Mary: The Prayer-Filled Life

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November 29, 2015

The Altar flowers today are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of their parents by Mary and Tom Howard;

in loving memory of Penny Chiminello by Betty Muri.

This Week at Aldersgate Today, November 29 8:30 am Coffee and Refreshments (RR) 9:00 am Worship (Sanctuary) 10:00 am Advent Brunch (FH) - Everyone is invited! 11:00 am Worship (Sanctuary) 12:00 pm Coffee and Refreshments (RR) 5:00 pm Youth Drama Group (S)

Monday, November 30 6:15 pm Instrumental Ensemble (S) 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Troop 119 (RR) 7:00 pm Families Anonymous (108)

Tuesday, December 1 10:00 am Quilters Guild (RR) 1:00 pm ALS sppt grp (RR) 1:30 pm Alzheimers sppt grp (208) 5:30 pm Stephen Ministers (208,111) 6:00 pm Handbell rehearsal (S) 7:00 pm Skyline Harmony (FH)

Wednesday, December 2 9:00 am Food Truck Greer Elementary 12:00 pm Lunch Bunch (208) 1:00 pm Staff Meeting 5:15 pm Cov. Discipleship (Parlor) 7:00 pm Women’s Bible Study (YR) 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Practice (S)

Thursday, December 3 11:00 am Busy Hands Fellowship (HR) 6:30 pm Sweet Adelines (FH) 7:00 pm Worship Band Rehearsal (S)

Friday, December 4

Saturday, December 5 8:00 am Men’s Group (208) 8:00 am Project Linus (RR,FH,K) 11:00 am LBT Choir (108)

The 2015 annual Advent Devotional is now available. Written by your

friends and fellow worshipers, this devotional guide will warm

your heart and renew your spirit.

If you have a prayer concern, there are several avenues for sharing with the Aldersgate family. You may submit your requests to the Caring For One Another e-mail prayer chain. Contact Jeanne Hamlin (jeaham@comcast.net). The detachable portion of this bulletin includes a space for written prayer concerns that you may place in the offering plate. Also, please check out the “Prayer Wall” at www.cvaumc.org.

Key:

CR = Choir Room

FH = Fellowship Hall

HR = Hospitality Room

K = Kitchen

RR = Reed Room (Old Sanctuary)

Unfin. FH = Unfinished Fellowship Hall

WC = Welcome Center

YR - Youth Room

Write your prayer requests here

If you would like your prayer request to be included on the Caring For One Another daily e-mail prayer chain, please check here.

November 29, 2015 — First Sunday of Advent 9 am Worship

We Gather for Worship Welcome Rev. Scott Davis, Lead Pastor *Opening Song Worship Band

“God of Wonders” *Opening Prayer Teach us how to pray, Lord, and to trust you as your servant Mary did. Show us how to live as your disciples and to follow your Son Jesus every day. Amen. Lighting the Advent Candle Billie Campbell and Ray Keneipp Children’s Message Rachel Miller, Dir. Of Ministries with Young People

We Hear the Word

Scripture Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 Sermon “Mary: The Prayer-Filled Life” Rev. Scott Davis

Prayers of the People and Lord’s Prayer

We Respond to the Word Offering and Song of Response “Prepare Him Room” Communion “Restless”

We Go Forth to Serve *Closing Song “My Soul Magnifies the Lord” Worship Band *Benediction

*please stand as you are able Additional information is projected on the screens

Communication Card

Please take a moment to fill out this card, then tear at the perforation and

place it in the offering plate.

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night women’s Bible study Help out with 11:00 Sip ‘n Chat

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Receive a daily “Advent Devotional” e-mail through December 25

November 29, 2015 — First Sunday of Advent 11 AM Worship

We Gather To Worship

Prelude “Mary, Did You Know?” arr. Mark Hayes Jo Pettitt, piano

Welcome Rev. Scott Davis, Lead Pastor

*Opening Hymn 211 “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (verses 1-4)

*Opening Prayer Bill George, Lay Reader O Holy Spirit of God, abide with us; inspire all our thoughts; pervade our imaginations; suggest all our decisions; order all our doings. Be with us in our silence and in our speech, in our haste and in our leisure, in company and in solitude, in freshness of the morning and in weariness of the evening; and give us grace at all times humbly to rejoice in Thy mysterious companionship. (John Baillie)

Lighting of the Advent Candle Kathy, Andrew, Chelsea, and Evan Morse

Come Now Children

Children’s Message Rachel Miller, Dir. of Ministries with Young People

Anthem “Kumbayah” arr. Joel Raney Chancel Choir

We Hear the Word

Scripture Lesson Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 Rev. Michael Ingersoll

Responsive Reading 749 Psalm 16:5-11 (Sung Response 1)

Sermon “Mary: The Prayer-Filled Life” Rev. Scott Davis

We Respond to the Word

Hymn of Prayer “Surely the Presence of the Lord”

Prayers of the People Rev. Michael Ingersoll

The Lord’s Prayer

Offering Prayer

Offertory “My Lord, What a Morning” arr. R. Billingham

*Doxology 238 (refrain only)

*The Apostles’ Creed, Traditional Version 881 Rev. Reiter

*Hymn of Commitment 196 “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” HYFRYDOL

We Go Forth in Peace to Serve

*Benediction

*Postlude *please stand as you are able

Additional information is projected on the screens

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