December 5-11
Sermon Notes
TUESDAY, December 6
9:15 AM Encore Bible Study
6:00 PM Mission Team Meeting, Parlor
7:00 PM Children’s Ministry Team Meeting, Katie’s office
WEDNESDAY, December 7
9:15 AM Women of the Word, Parlor
4:30 PM Karar Dance Ministry
5:30 PM Jubilation Ringers, Sanctuary
6:30 PM Adult Bible Studies
6:30 PM Lil’ KidZone & KidZone, Rm 106 & 316
6:30 PM One Student Ministry, Youth Room
6:30 PM Intercessors, Prayer Room
6:45 PM Sanctuary Choir, Sanctuary
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Loving God, Loving Others
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY
8:45 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
THURSDAY, December 8
6:30 PM FBC Preschool Christmas Program
6:30 PM Go 4th Team, Parlor
12:15 PM
1:00 PM
3:00 PM
FRIDAY, December 9
7:00 AM Men’s Bible Study, Parlor
SATURDAY, December 10
9:30 AM Children’s Christmas practice, Sanctuary
SUNDAY,
8:45 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:15 PM
1:00 PM
Child Care for age 2-3 and under is available during our services
in the Infant and Toddler Nurseries located on the 1st Floor.
December 11
Traditional Worship
Sunday School for All Ages
Contemporary Worship Service
Church Business Meeting
Multicultural Community Church, Chapel
Looking Ahead-Mark Your Calendar
Advent 2016 – Songs of Christmas
Be sure to put these Advent events on your calendar.
Dec 11, 18 - Sunday Advent Worship Services, 8:45am &
11:00am
Dec 14 Jingle Jam - food, fun & friends, 6:00pm
Dec 18 Children’s Christmas Musical, 4:00pm
Dec 24 Christmas Eve Worship, 4:00pm
Dec 25 Christmas Day Worship, 10:00am
Traditional Worship Service, Sanctuary
Sunday School, All Ages
Contemporary Worship Service, Sanctuary
~Children’s Church, 3 year—PreK, Room 106
Budget Forum Meeting, Parlor
Multicultural Community Worship, Chapel
Memory Service, Sanctuary
FIRST BAPTIST STAFF
Senior Pastor...Warren Hoffman | [email protected]
Ministry Development...Kelly Lashly| [email protected]
Children & Family Ministries…Katie Mashek | [email protected]
Youth Intern...Ryan Pennington | [email protected]
Congregational Care...Vic Lehman|[email protected]
Worship Ministry...Seth Dekkenga|[email protected]
Lead Custodian...Harald Gruber | [email protected]
Business Manager...Michelle Van’t Hul| [email protected]
Ministry Assistant...Lisette Eskam| [email protected]
Director of Children’s Center...Sheena Christensen | [email protected]
Pastor of Multi-Cultural Community Church…Henry Scere
1401 South Covell Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57105
605-336-0966 · www.firstb.org
Facebook: First Baptist Church of Sioux Falls
Twitter: @1stBSiouxFalls
Order of Worship - 8:45 Service
Events & Opportunities
Gathering Music
Penny Voegele
Sharon Buwalda
Pastor Kelly
O Come Let Us Adore Him
Kids’ Christmas Program
Mark your calendars for the kids’ and youth Christmas
musical, The Christmas County Spelling Bee, Sunday, December
18 at 4pm in the sanctuary!
Once In Royal David’s City
Pledge Cards
Thank you to everyone who submitted their pledge cards! You
can continue to turn in your pledges in the coming weeks.
Welcome
Call to Worship
Lighting of the Advent Candle
Choral Anthem
Congregational Praise
Offering
Doxology
Scripture Reading
Sermon
Song of Preparation
The Lord’s Supper
Deacon’s Offering
The First Noel
Luke 1:46-55
Do You Want a Revolution?
Pastor Warren
Mary Did You Know?
Kathy Sunvold
What Child Is This
Betty Gough
Linda Higgason
Benediction
Sending Music*
Order of Worship - 11:00 Service
Gathering Song
Welcome
Advent Reading & Prayer
Congregational Praise
Offering
Scripture Reading
Sermon
The Lord’s Supper
Deacon’s Offering
Benediction
Sending Music*
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Pastor Kelly
Tom & Mary Frederick
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Mary Did You Know?
USF Pazaz
Luke 1:46-55
Do You Want a Revolution?
Pastor Warren
Joy To The World
*Our prayer team is available after every service if
you would like to receive prayer.
A Note from our Pastors
Budget Forum
There will be a Budget Forum today at 12:15 PM, in the Parlor.
Congregational Meeting
There will be a congregational meeting December 11, 12:15pm
to elect new ministry members and approve the 2017
budget. Copies of the proposed 2017 budget are available in
the narthex.
Associate Pastor for Student Ministries
We are receiving applications for this position. The job
description is posted on our website www.firstb.org under “Latest
News & Information.
American Baptist Women
All women are invited to join us for a time of fellowship and
sharing.
ABC Retired Ministers & Missionaries Offering 2016
We will be receiving this offering Christmas Eve. Please
prayerfully consider what you can contribute for this offering.
Financial Facts from the Church Council
2016 Undesignated Giving Budget
Offering November 27
Income to Date (through Nov 27)
YTD Deficit:
Deacons Fund Year to Date
Attendance 11.27.2016
$45,939
303
$853,000
$11,991
$668,843
$92,341
Songs of Christmas, Our Favorites… What are Yours?
My favorite Advent Song is In the Bleak Midwinter, text by
Christina Rosetti. The carol speaks of the hardness of the
human heart and the desire for God to soften it – my favorite
line: “What can I give Him, poor as I am, if I were a shepherd,
I would bring a lamb, if I were a wise man, I would do my
part. Yet what can I give Him? Give Him my heart.”
–Pastor Warren
Of course, my very favorite Christmas songs are the wellknown Christmas hymns that I grew up singing and love
singing every year! But, Feliz Navidad is also a favorite
because I love speaking (singing) Spanish and it was always a
favorite in my classroom when I was teaching. It was more fun
to sing when we broke out the maracas!
–Pastor Katie
My favorite Christmas Carol is Joy to the World, because it
reminds me that God already sent joy to our world; “the Lord
is come!” Our challenge is to embrace joy, rather than all the
joy-stealers sent by Satan to disrupt and stifle our joy.
–Pastor Vic
My favorite Christmas song growing up was The Little
Drummer Boy. I still really enjoy it, though my favorite song
these days is the simple three-refrain version of O Come Let
Us Adore Him: “O come let us adore Him… For You alone are
worthy… We’ll give You all the glory… Christ the Lord!”
–Pastor Seth
The First Noel has been a favorite song of Christmas for me
since I was a little kid. The melody of the song catches my ear
and the lyrics capture my imagination as they tell part of the
remarkable story of Christ first coming…”born is the King”…
–Pastor Kelly
O Holy Night is my favorite Christmas song simply because it
highlights the mystery of God becoming human. The line, “Fall
on your knees” sums up the emotion I feel when hearing this
song. God came to live among us and to show us the Jesus
Way. The Savior’s birth was truly a divine moment and a
moment in history worth falling on your knees for.
–Pastor Ryan