“Stone Wall with Flower, Whitby” by Snapshooter46
THE PEOPLE OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH GATHER FOR
THE WORSHIP SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
OF
GOD
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
11:00 A.M.
We are an ecumenical, multi-racial, multi-ethnic Christian body that reaches out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. To that end we strive to be welcoming, responsive, trusting and prayerful in everything we do. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
G ATHERING FOR W ORSHIP PRELUDE
WELCOME PROCESSION, HYMN 14
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Diane Bish (b. 1941) Matthew Daley, Organ Allyson Robinson Womb of Life, and Source of Being PLEADING SAVIOR
Congregation standing; la congregación se pone de pie. Congregational responses in bold. Page numbers refer to Sanctuary Bibles. Audio enhancement devices available for use during worship. Please ask an usher for assistance. Respuestas congregacionales en negrita. Las páginas se refieren a las Biblias en el santuario. Para Biblias en español o traducción del servicio en español, por favor hablar con un ujier.
CALL TO WORSHIP God has entrusted us with a great legacy. We will be mindful of our past as we step out into the future together.
Allyson Robinson
God has blessed us with a place to call our own in the midst of a good land. We will care for these resources and use them well to advance God's work around us. God has called us to speak prophetically to a world desperate for good news. We will embrace our responsibility to call the nations to justice, love, and peace. God has planted us in a loving, living community. We will love each other as we work to grow into the fullness of Christ together. God has called us to a new kind of service to one another, to our city, to our world. We will innovate, we will create, we will be new wineskins for the new wine of the gospel. These are the touchstones of our testimony. In these things, and in all we do, we will worship God. INVOCATION
Allyson Robinson
PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST La paz del Señor sea contigo. Y contigo también. The peace of the Lord be with you. And also with you.
Allyson Robinson
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE
Make Us One
MAKE US ONE
Make us one, Lord, make us one; Holy Spirit, make us one. Let your love flow so the world will know we are one in you. A CALVARY MOMENT
Eileen Guenther
CONGREGATIONAL MEDITATION, HYMN 663 We sing as directed, in call and response style.
Go Down Moses Traditional Spiritual Dwayne Pinkney, Cantor
L IVING THE W ORD OF G OD HEBREW LESSON, P. 51
Exodus 12: 1 – 14 Erica Lea The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. 3Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. 4If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. 5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. 7They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. 10You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the
passover of the LORD. 12For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. 13The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance. 1El
Señor habló con Moisés y Aarón en la tierra de Egipto, y les dijo: 2«Este mes marcará el principio de los meses. Será para ustedes el primer mes del año. 3Hablen con toda la congregación de Israel, y díganle: “El día diez de este mes, cada uno de ustedes debe tomar un cordero por familia, según las familias de los padres.” 4Si la familia es tan pequeña como para no comerse todo el cordero, entonces esa familia y sus vecinos más cercanos tomarán un cordero, según el número de personas. Calcularán el cordero según lo que cada persona pueda comer. 5El animal debe ser macho, de un año y sin ningún defecto, y lo tomarán de las ovejas o de las cabras. 6Lo apartarán hasta el día catorce de este mes, y toda la congregación de Israel lo sacrificará entre la tarde y la noche. 7Tomarán un poco de sangre y la pondrán en los dos postes y en el dintel de las casas donde lo vayan a comer. 8Lo comerán esa noche, asando la carne al fuego y acompañando la carne con panes sin levadura y hierbas amargas. 9La carne no debe estar cruda ni ser cocida en agua, sino asada al fuego, junto con la cabeza, las patas y las entrañas. 10No dejarán nada del cordero para el día siguiente; si algo queda hasta el día siguiente lo quemarán por completo. 11Debe comer el cordero vestidos y calzados, y con el bordón en la mano, y comerlo de prisa; se trata de la Pascua del Señor. 12Esa noche yo, el Señor, pasaré por la tierra de Egipto y heriré de muerte a todo primogénito egipcio, tanto de sus hombres como de sus animales, y también dictaré sentencia contra todos los dioses de Egipto. 13Y cuando hiera yo la tierra de Egipto, la sangre en las casas donde ustedes se encuentren les servirá de señal, pues yo veré la sangre y seguiré adelante, y no habrá entre ustedes ninguna plaga de mortandad. 14»Este día deberán recordarlo y celebrarlo generación tras generación, como fiesta solemne en honor del Señor. Es un estatuto perpetuo que deben celebrar. PSALTER, 755 We read verses 1 – 9 only, and sing the Response together.
