Smithville
United Methodist Church
PO Box
293, 505 N Hwy 169
Smithville,
MO 64089
816-532-3200
Celebrating Life Through Divine Worship
2nd Sunday of Advent
10:00 AM, December 5, 2010
The time of centering: God calls us now in this Christmas
season to become new, to make room for our own nativity, even where there is no
room at the inn. Where we are fearful – Hope. Where we are bitter – Love.
Where we are sad – Joy. Where we are busy – Peace. Let this hour be a time to
embrace all these gifts from God.
Welcome…
PRELUDE - As the music begins, our worship service begins
ENTRANCE OF THE LIGHT
INVOCATION
God of manger and star, let us enter your story once
again and find ourselves kneeling with the shepherds, singing with the angels,
and worshipping with the Magi. Touch our hearts with the wonder of birth and
the depth of your love. Speak to us in word and song and lift us to the realms
of glory.
WELCOME
*SONGS OF PRAISE “Emmanuel,
Emmanuel”
“Go Tell It on the Mountain”
*LIGHTING THE ADVENT CANDLE
LEADER: God is making the final preparations for an
amazing thing! Now is the Advent of the long-awaited Messiah, our bringer of
hope, our leader of love.
PEOPLE: We wait, we prepare, we make straight the
way.
LEADER: We celebrate the coming of Christ with the lighting
of the Advent candles.
PEOPLE: We are a people of hope, a people of love.
LEADER: At first there
was the frail light of a single candle of hope, daring to pierce through the
darkness of despair and sin. Today we light the candle of love. No other word
so adequately captures the spirit and goal of our faith. No other word so
completely describes what we know of our God.
PEOPLE: For God so loved the world . . .
LEADER: For God so
loved the world that a child was given. A savior was made in the form of Love
Incarnate. And Love was allowed to live on …
PEOPLE: We gather then in Christian Love;
LEADER: We give thanks for a love that passes
understanding, and we await the dawning of God’s pervasive and enduring love
once more this Christmas season.
The Leo Gaffey Family: Lighting the Advent Candle of
Love
SPECIAL MUSIC “Jesus, Take the Wheel”
Andrea Knutter
SPECIAL MUSIC “Where Are You Christmas”
Madelyn Knutter
CHILDREN’S SERMON – Children are invited to come forward
TIME OF PRAYER
Silent Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
OUR DISCIPLESHIP OF GIVING
Offering
*Doxology
*Pray of Dedication
*HYMN OF PREPARATION “Angels We Have Heard on
High”
SCRIPTURE
LESSON Luke 2:15-20
MORNING MESSAGE
“The Gift of Love”
UNISON PRAYER OF CONSECRATION
Most holy Lord, we come to
your table this advent season, hungry for hope and healing love. Come to us
through this bread and wine. Strengthen us in body, mind and spirit to do your
will in the world. As we gather at your table, make us, who are many, one with
you. Draw our hearts and minds into such communion with you and with another
that we may be living signs of your love in the world. Through your Son, Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and forever. Amen.
RECEIVING THE BREAD AND CUP
*HYMN FOR GOING FORTH
“The First Noel”
TAKING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Please pray for:
Lou Petersen, Fred Darr, Carol White, Barb Kravec, Marilyn Phopheter, Jean
Porter family, Rose Dodson (sister-in-law of Sue Ehnen), Melody Beggs family on
the death of her aunt Pat Jones, Cara John (friend of Tom Hurst) and for all
the people that are having medical or surgical worries.
The memorial book is opened in loving
memory of Mildred LaForce
Altar flowers in memory of loved
ones by Florence Holmes
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
PRACTICE
Practice
is on Sundays after the worship service, 11:15 am to 12:00 pm. Also dress
rehearsal will be Saturday, Dec. 11th at 10:00 am.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
The
celebration of the life of Rev. Wayne Cook will be held today, December 5th
at 1:00 pm here at SUMC. This is a joyful gathering for the remembrance of Wayne.
If you knew him, come with a story or two to share with everyone “What would Wayne
want from his Memorial?” Is the theme of our gathering. He would want joy, not
sadness. Let’s have fun in his memory.
