December 25, 2016 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

PRAISE & ADORATION Call to Worship/Scripture…..............................Minister Luke 2: 1-11

Prayer………….………………………………….…….……….Deacon

Praise & Worship………………..…….……FCBC Praise Team

The Word in Song

The Time of Fellowship

Hymn…………………………………………………………………#208 “Joy the World”

CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP The Church News……………………………Sister Rita Murrell

The Greeting……………………………Sister Faith Thompson

Pastoral Concerns

Offertory Appeal

Offertory Prayer……………………………….……………Minister

*Offertory Response………....“All Things Come of Thee”

Offertory Music CARE & CONCERNS THROUGH PRAYER

Recognition of Returning Sick/Prayer Concerns

*Hymn of Dedication……………..………………….………#199 “Silent Night”

Altar Call & Prayer…………………………………..…….Minister

The Word in Song WORSHIP THROUGH INSTRUCTION

**The Sermon…………………….Pastor Fredrick A. Davis “RESPONDING TO CHRISTMAS”

Luke 1 & 2

*Invitation to Christian Discipleship/ Invitational Selection

If you would like to unite with our Church Family, you can do so during

the Hymn of Invitation following the sermon. You may join by Baptism,

Christian Experience, Letter, or as an Associate Member.

* Benediction *PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE and remain standing

**Please refrain from walking during The Sermon

The 25th Pastoral Anniversary-“Prayer Topic” December- Continued Blessings

Pray for continued blessings in ministry, health, safety,

and finances for Pastor & Mrs. Davis and the entire

Davis family. Additionally, pray for these

for the FCBC Church Family.

CHURCH NEWS

FROM PASTOR DAVIS: NEW YEAR’S DAY WORSHIP: NEXT SUNDAY, JANUARY 1ST, ONE SERVICE AT 9:30 A.M. COME CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR- WINTER CASUAL ATTIRE. THE NURSERY WILL BE AVAILABLE AND CHILDREN’S CHURCH WILL BE HELD. WATCH NIGHT SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31ST, 10:00 P.M.

THERE WILL BE NO NOON DAY PRAYER OR BIBLE STUDY ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28TH. NOON DAY PRAYER WILL RESUME ON JANUARY 4TH AND EVENING BIBLE STUDY WILL BE BACK ON JANUARY 11TH.

THE CITYWIDE REVIVAL WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 2ND-6TH,

7:00 P.M. NIGHTLY AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH. FIRST CALVARY’S MUSIC MINISTRY AND USHERS WILL SERVE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 3RD.

ANNUAL CHURCH CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH, 7:00 P.M. THERE WILL BE NO BIBLE STUDY ON THIS DAY.

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE DURHAM BLACK LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS FOR OUR FOOD PANTRY. THEY HAD A HOLIDAY EVENT THAT WAS PACKED OUT….AND THEIR DONATIONS HAVE PACKED OUT OUR PANTRY! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New disciples (12 & up) are urged and invited to attend the NEW DISCIPLES CLASS at 9:30 a.m. The lesson on January 8th is Lesson 1, “What Does it Mean to be a Christian?”

LOCK-IN REGISTRATION: Youth, ages 12-High School Senior, you can STILL register to attend the 2017 MLK Youth Lock –In ONLINE ONLY UNTIL DECEMBER 26TH. NO WALK INS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THIS EVENT. Visit www.firstcalvary.org to sign up. Don’t miss out!

CALLING ALL PARENTS WITH NEW BABIES: The Deaconess Ministry is planning to celebrate all parents who have had new babies in 2016. The baby celebration will be held on January 8, 2017 after 10:45 a.m. service. Please RSVP to Deaconess Denise Guerrier by December 31st at (919)724-8168 to let us know if you and your baby can attend.

MLK REGISTRATION TEAM: If you would like to work on the registration team for the MLK Lock-In on January 15th, contact Deaconess Janet Squires at (919)606-4801 or Youthmlklockin@firstcalvary.org with your name and t-shirt size.

CHAPERONES: Youth Lives Matter….Be the Solution, #GetInFormation: Chaperones we need you!! If you are interested in serving as a chaperone for the MLK Youth Lock-In, January 15-16, 2017, please sign up for a shift today. Sign-up sheets are located on Youth Ministry board next to Minister Carroll’s office. Please contact Sister Zandra Turner at (919)951-5617 or Minister Carroll at carroll@firstcalvary.org with any questions.