Psalm 107 Dwayne Pinkney, Cantor
EPISTLE LESSON, P. 923
Romans 13: 8 - 14 Becky Vaughn 8Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. 11Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; 12the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; 13let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. 8No
tengan deudas con nadie, aparte de la deuda de amarse unos a otros; porque el que ama al prójimo, ha cumplido la ley. 9Los mandamientos: «No adulterarás», «no matarás», «no hurtarás», «no dirás falso testimonio», «no codiciarás», y cualquier otro
mandamiento, se resume en esta sentencia: «Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo.» 10El amor no hace daño a nadie. De modo que el amor es el cumplimiento de la ley. 11Hagan todo esto, conscientes del tiempo en que vivimos y de que ya es hora de que despertemos del sueño. Porque nuestra salvación está más cerca de nosotros ahora que cuando creímos. 12La noche ha avanzado, y se acerca el día. Por tanto, desechemos las obras de las tinieblas, y revistámonos de las armas de la luz. 13Vivamos con honestidad, como a la luz del día, y no andemos en glotonerías ni en borracheras, ni en lujurias y lascivias, ni en contiendas y envidias. 14Más bien, revistámonos del Señor Jesucristo, y no busquemos satisfacer los deseos de la carne. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia Robert F. Twynham (1930 - 2011) Dwayne Pinkney, Cantor
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Adapted from Matthew 18 GOSPEL LESSON, P. 799
Matthew 18: 15 - 20 Allyson Robinson 15»Por tanto, si tu hermano peca contra ti, ve y repréndelo cuando él y tú estén solos. Si te hace caso, habrás ganado a tu hermano. 16Pero si no te hace caso, haz que te acompañen uno o dos más, para que todo lo que se diga conste en labios de dos o tres testigos. 17Si tampoco a ellos les hace caso, hazlo saber a la iglesia; y si tampoco a la iglesia le hace caso, ténganlo entonces por gentil y cobrador de impuestos. 18De cierto les digo que todo lo que aten en la tierra, será atado en el cielo; y todo lo que desaten en la tierra, será desatado en el cielo. 19Una vez más les digo, que si en este mundo dos de ustedes se ponen de acuerdo en lo que piden, mi Padre, que está en los cielos, se lo concederá. 20Porque donde dos o tres se reúnen en mi nombre, allí estoy yo, en medio de ellos.» 15“If
another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. 16But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” This is the Gospel of Christ. Thanks be to God. HYMN 689 We sing verses 1, 3, 4 and 6.
We Are Not Our Own YARNTON
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Edgar Palacios 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 debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
SERMON
Touchstones of Our Testimony: A Community in Ministry Allyson Robinson
INSTALLING CALVARY’S PASTORAL RESIDENTS: ERICA LEA AND ELIJAH ZEHYOUE LITANY OF INSTALLATION
Allyson Robinson Jeremy Fretts, Eva Powell, Amy Dale, Hannah McMahan
Allyson: Calvary Baptist Church, do you promise to affirm, support, and work with Elijah and Erica as they grow in ministry, serve as our pastors, and live with us as Christian brothers and sisters? Congregation: We will do so with God’s help!
SHARING COMMUNION INVITATION TO THE TABLE
Allyson Robinson
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Edgar Palacios
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
Erica Lea and Elijah Zehyoue
SHARING THE MEAL Approach stations using inside aisles, and return to your seat using outside aisles. Four stations are available, as well as a gluten-free option. To receive communion where you are seated, raise your hand and a deacon will be happy to serve you. CONGREGATIONAL MEDITATION As we participate in communion, we sing the refrain as directed.
Shepherd Me, O God Marty Haugen Dwayne Pinkney, Cantor
Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life.
