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Grace Baptist Church Sunday, December 18, 2016

I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” ~ Psalm 122:1

Time Worship Services Suitable for Location

Chinese

Services

8:30-9:40 a.m. Morning Service All Sanctuary

9:30-11:00 a.m. Students’ Service All / Students Coleman Hall

11:30 a.m.–12:40 p.m. Noon Service

All

Sanctuary

7:30-8:45 p.m. Evening Service Room 401

English

Services

10:00-11:15 a.m. Morning Service Sanctuary

5:30-7:00 p.m. Evening Service Coleman Hall

Others

10:00-11:15 a.m. Taiwanese Service Room 301

11:20-11:40 a.m. Children’s Service Children

(age 7-12) Kindergarten

4:00-5:30 p.m. Bilingual Service

All

Sanctuary

Prayer

Meetings

Wed. 7:30-8:45 p.m. Chinese Prayer Meeting Coleman Hall

Wed. 7:30-9:00 p.m. English Prayer Meeting Room 301

~ ENGLISH SERVICES IN BOLD ~

10673 台北市大安區新生南路三段 90 號 (捷運公館站 3 號出口) No. 90, Sec. 3, Hsin Sheng South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 10673 (MRT Gong Guan Station, Exit 3)

Tel:(02) 2362-5321 (Chinese) (02) 8369-2840 (English) Fax:(02) 2362-7975

Website: www.gbc.org.tw/en E-mail: baptists@gbc.org.tw

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Morning Worship Service – 9:00 a.m.

Sunday, December 18, 2016 Prelude Serena Chang Advent Reading Turner Family Welcome/Prayer Catherine Zee Worship Through Music “Angels We Have Heard on High (#100)” “Hymn of Joy” Pastoral Prayer Pastor Nick Brideson Worship Through Music “O Little Town of Bethlehem (#86)” Catherine Zee Offertory Song “O Come, All Ye Faithful (#89)” Offertory Prayer Anne Tan Tithes and Offerings Doxology Special Music “Mary Had a Baby” Soprano Solo Scripture Reading Daniel 5:1-7 Michael Huang Message Writing on the Wall Pastor Nick Brideson Invitation “Wonderful, Merciful Savior” Benediction Minister Peter Shannon Announcements Michael Huang Special Offering Closing Song “As the Lord Is with Us” Catherine Zee /Congregation Postlude Serena Chang

Nursery care is available in the kindergarten room during the Morning Worship Service and Sunday School hours

Evening Worship Service – 6:00 p.m.

Sanctuary, December 18, 2016

Prelude “Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring” Organ & Piano

Welcome / Opening Prayer Jeana Ty

Christmas Carol “Angels We Have Heard on High (#100)” Michael Huang/Congregation

Pastoral Prayer Pastor Nick Brideson

Christmas Carol “Silent Night (#91)” Michael Huang/Congregation

Offertory Prayer Jeana Ty

Tithes and Offerings “Advent Medley” Solo Harp

Special Music “Christmas Suite” Hand Bell Choir

Scripture Reading Zechariah 9:9 Jeana Ty

Choir Presentation The Promise of a King Adult Choir

Invitation “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (#88)” Michael Huang/Congregation

Benediction Pastor Nick Brideson Announcements Jeana Ty

Special Offering

Closing Prayer Pastor Nick Brideson

Postlude “Joy to the World” Organ & Piano

Goals: Prayer; Building the Body; Missions

Thank you for choosing to worship with us and celebrate the glory of our Lord. We hope you feel a fresh expression of God’s love for you today. The invitation to

Christian discipleship and church membership is open to all whose faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God and sole Savior is consistent with the teaching of the

Bible. As our guest, please do not feel obligated to put anything in the offering bag, except the welcome card, which we request you

to fill out so we can get to know you better.

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Scripture: Hebrews 13:7-21 (ESV)

Notes:

Morning Sermon Topic: Writing on the Wall

Scripture: Daniel 5:1-7

Pastor Nick Brideson December 18, 2016

Scripture : Daniel 5:1-7 (NIV) 1 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with

them. 2 While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and

silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so

that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. 3 So they

brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and

the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. 4 As they drank the

wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall,

near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 6 His face

turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way.

