“The people walking in darkness have seen a

great light; on those living in the land of deep

darkness a light has been dawned.”

Isaiah 9:2

The Celebration of Worship Communion Sunday November 27, 2016

Rev. R. Len Walker, Jr. Senior Chaplain

Rev. V. Lamar Helms

Associate Chaplain, Director of Music

Teri Sawyer

Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries

Dr. Vernon S. Broyles Founding Chaplain

Dr. Jimmy Allen

Chaplain Emeritus

Dr. James McCormick Chaplain Emeritus

Email: chapel

@bigcanoechapel.org

10455 Big Canoe

Big Canoe, GA 30143

706.268.3203

www.bigcanoechapel.org

This Week at the Chapel

Please note:

The Nursery is available downstairs during the 9:00 & 10:30 am services.

Remember to turn your cell phones back on at the end of the service!

Welcome!

Big Canoe Chapel is a multi-denominational congregation united in our faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. The Chapel gladly welcomes anyone desiring to become a regular, associate, or fellowship member.

We are a Stephen Ministry Congregation.

Mon. 11/28 Library Committee Meeting 3:00PM Mon. 11/28 Handbell Rehearsal-Cousins Hall 3:30PM Tues. 11/29 Bella Voce Rehearsal 9:15AM Tues. 11/29 Handbell Reherasal-Cousins Hall 3:30PM Wed. 11/30 Creative Stitchery-Room 101 1:00PM Wed. 11/30 Epic of Eden Bible Study-McCormick Hall 4:30PM Wed. 11/30 Vespers Service-Chapel 6:00PM Wed. 11/30 Middle/High School Youth Meeting-T. Room6:30PM Thurs. 12/1 Men’s Journey Group 1-Room 107 9:00AM Thurs. 12/1 Men’s Journey Group 2-Room 102 9:00AM Thurs. 12/1 Christmas Blessing Foster Child Drop-off 9:00AM Thurs. 12/1 Artist Club Meeting-McCormick Hall 10:00AM Thurs. 12/1 Legacy of Caring Auction Meeting-B. Room 10:00AM Thurs. 12/1 Chapel Choir Rehearsal 7:00PM Fri. 12/2 Christmas Collector’s Corner-Cousins Hall 8:00AM Fri. 12/2 Christmas Blessing Foster Children Delivery 9:00AM Sat. 12/3 Christmas Collector’s Corner-Cousins Hall 8:00AM Sat. 12/3 AA Meeting-Teen Room 9:00AM Sat. 12/3 POA Annual Meeting-Chapel 10:00AM Sat. 12/3 Lessons and Carols Dress Reh-Chapel 10:00AM

Sun. 12/4 Chapel Choir sings both services 9:00AM Sun. 12/4 Ecuador 2017 Meeting-Board Room 11:45AM Sun. 12/4 Lessons and Carols Rehearsal-Chapel 7:00PM

From the Senior Chaplain

You Are Cordially Invited to

the 2016 Christmas Season Celebrations of Big Canoe Chapel.

The Worship Celebrations of the Christmas Season Sunday Mornings, November 27, December 4, 11 & 18

9:00 am and 10:30 AM

A Service of Lessons and Carols Sunday Evening, December 4, 7:00 PM

Worship on Christmas Eve Family and Children Celebration, 5:00 PM

A Candlelight Service, 7:00 PM Candlelight Communion Celebration, 10:00 PM

Christmas Day Worship Sunday, December 25, 10:30 AM

(No 9:00 AM Service)

A Moravian Lovefeast Sunday, January 1, 10:30 AM

Joint service in the Broyles Center

(No 9:00 AM service)

For many Christians unfamiliar with the liturgical year, there may be some confusion surrounding the meaning of the Advent season. Some people may know that the Advent season focuses on expectation and think that it serves as an anticipation of Christ’s birth in the season leading up to Christmas. This is part of the story, but there’s more to Advent.

