• ESSCC  Order of Service                                         December 15,  2024                   

  Welcome                          Deacon Carla Burdine              

  Opening prayer             Deacon Carla Burdine        

  Scripture                          Deacon Carla Burdine   

  Matthew 2:13-15

  Praise and Worship         Elevated Voices of Praise

  Corporate Prayers             Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.    

   We are  praying for  Brother Andre and sister Lisa Jones who are back in the hospital.  Praying for strength for sister Teresa Francisco & Addam and all care givers. Praying for sister Vicky Walker and   sister Sheila’s husband Jeffrey who have been sick. Praying for sister Freda Mason ,our former member, she fell and is in a facility recuperating. Praying for all our members fighting breast cancer, Brittney Hadley, Josephine McCleary, mother to sister Kim Smith and her sister Deborah McCleary, Elder Marvin Fisher,  Brother and Sister Cowen, Sister Shirley Burton.  

• Advent Presentation- LaTonia Moore & VaRhea Owens-Hopkins  

  • Musical Selection (s)        ESSCC Senior  Choir 

    Children dismissed for children church upstairs

    Sermon      Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.

    “Straight Out of Africa  “

    Invitation to Discipleship   Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.                 

    Invitation/Instrumental          Milton Hopkins  

    Offering-Bringing Tithes and Gifts into God’s Storehouse-   

    (Please stand and follow the directions of the Ushers. Online giving- esscc1919.org/Church App (esscc) PayPal / credit cards/debit cards/ Givelify)

    Offering Prayer                              Deacon Carla Burdine          

    Offering Doxology                         Milton Hopkins  

    Announcements                              Denise Thomas                                                                                      

     See “Upcoming Events at ESSCC”  on website or app  for more details about Upcoming Events and Worship Services.  Please save the dates and make  plans to attend.

    Words of Institution-Communion    Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.         

    Benediction                       Rev. Stephen D. Billingslea 

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• Weekly Announcements /Upcoming Events
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• Special Christmas offering  this Sunday and next Sunday.  The Christmas offering supports our regional ministries here in Oklahoma. They provide for congregational needs, like the grant we received for our audio/visual ministry we just received.  Please give, over and above your regular giving. 

• Upcoming Christmas program – 
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• Our Christmas program is next Sunday, December 22. We are  asking  parents,  grandparents and guardians to   work with our children   so they can memorized or be  very familiar with their parts by the time  of the dress rehearsals this week. 

• We have scheduled rehearsals on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings for anyone with scheduling conflicts.  Full Dress rehearsal will be this Wednesday, 12/18/24 at 6:30pm and   final rehearsal will be this Saturday 12/21/21 at  11:30am.

• All participants are needed for our dress rehearsals. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend rehearsal. 

• We will have a Reception following our Christmas Program , we are asking members to bring pastries, cocoa, cookies, fruit and candy. If you have any questions or would like to bring items,  please see Dena and Passion.  

• ESSCC Music Department

  •  Christmas  program on December 22, 2024 (Sunday before Christmas).
  •  This Thursday rehearsal at 7:00pm will be focused on Mass Choir selections for Christmas.  We’ll also have  rehearsals at 11:00am the Saturday. Please come out helps us worship in song for Christmas.  
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• Pine Street Christian Church, 762 E. Pine St. Tulsa, Ok 74106
•  We are cordially invited to their 2024 Christmas Musical, Today at 3:30pm . Our  ESSCC choir will  bring an A&B selection. Please join is in Tulsa to support our choir and join in Christian Fellowship. Our church van is down but we will car pool to Tulsa.  

• Advent  December 1-December 25

   Advent presentations – December 22, Rev. Jackson and grandson Matthew. 

• ESSCC Outreach Ministry

  • ESSCC Christmas Angel Tree- Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to sponsor a child for Christmas this year.
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• For those members who have children  on the ESSCC Angel Tree list,  your gifts are due today. Please get with   Brittney Houston and Michell Eike after church.
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  • Special Thank you to Brittney and Michelle for coordinating this year. Thank you to Jeff for delivering our gifts to Refuge for the Christmas party. Thank you to Carla Burdine and her Santa helpers  (Clark, Stephanie and Karrie) for volunteering at the crafts table .
  • Pastor Noel sent her heart felt gratitude to esscc for our continued support . 
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         Disciple Women’s Fellowship 

         DWF Christmas Brunch December 21, 2024 at the                            home of  Deacon Carla Burdine. 11am until fun runs                        out!!! if you have not spoken to Carla about your                                contribution to the meal, please see her after church.                       Santa           gifts ($15 limit).  Address 10300 NE 4th Midwest    City, 73130. 