7 The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers and diviners to be brought and said

to these wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will

be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the

third highest ruler in the kingdom."

Evening: The Promise of a King Notes:

1. The King Shall Come

2. Celebrate the Promise

3. Sleep, Little Baby

4. Let Every Nation

5. This Holy Christmas Night

6. Christmas Bells Are Gladly Ringing

7. Fit for a King

8. The Birthday of a King

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Sunday School Classes

Classes Type Time Room

Christianity 101 Adults 11:30 a.m. Mount of Olives

Christianity 102 –

Daily Walk with Jesus Adults 11:30 a.m. 305

Gospel Project Adults 11:30 a.m. 405

Gospel Project Adults 11:30 a.m. B05

Gospel Project Adults 11:30 a.m. WanFu 22, Room C

Youth Grades 7 and above 11:30 a.m.- 12:50 p.m. B04

AWANA Age 5 – grade 6 11:20 a.m.- 12:20 p.m. 401 / 404

Preschool Age 2-5 11:20 a.m.- 12:20 p.m. 403

Nursery Age 2 and under 10 a.m.- 12:40 p.m. Kindergarten

Gospel Translation Adults 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. 303

Gospel Project Adults 4:00 p.m. B03

Small Groups

Name Leader Suitable for Time

Salt and Light Paul Han Christians looking for fellowship

with Christian brothers and sisters

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Sunday

Crown of Beauty Roxanne Lin Mission-minded Christians

who desire to share God’s love

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Sunday

Friday NTU

Group

Rob Riley

& Nick Brideson

For university students

who like to learn about Christianity

and discuss in English

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.

Friday

Sigueme Chien Ferng Spanish speakers

looking for fellowship

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Friday

Women’s Breakfast

Fellowship Foua Xiong

Women looking for

fellowship over breakfast

8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

2nd

Saturday

Parenting Group Jonathan & Wendy

Evans

Anyone looking for

family-related fellowship

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

2nd

and 4th

Sunday

If you would like to have fellowship with your Christian brothers and sisters in any of the groups above,

please e-mail Peter Shannon at: PeterS@gbc.org.tw

GP (Gospel Project) Study Group Name Leader Suitable for Time

HSINCHU GP Study Group

Armand Lim Anyone wishing to

study Gospel Project materials 7:00 – 8:45 p.m.

Friday

If you would like to join this GP study group, please e-mail to aline@gbc.org.tw

Announcement

Happy Birthday, Jesus! ~ Special Christmas Missions Offering

Don’t forget, TODAY, we have a special opportunity to give a gift worthy of our

King to the cause which brought Him to dwell among us! Please prepare your heart

and your birthday present offering represented by the specially prepared red

envelopes as we celebrate the birth of our King and anticipate the global expansion

of His Kingdom of love through our gifts!

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Announcements Morning –

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. (Coffee Deck)

Evening –

7:15 – 8:30 p.m. (B01-B05)

Pre-Christmas Brunch & Potluck

As part of our 2016 Christmas celebrations, the English congregation will have Pre-Christmas Brunch & Potluck for both the morning and evening services. We encourage you to bring your favorite dish to share. If you can bring a dish, please bring it to the coffee deck before 10:15 a.m. for the morning and to Room B01 before 6 p.m. for the evening. Please tell the coordinators what food/drinks you plan to bring and if you’re willing to help. Yuri Shih at yuchen_phone@hotmail.com (Morning)

Alice Chu at chc111444@hotmail.com (Evening). Regular Sunday School Classes TODAY.

Christmas Notices

English Choir Christmas Presentation starts at 6 p.m. in the Sanctuary TODAY!

Next Sunday, Dec. 25, the AM and PM Services will be combined. Please join the

Combined service at 10 a.m. in the Sanctuary.

No Morning Tea Fellowship on Dec. 25.

Christianity 101 & 102

Christianity 101 –11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Mount of Olives

Christianity 102 –11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Room 305

Christianity 101: Starting Lesson 1 last Sunday. Anyone who would like to take the class from the beginning is welcome. This class serves as preparation for baptism (Pre-Baptism Class). It introduces participants to the basics of Christianity. Candidates for baptism must complete this class prior to being baptized.

