• ESSCC  Order of Service                                         December 1,  2024                   

  Welcome                          Tony Francisco              

  Opening prayer               Tony Francisco        

  Scripture                          Tony Francisco   

  Mark 1:1-8

  Praise and Worship         Elevated Voices of Praise

  Corporate Prayers             Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.    

   We continue to praise God that Brother Andre has finally returned home after 20 months in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities and  Praying for strength for sister Teresa Francisco & Addam, we continue to Pray for sister Lisa Jones , sister Gail Hadley, Worth Hadley Family,  our members fighting breast cancer, Brittney Hadley, Josephine McCleary, mother to sister Kim Smith;  Elder Marvin Fisher,  Brother and Sister Cowen, Sister Shirley Burton.  

  Musical Selection (s)        ESSCC Senior  Choir 

  Children dismissed for children Church upstairs

  Sermon      Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.

  “A Wild Man in the Wilderness  “

  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                              Tony Francisco         

  Offering Doxology                         Milton Hopkins  

  Announcements                             Carmen Jackson                                                         

   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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• ESSCC Music Department

  • Mass Choir Members- Thank you for making our 105th church Anniversary a joyful celebration. Your dedication was a true blessing, and we’re excited to continue singing together.   Please see website for Mass choir dates in 2025. 
  • We are asking you to join us for this year’s 2024 Christmas  program on December 22, 2024 (Sunday before Christmas).
  • To prepare for the program, the first 20 minutes of Thursday rehearsal at 7:00pm will be focused on Mass Choir selections. We’ll also have  rehearsals at 11:00am the Saturday before each date.
  • Thank you for your dedication. Let’s continue to unite in worship and give God our best praise.
  • In His Service , Milton Hopkins, Minister of Music.

• Music Ministry Invitation
• Pine Street Christian Church in Tulsa ,
• Save the Date- We are cordially invited to their 2024 Christmas Musical, December 15, 2024 at 3:30pm . They are asking ESSCC choir to bring an A&B selection. Please join is in Tulsa to support our choir and join in Christian Fellowship. 

• Advent starts December 1-December 25

  We will be having Advent presentations and will be asking our children to join us in the presentations,   so stay tuned for more details from Deacon Cynthia Clegg.

• Kwanzaa 

  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. 

   Youth and Children’s Ministry 

         Upcoming Christmas program – We have selected a                            Christmas  Program for all ages. Parts can be found  on the table in the fellowship hall. The practices have   been divided by the    scene in the play. Please see the scene  assignments and  then get a copy of your  part in the  appropriate  scene   stack.  Each scene has its    own rehearsal date.  Please  see sister  Paula for questions .

We are  asking  you parents,  grandparents and guardians to begin  reviewing their parts with them now,  so they can memorized or be  very familiar with their parts by the time  of their  rehearsal date. Full Dress rehearsal will be Wednesday, 12/18/24 at 6:30pm and  Saturday12/21/21 at  11:30am. 

• • ESSCC Christmas Angel Tree- Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to sponsor a child for Christmas this year. All presents for refuge fellowship children are due to the church on December 8. We  are asking for those members who have children  on the ESSCC  list to have the gifts turned in on December 15. If you have any questions please get with   Brittney Houston and Michell Eikes . They are doing an excellent job  helping me to coordinate this ministry this year. 

• If their is anyone else in our  ESSCC family who  would like us to include your children in  our gift give away, please see sister Carmen after church. She has a form to give to you so that we can capture your children’s Christmas wish list. 
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• Refuge Fellowship Christmas party will be held December 14, 2024 11am-1pm at Western Oaks Christian Church 8100 NW 23rd OKC 73127. Presents will be due at the church on December 8. Time to be announced.  
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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. 

• 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).

• 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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• 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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• DWF Hygiene Purse Project- are now collecting and stuffing  Hygiene purses for our homeless women’s population at NorthCare. The deadline for the purse or items is December 8, 2024 . Please bring to church and place in the boxes under the greeter table in the fellowship hall. If you have questions see sister Karrie Harris. 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
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• Youth Group Bible Study-  Youth Group  is still on hold for now,  until we can work out a schedule that is more convenient for more members. Stay tuned . 
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• Sister Clegg will be holding the Tai Chi Classes on 

• Upcoming Events at ESSCC – SAVE THE Dates 

•  Disciple Women’s Fellowship Meeting –  Next meeting is January 11th, 11:30am. 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 Eikes have agreed to take on our new position,  as communication coordinators.

  • Upcoming DWF Events:

  • DWF Wellness Conference- Wildewood Christian Church
  • December 7, 2024  This is a Free Event but you need to Register by November 29th.
  • https://okdisciples.org/connect/adults/oklahoma-disciples-women/
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  • or email wildewoodchristian@gmail.com or call 405-478-0781.  

                DWF Christmas Brunch December 21, 2024 at the                            home of  Deacon Carla Burdine. 11am until fun runs                        out!!!

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

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• Pine Street Christian Church in Tulsa ,
• Save the Date- We are cordially invited to their 2024 Christmas Musical, December 15, 2024 at 3:30pm . They are asking ESSCC choir to bring an A&B selection.
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• 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.   
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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. 

  This concludes our Announcements.   

                                 STANDING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• 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.   

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• 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