Bayshore Gardens Community Church

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Bayshore GardensCommunity Church

• Believing, Again
• Gaining Hope
• Caring Relationships
• Christ Jesus

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WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO MEMBERS, REGULAR
ATTENDERS, and THOSE VISITING TODAY. If you are
visiting with us, we welcome you to our
church! You are no longer a stranger for you
are with the people of God.
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CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE Wednesday,
December 24, 2014 700 PM
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN THE WHITE ATTENDANCE
PAD so that we may celebrate your presence with
us today! Please pass it on to the next
person and then back down the row
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Please Take Your Bulletins Home With You and Read
Announcements We invite you to take advantage of
the many opportunities for fellowship and
service
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Bayshore GardensCommunity Church

• Believing, Again
• Gaining Hope
• Caring Relationships
• Christ Jesus

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THE CALL TO WORSHIP From the Magnificat The
Virgin Marys song (Luke 246b-47 48b-50) The
Christmas Angels praise chorus (Luke 214)
Pastor / CONGREGATION
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My soul praises the Lord AND MY SPIRIT
REJOICES in God my Savior FOR HE HAS BEEN
MINDFUL of my humble state. THE MIGHTY ONE has
done great things for me. HOLY IS HIS NAME.
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His mercy extends TO THOSE WHO REVERE HIM from
generation to generation. GLORY TO GOD in the
highest AND ON EARTH, PEACE and good will to
all UPON WHOM GODS FAVOR RESTS.
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THE OPENING HYMN 249 O COME, ALL YE
FAITHFUL  
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O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O
come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem! Come and behold
Him, born the King of angels. O come, let us
adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let
us adore Him, Christ, the Lord.
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Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation O
sing all ye bright hosts of heaven above! Glory
to God, all glory in the highest. O come, let us
adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let
us adore Him, Christ, the Lord.
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Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy
morning Jesus, to Thee be all glory given Word
of the Father now in flesh appearing! O come, let
us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come,
let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord.
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LIGHTING OUR ADVENT CANDLE
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SILENT PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND
CONFESSION The Assurance Of Pardon Isaiah
6613-14a   As a mother comforts her child, so
will I, the Lord, comfort you And you will be
find peace. Then your heart will rejoice and you
will be restored.
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THE CHANCEL CHOIR The Birthday of a
King Dale Newhouse, Director Pat Woods,
Accompanist
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A TIME OF SHARING WITH GODS CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
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THE HOLY SCRIPTURE Isaiah 401-5   Comfort, O
comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly
to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served
her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has
received from the LORD's hand double for all her
sins.
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A voice cries out In the wilderness prepare the
way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a
highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted
up, and every mountain and hill be made low the
uneven ground shall become level, and the rough
places a plain. Then the glory of the LORD shall
be revealed, and all people shall see it
together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
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267 I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
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I Heard the Bells on Christmas DayTheir old
familiar carols play,And wild and sweet the
words repeatOf peace on earth, good will to
men. I thought how, as the day had come,The
belfries of all ChristendomHad rolled along the
unbroken songOf peace on earth, good will to
men.
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And in despair I bowed my head"There is no
peace on earth," I said,"For hate is strong and
mocks the songOf peace on earth, good will to
men."Then pealed the bells more loud and
deep"God is not dead, nor doth he sleepThe
wrong shall fail, the right prevail,With peace
on earth, good will to men."
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Till, ringing singing, on its way,The world
revolved from night to day,A voice, a chime, a
chant sublime,Of peace on earth, good will to
men!
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THE SERMON LOWERING THE MOUNTAIN AND RAISING THE
VALLEY Please See Sermon Outline Bayshore
Gardens Community Church Dr. Daniel Herlein
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LOVE CANNOT BE DEMANDED OR ARTIFICIALLY
INDUCED. God chose to come DOWN into our world
NOT TO DEMAND or artificially induce our love for
Him but, rather, to WIN our love by showing us
how much He FIRST loved us. He accomplished this
in a most unconventional way . . .
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Isaiah 23 Come, let us go up to the mountain of
the Lord However, we cannot climb UP the
mountain into our holy Gods presence because we
are sinful. So God chose to come DOWN to us.
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A re-read and new understanding of Isaiah
404 How God LOWERED the mountain and RAISED up
the valley.
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Jesus own people rejected Him as Messiah because
they didnt recognize Him for who He really
was. John 111-12 - He came unto His own, but
his own received Him not But to all who DID
receive Him, that is, those who believed in Him,
to those He gave the right to be called the
children of God.
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Four of the thousands of Clarion Hotel properties
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Philippians 25b-8 Christ Jesus, who, being in
very nature God, did not consider equality with
God, as something to be held on to. Instead, He
LOWERED Himself taking on the very form of a
servant, being made in human LIKENESS. And being
found in APPEARANCE as a man, He humbled himself
choosing to die on the cross to pay the price for
our sins.
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Christmas IS about God coming DOWN TO US and
God bringing us UP TO HIM.
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O Holy Child of Bethlehem, DESCEND ON US, we
pray. Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in
us today. We hear the Christmas angel the great
glad tidings tell. O COME TO US, ABIDE WITH
US, Our Lord, Emmanuel.
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The Pastoral Prayer and The Lords 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.
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OUR OFFERING As A Tangible Expression Of Our
Gratitude To God, We Joyfully Offer Our
Monetary Gifts To Financially Support God's
Work At Bayshore Gardens Community Church
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OFFERTORY MUSIC CHRISTMAS MEDLEY Harriet
Hoeksema, Organ Pat Woods, Piano
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THE DOXOLOGY Praise God from Whom all blessings
flow Praise Him all creatures here below Praise
Him above ye heavenly host Praise Father, Son
and Holy Ghost. AMEN
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THE CLOSING CHRISTMAS CAROL 251 IT CAME UPON
THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR

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It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious
song of old, From angels bending near the
earth, To touch their harps of gold Peace on the
earth, goodwill to men From heavens all gracious
King! The world in solemn stillness lay To hear
the angels sing.
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Still through the cloven skies they come, With
peaceful wings unfurled And still their heavenly
music floats O'er all the weary world Above its
sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering
wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed
angels sing.
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O you beneath life's crushing load, Whose forms
are bending low, Who toil along the climbing
way With painful steps and slow Look now, for
glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the
wing Oh rest beside the weary road, And hear the
angels sing.
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For lo! the days are hastening on, By prophets
seen of old, When with the ever-circling
years Shall come the time foretold, When the new
heavn and earth shall own The Prince of Peace,
their King, And the whole world send back the
song Which now the angels sing.
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THE PASTORAL BENEDICTION Go forth from this
place as Gods elect and covenant people . .
. AMEN
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