THE PEOPLE OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH GATHER FOR
THE WORSHIP
OF
GOD
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DAY OF HOPE 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.
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G ATHERING FOR WORSHIP PRELUDE
WELCOME CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP
Cradle Songs James D. Kimball, arr. Calvary Ringers Allyson Robinson Creator of the Stars of Night CONDITOR ALME
Sanctuary Choir and Calvary Ringers PROCESSION, HYMN 119
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel VENI EMMANUEL
LIGHTING THE CANDLE OF HOPE
The Angdisen Family Demy, Tina, Jojo, Ruziel, Angelica and Andrea
Angelica: Grandma, why are we lighting a candle? Tina: Because today is the first Sunday of Advent. In Advent we prepare for the coming of Christ. One of the ways we prepare is by lighting the candles of the Advent wreath to remind us of the gifts Christ brings to our world—hope, peace, joy and love. Angelica: Grandpa, which candle are we lighting today? Demy: Today we light the candle of hope. Hope means remembering God’s dream of a world of justice and peace, never letting the dream die, praying for it, working for it. Angelica: Like feeding the hungry, being kind, helping the poor, and sharing the love of Jesus? Demy: That’s right. We are to be partners with God in keeping God’s dream alive. CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE, HYMN 132 (verse 1) When God Is a Child Hope is a star that shines in the night, leading us on ‘til the morning is bright. When God is a child there’s joy in our song. The last shall be first and the weak shall be strong, and none shall be afraid. 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.
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. Joseph Glaze, Eva Powell, Allyson Robinson, Congregation Pastor Allyson: Since June of this year I have served as your Transitional Pastor. For me, this ministry has been one of joy and blessing. But this time has come to an end. Will you join me in giving thanks for our time together? All: We give thanks for your ministry among us. Eva: After prayer and careful discernment we have called The Reverend Doctor Joseph Glaze to serve as our Pastor during the Interim. Calvary, will you pray for him, encourage him, and support him just as you did Pastor Amy and Pastor Allyson? All: With God’s help, we will. Pastor Joe: I accept your call and pledge to give you the very best I can. But pastoral ministry is more than offering one’s own gifts and skills. It is a reliance on the work of the Spirit to accomplish within us much more than is naturally in us to do. With the Spirit’s help, together we can show a hurting and broken world what it is to live in love, in mercy, in welcome, in joy and in grace. I look forward to our journey together. All: We welcome you, Pastor Joe.
PASTORAL TRANSITION
A TIME WITH CHILDREN
Joseph Glaze and Erica Lea
L ISTENING FOR THE W ORD OF G OD Isaiah 64: 1 – 9 Erica Lea 1O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! 3When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. 4From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him. 5You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed. 6We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. 8Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. 9Do not be exceedingly angry, O Lord, and do not remember iniquity for ever. Now consider, we are all your people.
HEBREW LESSON
1¡Cómo
quisiera que rasgaras los cielos y bajaras! ¡Que los montes se derritieran ante ti 2como ante un fuego abrasador que todo lo funde, como un fuego que hace hervir el agua! ¡Así tu nombre sería reconocido por tus enemigos, y las naciones temblarían en tu presencia! 3Cuando tú descendiste e hiciste maravillas que nunca imaginamos, los montes temblaron
ante ti. 4Nunca antes hubo oídos que lo oyeran ni ojos que lo vieran, ni nadie supo de un Dios que, como tú, actuara en favor de aquellos que en él confían.5Tú has salido al encuentro de los que practican la justicia con alegría, y de los que se acuerdan de ti y siguen tus enseñanzas. Pero te enojas si pecamos y no dejamos de pecar. ¿Acaso podremos alcanzar la salvación? 6Todos nosotros estamos llenos de impureza; todos nuestros actos de justicia son como un trapo lleno de inmundicia. Todos nosotros somos como hojas caídas; ¡nuestras maldades nos arrastran como el viento! 7Ya no hay nadie que invoque tu nombre, ni que se despierte y busque tu apoyo. Por eso nos diste la espalda, y nos dejaste caer en poder de nuestras maldades. 8Pero tú, Señor, eres nuestro padre; nosotros somos el barro y tú eres quien nos da forma; todos nosotros somos obra de tus manos. 9No te enojes demasiado, Señor, ni tengas presente nuestra iniquidad todo el tiempo. Toma en cuenta que todos nosotros somos tu pueblo. PSALTER We read responsively and sing the Refrain.
