GRACE EVANGELICAL CHURCH

SUNDAY JAN. 1, 2012

The organ prelude marks the beginning of

the worship service. It calls us to quiet ourselves

and to direct our hearts and minds toward Him.

Prelude “The Lord Is King” by Lani Smith

Call to Worship “Holy Hush” Insert “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”

Invocation

Gloria Patri Insert

Announcements

Hymn “Jesus Is Coming Again” 151

Hymn “He’s Coming Soon” 32

Hymn “Hasten Thy Glorious Coming, Lord” 11

Praise and Prayer John Bottomley

Music Special “Glorious Day” Casting Crowns

In His Word “Aware?” Lk. 21:1-36

Communion I Cor 11:23-29

Choruses “Every Eyes Shall See” Insert “We Fall Down” “When Jesus Breaks the Morning”

Benediction

Closing Chorus “Freely, Freely” Insert

********************* “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep:

for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”

Romans 13:11

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Pastor David M. Pointer

Organist JoAnn Pointer

1420 N. Florida Ave. Tampa, FL 33602

www.geconline.org 813-273-4469

THE SECOND COMING

Turning and turning in the widening gyre

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and

everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;

Surely the Second Coming is at hand.

The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out

When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi

Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand;

A shape with lion body and the head of a man,

A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,

Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it

Wind shadows of the indignant desert birds.

The darkness drops again but now I know

That twenty centuries of stony sleep

Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,

And what rough beast, its hour come round at

last,

Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

William Butler Yeats

ANNOUNCEMENTS.................

01/01 Sun. 10:30 AM Sunday School

11:30 AM Fellowship & Refreshments

11:45 AM Morning Worship and Communion

2:00 PM Sunday Dinner for the Least

01/04 Wed. 7:00 PM Mid Week Service

Prayer, Praise, and Bible Study

Adult Study: “Hall of Faith”

Kids Club: “Young Teen Talk”

Youth: “Teen Talk”

The Least personal hygiene kits: tooth paste, tooth brush, wash cloth, soap, comb,

deodorant, razor, feminine napkins.

Bibles for Russia collection in entryway.

Remember soup collection for Metropolitan Ministries.

On the table at the entrance to the sanctuary you will find visitor cards, prayer cards, the

attendance register, and the offering box. If you have never completed a visitor card,

please complete one and place it in the offering box. If you have completed a visitor

card on a previous visit, please register your attendance today by signing the

attendance register.

IN HIS SERVICE................................................................IN HIS HOUSE

Date Nursery Refresh. Ushers

01/01 Nicki Bottomley Blackman

01/08 Caleb Beall Bottomley

01/15 Andy Lowry C Lowry

A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE

BRAIN WORK OUT

Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer.

How is this possible?

SENIORS TEXTING CODE

GHA . . . Got Heartburn Again.

PUNS

A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons.

The stewardess looks at him and says,

'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.'

OXYMORONS

Why do we drive on a parkway

And park on a driveway?

JOKES THAT CAN BE TOLD IN CHURCH

Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, 'Why is the

bride dressed in white?'' The mother replied, 'Because white is the color of happiness,

and today is the happiest day of her life.' The child thought about this for a moment then

said, 'So why is the groom wearing black?'

OLD FARMER’S ADVISE

“Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.”

PROVERBS FOR LIVINGPROVERBS FOR LIVINGPROVERBS FOR LIVINGPROVERBS FOR LIVING

“He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;

but he that despiseth his ways shall die.”

Proverbs 19:16

Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere

Glorious Day-Until the Whole World Hears Casting Crowns One day when Heaven was filled with His praises One day when sin was as black as could be Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin Dwelt among men, my example is He Word became flesh and the light shined among us His glory revealed Living He loved me! Dying He saved me! Buried He carried my sins far away! Rising He justified! Freely forever! One day He’s coming! Oh glorious day! Oh glorious day One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain One day they nailed Him to die on a tree Suffering anguish, despised and rejected Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree He took the nails for me! Chorus [ One day the grave could conceal Him no longer One day the stone rolled away from the door Then He arose, over death He had conquered Now is ascended, my Lord evermore Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him From rising again Chorus Glorious day! One day the trumpet will sound for His coming One day the skies with His glories will shine Wonderful day, my Beloved One bringing My Savior Jesus is mine Chorus Glorious day! Oh glorious day

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HOLY HUSHThere's a Holy Hush coming over this placeI can see the love of Jesus reflected on each faceAs the Spirit moves in His own special wayOpen up and let Him touch you today.

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TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUSTurn your eyes upon JesusLook full in HIs wonderful faceAnd the things ofthe earth will grow strangely dimIn the light of His glory and grace

rrlheart great joy a.f- f~dS;-bounds in ev-'ry land;know the day nor hour;church, His spotless bride;

GLORIA PATRIGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy GhostAs it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be World without end. Amen. Amen

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A HAPPy BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY TO YOU

A happy birthday to you. . . a happy anniversary to you.Every day of the year. . . may you find Jesus near.A happy birthday to you. . . a happy anniversary to you. The best you have ever had.

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EVERY EYE SHALL SEEEvery eye shall see Every knee shall bowEvery tongue shall confess To the glory of GodThat Jesus is Lord He is Lord He is Lord

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WE FALL DOWNWe fall down, we lay our crowns at the feet of JesusThe greatness of mercy and love at the feet of JesusAnd we cry holy, holy, holy. And we cry holy, holy, holy.And we cry holy, holy, holy is the Lamb.

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WHEN JESUS BREAKS THE MORNING

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FREELY, FREELYFreely, freely you have received, freely, freely give.Go in My name and because you believeOthers will know that I live.

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01/01/12

“Aware?”

Luke 12:1-36, Romans 13:11

(Rom 13:11 for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

(John 14:2-3) I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be

also.

(Titus 2:13) Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great

God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

(Luke 21:7) And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and

what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

(Mark 13:32) But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which

are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

(Mat 16:2-3) He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be

fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for

the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but

can ye not discern the signs of the times?

(Luke 21:8) And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in

my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after

them.

(Luke 21:9-10) But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for

these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

(Luke 21:11) And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and

pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

(Luke 21:12, 16, 17) But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and

persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought

before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And ye shall be betrayed both by

parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to

be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

(Luke 21:20) And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know

that the desolation thereof is nigh.

(Luke 21:24) And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away

captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until

the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

(Luke 21:25a) And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;

(Luke 21:25b) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and

the waves roaring;

(Luke 21:26) Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things

which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

(Mat 24:24) insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

(2 Th 2:3) for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first

(1 Tim 4:1) Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall

depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

(Mat 24:12) And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

(Luke 18:8) when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

(Luke 21:34) And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that

day come upon you unawares.

(Rom 13:11) knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep:

(Eph 5:14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest,.

(1 Th 5:6-7) Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

For they that sleep sleep in the night;

(Mat 24:38, 39)

(Rom 8:5) For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that

are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

(2 Cor 4:18) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which

are not seen:

(Phil 3:14) I press toward the mark for the prize

(Col 3:1) If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,

(Col 3:2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

(Heb 11:27) for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

(Heb 12:2) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;

(Luke 21:33) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

(Luke 21:36) Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy

to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.