This document summarizes the order of service for the First Advent Sunday service at First Christian Church. It includes announcements about upcoming church events, such as a combined youth meeting and Christmas cantata. It also lists the call to worship, hymns sung ("Joy to the World" and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"), scripture readings from Isaiah and Romans, and a summary of the sermon which encouraged the congregation to wake from slumber and put on the armor of light as salvation grows nearer.

1. Thank You for serving God with us.
(Disciples of Christ)
www.bluefieldfcc.com
Rev. Aaron Watkins, Pastor
November 28. 2010
First Advent Sunday
First Christian Church
•Announcements
•Call To Worship
•Hymnals
•Scripture

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Children
Sing Jesus
A Lullaby
12/12/2010
11:00 A.M.
Combined Youth Meeting
CYF & ChiRho
@ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Last Day to Support
2011 Youth Fundraiser
Upper Disciplines
$15.00 Regular Print
$18.00 Large Print
Cantata
12/19/2010

3. Leader: The Lord is glorious and exalted.
People: Lord, Shine in our hearts and lives.
Leader: God’s people are often in distress and sorrow.
People: Lord, show your might and deliver us from evil.
Leader: We sometimes do not feel the Lord’s presence.
People: O Lord, let your face again shine on us.
Leader: The Lord was the shepherd of his people Israel.
People: Lord, lead us in our way and guide us in our walk.
Leader: In this Advent season we stand on tiptoe-
ALL: Immanuel, invade our lives. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP

4. Joy to the World! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
JOY TO THE WORLD
Hymnal #
125

5. Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
Vv. 2

6. No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
Vv. 3

7. He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Vv. 4

8. Hark the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
Hymnal # 133

9. Christ by highest heav'n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of a Virgin's womb:
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail the incarnate Deity,
Pleased as man with man to
dwell
Jesus, our Emmanuel
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Vv. 2

10. Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings
Ris'n with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Vv. 3

11. Isaiah 2: 2-5
2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s
temple was established as the highest of
the mountains; it will be exalted above the
hills, and all nations will stream to it.
3 Many peoples will come and say, “Come
let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will
teach us his ways, so that we may walk in
his paths.” The law will go out from Zion,
the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Psalm Reading
DawnaWatkins

12. 4 He will judge between the nations and will
settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat
their swords into plowshares and their spears
into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up
sword against nation, nor will they train for war
anymore.
5 Come descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the
light of the LORD.
Psalm Reading
Dawna Watkins

13. ROMANS 13: 11-14
11 And do this, understanding the present
time. The hour has come for you to wake
up from your slumber, because our
salvation is nearer now than when we
first believed.
12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost
here. So let us put aside the deeds of
darkness and put on the armor of light.
Scripture

14. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime,
not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual
immorality and debauchery, not in
dissension and jealously.
14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord
Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to
gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
Scripture