Psalm 80: 1-7, 17-19 Amelia Taylor, Cantor
Refrain. Restore us again, O Lord God of hosts, and show us the light of your face and your grace, and we shall be saved. How long, gracious God, so radiant and glorious? How long, good Shepherd, so gentle and kind? How long before you come to those who wait, your face shining with compassion, to calm fearful hearts, to offer promise and hope and peace, freedom and release? On those who sit faint by the wayside, whose only food has been loneliness and pain, whose only drink, their tears, may your face shine. Come and lead home all who wander, cast out and alone. And, with the milk of your love, nurse them to life and joy. Let not one of your children be lost! Yes, come, O Beloved, and we shall be saved! Refrain. EPISTLE LESSON
1 Corinthians 1: 3 – 9 Edgar Palacios 3Que la gracia y la paz de Dios nuestro Padre y del Señor Jesucristo sean con ustedes. 4Siempre doy gracias a mi Dios por ustedes y por la gracia que él les ha dado en Cristo Jesús. 5Porque en él ustedes fueron enriquecidos en todas las cosas, tanto en palabra como en conocimiento. 6Así se ha confirmado en ustedes el testimonio acerca de Cristo,7de tal manera que nada les falta en ningún don, mientras esperan la manifestación de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, 8el cual también los confirmará hasta el fin, para que sean irreprensibles en el día de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. 9Fiel es Dios, quien los ha llamado a tener comunión con su Hijo Jesucristo, nuestro Señor. 3Grace
to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 5for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind— 6just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you— 7so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia Melchior Vulpius (c. 1560 – 1616) Amelia Taylor, Cantor
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Keep awake therefore, for you do not know when the master will come. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Adapted from Mark 13 Mark 13: 24 – 37 Joseph Glaze 24‘But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26Then they will see “the Son of Man coming in clouds” with great power and glory. 27Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. 28‘From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 29So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 30Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. 31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 32‘But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. 34It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. 35Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, 36or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. 37And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.’
GOSPEL LESSON
24En
aquellos días, después de esa gran aflicción, sucederá que el sol se oscurecerá y la luna dejará de brillar; 25las estrellas caerán del cielo y los poderes celestiales se estremecerán. 26Entonces verán al Hijo del Hombre venir en las nubes con gran poder y gloria, 27y él enviará a sus ángeles para reunir a sus elegidos de los cuatro vientos, desde los extremos de la tierra hasta los extremos del cielo. 28De la higuera deben aprender esta parábola: Cuando sus ramas se ponen tiernas, y le brotan las hojas, ustedes saben que el verano ya está cerca. 29De la misma manera, cuando ustedes vean que todo esto sucede, sepan que la hora ya está cerca, y que está a la puerta. 30De cierto les digo que todo esto sucederá antes de que pase esta generación.31El cielo y la tierra pasarán, pero mis palabras no pasarán. 32En cuanto al día y la hora, nadie lo sabe, ni siquiera los ángeles en el cielo, ni el Hijo. Sólo el Padre lo sabe. 33Pero ustedes, presten atención y manténganse atentos, porque no saben cuándo llegará el momento. 34Es como cuando alguien deja su casa y se va lejos, y delega autoridad en sus siervos y deja a cada uno una tarea, y ordena al portero mantenerse despierto. 35Así que ustedes deben mantenerse despiertos, porque no saben cuándo vendrá el señor de la casa, si al caer la tarde, o a la medianoche, o cuando cante el gallo, o al amanecer; 36no sea que venga cuando menos lo esperen, y los encuentre dormidos. 37Esto que les digo a ustedes, se lo digo a todos: ¡Manténganse despiertos! This is the Gospel of Christ. Thanks be to God. GOSPEL HYMN 135
Blessed Be the God of Israel MERLE’S TUNE
SERMON
The Waiting of an Open Heart Joseph Glaze
Matt Daley
MUSICAL REFLECTION
G IVING AND S ERVING OFFERING OUR PRAYERS- PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER Elijah Zehyoue We invite and encourage everyone to pray aloud the Lord’s Prayer in your native language.
