First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande
275 N. Halcyon Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
805 481-2692 fumcag@yahoo.com worshipweekly.com
December 08, 2024 8:30 AM
Abbreviation
Legend
CH--Criswell Hall
S--Sanctuary
K--Kitchen
L--Library
Room #123
MMR--McMillen
Room #113
PS--Pastor's Study
HR--Handbell
Room #115
Mon Dec 09
9:45 AM FUMCC Rehearsal- S, 6PM Gerry's Quilt Class-CH.
Tue Dec 10
9:00 AM Senior Exercise-CH, 9:45 AM FUMCC Rehearsal- S, 10:00
AM Sew & Sews-MMR, 11:00 AM Chair Yoga- CH, 1:00 PM Bible
Study-CH, 5:00 PM Bell Choir Rehearsal-Handbell Room.
Wed Dec 11
9 AM Church Work Morning-CH, 9:45 AM FUMCC Rehearsal- S,
10:00 AM UWF Steering, Library, 1:30 PM Mission Team-MMR.
Thu Dec 12
9:00 AM Senior Exercise-CH, 9:45 AM FUMCC Rehearsal- S, 11:00
AM Chair Yoga-CH, 5:00 PM Bell Choir Rehearsal HR, 6:00 PM
Children's Center Christmas Program-S, 6:30 PM Chancel Choir-S.
Sun Dec 15
8:30 AM Contemporary Service-Sanctuary,
10:30 AM Traditional Service-Sanctuary
For information on flower
dedications and ordering
altar flowers,
please contact the church office.
AGUM CHILDREN'S CENTER CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM, Thursday, Dec. 12, 6:00 PM in the
Sanctuary, followed by a social in Criswell Hall.
Don't miss this festive
performance by the
children!
Tuesday, December 24, 7:00 PM Christmas Eve
Join us to sing carols, hear the original Christmas story
and worship by candlelight. Let us come together on this
special night to celebrate the birth of the Christ child.
The ANGEL TREE is set up in
Criswell Hall! The gifts are due
no later than 12/18/24 by noon.
They can be brought to the tree
or to the church office with prior
notice.
December 08, 2024 8:30 AM
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Second Sunday of Advent
Prepare the way of the lord,
make his paths straight.
OPENING PRAISE All Hail King Jesus
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAISE SONGS All the Heavens
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Prince of Peace
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
ILLUMINATION Jesus Be the Center
SCRIPTURE Malachi 3:1-4
Luke 3:1-6
SERMON A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS: Rev. Mary Birgelaitis
Faith Prepares
OFFERING Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
COMMUNION I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
FINAL BLESSING King of Kings
CLOSING He Came Down
Praise Team Leader: Mike Clark Piano/Keyboard: Dennis Eiler Bass: Bob Jorstad,
Singers: Connie Clark and Pam Garza
Today's Liturgist: Joel Anderson
Today's Scripture
ATTENDANCE GIVING
WEEK 8:30 10:30 IN-PERSON VIDEO TOTAL
11/10 37 49 86 16 102 $ 4,579
11/17 59 78 137 34 171 $ 2,214
11/24 37 48 85 14 99 $ 2,040
12/01 30 50 80 15 95 $ 9,553
Our Fiscal Year started July 1 Weekly Oering Needed $6,321
STEWARDSHIP REPORT:
YTD Received $ 132,543 YTD Budgeted $ 137,032
Thanksgiving Received $1,533 Thanksgiving Budgeted $3,500
Today's Hosts:
ENDOWMENT/
ELT
Next Sunday
December 15
TRUSTEES
Malachi 3:1-4
See, I am sending my messenger to
prepare the way before me, and the Lord
whom you seek will suddenly come to his
temple. The messenger of the covenant in
whom you delight--indeed, he is coming,
says the Lord of hosts. But who can
endure the day of his coming, and who can
stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers'
soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of
silver, and he will purify the descendants of
Levi and refine them like gold and silver,
until they present offerings to the Lord in
righteousness.
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem
will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days
of old and as in former years.
Luke 3:1-6
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor
Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor
of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee,
and his brother Philip ruler of the region of
Ituraea and Trachonitis and Lysanias ruler
of Abilene, during the high priesthood of
Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God
came to John son of Zechariah in the
wilderness. He went into all the region
around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism
of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
as it is written in the book of the words of
the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying
out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of
the Lord, make his paths straight. Every
valley shall be filled, and every mountain
and hill shall be made low, and the crooked
shall be made straight, and the rough ways
made smooth; and all flesh shall see the
salvation of God.'"
