Prayer List

Pat Gonzalez – lymphoma, back issues continue

Justin Young Dolores Skrabanek – recovering from back surgery Tucker Libhart – migraines headaches Dorothy Novosad -recovering from broken arm Ruth Kohutek – back issue Vallie Zavodny

SBC Friends Remember those suffering with cancer and ongoing treatments Barbara Garrett, Dwaine Sefcik, Sandra Wigham, Ronny Mann, Kori Fredenburg, Susan Clowers, Robert Portugal, Linda Simcik, Ben Martinka, Dennis Hardwick, Netsie Hoelscher , Lyla Tuney

Remember those having medical tests and other medical issues: Amiera Amos, Hannah Haisler, Cheryl Phillips, Nolan Rowald, Karen Kostohryz, Marshall Amos, Bill Meissner, Jacob Hughes, Tom Doehre, Heather Hengft, Patrick Smith, Mark Collier, Gracie Kosse, Margarette Bostick, Ron Vitek, Roger Sanders, Colton Burton, James Lewis, Bernie Weber, Kevin Heath, Georgie Biery, Pastor William Passmore, Margie Mitchell, Janie Hromadka, Eugene Wilde, Mary Ann Marek, Camryn Escededo, Rose Morales, Leon Wehunt, Susan Simek, Winnie Stanley, Matthew Gearhart, Larry Nohra

Church Needs Stewardship of: Time, Talent, Finances & Prayers, Please pray for your church leaders, Please answer “your call” of service to the Lord Other Prayer Requests David Rubin, Avi Lipkin, pray for all our military & their families

Prayers for our Military SSG Mitchel Kellhofer – (Jessica, Izabelle, Nicole, Lillian)-Ft Benning, Ga. Justin Kraatz – Fort Benning, Georgia LTJG Blake Dwyer – Pearl Harbor (grandson of Bill & Janet Young), Capt. Justin Bauman (son-n-law of Gary & Linda Stock) in Washington Ruby Rubin (son of David Rubin) – Israeli Military Service

Bereavements

SBC Members in Nursing Centers or Homebound Elsie Cabla (TLC-East) Wilma Motl (Cameron Nursing Center), Shirley Kelarek

(Cornerstone), Lorene Kotrla – at Park Place in Belton

12561 State Highway 53

Temple (Seaton), Texas 76501

254-985-2694

December 2, 2018

First Sunday of Advent

Join the Journey,

Come grow with us!

Welcome to Seaton Brethren

Church WE WELCOME all who are visiting with us this morning! Please join us again. We look forward to sharing the joy of our Risen

Savior with you throughout the year! If you do not have a church home, we would love to have you worship with us regularly. We

invite you to fill out a green card located in the pew and either place it in the offering plate or leave it in the pew.

Our mission at Seaton Brethren Church is to teach the

inspired and inerrant Word of God, to proclaim that Jesus

Christ is the crucified and risen Savior of the world, and

to nurture and equip believers for lives of Christian service.

Pastor

Rev. Denise Mikeska – sbcpastordenise@yahoo.com

(254) 721-7340 Cell

Chairman of the Board of Elders

Charles Amos

(254) 913-2310

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Christmas Choir Practices

Choir practice for Christmas will be Wed. nights:

Dec. 5, and Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

The Christmas Season is a great time to invite friends

and neighbors to church. Ask them to come on Sunday

with you, or to the Christmas Dinner or Christmas

Candlelight Service. Christmas can be a difficult

season for some, so be an encourager and show that

you care and share the good news of Jesus. Share the Good News of Jesus Christ with Those Around You!

Golden Hearts Christmas Party

December 20 at 10:30 a.m.

Bring Party Foods & a Wrapped Ornament

for the Ornament Exchange

Anyone, Any Age Can Join Us!

Worship Is Celebration December 2, 2018

First Sunday of Advent

Ringing of the Bell/Welcome Call to Worship

“O Come, All Ye Faithful” – Hymn No. 249

Opening Prayer Congregational Hymn

“How Great Is Our God/ Emmanuel”

Worship Through Responsive Reading “Advent Responsive Reading” (Bulletin Insert)

Lighting the Candle of Hope

Congregational Hymn

“O Come, O Come Emmanuel” - Hymn No.245

The Church at Prayer Congregational Hymn

“It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” - Hymn No. 251

Choir Praise “Little Drummer Boy”

Receiving His Tithes & Our Offerings Offertory Music & Meditation Today from God’s Word Rev. Denise Mikeska

Announcements - Coming Soon @ SBC Closing Song

“Go, Tell It on the Mountain” - Hymn No. 258

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Today Prayer Gathering – 9:20 a.m.

