GRACE EVANGELICAL CHURCH

SUNDAY DEC. 2, 2012

The organ prelude marks the beginning of

the worship service. It calls us to quiet ourselves

and to direct our hearts and minds toward Him.

Prelude “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” by Roger C. Wilson

Introit “Good Christian Men Rejoice” 27

Lighting of Advent Candle Katie Pointer

Invocation

Gloria Patri Insert

Announcements

Advent Reading Lk. 1:26-56

Hymn “There’s a Song in the Air” 26

Hymn “Deck the Halls” 12

Hymn “O Christmas Tree” 2

Praise and Prayer John Bottomley

Music Special “Comfort Ye”

In His Word “A ‘Messiah’ Christmas” II Cor. 1:1-4

Benediction

Closing Chorus “Freely, Freely” Insert

********************* “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,

that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned:

for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 40:1-2

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Pastor David M. Pointer

Organist JoAnn Pointer

Maid Mary’s Song

Babe, dear Babe!

Mine own, mine own, my heart's delight,

The myrrh between my breasts at night,

My little Rose, my Lily white,

My Babe for whom the star's alight.

Babe, dear Babe!

Mine own, mine own, GOD'S only SON,

Foretold, foreseen, since earth begun;

Desire of nations, Promised One

When Eve was first by sin undone.

Babe, dear Babe!

Mine own, mine own, the whole world's Child!

Born of each heart that's undefiled,

Nursed at the breast of Mercy mild,

And in the arms of Love asiled.

Babe, dear Babe!

My crown of glory, sorrow's sword,

My Maker, King, Redeemer, Lord,

My Saviour and my great Reward;

My little Son, my Babe adored.

Michael Fairless

ANNOUNCEMENTS.................

12/02 Sun. 10:30 AM Sunday School

11:30 AM Fellowship & Refreshments

11:45 AM First Sunday of Advent Service

2:00 PM Sunday Dinner with the Least

12/05 Wed. 7:00 PM Mid-Week Services

Prayer, Praise, and Bible Study

Adult Study: “Gospel of Luke”

Young Teen

Kids Club

12/23 Sun. 7:30 PM Christmas Candlelight Service and

The Gathering after service.

The Least personal hygiene kits: tooth paste, tooth brush, wash cloth, soap, comb,

deodorant, razor, feminine napkins.

Bibles for Russia collection in entryway.

Remember soup collection for Metropolitan Ministries.

On the table at the entrance to the sanctuary you will find visitor cards, prayer cards, the

attendance register, and the offering box. If you have never completed a visitor

card, please complete one and place it in the offering box. If you have completed a

visitor card on a previous visit, please register your attendance today by signing the

attendance register.

A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers

KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky is the state where both Abraham Lincoln, President of the Union , and

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, were born. They were born less than one

hundred miles and one year apart.

WISDOM OF A NINETY YEAR OLD

“Time heals almost everything. Give time time.”

CUTE PUNS

I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.

THE LAWS OF ULTIMATE REALITY Law of Mechanical Repair

After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll

have to use the bathroom.

GED

The following questions were in last year's GED examination.

These are genuine answers (from 16 year olds)............and they WILL breed. Q. How can you delay milk turning sour

A. Keep it in the cow

PROVERBS FOR LIVING

“The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked:

but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.”

Proverbs 21:12

12/02/12

“A ‘Messiah’ Christmas” II Corinthians 1:1-4

Isaiah 40:1-2

(Isa 40:1) Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

(Isa 40:2) Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is

accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand

double for all her sins.

(2Co 1:3) Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of

mercies, and the God of all comfort;

(2Co 1:4) Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them

which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

(Isa 66:13) As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

(Joh 14:16) And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he

may abide with you for ever;

(Joh 14:17) Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him

not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

(Joh 14:18) I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Christmas in the Heart

The snow lies deep upon the ground,

And winter's brightness all around

Decks bravely out the forest sere,

With jewels of the brave old year.

The coasting crowd upon the hill

With some new spirit seems to thrill;

And all the temple bells achime.

Ring out the glee of Christmas time.

In happy homes the brown oak-bough

Vies with the red-gemmed holly now;

And here and there, like pearls, there show

The berries of the mistletoe.

A sprig upon the chandelier

Says to the maidens, "Come not here!"

Even the pauper of the earth

Some kindly gift has cheered to mirth!

Within his chamber, dim and cold,

There sits a grasping miser old.

He has no thought save one of gain,--

To grind and gather and grasp and drain.

A peal of bells, a merry shout

Assail his ear: he gazes out

Upon a world to him all gray,

And snarls, "Why, this is Christmas Day!"

No, man of ice,--for shame, for shame!

For "Christmas Day" is no mere name.

No, not for you this ringing cheer,

This festal season of the year.

And not for you the chime of bells

From holy temple rolls and swells.

In day and deed he has no part--

Who holds not Christmas in his heart!

Paul Laurence Dunbar