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE NEED: First Calvary is soliciting a contractor to maintain the grounds of the Church. A contract will be awarded in March 2017 for upkeep and maintenance of church grounds. The solicitation will be offered first to the First Calvary membership but will be advertised city wide only if an acceptable proposal is not received from the membership. A copy of the scope of work may be obtained from the Church Office. If you have additional questions, contact Trustee Charles Darvin at (919) 357-8527. Proposals must be received by January 31st. MOBILE MARKET THANKS: The Mobile Market-Inter-Faith Food Shuttle of the West End of Durham would like to THANK all of the volunteers from First Calvary Baptist Church for their continued commitment to assisting in providing food each month during 2016 for our community.

HEALING AND RECOVERY

Remember our sick & shut-in members with prayers, cards, visits, & calls and share this information with the Pastor and Deacons. Contact the church office with sick & shut in information.

HOSPITAL & CARE FACILITY

Sis. Anne Adams Brian Center 6000 Fayetteville Road 27713

Bro. Thomas Adams Duke University Medical Center Sis. Mary Lee Elliott Eno Assisted Living

5600 N. Roxboro Road 27712 Sis. Gussie Langley Carver Living Center

303 E. Carver Street 27704 Sis. Delphine Lemon Brian Center

6000 Fayetteville Road 27713 Sis. Shawn McClain Duke University Medical Center Sis. Sylvia Torain Valley Rehab Center

581 NC Hwy 16 South Taylorsville, NC 28681

AT HOME CARE Sis. Mary Bolling Bro. Danny Blackwell

2330 Taylor Street 1 Lucas Drive

27703 27703

Sis. Ruthie Crisp 609 Shannon Road, Chapel Hill 27516 Sis. Wilhemenia Foster-Long 309 Pearson Drive 27713

Sis. Bessie Harris Dea. Gregory Hatcher Deacns. Maggie Jacobs Bro. Reynold Johnson Bro. Charles Joyner Sis. Vickie McDonald Sis. Eliza McCrimmon Sis. Dale McDowell Sis. Rachelle Nelums Dea. John Smith

4618 Blanchard Road Clayton Road 3801 Delmar Avenue 7950 Mntn Falls Ct., #101 1023 Rosedale Rd. 2322 Curtis Street 901 Chalk Level Rd., Apt. B-4 1217 Cornell Street 723 Melanie Street 1405 Timber Wolf Drive

27713 27703 27703 27616 27707 27707 27707 27707 27704 27713

Sis. Mary Strayhorn Deacns. Addye Townsend Sis. Queenie Williams

1205 Moreland Avenue 1214 Holloway Street 1316 Bacon Street

27707 27703 27707

MUSIC MINISTRY REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, December 27th Praise Team-6:30pm

THURSDAY, December 29th Psalms 150-7:00pm

MINISTRY MEETING SCHEDULE

CFLR –Community Family Life Center at Lyon Park CFR –Conference Room CRM -Choir Room

CR I -Classroom 1 CR II -Classroom 2 CR III -Classroom 3 FH – Fellowship Hall LIB – Library Sanct-Sanctuary

SUNDAY 7:00 am Intercessory Prayer Service (4th Sun) Sanct 9:30 pm Discipleship Orientation Class LIB 1:15pm 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

1:15 pm

Health & Wellness Ministry (2nd Sun) Evangelism Ministry (2nd Sun) Daughters of Calvary (3rd Sun) Computer Ministry (2nd Sun)

CR I CR II CR II CR III

4:00 pm Associate Ministers (each 2nd Sun) CR II 5:00 pm Deacons & Trustee Ministry Mtg. (2nd Sun) CR III/LIB 6:30 pm Official Leadership Team (2nd Sun) FH

MONDAY 6:00 pm Tots of Praise Rehearsal (after 1st & 4th Sun) CRM 6:15 pm Video Ministry (4th Mon) CR III 6:30 pm Psalm 150 (after 3rd & 4th Sun) CRM 6:30 pm Young Adult Choir (after 2nd Sun) CRM 6:30pm Children’s Church Committee (after 2nd Sun) LIB 6:30 pm Sunday School Teachers (1st Mon) CR I 6:30 pm Calvary’s Anointed/Vessels of Praise FH/Sanct 7:00pm Entrepreneur Ministry (1st Mon) CR III 7:00pm Visionary Ministry (3rd Monday) LIB 7:30pm Male Chorus (after 2nd & 3rd Sun) CRM 7:30pm Young Adult Choir (before 3rd Sunday) CRM

TUESDAY 6:00pm Scouting Ministry (every other Tuesday) ALL AREAS 6:30pm Hospitality Ministry (2nd Tuesday) CR I 6:30pm 6:30pm

