Ministry Staff
Senior Pastor Reverend Alan Hilberg, Asst. Pastor Colin Douglas, Regional Minister Rev. Dr. Ruth Fletcher,
Nancy Lumsden, Music Director; Joyce Previte, Office Manager
Elders: Fred Lumsden, Patricia Waylett, Karin Zito, Betty Raney, Ed Wasinger, Doug Combs,
Donna Dowell, Jim Sadler and Linda Sadler
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 2701 S Russell Street, Missoula, MT 59801
406-549-7221 (Office Phone)
[email protected] (Office Email) [email protected] (Pastor Hilberg email)
www.fccmissoula.org (Web Page)
Office Hours: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Monday-Thursday
Pastor Alan Hilberg 661-742-3088 (Cell Phone)
Assistant Pastor Colin Douglas 918-894-1293 (Cell Phone)
Welcome To
First Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
In The Life of the Church
Join us for coffee hour today hosted by Joan Combs
TODAY
January 11, 2015 10:45 a.m.
Adult Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service – 10:45 a.m.
Announcements
1. The regular monthly Board Meeting will be held on January 18th. The Annual Congregational
Meeting will be January 25th. Please plan on attending.
2. The new 2015 sign up sheets for Deacons, Deaconess and Elders are now posted.
Please fill in the blank spaces.
3. Church in a Pub on January 25th, 6:00p.m. at Thomas Meagher Bar, 130 W. Pine, Missoula
4. Bingo Night is on and we will play on Jan 30th, Friday evening at 7pm
Coffee Hour
Linda DeMinck 18; Shirley Wasinger 25
Birthdays and Anniversaries
None this week
Recent Prayer Reminders
Wayne DeMinck, Gino Zavarelli, Marian Miller, Margaret Berglund and Charlotte Hanger
If your name is on the above list and you want it removed, notify office
Nursing Home and Home Bound
Charlotte Wallace (Springs); May Sentman (Grizzly Peak)
If you are a visitor, WELCOME! Please fill out the attendance card that is in your bulletin with
your name and address. Let us know if you have any questions about our church and we hope
to see you again and again.
Those Leading And Assisting With Our Worship Today
Pastor: Reverend Alan Hilberg
Music Director: Nancy Lumsden
Asst Pastor: Colin Douglas
Worship Leader: Doug Combs
Elders: Doug Combs and Ed Wasinger
Deaconess:
Deacons: Karin Zito, Edna Sampson
Mission Statement
“We believe God’s mission for the church is to be and to share the Good News of Jesus Christ, witnessing
and serving from our doorstep to the ends of the earth.”
Order of Worship
PRELUDE
Nancy Lumsden
WELCOME – ANNOUNCEMENTS
Doug Combs
Doug Combs
We have come to pay homage to the Christ Child.
We have followed the Star of Faith, and it has led us here.
As we offer our praise and thanksgiving let us open the treasure chest of our
hearts.
We have come to present the gifts of our lives to our Lord and Savior.
Praise be to God. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN
“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!”
SHARING OF JOYS AND CONCERNS
CH #4, v. 1,2,3
Asst. Pastor Colin Douglas
“God, Who Touches Earth with Beauty”
HYMN OF PRAISE
SCRIPTURE TEXT
SERMON
Mark 1:7-15
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
One: In Your Mercy
ALL: Hear our Prayer
Colin Douglas
COMMUNION
Communion Hymn
Words of Institution & Prayers
All are welcome to partake
*INVITATION HYMN
THE LORD’S PRAYER (Sins, Sinners)
Colin Douglas
*CLOSING HYMN
“I Come with Joy”
“Softly and Tenderly”
Ed Wasinger
Alan Hilberg
CH #420, v. 1,2,3
CH #340 v. 1,3
Alan Hilberg
“I Come with Joy”
CH #420, v. 5
Together met, together bound by all that God has done, we’ll go with joy,
to give the world the love that makes us one, the love that makes us one.
POSTLUDE
Choir
CH #514
“Remember Who You Are; Remember Whose You Are”
Senior Pastor Alan Hilberg
*BENEDICTION
ANTHEM
CH #48
*Prayer of Dedication
*CALL TO WORSHIP
PEOPLE:
ALL:
Doug Combs
(new song although very similar)
GREETINGS – SHARE THE PEACE
LEADER:
PEOPLE:
LEADER:
OFFERTORY INVITATION
Presentation of Tithes and Offerings
*Doxology
“Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow”
*All who are able, please stand ~
All words printed under the CCLI #1881026
Nancy Lumsden