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This Week at Westminster
Welcome guests! We’re delighted that you’ve come to worship with us here at Westminster this morning. We pray that God will bless you richly through the service and the welcome of our congregation and that you’ll worship with us again soon. No Sunday School Today: To give our Sunday School teachers a time to rest from their preparations and enjoy the holidays with their families, we will not be having Sunday School today. Adult Sunday School at Westminster: we will resume January 6, 2019.
This Week & Beyond
Wednesday Night Youth Group will resume January 16, 2019. Adult Choir will resume on Wednesday, Jan 9, 2019. Youth Events:
• December 29 at 10:00 am – Monte Sano Hike. Weather Permitting, we’ll hike 2-3 miles around the Monte Sano Land Trust area.
• RYM – mark your calendar July 1-5, 2019 *** for more information--- see the weekly e-mail blast or contact Eric Fulcher.
Dinners of Eight—Sign up Now! Dinners of Eight are a way for us to get better acquainted with each other here at WPC. Each month, beginning in January, eight people will get together for dinner at someone’s house (or at a restaurant if that works better). The host will supply the main dish and bread, while the others will be assigned to bring a vegetable, salad, or dessert to share. Groupings and assignments will rotate each month so that when the cycle concludes, everyone will have had dinner and fellowship with 24 different people. Couples and singles are invited. Interested? Sign-up on the blue sheet today! You can join until Sunday, Dec. 23.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Dec 23, 30 No Sunday School or Evening Worship Dec 24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service (5-6 pm) Jan 9 Wed. Night Activities Resume Office Closed Dec 24-28; Dec 31 & Jan 1
Sunday’s Servants
Year-end Giving: Don't forget--all year-end gifts must be post-marked no later than midnight December 31st to be included on your contribution statement for 2018!
Aids to Worship To use the church’s Wi-Fi, select WPC Guest and enter ‘matthew633’ when asked.
Hearing assistance devices are available at the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.
Binders with today’s hymns and readings in large print are available at the round table in the lobby.
Please return them there after the service. To hear an audio of today’s sermons again, go www.wpc-hsv.org and click on the link at the bottom
right corner of the home page. If providentially hindered from attending worship on the Lord’s Day, you can still join us for the
morning service via video-streaming. Simply go to www.wpc-hsv.org and select “Watch Live” on the menu bar at the top of the page.
December 23, 2018
5744 Oakwood Road NW, Huntsville, Alabama 35806
256.830.5754 www.wpc-hsv.org
Office Hours: Monday – Thursday, 8 am – 4 pm
SERVING TODAY: Dec 23, 2018 NEXT WEEK: Dec 30, 2018 NURSERY – Morning Worship Rebecca Harness, Lady Emrich,
Fred Diaz Carol Evans, Annabelle Lowrance
Bill Emrich Catherine Henderson Alex Covert Noah Keel NURSERY – Sunday School ----- Taylor Thompson NURSERY – Evening Worship ----- ------ HEAD USHER Steve Stegman Lee Talmadge SEXTON COUNTER Wade Pettus, Art McKinney Art McKinney, Craig Bosma SOUND Clif Barnes, Eric Fulcher Clif Barnes, Jacqueline Bryant COFFEE FELLOWSHIP ------ ------ COMMUNION SET UP ----- ----- WCA DOOR MONITOR ----- -----
December 2018 Attendance for Dec 16, 2018 General Missions
YTD Actual $769,085 $64,082 Morning Worship - 347
YTD Budget No Sunday School Annual Budget $820,000 $70,000 Evening Worship - 108
Pastoral Staff Joe Steele Sr. Pastor [email protected]
David Hammond Asst. Pastor [email protected] Stephen Hooks WCA Head of School/Asst. Pastor [email protected]
Ministry Team
Tom Adams Director of Music [email protected] Bertha Dykstra Pianist [email protected]
Rebecca Johnson Music Intern [email protected] Curry Knight Administrator [email protected] Jessica Perez Nursery Coordinator [email protected] Mary Spybey Office Manager [email protected]
Tracey Zumbach Children’s Ministry Director [email protected]
A BEACON OF HOPE
OFFERING LIFE AND LIGHT IN CHRIST TO THOSE IN DARKNESS, HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD
“In Him was life, and this life
was the light of men.” John 1:4
Morning Worship 9:30 A.M.