G IVING AND S ERVING INVITATION
Becky Vaughn
MUSICAL OFFERING
Put Peace into Each Other’s Hands Fred Kaan (1929 – 2009) / ST. COLUMBA Calvary Sanctuary Choir
HYMN 48
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Becky Vaughn
B ECOMING D ISCIPLES INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP
Allyson Robinson
HYMN 631
Lift Every Voice and Sing LIFT EVERY VOICE
During the singing, we invite you to come forward if you wish to make a public commitment to join our community of faith. If you are interested in membership or have questions about Calvary, please contact the Church Office. WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS
Allyson Robinson
We give thanks that you have been guided by the hand of God to this community of faith. We pledge to love each other and to work to grow into the fullness of Christ together. Amen. BENEDICTION POSTLUDE
Allyson Robinson Hymn to Joy Mark Thallander (b. 1950) Matthew Daley, Organ
Following worship, join us in Woodward Hall for lunch today, left as you exit the Sanctuary. Visitors, we look forward to greeting you! Scripture passages for September 14, Feast of the Holy Cross: Numbers 21:4b–9; Psalm 98; 1 Corinthians 1:18–24; John 3:13–17. Make Us One. Words and Music: Carol Cymbala, ©1991 Word Music, Inc. and Carol Joy Music c/o Integrated Copyright Group. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow. Words: Thomas Ken, 1674; adapt. Gilbert H. Vieira, 1978. Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. Shepherd Me, O God. Words: Marty Haugen, based on Psalm 23; © 1986 GIA Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Words reprinted under CCLI #430459 and OneLicense.net #A-719662.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER Teddi Angelov, Liubov Russell’s friend; Maria Bensussen, Ryan Harvey’s grandmother; Sara Bermúdez, Lorena Pereira’s mother; Amy Butler and the family and friends of her grandmother who died Friday, August 15; Cristina Chacón; Roberta Clyburn, Janice Glover’s sister; Carolyn Crumpler, Amy Shaw’s grandmother; Kimberly Durham-Bates; Radost Fortunova, Liubov Russell’s sister; the family and friends of Wanda Gilson who died Wednesday, August 27; Gail Ousley Gipson, Ben and Natalie Barrens Rogers’ friend; Jenny Goon; Janet Grove; the family and friends of Suzi Harrington, Ashley Becker’s friend, who died this week; Morry Johnson, Ashley Becker’s friend; Michael Keller, Phil and Nancy Renfrow’s friend; Jennifer Lopez, Edgar Palacios’ niece; Lynne Mayfield, Jay Mayfield’s mother; Robin Myers and her family; Al Nielsen; Armando Pacheco, Amy Dale’s friend; Amelia Powell, Andrea Powell’s mother; Rochelle Powell, Eva Powell’s grandmother; Zac Riley, Paul Rice’s nephew; Scott Singley, Courtney Rice’s brother-in-law; Joe Stout, Holly Miller’s brother-in-law; Victoria Sulerzyski, Ellen Sulerzyski’s sister-in-law; Carol Sunde. A SPECIAL GIFT has been made to the Shalom Scholarship Fund by Cassandra Rummel in honor of Courtney Rice and Holly Miller.
WORSHIP TOUCHSTONES OF OUR TESTIMONY. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, God once said to an Israel seeking guidance for a new age. This month our preaching will re-examine the values we've identified as foundational to our church: legacy, place, prophecy, community, and cutting edge ministry. We'll look to these Touchstones of Our Testimony to guide us in a new season and a new era for Calvary.
TODAY
THE POWER OF SPIRITUALS IN WORD AND SONG, 2:00 P.M. TODAY. Join us after worship for lunch in Woodward Hall ($10 suggested contribution), followed by a very special concert program in the Chapel. We welcome Dr. Eileen Guenther, Professor of Church Music at Wesley Theological Seminary, who is completing a book on the power of spirituals. Calvary’s staff soloists are our featured artists: Amelia Taylor, Teresa Ferrara, Dwayne Pinkney and Zain Shariff. Don’t miss this powerful program as we celebrate the start of the 2014-2015 church programming season and to remember the 150th anniversary of the Calvary cornerstone, right here on Eighth and H Streets NW. The Civil War period is the birthplace not only of Calvary Church but also the vast repertoire of spirituals.
COMING UP
CALVARY’S CALENDAR OF EVENTS. Visit www.calvarydc.org/events/ for a current listing. VOLUNTEERS are needed to provide food or to serve supper at Calvary Women's Shelter, Sunday, September 14. If you can help, see Claudia Moore or email cjmoorekn@aol.com. THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH INSTALLATION SERVICE of Rev. Dr. Amy Butler is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, October 5, 4:00 p.m. Interested in attending with a group from Calvary? We’re making plans to charter a bus for the day. Contact Trey Sullivan for information. Sign up during coffee hour or online, http://calvarydc.org/bustoinstallationservice. CALVARY DINNERS. As we begin a new year of programming, consider hosting a Calvary Dinner in your home. Interested? Contact Rachel Johnson, rnoelj@gmail.com. BECOME AN USHER: YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN OUR TEAM! Did you know that ushering at Calvary is one of the most important, fun and easy ways to serve? Join our team by contacting Chuck Andreatta, andreatL13@gmail.com, and reserve your spot in the rotation. The need is great and the need is now.