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. Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra. El pan nuestro de cada día, dánoslo hoy. Y perdónanos nuestras deudas, como también nosotros perdonamos a nuestros deudores. Y no nos metas en tentación, mas líbranos del mal; porque tuyo es el reino, y el poder, y la gloria, por todos los siglos. Amén. Eugenia Reyes
INVITATION TO GIVE AND TO SERVE
All Earth Is Waiting
MUSICAL OFFERING To follow the words silently, see Hymn 139.
TAULÉ
Amelia Taylor, Soprano Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
HYMN 50
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Calvary Ringers and Congregation 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! Eugenia Reyes
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
B ECOMING D ISCIPLES INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP Joseph Glaze 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. HYMN
In the Bulb There Is a Flower/ Revelado al fin será PROMISE
1. In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree In cocoons, a hidden promise; butterflies will soon be free In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. 2. Hay un canto en el silencio que algún día ha de vibrar Un amanecer hermoso tras la noche ha de llegar Del pasado, a un futuro que ignoramus qué traerá Lo que sólo Dios ve ahora revelado al fine será.
3. There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody There’s a dawn in every darkness bringing hope to you and me From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. 4. Nuestro fin será el principio, nuestro tiempo, infinidad Nuestras dudas, certidumbre, nuestra vida eternidad Nuestra muerte, nueva vida de victoria y majestad Lo que sólo Dios ve ahora revelado al fine será. Elijah Zehyoue
WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS
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. Joseph Glaze
BENEDICTION POSTLUDE
Peal in C Major Richard Proulx (1937 - 2010) Calvary Ringers
Following worship, join us in Woodward Hall, left as you exit the Sanctuary, for a time of fellowship and refreshments. Visitors, we look forward to meeting you! Scripture passages for December 7, Second Sunday of Advent, are Isaiah 40: 1–11; Psalm 85: 1–2, 8–13; 2 Peter 3: 8–15a; Mark 1: 1–8. In the Bulb There Is a Flower / Revelado al fin será, Hymn 638. Words and Music: Natalie Sleeth, ©1986 Hope Publishing Co.; tr. Adelina Almanza, ©1997 Editorial Mundo Hispano. 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, ©1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. Psalm 80. Words and Music: David Lee, ©1996 David Lee. 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; Cristina Chacón; the family and friends of Donald R. Crowther, who died Sunday, November 16; Roberta Clyburn, Janice Glover’s sister; Carolyn Crumpler, Amy Shaw’s grandmother; Kimberly Durham-Bates; the people of Ferguson; Radost Fortunova, Liubov Russell’s sister; Gail Ousley Gipson, Ben and Natalie Barrens Rogers’ friend; family of José Gonzalez in El Salvador; Jenny Goon; Janet Grove; Stephanie Gabriela Hernandez; Rena Jirack; Lucy Johnson, Jackie Wright’s grandmother; Sam Kanakry and Helen Lewis, Cheryl Branham’s friends; Michael Keller, Phil and Nancy Renfrow’s friend; 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; Paul Rice; Joe Stout, Holly Miller’s brother-in-law; Victoria Sulerzyski, Ellen Sulerzyski’s sister-in-law; Carol Sunde; Doris Vermilya; Earl and Jenna Wright, Isaac Wright’s parents.
WORSHIP ADVENT: THE WAITING OF AN OPEN HEART. Before we can kneel at the manger, there are before us four long weeks of waiting, of hoping, of reminding ourselves “not yet.” Advent calls us to experience what those who lived before the child felt—the longing of a people who felt as if they were abandoned, yet dreaming of and preparing for the day when another comes and all is made right.
