Advent & Christmas Eve are just around

the corner! We are planning a really fun worship series for this fabulous church season!! If youd like to help with worship decorations, media presentations, dramas, dances, etc. we would LOVE your help! Please let either Pastor Glenn or Pastor Gaye know of your area(s) of interest and well hook you up with some fun ways to help make this an amazing time of year for our congregation!!

Who We Are
We are a community of friends hoping to live out our lives in the loving fashion towards which Jesus guides us. We do not claim perfection, merely forgiveness. We do not think we have arrived, merely that we are sharing the journey. We do not think we have completed our task, merely that we are learning to work, live, and play together as a family embracing the full spectrum of ethnicity, age, gender, family status, sexual orientation, heritage, physical ability, economic status, and religious background. To all who worship God in peace and fellowship, to all who want to find an inclusive community that expresses love for humankind, welcome to St. Johns.

This Week at St Johns

Opportunities for Fellowship, Worship, and Service Church Office Hours MondayFriday 9:00 am 12 noon Sunday November 25th 11:00 am Worship Gathering (Sanctuary) 11:15 am Childrens Sunday School (Fellowship Hall) 12:00 pm Fellowship Hour (Fellowship Hall) 12:45 pm Book Study (Fellowship Hall) 5:00 pm UMC Hispanic Mission (Sanctuary) Monday November 26th 6:15 pm Pilates w/Susan (Fellowship Hall) Tuesday November 27th 7:00 pm Hispanic Mission Bible Study (Sanctuary) Wednesday November 28th 9:30 am ASJ Writing Womens Voices (Sanctuary) Saturday December 1st 9 am 1 pm 7th Day Adventist Church 7:00 pm Narcotics Anonymous (Fellowship Hall) Sunday December 2nd Hanging of the Greens 9:15 am Choir Practice (Everyone is invited) 11:00 am Worship Gathering (Sanctuary) 12:00 pm Christmas Decorating (Sanctuary) 12:45 pm Book Study (Fellowship Hall) 5:00 pm UMC Hispanic Mission (Sanctuary)

Hanging of the Greens

Passed on from our English traditions is the pattern of decorating a worship sanctuary with evergreens and candles and garlands and wreathes and Christmas trees and lights. Our worship for the First Sunday of Advent (next Sunday, December 2) will feature the Hanging of the Greens. Symbolically, we will decorate our Sanctuary for Advent and Christmas during worship, but we will need lots of help after worship to really make our sanctuary sparkle. Please plan to stay for a while next Sunday to help all of us get our house in order for the coming of the Christ Child. A few folks might be needed to help on Saturday afternoon to gather all the accouterments of our Christmas decorations from our church attic (from the garage and the balcony storage area). Let Pastor Glenn know if you are able and willing to assist next Saturday and/or stay around a while on Sunday afternoon. Worship Matters
Our Worship Participants Rev. Dr. T. Glenn Bosley-Mitchell (Pastor/Preacher) Scott Tripp (Director of Music) Juvenal Correa-Salas (Pianist/Organist) Evelyn Saavedra/Carol Ann Casey/ Kevin Mendez/Lloyd Reshard (Featured Vocalists)

Rev. Dr. T. Glenn Bosley-Mitchell............................... Pastor Michelle Florit ............................................... Office Manager Cynthia Rodriquez .................... Dir. of Montessori Academy Digital Connections Church Website ............................... StJohnMiamiBeach.org Church Email ................... StJohnsMiamiBeach@yahoo.com Pastors Email ................................... RevTGBM@gmail.com Facebook ... St. Johns on the Lake United Methodist Church Twitter................................................................ @RevTGBM Pastors Cell /Text Messaging* 305.962.6965 (*best contact number for Pastor Glenn)

Celebrating 14 years as a Reconciling Congregation welcoming ALL

Our Worship Gathering

11:00 am
*We invite everyone to rise (as you are able) during these acts of worship

SENDING FORTH
*Hymn of Sending Forth Crown Him with Many Crowns *Benediction *Postlude #327

November 25, 2012

November 25, 2012

ENTERING IN
Gathering Music Announcements & Greeting Call to Worship (from Revelation 1) God loves us and frees us God has made us part of the whole kin-dom! Hallelujah! God calls us to serve and worship To God be the glory forever and ever, Amen! God is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty! We are one and part of the reign of God! We are the body of Christ! Hallelujah! Amen! *Opening Hymn Hail to the Lords Anointed #203 *Passing the Peace Choral Call to Worship Let All the World in Every Corner Sing #93

The Reign of God Sunday

Mass of Creation The Great Thanksgiving

May the Rock of our lives be with you! And also with you! People of God, open your hearts to the One who loves us. We will not turn away from the God of grace. Children of God, lift your voices in thanksgiving to the One who has freed us from sin. Our souls rejoice in the One who is, who was, who is to come. Then you sent Jesus to us, the One who loves us and frees us from our bondage. Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power, God of might, heaven and earth are filled with your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest! Remembering all the hardships he endured, praising you for the gift of new life in the resurrection, we tell of that mystery we call faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again! And when the time comes and Christ reigns forever, over sin, over death, over all creation, we will gather at the feast you have prepared for us, our hearts overflowing with joy as we sing your praises forever and ever, God in Community, Holy in One. Amen, amen, amen! Amen, amen, amen!

LISTENING, LEARNING, LOVING

Reading from our Sacred Texts John 18:33-37 Message Prayer of Confession (inspired by John 18:33-37) Almighty God, you alone are the King of all creation. Yet, we confess that we act as though we are the ones who rule the world. Forgive us, Lord. Help us to recognize your reign, that we may be faithful followers in your kingdom. Prayer Time/Lords Prayer Offering and Offertory Praise Prayer of Dedication Sacrament of Holy Communion Mass of Creation Special Music during Communion Battle Hymn of the Republic

St Johns on the Lake

First United Methodist Church
4760 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-531-7166

www.StJohnMiamiBeach.org
St. Johns on the Lake United Methodist Church

Rev. Dr. T. Glenn Bosley-Mitchell, Pastor