Sunday School for All Ages – 9:30 a.m. Worship Celebration– 10:30 a.m.

1st Sunday of Advent Lighting the Candle of Hope

Next Sunday – Dec. 9th Prayer Gathering – 9:20 a.m.

Sunday School for All Ages – 9:30 a.m. Worship Celebration– 10:30 a.m.

2nd Sunday of Advent Lighting the Candle of Peace

Coming Soon Dec. 5 Wed. – Wed. Night Activities Dec. 13 Thur. – Christmas Caroling Dec. 16 Sun. – 6:00 p.m. – Christmas Program/ Candlelight Service

Dec. 19 Wed. – Pizza Night Dec. 19 Wed. – Children’s Happy Birthday Jesus Party Dec. 20 Thur. – 10:30 a.m. – Golden Hearts Christmas Party Dec. 22 Sat. – 6:00 p.m. – Young Adult/Family Group Gathering Dec. 25 Tue. – Merry Christmas Dec. 26 Wed. – NO Wed. Night Activities

Great Things Are Happening at SBC!

Happy Birthday Jesus Party

for the Kingdom Kids (Elementary Class)

Dec.19th The Children will have a Birthday Party for Jesus during

their regular Wednesday Night Activities. More

information will be in the Bulletin and on the One Call.

Young Adult/Young Family Group

Next Gathering

Dec. 22 - 6:00 p.m.

@Michael & Lisa Mill’s home

12861 Woodford Rd, Temple

Asian themed Potluck

Bring your own chair

Any questions:

Call Sabrina – 254-251-0099

Everyone is invited to join us for Christmas Caroling on Dec. 13th at Wm. Courtney Nursing Home @ 10:00 a.m.

Watch for details for the evening schedule.

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SBC Annual

Christmas Program

& Community Candlelight

Service

December 16th @6:00 p.m. Christmas Music, Skits Etc.

Join Us for Refreshments & Fellowship Afterwards

Join in for the singing of “Silent Night” as we light candles and reflect on the great love that God has for us

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has

dawned…Isaiah 9:2

Invite someone today…your friends,

your neighbors, don’t miss the

opportunity!

Advent Responsive Reading

Leader: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may

be saved.

Congregation: When hope is lost,

Leader: Restore us, O God.

Congregation: When people are hurting,

Leader: Restore us, O God.

Congregation: When hope seems lost, when evil seems

to be winning, when the righteous are persecuted, when

truth is ignored, Restore us, O God.

Leader: Restore us, O God.

Congregation: Restore us, God of Life. Bring us closer

to hope, the hope that lights the way on the journey to

Bethlehem. During this season of waiting may we be

open to signs of your restoring love. As we light this first

Advent Candle, let us pray for God's restoration in the

midst of brokenness and despair. Let us give thanks for

God’s great love for us. Let us give thanks that He is

our hope and our salvation.

Leader: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may

be saved. Amen.

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Advent Reflection: Take a ‘Time Out’

Most of us believe that the world around us is changing at a dizzying pace. The

barrage of technology shouts to attract our attention. Babies are born, grow up

and change into adults. People get older and die. The seasons around us

continually shift from warm to cold as the earth spins in space.

But scientists tell us that time itself is a relative term. Time is rather arbitrary. It

does not ask to be measured. Before the invention of time pieces, folks

watched the sun, and time went hand-in-hand with the rhythms of our physical

world. There were no deadlines. Time was the vehicle for life, not a slave

driver.

In reality, the world around us never changes. It wants what it wants when it

wants it. The values of survival attract the lower nature of our common

humanity, selfishness is universal. The true changes in our world happen inside

the human heart when, rather than running to keep ahead of time we pause,

change direction, and begin to choose quality over quantity, nurture over

nature, peace over possessions.

Two thousand years ago, God put a pause in time, breaking into the history of

the universe to insert a new Word. That Word, Jesus, the full meaning of God

transformed into human life, was born, grew up and became an adult. He

moved in time and through time, bound by the same march of seasons and

days and years as we are. He was born into a time of civil strife, grinding

poverty, war, and violence.

Yet his life is beyond time, beyond the sameness of the world; and through his

life, we are offered a way to change, to be born again and become new.

This Christmas, take a step outside of time, away from a world that never

changes, into a way of life that will change you, and through you, change the

world.

The Rev. Anne O. Weatherholt is the rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Lappans