Worship Service - December 28, 2003

MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
The Calvary Baptist Church
Towson, Maryland
Eleven O’clock December 28, 2003

Frederick K. Weimert, Pastor
Glenn L. Wittstadt, Jr., Organist?Director

If you have a special prayer request please fill out a pink card, found in the pews, bring it forward and place it on the communion table either before the service or during

WELCOME & REGISTRATION

EXTENDED LIFE OF THE CHURCH

PRELUDE “Angels From The Realms of Glory”
by Robert Thygerson/Henry Swent

CHORAL INTROIT

*CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 148
Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens;
praise God in the heights!
Praise the Lord, all angels;
praise God all heavenly host!
Praise the Lord, sun and moon;
praise God, all you shining stars!
Praise the Lord, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for God commanded and they were created.
The Lord established them forever and ever; and fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.
Praise the LORD from the earth…
*HYMN 108: " How Great Our Joy"

INVOCATION Followed by the Lord’s Prayer

ANTHEM: “This Peaceful Night” by Don Besig

PRAYER FROM THE PEOPLE Frank Kaufmann

*OFFERING We give Thee but Thine own,
What e'er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.

OFFERTORY: “O Jesulein Suss ”
Trad. German Carol/Arr. by David Paxton

CHILDREN’S TIME

THE GOSPEL: Luke 2: 41-52 pg. 890
read by: Dr. Glenn Morris

RESPONSIVE CALL TO PRAYER:
We struggle to imagine what it must have been like…
For Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
What was it like for humans to relate to one who was divine and human?
Was it like Jonathan and Martha Kent with
Superman?
Did his parents fear that people would find out who Jesus really was?
Was Jesus never afraid of getting lost?
We wonder… and worry… and we can never fully know…
Even the stories of his childhood give incomplete
answers.
Yet, we know he had to grow and learn, in obedience to human and divine paradigms.
Lord God, in whose image, even we are fashioned, help us to learn and grow as Jesus did. Amen.

*HYMN 107: "O, Come Little Children"

THE LETTERS: Colossians 3: 12-17 pg. 1027

SERMON: "Christmas Clothes"

*INVITATION HYMN 103: "Away in a Manger"

Decisions of faith are personal decisions. It is for us to choose if we will believe in God. Decisions of faith are also public and corporate decisions. When we choose to follow Jesus we are choosing to become part of the “Body of Christ”, the Church. If you would like to confirm the decision you have made to begin your life of faith or continue that life as a part of this congregation, come forward as we sing the invitational hymn and speak with the worship leader about your decision.

*BENEDICTION/RESPONSE

POSTLUDE: “Celebration” by Lani Smith

* Congregation standing

T H I S W E E K

TODAY: Pick up cakes for Our Daily Bread
and return Saturday January 3rd.

WEDNESDAY December 31st
No Programs New Year’s Eve

SUNDAY January 4th Communion