The word “Advent” is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming,” which is a translation of the Greek word parousia. Scholars believe that during the 4th and 5th centuries in Spain and Gaul, Advent was a season of preparation for the baptism of new Christians at the January feast of Epiphany, the celebration of God’s incarnation represented by the visit of the Magi to the baby Jesus (Matthew 2:1), his baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist (John 1:29), and his first miracle at Cana (John 2:1). During this season of preparation, Christians would spend 40 days in penance, prayer, and fasting to prepare for this celebration; originally, there was little connection be-tween Advent and Christmas.

By the 6th century, however, Roman Christians had tied Advent to the coming of Christ. But the “coming” they had in mind was not Christ’s first coming in the manger in Bethlehem, but his second coming in the clouds as the judge of the world. It was not until the Middle Ages that the Advent season was explicitly linked to Christ’s first coming at Christmas.

Advent symbolizes the present situation of the church in these “last days” (Acts 2:17, Hebrews 1:2), as God’s people wait for the return of Christ in glory to consummate his eternal kingdom. The church is in a similar situation to Israel at the end of the Old Testament: in exile, waiting and hoping in prayerful expectation for the coming of the Messiah. Israel looked back to God’s past gracious actions on their behalf in leading them out of Egypt in the Exodus, and on this basis they called for God once again to act for them. In the same way, the church, during Advent, looks back upon Christ’s coming in celebration while at the same time looking forward in eager anticipation to the coming of Christ’s kingdom when he returns for his people. In this light, the Ad-vent hymn “O Come, O’ Come, Emmanuel” perfectly represents the church’s cry during the Advent season.

Today at the Chapel

Chapel Announcements

8:30 AM Prayer with Senior Chaplain-Chapel 109 8:45 AM Fellowship Class Coffee-McCormick Hall 9:00 AM Fellowship SS Class-McCormick Hall 9:00 AM Worship Service-Chapel

10:00 AM Chapel Stand-Around-Cousins Hall 10:30 AM Seekers SS Class-McCormick Hall 10:30 AM Grace Walk SS Class-Broyles 102 10:30 AM Youth Breakfast Club-Teen Room 10:30 AM Children K-5-Chapel 107 10:30 AM Children 3’s & 4’s-Chapel 106 10:30 AM Nursery-Chapel 101

10:30 AM Worship Service-Chapel

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres-passes, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Giving the Bread and the Cup “Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming” Johannes Brahms “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent”

Robert Bedell

* The Hymn of Invitation “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”” (Verses 1 and 4) page 211

The Sending

* Benediction Rev. Walker

* Benediction Response (593, refrain) HERE I AM, LORD “Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your peo-ple in my heart.”

* Postlude “Noel Fanfares” Charles Callahan

* Please stand, if you are able.

* You are invited to attend Stand-Around at 10:00 AM.

The Gathering

Introit “Emmanuel” McGee The Men’s Chorus

Welcome and Announcements Rev. R. Len Walker, Jr.

Lighting the Advent Candle of Hope Ted and Tudi Sprague and family 9:00AM Pat and Lynda Bodelson and Emerson 10:30AM

Voluntary “ 'Twas In The Moon Of Winter” Earle Copes

Invocation Rev. V. Lamar Helms

* Hymn of Praise “Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates” page 213

* Apostles Creed page 881

Pastoral Prayer Rev. Walker

Offering and Anthem “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” The Men’s Chorus

Doxology 95 OLD 100th

* Prayer of Thanksgiving Rev. Walker

* The Hymn of Preparation “In the Bleak Midwinter” (Verses 1 and 2) page 221

Proclamation of the Word and Response

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 61:1-4; 8-11 Rev. Helms * New Testament Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 Rev. Helms

Sermon “The Glory” Rev. Walker

Celebration of the Holy Eucharist Invitation

Prayer of Confession Rev. Walker Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your unfailing love; according to Your great compassion blot out my transgress- ions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are proved right when You speak and justified when You judge.

