory of Fred & Micky Hermreck
Marsha Hermreck & Army Sgt. Nicholas Hermreck