DWF Hygiene Purse Project- Sister Karrie Harris is still accepting purses and items if you have not gotten yours turned in yet. 

• Youth and Children’s Ministry 

•   Kwanzaa Dec. 29th-Jan.5th 

• We will be sponsoring a Poster Board Contest for Kwanzaa. All of our children will be asked to research and study the principles of Kwanzaa. They will then use their creativity to make up Poster boards that we will display around the church. Each teen will be assigned a specific principle to prepare a short presentation on December 29th and conclude on January 5. The winner will receive a gift card.   We are asking the parents to please monitor your young people to be sure they are preparing the assignment themselves without the help of AI. 

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• Please see website for Upcoming ESSCC events and ministry meeting dates and times. Background check details is provided as well. 
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• May we All continue to seek and pursue Jesus in 2024,  with a renewed sense of connection .  Let us increase our level of commitment to his service and step out to do Gods work for our church and community   in love. 

• Upcoming Events at ESSCC – SAVE THE Dates (Don’t Read)

• DWF Hygiene Purse Project- Sister Karrie Harris is still accepting purses and items if you have not gotten yours turned in yet.  We will be collecting the purses of all sizes and/or we are asking for you to donate  any items that you can from the following list:  
• Sanitizer
• Deodorant or deodorant wipes
• tooth brush/tooth paste
• comb/brush
• floss
• soap
• lotion
• snacks
• water
• feminine wipes/pads/tampons

• ESSCC Coat Giveaway-Thank you for your coats for the homeless and needy families. At this time they have all of the coats they can handle at Northcare. Stay tuned , Naomi may find out other locations that are providing coats in the community

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• Disciple Women’s Fellowship Meeting –  Next meeting is January 11th, 11:30am. Upcoming DWF Events

  •  DWF Luncheon will be held Feb. 8th at 11 am here at                        the church.

• Background Check –If you are a teacher or volunteer working with our children  in Sunday school or children’s church, or have signed up to help on a Sunday upstairs we need you.   We will be working on our Sunday volunteer assignments. All members working with our children will be required to complete a background check with OSBI (chirp.osbi.ok.gov). Please try to get background checks completed by the nee year 2025. Thank You. 

• The background search will include three data bases

  • OSBI Criminal History 

  • DOC Sex Offender Registry

  • DOC Violent Offender Registry

  • You must create an account to access CHIRP. Account access is FREE and you will only be charged for searches you request.   

  • The cost for all three searches will be $20 including transaction fee.

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  • Tine Hadley, RN is now certified to teach CPR and will be conducting our training in 2025.  Please sign up when dates have been set. We would like to have one certified member present each Sunday, just in case.
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 STANDING ANNOUNCEMENTS (don’t read) 

• Disciple women’s fellowship 
• Sister LaKeshia Lewis is our new Chairperson and sister Kim Smith is our new assistant Chairperson of ESSCC Disciples Women Fellowship. Sister Karrie Harris is our new treasurer and her assistant treasurer is Sister Sheila  Jones. Cynthia Clegg has agreed to be our DWF secretary .  Brittney  Houston and Michell Eike have agreed to take on our new position,  as communication coordinators.

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• Beginning in January 2025 we will have two group of children for Sunday Children Church. PreK- 3rd grade and 4th grade through 6th grade. (12 years and under)- we will not be working with toddlers at this time.   We will ask one Teen to help with the younger class each Sunday. 

• Teen Youth Bible Study- Rev. Reed has taken on a new job and his schedule will not allow him time to join us anymore. We are looking at having Youth Bible Study upstairs on Wednesday nights during Adult Bible Study time  or a monthly  Sunday outing and group gathering somewhere in city. Please share what works best for your teen with Passion and Dena. Kick off is Jan 2025. 

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• ESSCC Women’s Upcoming Events- Calling all  wantabe “glam ladies”. We are polling  all of the women of the church to see if you would like to come to a  makeup demonstration Fun Night here at the church. Please consider this amazing opportunity to learn more about which makeup is best for your skin, as well as,  how to apply it,  from a professional makeup artist.  Let us know if you are interested, contact sister LaKeshia or sister Kim Smith.   
  • • Pine Street is now working on getting enough people to follow their Facebook page so they can broadcast their worship service live as well. Please go to “Pine Street Christian” and hit the follow button.  They need our support; that was once us, at the beginning of Covid. Thank you for your help.   

