ESSCC Order of Service

December 7, 2025

• Opening song          Elevated Voices of Praise
• Welcome                  Chequita Owens
• Opening Prayer        Chequita Owens
• Scripture                   Chequita Owens
  Luke 1:26-35
• Praise and Worship   Elevated Voices of Praise
  
• Baptism of Believers
• Corporate Prayers 
  Praying for Sister Carla Burdine for upcoming surgery. Praying for Brother Chico for healing after his procedure.  Praying for all our members fighting cancer: Carla Burdine, Brittney Hadley, Gail Hadley, Josephine McCleary, mother to sister Kim Smith, and her sister Deborah McCleary. Pray for Sister Shirley Burton, Kamaree Clegg & family,  and Cowen family. Praying for all those with financial needs due to the economy,  furloughs, layoffs  or suffering from  new policy cuts to services. Praying for all the victims of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, Haiti, and other places.    
• Musical Selection        Senior Choir
  Children dismissed for children’s church
• Sermon                     Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr. 
  “Mission Impossible”
  Luke 1:26-35
• 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.
  Offering Prayer                    Chequita Owens
  Offering Doxology                Milton Hopkins  
• Announcements
  See “Upcoming Events at ESSCC” on website or app for more details. Please save the dates and make plans to attend!
• Words of Institution-Communion        Elders and Deacons
  
•  Benediction                       Rev. Stephen D. Billingslea

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

ESSCC Food Pantry

As you are aware, people are struggling. We would like to help our members and the community through our  ESCCC food pantry ministry. We are in  need of donations  to rebuild our pantry and freezer items. If you have non perishable items or freezer vegetables  please bring them and leave in the kitchen for sister Tina and Gloria . They will be available after church each Sunday for anyone in need of food items .  If you are aware of people in the community who may need help, have them reach out to sister  Tina so she can make arrangements  to meet them at the church.  Please pray for all of those in need during this difficult time. Thank you for any help you can give.   

ESSCC Angel Tree Ministry 2025

Thank you to everyone who helped with the Angel Tree gifting this year! If you’d still like to help, we’ll be wrapping gifts after church today. 

Operation Greater Oklahoma Toy Drive Concert

The event will take place Saturday, December 13 at 6pm, at Trinity, OKC, 1329 NW 23rd Street. Please come out and support this event. 

Disciple Women’s Fellowship

DWF is planning a Women’s Day program for Sunday,  December 14th with the theme “God gives rest: Just do it!”.  Our Guest speaker will be Evangelist Marsha Jordan. Plan to join us and  invite a friend!

Our hygiene purses for the homeless were given out yesterday at for  the community at the NE OKC Community & Cultural Center on . Thank you for all of those who donated hygiene items , money or purses. . Thank you Sister Karrie Harris  for coordinating this ministry!

We are still  collecting coats for the homeless and working poor, all sizes are needed. Men and women sizes are the priority. They will be give out by Naomi Jackson  at the North Care Community Health Center. Leave the coats in the box in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you!

DWF Brunch

With sister Carla’s upcoming surgery, we have postponed the Disciple Women’s Christmas  brunch . We will  change it to a potluck fellowship on January 10th at 11:30 a.m. Please see Lakeshia and Kim to see about signing up for a dish, all women are invited to Join us. Let’s kick off 2026 with sisterly prayer, support, service  and fellowship.  

Reminder

First Sunday Breakfast and T-shirt and Wednesday Night Bible Study Dinner  is provided on the 1st and 3rd Sunday  morning and Wednesday night ,  respectively. Thank you Sister Rosa!

Don’t forget that we will NOT  have Wednesday Night Bible Study on Christmas Eve AND New Years Eve. 

STANDING ANNOUNCEMENTS (DO NOT READ ) 

Community Resources

Find information on the new Community Resources page! (See link at the top of the website or app).

Disciple women’s fellowship

Sister LaKeisha Lewis is our Chairperson and sister Kim Smith is our assistant Chairperson of ESSCC Disciples Women Fellowship. Sister Karrie Harris is our  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 be communication coordinators.

Children’ s Church

We have two group of children for Sunday Children’s 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.

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

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. 

Church App is available for iPhone and Android phones in the Apple store and Google play store- East Sixth Street Christian Church (ESSCC).

ESSCC Prayer List

 Sister Carla Burdine. Sister LaTonia Moore. Brother Cowen. Leslie Green (friend of Benny). Daughter of Rev. Sherri Dickerson, sister Reba Massey, Tony Francisco, Sister Vikki Walker and family, Bro. Rufus Adams; Sis Shirley Riley;  Sister Tina Henderson;  Family of Elder Marvin Fisher; Bro. Jameson Clegg; Sister Kim Smith and mother Josephine McCleary;  Sister Whitney Blair; King David and Monica; Naomi Jackson & family; Mrs. Emma Lemons; Sister Sheila Jones and family; Mr. Donte Payton; Mr. Ron Clark;  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; Family of Brother Andre Francisco;  Curtis Nunley and Family;  Ernest Johnson & family; Dianne Ross McDaniel;  Sister Edwina Peoples; Annette Martin & family; LaRose Bradley family;  Sister Erma Howard; Ron Magnus; Deborah McCleary. Avereigh Moseley.

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)

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