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BELL CHAPEL CME CHURCH
Rev. Eloise Knox, Pastor
Sunday, December 5, 2021
Second Sunday in Advent Peace
Praise & Worship
How Great is Our God, by Benita Jones, Mix
Holy Communion Sunday
(We do not own the rights to this music)
Call to Worship _____________________________________ Pastor Eloise Knox
Invocation of Praise _________________________________Rev. Yolanda Jackson
Scripture _______________Malachi 3:1-4 & Luke 3:1-6_________Rev. Jackson
Music Ministry: Go tell it on the Mountain by Trinity Choir ASBC
Lighting of Advent Candles ______________________Steward Board
Giving Ministry____________________________________Stewards
Welcome Visitors/Announcements _______________Sis. Dominique Springfield
Music Ministry: O Holy Night by CeCe Winans
Pastoral Prayer _________________________Pastor Eloise Knox
Music Ministry: O Come Let Us Adore Him by Saints in Praise Vol.1
Sermon __________________________Pastor Eloise Knox
Invitation to Discipleship/ Altar Call ____________________Pastor Knox
Holy Communion
Benediction__________________________________Pastor Knox
Sunday Announcements:
Condolences and prayers for Rev. Rowena Shaw and her family at the passing of her
daughter, Tylisha S. Johnson. The service will be held December 3, 2021 11:00am at
“Open Door: Church of God in Christ” on 1108 O’Connor St, East Palo Alto, CA
94303.
Reminder! The Ninth Episcopal District Joint Annual Conference and Mid -Winter
Council for The Alaska Pacific/Arizona /New Mexico/Oklahoma/Tulsa/ Northern
California/Southern California Regions, will be held at Beebe Memorial CME
Cathedral at 3900 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, Wednesday – Saturday, December
9-11, 2021. Registration $100.00. The Hosts are Rev. Dr. Charley Hames, Pastor and
Bishop Paul A. G. Stewart, Presiding Prelate, for Ninth District.
Attention Bell Chapel Family! It’s that time of the year again where we of Evangelism
kindly request members and visitors to donate any spare clothing they have within their
closets or wardrobes to the Church, so that we may provide warmth and comfort to the
homeless this Winter Season! We request that the clothing articles of choice be coats, sweaters, pants, gloves, and scarfs. With your support, we can make a difference in the community and support those in need. Thank you.
Weekly Announcements:
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· CME Church Connectional Prayer Conference Call, 6:20 AM (PT)
TUESDAYS: Bell Chapel, Intercessory Prayer Call, 5:30 AM (PT)
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Will Resume at 6:45 pm, Wednesday, December 15, 2021, Thru the Bible in One Year, book by Dr. Allan B. Stringfellow, See Sister Lakessa Scott to obtain a Book
Bell Chapel Ministry to Men Support Meeting, 2:00 PM (PT) All Are Welcome Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86721723331
Meeting ID: 867 2172 3331
Telephone Dial-In: (669) 900-6833, Code #86721723331
December Birthdays:
Phillip Bell Dec. 13 Lillibeth Allensworth Dec. 15 Shaunika Lyons Dec. 29
Angela Harris Dec. 24 Loretha Bryant Dec. 11
Sick & Shut-in
Bro. Charles Puckett Bro. Sidney Bell Bro. Mace Gouldsby, Jr.
Sis. Dora Bell-Fields Bro. Aaron Tolliver Bro. Cedric Bell
Sis Jacqueline Coleman Sis. Ursula Bro. DaShaun Frelot
Bro. Wilson Turner Bro. Sterling Lewis
Senior Saints
Sis. Bea Goode Sister Marie Taylor
Bro. Aaron & Sis. Ernestine Doss
Stay Safe! Wear a Mask! Wash Your Hands & Practice Social 6 Ft Distancing
Prayer Focus: We are praying for people to cooperate and get the Vaccine to bring an end to the COVID-19 Virus in our nation, and around the world. (Scripture Focus: Matthew 18:18)
Pray for the Government: COVID-19 Patients: Bereaved families: Inactive Members:
Bishop Paul A. G. Stewart & First Lady Mrs. Earline Stewart
Mrs. Jacqueline Best; Presiding & Pastor Rev. Eloise Knox
Advent Candle Lighting Liturgy 2021
BY DEREK WEBER
Week 1: November 28, 2021
TIME TO GO HOME
Jeremiah 33:14-16 & Luke 21:25-36
Reader One: We have endured these past few years and know that there is more to face before us. We don’t know if we have the strength to withstand what might be around the next corner. And we wonder who will stand with us, who will have our back, who will occupy our corner.
Reader Two: Who is with us? That is what we begin to wonder these days. Who will light our way and chart our course? Who is on our side, who will welcome us home again?
Reader One: Home. The prophet Jeremiah speaks of a branch that will be raised. Jesus spoke of a Son of Man that will descend. Both point to a hope. A hope that calls us home. Our true home, where we’re welcomed and loved and included. Where there is justice and equality and peace. It’s time, this Advent season, time to go home.
