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Avis Williams, Pastor of Community Transformation 404.379.5561 awilliams@locc.co

Becky Matheny, Pastor of Spiritual / Communal Development 706.202.0124 bmatheny@locc.co

David W. Key, Sr. Founding Pastor 770.309.2394 dkeysr@locc.co

Gary W. Arnold, Pastor of Worship, Communication, Liturgical Arts 404.402.5542 garnold@locc.co

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LOCC Affiliations

The Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta The Georgia Christian Council

The International Council of Community Churches

January 3, 2016

EPIPHANY SUNDAY

Service of the Table

10:30 a.m. ~ Worship at The LOCC

Concerns of the Community

We extend sympathy to Ginny Williams

in the death of her daughter Lisa Poppal

Christin Anson (daughter of the Thorntons), David & Diane Chapman

(friend of the Wiers), Shawn Cuddeback, Mychel Cunningham

(teenager at Greensboro High School), Patty Dailey (friend of Pete

Smith), Jere Daly (brother of Sara Daly Weir), Linda Davis (friend of

the Thorntons), Diane Desmond, Kay Eadie (friend of Judy Broome),

Tori Hosbrook (niece of Carla Thornton), David Hudgens (friend of

Ginger Cargile), Diane Kirby (friend of the Elzys), Donald Livingston

(friend of Pete Smith), Joyce Michaels, Bruce Moffatt (friend of the

Martincics), Warren Moser, Bill Paine (friend of Susan Davidson),

Kasey Phillips and parents Tracy & Rob (son and daughter-in-law of

Bev Conway), Dana Ryan (daughter-in-law of Patricia Walters),

Carlyle Scales, Henry Shepherd (grandson of Carolyn & Mickey

Channell), Dawn Nash Sinclair (friend of Judy Broome), Cheryl Taylor

(friend of Janice Wendt), Tom Welle (brother of Ruth Herickhoff),

Peggy Weber (friend of Margie Rouse)

TODAY - LOCC MIRACULOUS MINUTES

REMAIN AFTER WORSHIP TO HELP PACK UP CHRISTMAS 2015

Last year we accomplished the task in 47 minutes!

Mid - Day Bible Study ~ EXODUS ~ Selected Wednesdays

- The 10 Commandments - Wandering through the wilderness -

January 6 & 20 ~ February 3 & 17 ~ March 2, 16 & 30

The LOCC Stewardship Ministry THANKS YOU

for your generous support during 2015!

LOCC Welcomes the 2016 Leadership Circle

Please refer to the newsletter for complete details

LOCC Hour Of Power Bible Study

Mon - 11:45 a.m. Atlas Community Room - Help provide Lunch!

Support Group for Families With Addiction ~ Wednesday, Jan 13

Every Other Wednesday ~ 6:15 p.m. at The LOCC

12 Step Group will be meeting monthly - date to be determined

for parents and families of those dealing with addiction

~ SAVE THE DATES ~

Bobby Jo Valentine - Singer / Songwriter

Both Services, January 24th ~ In Concert at the LOCC that Evening

LOCC Travels to Spain & Portugal ~ October, 2016

See the LOCC Newsletter for more details.

Announcements for the Week of January 3, 2016

Check in! www.facebook/thelocc

Find LOCC on Picasa and YouTube - Links in the newsletter and at locc.co

~ Church as You Know it Can Be ~

*Prayer after Communion

Leader: God has come in human flesh, and is present with us and upon this table. ALL: We, like the Magi, worship God by offering our lives – the gifts of the best of everything given to us. In turn, we have now been fed by the gift of God’s presence among us. May all self-serving Herod-like motivations die within us as we bow before the very presence of God. May we be guided by the Light of God. May we follow no matter where God leads. May we create community along the way. May we give thanks at each new destination, and be ready to journey again as children of the Light.

*Carol Walk In The Light Thomas Whitfield

*Benediction St. Francis of Assisi

*Response This Little Light of Mine Trad. Spiritual 1. This little Light of mine; I'm gonna let it shine.

This little Light of mine; I'm gonna let it shine. This little Light of mine; I'm gonna let it shine.

Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine!

2. Everywhere I go; I'm gonna let it shine.

Worshiping God Growing Spiritually as Individuals and as a Community

Serving our Neighbors

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, Let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master,

Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Color for Worship: White

White - not merely the fundamental color of light, but the effect

of the sum total of all colors in perfect proportion. White today

is the radiant combination of all things Human and Divine

alive around us, in us, and through us.

THE WORSHIP OF GOD

- All are welcome here - We want to get to know you -

Please sign the Attendance Pads on the Tables near the Entrance

We ask that guests and first-time visitors provide an email address.

Members and regular attendees may check the appropriate box.

The Centering Bell - Lighting of the Light - The Life of LOCC

Solo Here I Am To Worship Tim Hughes All are invited to sing the refrain each time it occurs.