Christianity 102: Serves as Post-Baptism class. The class uses the book “Survival Kit - Five Keys to Effective Spiritual Growth” to build a strong foundation for spiritual growth. The new season will start from Jan. 8, 2017. We welcome all people who have been recently baptized to join this class.

AWANA Program & Preschool ■ Holiday breaks on Dec. 25, 2016 & Jan 1st, 2017.

■ Resume Awana classes on Jan. 8, 2017. Mabuhay Fellowship

Mabuhay Fellowship comprises the Filipino group and sponsors various

activities. Today, in Room B05, we will have no potluck lunch (we'll be joining the morning brunch) but we will have special activities at 2 p.m. All are welcome.

Evergreen Fellowship

Evergreen is a bilingual fellowship that meets on Saturday nights at 6 p.m. in Room

401. You are most welcome to have fellowship with us.

No Evergreen Fellowship on December 24, let’s join the GBC Christmas

Eve Service & rejoice together!

On December 31, we will have a Year-End Potluck & Sharing at Room 401.

All are welcome to join!!

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Announcements

2016 CHRISTMAS EVENTS

Date Time Event Location

Dec. 18 (Sun.)

9:00 – 10:15 Christmas Morning Service (English) Sanctuary

10:30 – 11:30 Pre-Christmas Brunch (English) Coffee Deck

11:00 – 13:00 Chinese Joint Christmas Service Sanctuary

18:00 – 19:00 Christmas Choir Presentation (English) Sanctuary

19:15 – 20:30 Pre-Christmas Potluck (English) B01-B05

Dec. 24 (Sat.)

19:00 – 21:30 Opera in One Act–“Amahl and the Night Visitors” Sanctuary

22:00 – 23:00 Christmas Eve Service (Chinese) Sanctuary

22:00 – 23:00 Christmas Eve Service (English) Coleman Hall

23:30 – 01:30 Christmas Eve Midnight Concert Sanctuary

Dec. 25 (Sun.) 10:00 – 11:15 Christmas Day Morning Service (English) Sanctuary

17:30 – 19:00 Evening Service (English) has been canceled

Dec. 31 (Sat.)

18:00 – 20:00 Evergreen Year End Potluck (Bilingual) Room 401

21:00 – 22:30 Year End Prayer Meeting (English) Room 401

23:00 – 00:30 Year End Communion Service (English) Coleman hall

~ ENGLISH SERVICES IN BOLD PRINT ~ Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.”~ Colossians 4:2

Let us be a church of prayer. Come to pray with brothers and sisters in Christ at 7:30 -9:00 p.m. every Wednesday in Room 301.

Join the Evening PPT Team We are looking for volunteers to serve in the evening PPT team to help play the powerpoint. If you’d like to serve, please contact Nina at ninaing@gmail.com. Thank you!

Flower Arrangment Ministry Recruiting

Flower arrangement ministry meets every Saturday morning to prepare for the worship. If you would like to serve Him through the art of flower arrangment and can commit to this ministry for long-term, please contact Suejenny at 2362-5321 ext. 128 or email to suejenny@gbc.org.tw for more information.

English Version Daily Living Water

If anyone would like to use English Version Daily Living Water as devotional material, please sign up to buy it at the Front Desk. The fee is NT$90 per book.

Parking Control on Christmas Eve

Due to preparation and setup for Christmas Eve Opera on Dec. 24, please notice that from 7:00 a.m. to 10 p.m., GBC will have parking control . If you drive, please use other parking lots around GBC at this time. Thank you.

Reminders from the Church Office

Media Policy For reasons of privacy, copyright, etc., please DO NOT take videos / pictures or place pictures / videos on social media of ANY GBC meetings / events without permission. If you want to review the Sunday sermons or choir presentations, please go on GBC website http://www.gbc.org.tw/en/ or you can buy the CD of the Sunday services at the front desk stating which sermon you want. Each CD costs NT20. Thank you!

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This form is for you! Please take a moment and fill it out. Please print. Then tear out the form and give it to an usher or place it in the offering bag. Thank you!