GIFT BAGS AND CHRISTMAS
PAPER
Recycle
your Christmas gift bags, paper, bows, ribbon, etc. (in excellent condition)
for the Toy Store. Please drop them off at the church office by December 5th
or you can take them to Grace Community Church before December 6th.
UMW
CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON
Thursday,
December 9th at 11:30 am the UMW will host their annual Christmas Luncheon
here at the church. The invitation is to all women and men of the church. The
luncheon will be a potluck, so bring your favorite dish or dessert. Please let
any of the UM Women know if you plan to attend.
ART AND
QUILTS FOR SALE
The
art class and the quilters have pictures and quilts for sale on the east side
of the building. These will make wonderful Christmas presents.
Small Steps
Preschool invites you to their Christmas Program
The program will be Friday, Dec. 10th at 6:30 pm here at
SUMC.
We will be performing a few songs for you. Afterwards there will be
homemade cookies to partake in and an opportunity to get your picture taken
with Santa.
CHILDREN’S
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Sunday, December 12th
During the 10:00 am
Worship Service
YOUTH
GROUP BRUNCH
When: December
12, 2010
Where: Right
here at Church
Time: 11:15 am
Why: Help
support us for our WOW trip and mission’s trips.
We
will be having all you can eat breakfast breads, biscuits and gravy, waffles
with toppings, eggs, sausage, juice and coffee.
NUMANA CHRISTMAS COLLECTION
We will be taking up a special Christmas
collection for Numana. Envelopes are provided in the bulletin or on the table
on the east wall of the Great Room. Numana provides meals to countries that are
in need of help. We will be packaging meals for Haiti on January 8th
with other United Methodist Churches. Please use the enclosed envelope to make
your donation. We have committed the first $1,000 to go to Numana. If we get
more than that it will go to the Smithville Ministerial Alliance for the needs
of the community.
THIS WEEK
Sunday, December 5
11:15 am Christmas Program
Practice
11:15 am Worship
Meeting
1-3:00 pm Celebration
of Life
3:30 pm Boy
Scouts
5:30 pm Youth
Group
Monday, December 6
5:00 pm PEO
Meeting
Tuesday, December 7
9:00 am Coffee w/”Walt
& Wayne”
9:00 am Study
Group
3:30 pm Den
#8
6:30 pm Brownies
#32
Wednesday, December 8
10:00 am Art
Class
5:00 pm
Den #4
7:00 pm Choir
Practice
Thursday, December 9
9:00 am Crochet/Knit
11:30 am UMW Christmas
Luncheon
Friday, December 10
6:30 pm Preschool Christmas
Program
Saturday, December 11
10:00 am Christmas Program
Rehearsal
Sunday, December 12
10:00 am Children’s
Program
11:15 am Trustees
Meeting
11:30 am Brunch
3:30 pm Boy
Scouts
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
9:00 am
Nursery
Bonnie Holland
Preschool-Kindergarten
Ron Mast
1st – 2nd
Grades
Amie Tjelle
3rd – 5th
Grades
Kathy Dibben and Laura
Bissen
6th – 8th
Grades
Debbie Shoaf
9th – 12th
Grades
Sara Crutcher
Cornerstone Class
Cindy Hunold
Studying the book of
“Luke”
Genesis Class
Norma Tucker
Studying “For the Love of
God”
Scout Room Class
Carol Mewmaw
Studying “Biblical
Beginnings”
Office Hours: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Office Phone: (816) 532-3200
www.smithvilleumc.com
smithvilleumc@smithvilleumc.com
smithvilleumc@sbcglobal.net
Pastor Kathy M. Harmon
pastorkathy@smithvilleumc.com
Lay Leader: Sharon Fairlie
Secretary: Ginger Cotter
Youth: Debbie Shoaf &
Sarah Crutcher
Accompanist: Andrea Knutter
Choir Director: Angie Viebrock
Nursery: Bonnie Holland
Custodian: Leo Gaffey
Preschool Director: Katie Fish
Preschool Teacher: Jessica Johnson
Altar Flowers: Lu Darr
