First Christian Church, Flora, Indiana

The Flora Community Choir Easter Cantata wil be held Easter morning at Flora Methodist Church. Breakfast will be served following the cantata.  This year, we will be singing “As Sure As My Redeemer Lives, So Shall I,” by Tony Wood and Robert Sterling. Miriam Robeson from Flora First Christian Church will be directing.

Example Order of worship

*Indicates standing for those who are able.

Prelude

SHARING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

Announcements
Joys and Concerns

Chimes

Lighting of the candles

*Call to Worship

*Opening Hymn of Praise
*Opening Prayer
*The Lord’s Prayer (Using debts and debtors)
*The Gloria Patri

Children’s Sermon

THE COMMUNITY HEARS AND PROCLAIMS GOD’S WORD

Reading from God’s Word

Leader: This is the Word of our Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.

Pastoral Prayer
Choral Response

Anthem

Sermon

The Three-fold Invitation to Life in Christ
*Hymn of Invitation and Committment

THE COMMUNITY SHARES IN CHRIST’S LIFE

Offertory Sentence

Offering
*Doxology
*Elder’s Prayer

Invitation to the Lord’s Table

Hymn of Preparation
Communion Meditation

Elders Prayer
Partaking of the bread and cup

THE COMMUNITY DEPARTS FOR MINISTRY

*Closing Hymn of Blessing
*Carrying out the Light of the World
*Sending Forth
*Benediction

Since New year’s day falls on a Sunday, we will have church! However, we will have a later, shorter service and no Sunday School

• Worship at 10 a.m.
• Abbreviated “family-friendly” service
• No Sunday School

This is one of those years when Christmas falls on Sunday. We will worship at 10 a.m. (instead of 9 a.m.)

• Worship at 10 a.m.
• Abbreviated “family-friendly” service
• No Sunday School

Our Christmas eve service will be held at 9 p.m. Saturday, December 24, 2011. This will be a wonderful time of music, Christmas carols, hearing the Christmas story, finishing with our beautiful traditional candle lighting where everyone who wants to may hold a candle.

Please join us!

This year, Advent begins on November 27. This is a time to prepare for the birth of Jesus Christ and to make sure our celebrations include him every single day.

• During worship on the first day of Advent, we will consider the importance of traditions in our Christmas celebration, a theme which will continue through December.
• Christmas falls on Sunday this year, and what better way to celebrate the birthday of Jesus than to be in church! Our worship service will begin at 10 a.m. and there will be no Sunday School.
• Our traditional Christmas Eve service will be on Saturday, December 24.

The Flora community will gather at the Presbyterian Church for a joint worship celebration.

• Sunday, November 20 at 6 p.m.
• Flora Presbyterian Church
• All are invited!