Prelude

Opening Prayer

Congregational Singing: “O Come All ye Faithful”

**Opening prayer

Congregational Singing: “O Holy Night”

**Intercessory Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer (Sunday School children can go to their classes)

Congregational Singing: “King of Kings“

Scripture Reading: Luke 5:1-11

Sermon: “When You’ve Tried It All”

Holy Communion: “When I Survey The Wondrous Cross”

Offering Song: “Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground)”

Offering Prayer

Memory Verse: James 1:12

Announcements & Offering

Doxology

Benediction

Congregational Response: “Amen, Amen”

Postlude

** Please speak quietly while waiting outside and enter the room after the prayer ends.

Paul Tjam
MC: Ling Ling Tay
Music: Rini Buntaran

Welcome to our Sunday service. If you are first time joining us, welcome! Hope you will join us again next week. Please invite your family and friends to join our Sunday service or fellowship so that they may hear the word of God and be blessed.

Thank you, pastors, worship team, and SS teachers for your ministry today. Brothers and sisters in supporting church’s programs in prayer.

As for giving, you may use one of these ways:

a).  Drop it in the offering box provided at church

b).  Transfer through Zelle: “Christian Evangelical Mission in America” sjc.gift@gii-usa.org

c). Matching donation through Benevity to: “Christian Evangelical Mission in America” with ID: 840-B_5B4VY7JHMZ

**Please make note such as for: mission, tithe, building, thanksgiving, etc.

Congregation who wants to give Christmas Thanksgiving Offering can do it today, Dec. 12 and next Sunday, Dec. 19. Please write “For Christmas” on the envelope or on the check. May the congregation be able to express gratitude to God for His coming as the Savior of the world and His cares and guidance throughout 2021.

A Combined Christmas Celebration of IEC SJ and IEC SF will be held on 18 Dec. at 4:00 pm at IEC San Francisco. The church has printed the invitation cards. Please pick it up at the usher table to give to family or friends. The theme is “The Light Has Come Into The World” (John 3:19). The Speaker is Rev. Brian Leong. The program is short play, choir presentation. There are also programs for children.

Indonesian and English Christmas service will be combined on Dec 19. The speaker will be Rev. Alvin Louie. On that day there will be a child dedication event for the following:

1. Emilie Mika Manasseh, the daughter of Yosef Manasseh and Amadea Kristani
2. Eurielle Claire Sebastian, the daughter of Glenn Sebastian and Jennifer Idris
3. Elizabeth Anne Wibowo, the daughter of Raymond Wibowo and Irine Lie
4. Ella Grace Ho, the daughter of Joseph Ho and Evelyn Tan
5. Jonathan Vincenzio Kurnia, the son of Aldo Kurnia and Lavinia Harjono
6. Joshua Caleb Frans, the son of Iman Abraham Frans and Stefani Subiantoro
7. Declan Kyle Teonadi, the son of Hidayat Teonadi and Fransisca Tan

The New Year’s Eve event will be held on Dec 31 at 6:00 pm. For those who want to attend please register (including children) with Ling Ling Tay. Please come and give thanks to God for His blessings and guidance in this year and pray together for His guidance in the coming year 2022.

Please follow the health protocols. Do not gather, eat and drink inside the church building after the service. Please discard any left-over food and other trash directly in the blue dumpster located at the church parking lot at the side of the church building. And please temporarily park your cars at Uplift Family Services across our church. We use the church parking lots for Sunday School classes and gathering after the service. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Thanksgiving: for health, family, work, ministry, Jesus our Savior, church, brothers and sisters in Christ.

Congregation: sick and in recovery (Nicholas Lu, Gen Hung). Tiffany Iskandar’s pregnancy. Children, youth, adults, and elderly church members.

World: rising Covid-19 cases in several countries, vaccines for those in need, health care workers, world peace in general.

Government: California (dealing with severe drought), Indonesia (aftermath and victims of Mount Semeru eruption in East Java), U.S. (Economic, political stability and security).