• First Sunday Breakfast and T-shirt Sunday 1st and 3rd Sunday. Thank you Sister Rosa 

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• In-person Bible Study here in the fellowship hall at each Wednesday Night 7pm.  First and third Wednesday Night,  sister Rosa will be preparing dinner at 6:30pm before Bible Study. 

  We are continuing to ask for donations throughout the year    to help us sponsor outing(s) for our youth .Please put “youth ministry special offering” on your envelop or on the notes section in Givelify.  If you are paying online by credit or debit, (no place for notes),  please send Elder Edmund Clegg a text letting him know  your donation is for the “youth special offering”.   We  are excited to plan FUN  outings and events for our young people  to build relationships with God and one another. Let’s teach them that “Church FUN”  can be as enjoyable as the “World FUN”.

•  We will continue to  be on Facebook Live. We are still needing  someone to volunteer to coordinate Zoom for  Wednesday Night Bible Study . See Pastor Jackson if you are interested. 

• Sister Cynthia Clegg is teaching a Tai Chi class each Saturday from 10-11 am in the fellowship hall. The Program is designed for Older Adults. See the flier on the website for program description. Contact Cynthia Clegg if you are interested or have questions.
• The Wellness Nutrition class  provides  presentations on nutritional information and  how to incorporate that information into meal planning.   For future presentations , we will discuss specific impact of various foods on the body and include recipes with food tasting.    Lakeshia  will be holding another demonstration on Saturday’s ,   following the tai chi class at 11am.  

• Birthday Month Ministry (postponed for now ) 

  Thank you to everyone who have completed their Birthday Month Ministry Cards. Stay tune in 2025 as we roll out this ministry. 

   

• Full Prayer list is available on the website esscc1919.org. If you have anyone to add or remove please let us know either by text to sister Carmen or by contact form on the website.
• Church App is available for iPhone and Android phones in the Apple store and Google play store- East Sixth Street Christian Church (ESSCC).
• “At A glance” drop down  is convenient way to find things more quickly like announcements, event calendar. Contact Us has visitor page. If you need to contact church use this form and your message will go to the church email.

ESSCC Prayer List

Bro. Rufus Adams; Sis Shirley Riley;  Sister Tina Henderson;  Elder Marvin Fisher; Bro. Jameson Clegg;  Sister Kim Smith  and mother Josephine McCleary;  Deacon Bob Cowen and Sis. Louise Cowen; Sister Whitney Blair; King David and Monica; Naomi Jackson & family ;  Mrs. Emma Lemons;  Sister Sheila Jones and family; Mr. Donte Payton; Mr. Ron Clark;  Sister Ckai Dawson :  Ulah& Lamar Ustinov;   Minister Stephanie Parker; Elder Nedella Foster: Chris Dinkins;  Sister Rosa Tillman;   Karen Smith ;  Brother Bobby and Sister Gail Hadley & family; Brittney Hadley Pattico & family; Brother Andre Francisco & Sister Teresa Francisco;  Curtis Nunley and Family; Dianne Ross McDaniel;  Sister Carmen Jackson & family;  Sister Vikki Walker;  Lisa Jones:  Annette Martin & family; June Higgins family; LaRose Bradley family; Bridget & Ken Lucey-Cose; Mrs. Doris Houston; Sister Erma Howard; Christopher Walker & family; Billie Sanders: Ron Magnus; Irma Howard; Booth family; Dennis Jones; Damonta Hickman: Valerie Love; Janet Love Buckner ; Elwood Johnson and family; Loreal Paxton; Deborah McCleary .      

Church Contact Information at Glance

East Sixth Street  Christian Church

1139 NE 6th Street, OKC. OK 73117

(405)-235-3201 

email -esscc1919@coxinet.net

Mailing Address: PO Box 54674, OKC. OK 73154

Online Giving: web page– esscc1919.org (Givelify, PayPal, credit and debit card)

Facebook- East 6th Street Christian Church– https://www.facebook.com/East-6th-Street-Christian-Church-10150128353095599

YouTube- East Sixth Street Christian Church- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=east+sixth+street+christian+church

Sunday Worship from Sanctuary

Facebook Live/ YouTube Live 

Sunday Worship 10AM

Facebook Live  & YouTube Live

Zoom Meetings

Wednesday  (on hold )

7pm Bible Study with invitation