Praise Team Circle of Care (COC) (2nd Tuesday-Quarterly)

CRM LIB

7:00pm Male Summit (Tuesday after 3rd Sun) LIB 7:30pm Music Council (2nd Tuesday) CR II 7:30pm The Encouragers (1st Tuesday) CR III

WEDNESDAY 12:00pm Noon Day Prayer LIB 6:30pm Prayer and Praise Service FH 7:00pm Bible Study FH & CR

THURSDAY 6:00pm Nursery Ministry (1st Thursdays) Nursery 6:30pm Calvary’s Anointed/Vessels of Praise FH/Sanct 6:30pm Beautification Committee (2nd Thursday) CR I 6:30pm Couples’ Ministry (4th Thursday) CR II 6:30pm Youth Council (4th Thursday) CR I 6:30pm ACT Ministry (3rd Thursday) CR I 6:30pm Young Adult Ministry (3rd Thursday) CR II 7:00pm Singles in Love with Christ (4th Thursday) LIB 7:00pm Sunday Service Choir Rehearsal CRM 7:30pm Drama Ministry CR III

SATURDAY 9:30am Pearls of Praise (2nd Saturday) CRM 10:00am Scholarship Ministry (before the 2nd Sunday) CR II 10:00am 10:00am

PROJECT F.I.N.E. Onesiphorous Prison Ministry (3rd Saturday)

CFLR CR I

10:30am Deaconess Ministry (1st Saturday) LIB/Sanct 11:00am Senior Missionary Ministry (3rd Saturday) LIB 11:00am Senior Usher & First Aid Ministry (2nd Sat) CRM/ Sanct 11:30am Culinary Arts Ministry (4th Saturday) LIB

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

MERRY CHRISTMAS! We are celebrating in Worship today….taking a

break from the gifts and toys and putting our good eating on hold to

give Praise to our Born Savior…for HE DESERVES IT!

My Hallelujah…and your Hallelujah belong To HIM! It

is important that we remember why this season is

so important. Were it not for the sacrifice of our Savior, our existence would be

for naught. If it were not for His birth we would not have a Savior! Christ is the ultimate example of service….that’s what it’s all about. Even as we celebrate with family and friends, there is still room for service. What can you do to serve more as the New Year approaches? I encourage each of you to serve inside and outside of the church walls. Enjoy the days off, the gift-giving, the food, the music…but don’t forget the TRUE meaning of “CHRIST-mas” for the believer. Tomorrow starts the Kwanzaa Celebration as well. Saturday, January 31st, we will hold Watchnight Service at 10:00 p.m. on the Kwanzaa day of “Kuumba” (Creativity) and New Year’s Day Worship at 9:30 a.m. on the Kwanzaa day of “Imani” (Faith).

There is always something going on at First Calvary in Ministry. Don’t forget that Annual Church Conference on Wednesday, January 4th at 7:00 p.m. I look forward to seeing you at this conference if you are a church officer, ministry leader or concerned member. Therefore, our next Bible Study family hour will be held on January 11th. Also, don’t forget that the Emancipation Proclamation service will be at St. Joseph AME Church on New Year’s Day at 5:00 p.m. and the Annual City-Wide Revival will be held at Union Baptist Church on January 2nd-6th, 7:00 p.m. nightly, with First Calvary serving on Tuesday, January 3rd. By the way, thank you to our Christian Education Ministry and Music Ministry for the Christmas Presentation on last Sunday…and thank you to those that joined us at the Volunteer Celebration on Wednesday. We hope you had a great time! As we worship on the last Sunday of this year, let me thank all the disciples of Jesus Christ in this body for doing the work of ministry in an excellent and exciting way.

I hope that we go throughout today and the remaining days of this year celebrating and praising God for His remarkable Gift…JESUS—and communing in that special peace! Know that we serve a Mighty God…and He calls us to serve others. Ready…? Set…? Let’s Serve…! Again, Happy “celebrating the birth of our Savior” day…and Have a great, blessed New Year! For 133 years we have been and still are AN EXCITING CHURCH EXCITED ABOUT ITS MISSION…and excited about Christmas!

THE DEACON’S MESSAGE

People give gifts for every occasion. Imagine if there was a gift with your name on it. You never received it because no one told you about it. What if you found out later it was the perfect gift and you needed it to make it through life? I think we would all be pretty upset because someone didn’t take the time to share the information about the gift with us. We have all been given gifts from Jesus Christ. John 14:27 (NLT) says, “I am leaving you with a gift – peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” Jesus Christ is a gift that continues to give. He was born as a gift to us. He died and rose becoming a gift of redemption and salvation. He desires to give us the gift of peace too so we won’t worry. Jesus Christ is the perfect gift for every situation. Have you received your gift today?