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from Your presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Psalm 51:1-4, 10-12

The Great Thanksgiving (The Hymnal, pp. 13-14)

The Celebration of Worship and Communion First Sunday of Advent

November 27, 2016

Serving Today at the Chapel…

9:00AM 10:30AM

Pianist: Sam Holmes Sam Holmes

Organist: James Garner James Garner

Ushers: Win and Jan Cates John and Jean Lomax Jim and Connie Pollner Marybeth Kidd Sandra Jurkiewitsch

Communion Servers: Ted and Gail Cooper Roger and Elaine Estill

Greeters: Jane Clay Weldon and Liz Wintter Nancy White

Cart Driver: Brad Herren

Stand-Around: David and Vee Thompson John and Susan Willson

Worship Steward: Charley Vick Technical Ministry Team: Paul Wright, Keith Scott

“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.”

Women’s Guild invites everyone to attend “A Medley of Favorite Christmas Carols” presented by the Chapel Bell Choir and the Bella Voce Women’s Choir, at 10:30 AM, on Thursday, December 8th. Reservations are required for the Luncheon and Home Tour, which follow the program. To check for availability, please contact Linda Moss Coffman at (502.548.7948).

The Legacy of Caring, Christmas Collectors’ Corner will be held in the Broyles Center on Saturday, December 3, 8:30AM – 10AM, and from the close of the POA meeting until 1:30PM. Final donations for the sale will be accepted at the Foothills, Brownstone Building, 1st floor, on Wednesday, November 30, from 10AM to 12 noon. Call Sandy Scharf (706.579.2053) or Fran Lilly (704.778.1862) for further information.

Chapel Member Prayer List

At Home: Ed Hawkins, (Nancy Popp’s brother), David Holmes, Dan Robertson, Waymon Moore, Milton and Joyce Johnson, (Babs Price’s mother and father), Lynda Case, Herm Doll, Shirley Griffith, Bob Mat-thews, Kay Smith’s dad.

Assisted Living: Jewell Duncan, (Kathy Young’s mother).

Hospital: Bill Hinson, MD Anderson, Tom and Jeanette Crawford’s daughter, Alina, her nephew (Guenă) 5 years old, needs surgery, very sick, Corrine Palmer.

In Treatment: Jinny Carter, (Charley and Lillie Vick’s daughter).

Hospice: Martha Adkins, Gold City Personal Care, Dahlonega.

In Assisted Care: Margie Hunter, Benton House, Alpharetta; Frances Smith, Hallmark at Phipps, Atlanta; Ben Johnson, Mt. Vernon Village, 475 Mt. Vernon Rd., A201 Sandy Springs, GA 30043, Richard Krajec, 925 Spring Rock Dr., Lawrenceville, GA 30043, Peggy Lehmberg, Bright-more of South Charlotte, 10225 Old Ardrey Kell Rd., Charlotte, NC 28277; John Thurman, Garden Plaza, Lawrenceville, GA.

Legacy of Caring, Casseroles to Go, will have a limited number of casseroles for sale on Saturday, December 3, from the Broyles Center kitchen, before and after the POA meeting. Subject to availability, choices are Big Canoe’s Chicken and Rice Casserole; Pork Tenderloin with Sweet Potatoes and Vegetables; Spaghetti with Shrimp, Lemon and Romano and Cheesy Baked Eggs with Sausage Muffin. All casseroles are $18 and serve 4 people. Proceeds benefit chari-table organizations in Pickens and Dawson counties focused on enabling the well-being of women and children. Thanks for your holiday spirit and your willingness to help! The Christmas tree in Cousins Hall has been lovingly decorated by Women’s Guild with decorations provided by Guild members and Chapel children. We hope this tree makes you smile. All decorations will be do-nated to Guild-sponsored charities after Christmas. Merry Christmas from Women’s Guild.