The Prelude Mr. Art McKinney The Welcome and Announcements The Preparation for Worship Mr. Art McKinney † The Call to Worship Luke 2:10-11
Pastor: And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.”
Congregation: For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
† The Hymn of Praise Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come #195 † The Invocation 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.
† The Confession of Faith The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell*; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church;** the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
*this refers to the realm of the dead, not the place of punishment **“catholic” means “universal” church, the true church in all times and places.
† The Gloria Patri #735 The Call to Repentance Isaiah 51:17 Church Bible, pg. 612 The Silent Confession of Personal Sins The Corporate Confession of Sin
Almighty God, we are unworthy to come into your presence and do not deserve your grace or mercy. We have sinned against you, O Lord, and we have offended you. Yet as we acknowledge our sins and offenses, so also do we acknowledge you to be a merciful God and loving Father to all who turn to you. And so we humbly ask you, for the sake of Christ your son, to show us mercy, and forgive all our offenses. By your Spirit, O God, take possession of our hearts, so that, not only the actions of our lives, but also the words of our mouths, and the smallest thoughts of our minds, may be guided and governed by you. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now and forever. Amen. (Adapted from John Knox’s liturgy of 1560)
The Assurance of Pardon Isaiah 1:18 Church Bible, pg. 566
† The Hymn Good Christian Men, Rejoice #207 The Prayer of Intercession and Dedication Mr. Nat Causey The Presentation of Tithes and Offerings The Offertory Were You There That Christmas Night? Sanctuary Choir
Were you there? Were you there On that Christmas night?
When the world was filled with a holy light? Where you there to behold as the wonder foretold
Came to Earth?
Did you see? Did you see? How they hailed him king?
With their gifts so rare that they chose to bring? Did you see how they bowed as they praised him aloud
At his birth?
Did you hear how the choirs of angels sang At the glory of the sight?
Did you hear how the bells of Heaven rang All through the night?
Did you know, did you know
It was God's own son? The salvation of the world begun?
Did you know it was love that was sent from above To the Earth?
Did you know it was love that was sent from above
To the Earth?
The Scripture Lesson Nehemiah 9:32-38 Church Bible, pg. 405
The Prayer for Illumination The Proclamation of the Word of God Mr. Joe Steele
“Human Sinfulness and Divine Steadfastness, Part III” † The Hymn of Response Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor #230 † The Benediction † The Doxology #731 † The Postlude Mr. Art McKinney
† Congregation Standing
Poinsettias Dedication Tom & Ellise Adams
In Honor of Gorden Darnell In Honor of Ken Adams In Honor of Ruby Adams John & Susann Anderson In Memory of Karen Alm
Bill & Lady Emrich In Memory of Ethan Emrich
In Memory of William Emrich, Sr. Dave & Carol Evans
Dedicated to Buell & Margaret Evans Dedicated to Watt McCallum
Bob & Lynn Frederick In Honor of James Tozer
Fulcher Family In Honor of Eleanor Fulcher Dedicated to Susan Bryan
Joel Hall In Memory of Martha Hall David & Dixie Hammond
In Honor of Paul & Lorraine Alexander Cyndy Hooks
In Honor of Ricky Sparks Warren & Kathy Jackson
In Honor of those who have gone to Glory Scooter & Angie Johnson
In Memory of Laurel Mariah Johnson In Memory of Bob & Jane Johnson
In Memory of Buren & Satoko Craig In Memory of Ryan Corder
The Nemati Family In Memory of Gerald Matin Herber In Memory of James Gordon Davis
In Memory of Cheryl Curran Fay Newman
In Memory of sister, Esther In Memory of brother, Paul
Scott & Barbara Nicol In Memory of Carl and Ann Jackson In Memory of Douglas & Betty Nicol
Wade & Amanda Pettus In Memory of Evelyn Frances Guiles
Malcolm & Christa Post In Memory of Sandy Cox
In Memory of Richard Post Jim & Juanita Service
Dedicated to Craig Aiken Anne Sprague
In Memory of my Husband, Eddie The Stegman Family
In Honor of Gary & Gloria Stegman In Honor of Bob & Carolyn Jeffus
Pat Thompson In Honor of Dick Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Souder
Ann Streeter In Honor of Debbie Kaufmann’s Birthday In Honor of Kathy Mansfield’s Birthday
In Honor of Lisa Pomnitz’s Birthday Suzanne Wellborn
In Honor of Levi Hughes In Memory of John Humphrey Goucher