Reader Two: We light this candle, as a sign of our hope, our strong hope that there is a way to go home. To the home in Christ, and it starts with us, and it starts here, and it starts now. It’s time to go home.
Light the first candle on the Advent wreath
Week 2: December 5, 2021
THE FEAR OF HOME Malachi 3:1-4 & Luke 3:1-6
Reader One: For many of us, the call to head home is one of joy and of hope. We can’t wait to reconnect with family, with history and tradition, with a wonderful time of freedom and loving support. We can’t wait to go home.
Reader Two: There are those who fear going home, however, and there are times when going home brings back memories that are not so good, not so healing. We are reminded of when we didn’t fit in, when we didn’t measure up, when we weren’t loved like we needed to be loved. Home can be a difficult place for some.
Reader One: The prophet Malachi tells us that even when we are in the hottest of fires, there is a presence who can make us better, who can refine and purify. John the Baptist tells us that the road home is always under construction, mountains leveled, and valleys filled in, to make smooth the path that leads us to our true destination, where we can live in peace and unity with all.
Reader Two: We light these candles, the candle of hope and the candle of peace, as a sign of our assurance that though the road is hard, we believe it is worth the journey. It is time to go home.
Light two candles of the Advent wreath.
Week 3: December 12, 2021
THE JOY OF HOME Zephaniah 3:14-20 & Luke 3:7-18
Reader One: It’s a reunion, every time we go home, every time we embrace those we love, no matter how long it has been. It feels like sunrise, like the clouds are parting and the rain has ended. It is joy, nothing less than pure joy to grab hold of those who are home for us, who make home for us. Whether we wake up to them every day, or travel many miles to see them again, it is joy to go home.
Reader Two: The prophet Zephaniah tells us to rejoice at the thought of going home. The prophet tells us to imagine being set free, being unburdened, being released to live, to fully live in the grace and wonder of life itself, surrounded by those who love us like no one else. And then to live like that was our truth even now, even here. It is joy to go home.
Reader One: John the Baptist reminds us, however, that it takes choices to live in this joy. It doesn’t just happen; we choose to make life a joy by how we love others, by how we serve and give and care for others, by how we do the job we do and how we impact the world around us. We build joy as we build a home in this world and the next.
Reader Two: We light these candles, the candle of hope, and of peace, and of joy, as a sign that we are on our way home, and we walk with a skip in our step because we can see the destination, and it is pure joy. It is time to go home.
Light three candles in the Advent wreath. If using a rose or pink colored candle in the wreath, this is the time to light that one.
Week 4: December 19, 2021
THE BLESSING OF HOME Micah 5:2-5a & Luke 1:39-45
Reader One: Sometimes when we are trying something new, or when we are facing a difficult decision, or when we want to celebrate something, or when we just feel lost and alone and uncertain about life, the universe and everything, we need a blessing. We don’t always think of it that way, or word it like that. We say we need advice, or support, or companions, or someone to come along beside and lift us up again so we can see more than the tops of our shoes. We seek a blessing.
Reader Two: For many of us, we go home; we ask mom; we talk to dad, or brothers and sisters, close friends, those we grew up with, those who know us best. We want them alongside; we want to be in their presence. Somehow, we know that being there, being home, will make all things better. Maybe it won’t be fixed, or solved, or wished away, but at least we won’t be alone. We seek a blessing.
Reader One: Mary, faced with an incomprehensible burden and gift, ran to Cousin Elizabeth’s house, looking for someone who knew a little of what she was going through, looking for a place to hide until the reality of her condition could become something real. And she received a blessing. The prophet Micah spoke of a blessing coming to an unexpected place, an unassuming town. Yet by God’s grace would become the means through which God would bless the whole world. Bethlehem, the little town of blessing. We seek a blessing.
Reader Two: We light these candles, the candle of hope, of peace, of joy and of today, love, as a sign that we know blessing and we know waiting for blessing to be felt and lived. We light these candles as a sign that we still seek a blessing. It’s time to go home.
Light all four candles in the Advent wreath
Christmas Eve: December 24, 2021
WELCOME HOME Isaiah 9:2-7 and Luke 2:1-20
Reader One: This night, this night is a night to remember. A night when home broke in on us. A night when we were not forgotten or alone or abandoned. This night. This night is the night when here and there became one, when past and future combined in a breathless present. This is a night when we are home, in ourselves, in this family, in the God who loved us enough to walk beside us.
Reader Two: We gather in the night to proclaim the light. We shrug off despair and embrace hope. We set aside conflict and choose peace. We push away despair by claiming joy. We overcome hate by rising into love. Because this night we know, even in the shadows of our doubts, we know that we are loved. That’s what it means to be home.
Reader One: We light these candles, hoping to become the light, hoping to radiate light by how we live. We light these candles to create a space called home in this place, in our place, in inner places. We light these candles to declare that unto us a Savior is born, who is Christ the Lord. Welcomed home by angels singing and shepherds kneeling. Welcomed home by those like us who have worshiped for thousands of years. Welcomed home again tonight, right here, right now, in us.
Reader Two: It’s time to be home.
Light the Christ Candle and all candles of the wreat
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