TODAY’S MINISTRY THROUGH SERVICE

Music: Mass Choir Director of Music Ministries: Church Musician:

Minister Michael Dotson Brother David Cannady

Percussionist: Saxophonist:

Brother Andre Sanders Brother Lynwood Jones

First Aide Ministry: Sister Melinda Cozart/ Deaconess Yvette Barrow

Encouragers: Audio Technicians: Videographers: Van Drivers Next Sunday:

Sister Rochelle Jackson/ Sister Sharon Crisp Brother Ronald Bethea/ Brother Robert Vance Sister Jackie Fountain/ Sister Toni McIntosh Brother Jeff Forde/ Brother Ralph Mack

STEWARDSHIP STATISTICS

Our Tithes & Offerings must be $32,288.46 per Sunday

to meet our budget. Thank you for giving!

December 18, 2016 Bible Study N/A Sunday School N/A New Members N/A

Early Worship 210 Worship Service 175

Tithes and Offering $60,973.81 Sacrificial Offering Children’s Church

Food Pantry Mortgage Bearer

Scholarship Sunday School Online Giving

Total Giving

$622.00 $10.00

$150.00 $610.00

$22.00 $253.10

$3,491.73 $66,132.64

CONGRATULATIONS to… …Brother Keelan and Sister Devin Brown, on the birth of their daughter! Sydney Ruth Brown was born on November 30th and weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce. …Minister Jerry and Sister Shelley Love, on the birth of their daughter! Talia Rose Love was born on December 20th and weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce.

FAMILY MONTH

December 2016 3 5:30 PM Couples’ Ministry Holiday Event

SUN 4 7:45 AM Early Morning Worship Service Holy Communion

9:30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Service of Baptism 10:45 AM Morning Worship Service

Holy Communion 7 12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer 6:45 PM Prayer & Praise 7:00 PM Bible Study

10 10:00 AM Youth Caroling Event 10:30 AM Ushers/First Aide Christmas Event

SUN 11 7:45 AM Early Morning Worship Service 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:45 AM Morning Worship Service

14 12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer 6:45 PM Prayer & Praise 7:00 PM ANGEL TREE GIVEAWAY/

BRING A POT FELLOWSHIP

SUN 18 7:45 AM Early Morning Worship 9:30 AM ANNUAL CHRISTMAS

PRESENTATION 10:45 AM Morning Worship Service

21 12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer 7:00 PM VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION EVENT

24 CHRISTMAS EVE

SUN 25

26

8:00 AM 9:30 AM

CHRISTMAS SUNDAY Intercessory Prayer ONE WORSHIP SERVICE Church Office Closed

28 No Noon Day Prayer/NO BIBLE STUDY

31 10:00 PM ANNUAL WATCH NIGHT SERVICE

NO FOOD, DRINK OR GUM IN THE SANCTUARY. HELP KEEP THE BUILDING CLEAN BY DISPOSING OF TRASH.

*Please remain standing **Please refrain from walking during The Sermon

Use the rear exit unless there is an emergency THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

If you are having a medical procedure, or are sick at home for over a week, please contact the church office so that Pastoral

contact can occur as soon as possible or at your request.

You are invited to join us for Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.! LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: First Calvary Baptist Church, Durham, NC

Join the Prayer Conference Call on Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. (712-432-1001, code "494132935#"), Noon Day Prayer (Wednesdays), and Intercessory Prayer (4th Sundays, 7:00 a.m.)

The Abbreviated FC Mission Statement:

E3: Empower spiritual lives, Enhance quality of life,

& Evangelize the lost

"An Exciting Church Excited About Its Mission"

CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOR!

FAMILY MONTH

1311 Morehead AvenueDurham, NC 27707 (919) 489-4184FAX (919) 489-3565

www.firstcalvary.org

Fredrick A. Davis, M.DIV., D.D. Pastor

December 25, 2016 SUNDAY

Worship- 7:45am & 10:45am

Sunday School-9:30am

Children’s Church-10:45am

WEDNESDAY Noon Day Prayer- 12:00pm

Prayer & Praise– 6:30pm

Bible Study–7:00pm “DEVELOPING AND LEADING DISCIPLES

INTO SPIRITUAL EXCELLENCE”