First Baptist Church847 Cleveland Street Greenville, South Carolina 29601-4495 (864) 233-2527 www.firstbaptistgreenville.com

A Community of Believers. Each Member A Minister.

Mary Carol AndersonYouth and Recreation

Bootie CothranMedia and Technology

Jim DantSenior Minister

Vivian HamiltonMusic and Worship

Priscilla HarrisChildren’s Music

Jenna ManningChurch Operations

Kyle MatthewsWorship Arts

Juli MorrowPreschool

Rosemary NewInfant-Toddler Program

Kendra PlatingPastoral Care

Becky RamseyChildren

Jeanie ReedYouth Music

Matt RollinsSpiritual Formation and

Outreach

Frank A. SmithNeighborhood Partnership and Christian Fellowship

Kathy StewartKindergarten

Laura StoutMissions

Looking Ahead

Sunday morning worship service broadcasts:

WLFJ-AM 660 and FM 92.9

www.firstbaptistgreenville.com/watchlisten-live/

Links to view or listen to previous services are also available.

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December 21, 7:00pmLongest Night Service

(Carpenter Chapel)

December 22-26AYMC and Church Offices Closed

December 24, 5:00pmChristmas Eve

Service of CommunionJim Dant, Proclaimer

December 25No Sunday School

December 25, 10:30amChristmas DaySenses of the Season: Taste

Casual Worship in Fellowship HallJim Dant, Proclaimer

December 31-January 2AYMC Closed

January 1, 9:15amNo Sunday SchoolChurch Family Breakfast(Fellowship Hall)

January 1, 10:30amNew Year’s DayEpiphany Sunday

Jim Dant, Proclaimer

January 2Church Offices Closed

The acolytes are Elle LaForge and Nate Marshall.

Singing the first stanza of “Once in Royal David’s City” is the Junior Choir under the direction of Amy Joye.

The brass quintet consists of instrumentalists Phil Elkins, trumpet; Seville Jenkins, trombone; Gary Malvern, trumpet; Michael Taylor, tuba; and Bill Tyler, horn.

Music selections today include: “Climb to the Top of the Highest Mountain” by Carolyn Jennings, © 1981 Neil A. Kjos Music Company; “Star Carol” by John Rutter, © 1972 Oxford University Press; “Before the Marvel of This Night” by Carl Schalk, © 1982 Augsburg Publishing House; and “Scots Nativity” by Alan Bullard, © 2002 Oxford University Press.

The luminaries are given in loving memory and in celebration of the life of Dr. Thomas Edward House by Gail House. “Your light will always shine in the hearts of those who love you and in the many lives that you touched.”

December 18, 2016

Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols

Six Thirty in the Evening

Financial Needs as of 12/17$2,403,850

Receipts as of 12/14$2,202,211

Lula Whilden Goal$125,000

Lula Whilden as of 12/14$85,004

December 24Christmas Eve Service of Communion

5:00pm

Jim Dant, proclaimer

Kyle Matthews, soloist

*Please stand as you are able. Please silence all electronic devices.Please contact an usher for a hearing aid receiver or magnifying glass.

Eighth Lesson John 1:1-5 Colin Dorroh This is the great mystery of the Incarnation.

Carol “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” DIVINUM MYSTERIUM

Ninth Lesson John 1:6-14 Christ is the Light of the World.

Passing of the Light

Carol (remain seated)

“Silent Night” STILLE NACHT

Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is brightRound yon virgin mother and child, Holy infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night, Darkness flies, all is light;Shepherds hear the angels sing, “Alleluia! Hail the King!

Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born.”

Silent night, holy night, Song of God, love’s pure light, Radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus, Lord, at thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.

Silent night, holy night, Wondrous star, lend thy light;With the angels let us sing, “Alleluia to our King;

Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born.”

Benediction

Carol of Response (Hymn 80, stanza 1) ANTIOCH

Joy to the world! The Lord is come! Let earth receive her King:Let ev’ry heart prepare him room, and heav’n and nature sing,

And heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n and heav’n and nature sing.

Peal of the Advent BellsOrgan Postlude

“Joy to the World” arr. John A. Behnke

Place candles in a receptacle in the Narthex as you leave.

PreludeProcessional

Hymn 84 “Once in Royal David’s City” IRBY

Stanza 1: Junior Choir *Stanzas 2-5: Congregation

Welcome to Worshipers Jim Dant

We welcome those who are visiting with us this evening. Please complete a welcome card located in the pew rack and place it in the offering plate. We hope you will consider making First Baptist Greenville your church home.

Offertory PrayerMusical Offering Three Christmas Chorales Scheidt

Christmas Offering for Lula Whilden World Missions

Bidding Prayer Matt Rollins

Beloved in Christ, as we gather to celebrate with joyous anticipation the coming of the redeemer of the world, let us prepare ourselves to hear in lessons from the Holy Scripture how the prophets of Israel foretold his coming. Let us rejoice in our carols that God’s promise is even now being fulfilled. And let us offer our prayers and praise to Almighty God through the words which Christ himself taught us:

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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

First Lesson Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 Bill George The prophet foretells the coming of the Savior.

Carol*Hymn 82 “O Come, All Ye Faithful” ADESTE FIDELIS

Second Lesson Isaiah 11:1-2, 4a, 6-9 Elle LaForge The peace the Christ will bring is foreshown.

Carol “Climb to the Top of the Highest Mountain” Jennings

Third Lesson Isaiah 35:1-6 Debbie Paden Mobley The prophet foretells the coming of the desire of all nations.

Carol*Hymn 75 “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing” MENDELSSOHN

Fourth Lesson Isaiah 40:1-8 Kevin Treu The prophet proclaims good news to a people in exile.

Carol “Star Carol” Rutter

Fifth Lesson Luke 1:26-35, 38 Ann Quattlebaum The angel Gabriel visits Mary.

Carol “Before the Marvel of this Night” Schalk

Sixth Lesson Luke 2:1, 3-7 Stuart Jones Luke tells of the birth of Jesus.

Carol*Hymn 86 “The First Nowell” THE FIRST NOWELL

Seventh Lesson Luke 2:8-20 Kelsey Fuson The shepherds go to the manger.

Carol “Scots Nativity” Bullard