bayshore gardens community church

Bayshore Gardens

Community Church

Believing, Again

Gaining Hope

Caring Relationships

Christ Jesus

WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO

MEMBERS,

REGULAR ATTENDERS,

and

THOSE VISITING TODAY.

If you are visiting with us,

we welcome you to our church!

You are no longer a stranger

for you are with the people of God.

WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN

THE PURPLE ATTENDANCE PAD

so that we may celebrate your

presence with us today!

Please pass it on

to the next person

and then back down the row

Please Take

Your Bulletins Home

With You

and Read Announcements

We invite you to take

advantage

of the many opportunities for

fellowship and service

We have openings for a Deacon

and an Elder on our Consistory

for terms beginning in January

2016.

If you would be willing to serve

in either of these positions,

please contact one of the current

Consistory members.

TODAY IS ALL-SAINTS SUNDAY on which we

will remember, in particular, (those whose

names we have been given) who have

preceded us in death since last year’s All-

Saints Sunday, November 2, 2014 and who

now reside in the blessings of eternal life.

If you would like to have your loved one’s

name (who died in the past year) read by

Pastor Dan in today’s Sunday’s worship

service, please write your loved one’s name

legibly on the memorial sheet located on the

Communion Table.

Bayshore Gardens

Community Church

Believing, Again

Gaining Hope

Caring Relationships

Christ Jesus

THE CALL TO WORSHIP

THE PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS

[Pastor / CONGREGATION ]

Lord, make me an instrument

OF YOUR PEACE;

Where there is hatred,

LET ME SOW LOVE;

Where there is injury, PARDON;

Where there is doubt, FAITH;

Where there is despair, HOPE;

Where there is sadness, JOY;

Where there is darkness, LIGHT.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so

much seek to be consoled,

AS TO CONSOLE;

Not so much to be understood,

AS TO UNDERSTAND;

Not so much to be loved,

AS TO LOVE.

For it is in giving

THAT WE RECEIVE;

It is in pardoning

THAT WE ARE PARDONED;

It is in dying

THAT WE ARE BORN AGAIN

TO ETERNAL LIFE.

**THE OPENING HYMN

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‘WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN’

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[ All who are able please stand ]

(1)

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,

Sing His mercy and His grace;

In the mansions bright and blessed

He’ll prepare for us a place.

When we all get to heaven,

What a day of rejoicing that will be!

When we all see Jesus,

We’ll sing and shout the victory!

(2)

While we walk the pilgrim pathway,

Clouds will overspread the sky;

But when trav’ling days are over,

Not a shadow, not a sigh.





(3)

Let us then be true and faithful,

Trusting, serving every day;

Just one glimpse of Him in glory

Will the toils of life repay.





(4)

Onward to the prize before us!

Soon His beauty we’ll behold;

Soon the pearly gates will open;

We shall tread the streets of gold.





SILENT PRAYERS OF

THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION

THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON

Matthew 11:28

(The words of Jesus)

“Come unto me, all you who are

weary and heavy-laden,

and I will give you rest.”

THE SONG OF RESPONSE (1)

Some glad morning when this life is o'er,

I'll fly away;

To a home on God's celestial shore,

I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, Oh Glory, I'll fly away;

When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,

I'll fly away.

(2)

When the shadows of this life have gone,

I'll fly away;

Like a bird from prison bars has flown,

I'll fly away.



I'll fly away.

(3)

Just a few more weary days and then,

I'll fly away;

To a land where joy shall never end,

I'll fly away.



I'll fly away.

SINCE LAST YEAR’S ALL-SAINTS SUNDAY

NOVEMBER 2, 2014 “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest

from their labors, and their works follow them.”

(Revelation 14:13)

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;

and there shall be NO MORE death, neither sorrow, nor

crying, neither shall there be any more pain.”

(Revelation 21:4)

THE HOLY SCRIPTURE

Hebrews 12:1-3 Read by Elder Roy Palk, J.D.

Since we are surrounded by such a great

cloud of witnesses, let us THROW OFF

EVERYTHING THAT HINDERS and the sin

that so easily entangles, and let us run with

PERSEVERANCE the race marked out for us.

Let us FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS, the author

and perfecter of our faith, who, for the joy set

before Him, endured the cross, scorning its

shame, and sat down at the right hand of the

throne of God.

Consider Him who endured such opposition

from sinful men, so that you will not grow

weary and lose heart.

1 Corinthians 15:35-37; 42-44

Some may ask, “How are the dead raised?

With what kind of body will they come?”

What you sow does not come to life unless it

dies. When you sow, you do not plant the

body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of

wheat or something else.

So it will be with the resurrection of the dead.

The body that is sown is perishable,

yet it will be raised imperishable;

The body that is sown is dead,

yet it will be raised in glory;

The body is sown in weakness,

yet it is raised in power;

The body is sown a natural temporal body,

yet it is raised a spiritual, eternal body.

THE SONG OF PREPARATION

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(1)

There’s a land that is fairer than day,

And by faith we can see it afar;

For the Father waits over the way

To prepare us a dwelling place there.

In the sweet by and by

We shall meet on that beautiful shore;


We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

(2)

We shall sing on that beautiful shore

The melodious songs of the blest;

And our spirits shall sorrow no more

Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.





(3)

To our bountiful Father above

We will offer our tribute of praise,

For the glorious gift of his love

And the blessings that hallow our days.





THE SERMON – ALL-SAINTS SUNDAY

LIFE AFTER DEATH: A WONDERFUL, PREPOSTEROUS

REALITY

Hebrews 12:1-3;

1 Corinthians 15:35-37; 42-44

Please See Sermon Outline

Bayshore Gardens Community Church

Dr. Daniel Herlein

Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is our source of SPIRITUAL light

Hebrews 12:2 Let us FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS,

1 Corinthians

15:35-37

We dare not ascribe weakness to God,

from the perspective of our own weakness or inability to fully

understand.

1 Thessalonians 4:14; Matthew 24:36; 1 John 3:2

1 Corinthians 13:12

The Pastoral Prayer

and

The Lord’s Prayer

OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN,

HALLOWED BE THY NAME.

THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE,

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD,

AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS;

AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION

BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,

AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER

AMEN.

OUR OFFERING

As A Tangible Expression

Of Our Gratitude To God,

We Joyfully Offer Our

Monetary Gifts

To Financially Support

God's Work At

Bayshore Gardens

Community Church

OFFERTORY MUSIC

“Here I Am, Lord”

Harriet Hoeksema, organist

THE DOXOLOGY PRAISE GOD

FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW; PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW;

PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOST; PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST.

AMEN

THE CLOSING HYMN

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‘WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED

UP YONDER ’

(1)

When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound

and time shall be no more,

And the morning breaks eternal, bright and fair;

When the saved of earth shall gather

over on the other shore,

And the roll is called up yonder,

I’ll be there.

When the roll is called up yonder,




I’ll be there.

(2)

On that bright and cloudless morning

when the dead in Christ shall rise,

and the glory of His resurrection share;

When His chosen ones shall gather

to their home beyond the skies,


I’ll be there.





I’ll be there.

(3)

Let us labor for the Master

from the dawn to setting sun;

Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care

Then when all of life is over

and our work on earth is done,


I’ll be there.





I’ll be there.

THE PASTORAL BENEDICTION

Go forth from this place

as God’s elect and covenant people . . .

AMEN

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