Pastor Steve Van Noort
Opening
Prelude
* Gathering Songs: “O Come Let Us Adore Him”
“Sing to the King”
* Call to Worship
* God’s Greeting
* Time of Praise “As With Gladness Men of Old” PH 358: 1-5
Confession and Assurance
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Grace
Song of Response: “He Will Hold Me Fast”
Offering
Rehoboth Update: Nicole Steiger
Congregational Prayer
Offering for Bethel sign fund
Offertory
God’s Word
* Song of Preparation: “How Long O Lord”
* Scripture: Revelation 7 (p. 1222)
Message: “The Saints’ Everlasting Rest”
Prayer
* Song of Response: “There is a Higher Throne”
Closing
* Benediction
* Doxology: “Salvation Belongs to Our God”
* Postlude
Pianist: Amy Vandenberg
Praise team: Laura Te Velde, Kent Te Velde, Brendan Vandenberg, Kaleigh Vandenberg
TODAY AT BETHEL:
• No Children and Worship this morning
• No Evening Worship; fifth Sunday of the month
PLEASE JOIN US Tuesday, December 31 at 7 pm for our Old Year’s Service. We will reflect on God’s faithfulness to Bethel in 2019 and partake of communion. The bread is gluten free.
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS: Sixth through eighth grade students are invited for pizza and a movie tomorrow, December 30 at 11 am. Please bring $10 for movie admission.
NEXT SUNDAY MORNING we will have installation of elders and deacons.
ON SUNDAY January 12, at 9:15 am we are planning an intergenerational Sunday school activity for grades 7 - 12 and any adults willing to come and have some fun! There will be a sign-up sheet in the narthex for adults, but if you forget to sign, you are still welcome. There will be goodies!!
NURSERY SCHEDULES for January-February are in your church mailbox.