□ I would like to meet with the pastor I’d like information on: My decision today: □ How to begin a relationship with Christ □ I’m committing my life to Christ □ How to join this church family □ I want to be baptized □ Bible Studies □ Women’s Ministries □ I’m renewing my commitment to Christ □ Music Ministries □ Children’s Ministries □ I want to join a Sunday School class □ Evergreen Bilingual Fellowship □ I’m willing to help where needed □ Mabyhay Fellowship

Prayer request or Praise : □ for prayer list □ confidential (write in below space)_____________

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Regular Weekly Activities at Grace

Sunday

7:30 a.m. Prayer Hour – Mount of Olives Room 8:30 a.m. Prayer Hour – Mount of Olives Room 9:00 a.m. Choir Preparation – Room 307 (1st/3rd/5th Sundays) 9:00 a.m. Usher Training –Mount of Olives Room 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service – Sanctuary 11:30 a.m. Sunday School - (see list on page 3 for details) 12:30 p.m. Mabuhay Potluck Lunch – B05 13:00 p.m. AWANA Prayer Meeting – Room 404 1:00 p.m. Adult Choir Practice – Room 307 2:00 p.m. Sunday School - (see list on page 3 for details)

Mabuhay Fellowship Activities – B05: Prayer Meeting (1st Sunday), Bible Study (2nd/4th Sundays) Fellowship (3rd Sunday), Special Activities (5th Sundays)

2-4 p.m. Gospel Translation – Room 303

3:30 p.m. Prayer Hour – Mount of Olives Room

Evening Worship rehearsal – Coleman Hall 4:00 p.m. Sunday School – (Starting from Dec. 4, see list on page 3 for details) 5:30 p.m. Evening Worship Service – Coleman Hall

Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Church Prayer Meeting (English) – Room 301 Church Prayer Meeting (Chinese) – Coleman Hall

Thursday 7:30 p.m. Bible studies on "Bible Topical Studies" – Room 301 - Contact Rod Syverson at rod_syverson@hotmail.com

Saturday 6:00 p.m. Evergreen Fellowship – Room 401

Church Staff

Rev. Stephen Lee: Worship, Mission Rev. David Kong: Church Administration Rev. Peter Wang: Christian Education, Taiwanese

Worship, BTU Rev. Charles Huang: Bilingual Worship, Website, Growth Fellowship #187 Rev. Henson Huang: Student Ministry #186 Rev. Tsen-Jen Wu: 2nd Worship Rev. John Lee: Caring, Family Ministry #122

Rev. Ming-Choi Leung: Growth Ministry Project #188 Minister Charlene Chang: Mission Ministry #133 Minister Ya-Lin Tseng: Children and Women, Children Sunday School #185 Minister Mary Shuen: Children and Women, Mission

Ministry #184 Minister Lydia Liang: Caring, Sister Ministry #126 Minister Chuh-Sien Lin: Music Ministry, Organist

English Congregation

Rev. Nick Brideson: English Ministry #136

Minister Peter Shannon: English Ministry #131

SueJenny Hsu: English Ministry Secretary #128

Aline Kao: English Ministry Secretary #132

Hsiao-Yen Shen: Director of Administration Office #113 Anita Chen: Accounting #110 Grace Liu: Cashier & Ministry Assistant #111 Jean Tang: Community Director, Friday Night Concert Bonnie Chao: Community, Caring Clerk #127 Cliff Zhao: Chinese Clerk #180 Titan Chen: Information Technology #112 Isaac Liu: PA System #115 Ann Huang: Art Editor #116 Frank Hu: General Affairs #119

Welcome! We are glad you are here! December 18, 2016

This form is for you! Please take a moment and fill it out. Please print.

Then tear out the form and give it to an usher or place it in the offering bag. Thank you!

Name:__________________ Age: Under 18, 18-25, 25-40, 40-55, 55-70, 70+ Male ___ Female ___

Address: ______________________________________________________________________________

Contact Phone: ___________________E-mail address:_________________________________________

Children living at home. (names and ages): __________________________________________________

□ This is my first / second time to attend □ I am a regular attender □ I am a returnee

How did you hear about our church? ______________________ I’m the guest of ____________________

What I noticed first about Grace Baptist Church’s English Congregation: ___________________________

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