CALVARY TRANSITIONS This year is a time of transition for Calvary. With lots of changes ahead, find updates here as well as on our website, Twitter, and Facebook page. For questions or suggestions about our transition, email transitions@calvarydc.org, call the church office, or visit calvarydc.org/calvary-transitions. CALVARY CONVERSATIONS Join us the second Sunday of each month in the Chapel, following coffee hour. At our next Calvary Conversation, next Sunday, September 14, we will update everyone on the status of our search for an intentional interim pastor, hear from our Residency Committee leaders and discuss opportunities for involvement in Calvary's leadership as we enter Fall programming. Be sure to join us, and bring your questions and ideas! UPDATES FROM THE CHURCH BOARD. At their monthly meeting, Thursday, August 14, the Personnel Chair presented candidates for the Intentional Interim, for the Board's consideration. Questions? Contact Eva Powell, transitions@calvarydc.org. The Board conducted Skype interviews Tuesday, September 2. At the regularly scheduled meeting, September 11, the Board will continue deliberation of candidates for the Intentional Interim and their qualifications with the goal of choosing one candidate for the Board to meet in-person later this month. The Board believes they will be able to present the selected candidate to the congregation at the Quarterly Business Meeting on October 26. Please continue to hold the Board up in your prayers as they work to select a candidate to recommend to the Congregation to approve as our Intentional Interim Senior Pastor.
Fall 2014: Weekly Programming Schedule Day / Time Sunday 9:30-10:45 a.m. Latino Fellowship
Material
Location
Leader(s) / Contact
Theme varies
Chapel
Pastor Edgar epalacios@calvarydc.org
9:45-10:45 a.m. Sanctuary Choir
Varies
Music Suite
Cheryl Branham cbranham@calvarydc.org
9:45-10:45 a.m. Youth, grades 6-12
Lectionary Text based
G311
Daniel Alcazar-Roman, Lu Shan, Ashley Becker daniel.alcazar@gmail.com
9:45-10:45 a.m. Adult Sunday School 9:45 a.m.–12:05 p.m. Nursery, Birth -Pre-K Children, K-grade 5 Tuesday 12:15-12:45 p.m. Lectionary Lunch
We Make the Road by Butler Hall Walking, by Brian McLaren
Pastor Elijah ezehyoue@calvarydc.org
Varies
W123
One Room Sunday School, Abingdon Press
G319
Carol Blythe & Rick Goodman blythe-goodman@comcast.net Karla Fahey, Jodi Smith, Roberto Ortiz karla.j.fahey@gmail.com
Weekly Lectionary Texts Library
Trey Sullivan 3sullivan@gmail.com
6:30-8:00 p.m. – Resumes September 16 Theology on Draft We Make the Road by Butler Hall Walking, by Brian McLaren
Trey Sullivan 3sullivan@gmail.com
Wednesday 6:30-8:00 p.m. – Resumes September 17 Wednesday Night We Make the Road by Butler Hall Words Walking, by Brian McLaren
Susan Sevier songandseminary@gmail.com
Saturday 10:00 a.m. Latino Fellowship
Bible Study and Soccer
Palacios’ Home Pastor Edgar epalacios@calvarydc.org
C HURCH S TAFF
Cheryl Branham Saw Ler Htoo Al Jeter Erica Lea Edgar Palacios Allyson Robinson Paul Rosstead Elijah Zehyoue
Director of Music (cbranham@calvarydc.org, ext. 136) Pastor, Calvary Burmese Church (lerhtoo@hotmail.com) Supervisor of Maintenance (ajeter@calvarydc.org, ext. 128) Pastoral Resident (elea@calvarydc.org, ext. 142) Associate Pastor (epalacios@calvarydc.org, ext. 103) Transitional Pastor (arobinson@calvarydc.org, ext. 121) Church Administrator (prosstead@calvarydc.org, ext. 127) Pastoral Resident (ezehyoue@calvarydc.org, ext. 133)
Becky Vaughn
Deacon of the Week (becky@beckyvaughn.org)
C ALVARY B APTIST C HURCH
755 Eighth Street NW Washington DC 20001
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