Solo: Light of the world, You stepped down into darkness, Opened my eyes, now I see. Beauty that came, now my heart adores You. Hope of our lives rests with You. Refrain: ALL

King of all days, now so highly exalted, songs ring in heaven above. Humbly You came to the earth You created. Light comes to us; Child of love. Refrain: ALL - twice.

*Call to Worship

L: The church is Epiphany. P: We are the Magi, searching. L: Our lives are resplendent with this world’s accessories of knowledge, and wealth, and achievement. P: But we still search for something more. L: And suddenly, in the most unlikely of places, the Deity appears. P: The birthing of our Lord bursts in upon our ordinary lives like fireworks in the snow. L: Only God would send a little baby King. ALL: And we are now on our knees, offering our gifts.

*Carol We the Kings of Orient Are John Henry Hopkins, Jr.

1. We the kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.

Refrain: O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect Light.

2. Born a king on Bethlehem's plain, Gold I bring to crown God again, King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign.

(to stanza three)

3. Frankincense to offer have I. Incense owns a Deity nigh. Prayer and praising, all are raising, Worship the God on high.

(to stanza four)

4. Myrrh is mine: it's bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom. Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding dying, Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

(to stanza five)

5. Glorious now behold while arise, King and God and Sacrifice. Alleluia, alleluia! Sounds through the earth and skies.

(to refrain above)

The Hebrew Scriptures Isaiah 60:1-6 Common English Bible

60 Arise! Shine! Your light has come; the LORD’s glory has shone upon you. 2 Though dark-ness covers the earth and gloom the nations, the LORD will shine upon you; God’s glory will appear over you. 3 Nations will come to your light and kings to your dawning radiance. 4 Lift up your eyes and look all around: they are all gathered; they have come to you. Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters on caregivers’ hips. 5 Then you will see and be radiant; your heart will tremble and open wide, because the sea’s abundance will be turned over to you; the nations’ wealth will come to you. 6 Countless camels will cover your land, young camels from Midian and Ephah. They will all come from Sheba, carrying gold and incense, proclaiming the LORD’s praises.

L: The Word of the Lord P: Thanks be to God!

Gospel Lesson Matthew 2:1-12 Common English Bible

2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the territory of Judea during the rule of King Herod, magi came from the east to Jerusalem. 2 They asked, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We’ve seen his star in the east, and we’ve come to honor him.” 3 When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and everyone in Jerusalem was troubled with him. 4 He gathered all the chief priests and the legal experts and asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They said, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote: 6 You, Bethlehem, land of Judah, by no means are you least among the rulers of Judah, because from you will come one who governs, who will shepherd my people Israel.” 7 Then Herod secretly called for the magi and found out from them the time when the star had first appeared. 8 He sent them to Beth-lehem, saying, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you’ve found him, report to me so that I too may go and honor him.” 9 When they heard the king, they went; and look, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were filled with joy. 11 They entered the house and saw the child with Mary his mother. Falling to their knees, they honored him. Then they opened their treasure chests and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 12 Be-cause they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own coun-try by another route.

L: The Gospel of the Lord P: Praise to You Lord Christ!

Sermon Toward the Light David W. Key, Sr.

Response Follow The Light Byrd/Hart/Heffinger

Star in the sky we behold you how could our eyes turn away; Drawn to the Light of mercy that comes to make a way; A Lamp for our path that was darkness eternity’s secret revealed;

A Hope to illumine these shadows a Love now born to heal And we will follow the Light; We will follow the Light; Seeking the Lamp; Our saving Love Divine; Even the night will not shake us in the desert our hearts will not fear; Drawn to the hope of salvation we wait for the Sun to appear; O Star of wonder, star of night; star with

royal beauty bright; Westward leading, still proceeding guide us to Thy Perfect Light

The Giving, Presentation and Blessing of our Gifts

L: We give thanks for all that God has given us. P: May God bless all that we offer: our prayers, our presence, our gifts and our service.

*Passing of the Peace L: The Lord be with you! P: And also with you! Greet one another with signs of peace.

*Song of Fellowship Go Tell It On The Mountain Trad. Spiritual

Prayers of the People ~ Silent Prayer - Sharing of Requests ~

~ Pastoral Prayer - Lord’s Prayer ~

Response What Child is This? William Dix All Sing

SERVICE OF THE TABLE

All are welcome at the LOCC table. We are all guests of Christ our Host. As a blended community, we acknowledge & celebrate the wide symbolic range of this Table of Grace,

and desire that these elements uniquely become the presence of God for each person.

Beginning from the rear of the room, forming one line, all are invited to come and receive a blessing from one of the Pastors, and then approach the table. Please take

a wafer and dip it into a Chalice. (A practice known as intinction.)

The chalice with the ribbon contains wine; the one without contains grape juice.

Around one Table, all are beloved members of one, diverse, Community of Faith.

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 trespasses, 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 and ever. Amen.