TODAY CALVARY WELCOMES THE REVEREND DR. JOSEPH GLAZE as our Intentional Interim Pastor. Pastor Joe is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is married to The Reverend Jennifer Montgomery, rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia. They make their home in Arlington—along with Ruby, their Black Lab. Joe holds ordained ministerial standing in both the American Baptist Churches, USA and the United Church of Christ. He holds degrees from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and received his doctorate from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. Joe has experience in campus ministry, denominational leadership, urban social ministry, theological education, and the pastorate. Welcome to Calvary, Pastor Joe! MUSIC FOR KIDS continues today during worship. Children of all ages are invited! We sing in worship next Sunday, December 7, rehearsing 10:20 a.m. in Sanctuary. Contact Cheryl Branham. FESTIVAL CHOIR. If it’s November, it must be Festival Choir season! Join us for our final two rehearsals: today, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.; Dec 7, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. We sing in worship on December 14, Third Sunday of Advent, 9:30 a.m. call in the Sanctuary. Contact Cheryl Branham.
COMING UP CALVARY’S CALENDAR OF EVENTS. Visit www.calvarydc.org/events/ for a current listing, or stop by the church office to pick up a complete listing of Sunday School classes and Small Group programs. CALVARY IS ON MEETUP.COM! Check out our group page and invite your friends to see Calvary events, http://www.meetup.com/Calvary-Baptist-Church-Downtown-DC-Small-Groups/ THEOLOGY ON DRAFT, Tuesday nights in Butler Hall, a time to reflect on events of the week, in our lives, the church, and the world. Bring your own dinner at 6:30 p.m. and catch up with others before our discussion at 7:00 p.m. Drinks are provided. Contact Pastor Elijah. LECTIONARY LUNCH gathers each Wednesday in the Calvary library, 12:15-12:45 p.m. for open discussion about the week’s Lectionary texts. Bring a brown bag lunch. Contact Pastor Erica. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WORDS ADVENT EDITION. Join the discussion each Wednesday during Advent in Butler Hall, 6:30-7:30 p.m. for Advent discussion on the theme for the week- hope, peace, joy, love. All adults are welcome, so jump in any week! Contact Pastor Erica. NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE HOURS. Join Pastor Erica this Thursday, December 4, 1:30-3:30 p.m. [come & go] at Busboys & Poets [2021 14th St NW] near U Street for Neighborhood Office Hours! Each Thursday Pastor Erica will be at different locations around the city and available for conversation, pastoral care, or whatever! Come for coffee and say hi! ZUMBA ON THURSDAYS. We’re off this week, but join our group for Zumba each Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in Butler Hall. All fitness levels welcome as we dance our way into the holiday season. $5 per person; scholarships available. Contact Katie Harvey, katherine.s.harvey@gmail.com. FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB. Join us in the Chapel at noon, Friday, December 5, as our Resident Partners in the Friday Morning Music Club continue their tradition of free recitals each week. LATINO FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST: MEXICO. Sunday, December 7, the Latino Fellowship will have a Mexican breakfast in the Chapel, 8:30 am. All are invited. Contact Pastor Edgar. POINSETTIAS. Purchase a poinsettia to honor or remember a friend or loved one this season. Forms are available in Narthex or church office, and order deadline is Monday, December 15. We’ll place poinsettias in the Sanctuary for worship on Sunday, December 21.
ADVENT HAPPENINGS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DAY OF HOPE. Calvary Ringers return to worship, welcoming the Advent season with handbell music; we meet 9:45 a.m. to rehearse. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7: SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DAY OF PEACE. Calvary Children’s Choir sings in worship; we meet at 10:20 a.m. in the Sanctuary to rehearse. Mission Fair following Coffee Hour, December 7. Lunch is provided in Butler Hall. Join Women’s Missionary Society to fill shoebox gifts for SOME (So Other Might Eat), serving homeless and lowincome people in our neighborhood. Assemble baby kits for Church World Service or roll bandages for White Cross through American Baptist Churches-USA. Bring toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, lotion, soap, shampoo, or socks to Woodward Hall before December 7. If you’d like to fill a box yourself or have questions, contact Gretchen White or Carol Blythe. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12: CALVARY PRESENTS…A GLOBAL CHRISTMAS. Calvary kicks off a gala weekend of events with a Friday concert, 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. We welcome student musicians from St. Aloysius College, Australia, DC Boys Choir and Calvary Singers. Admission is free; donations benefit children in El Salvador this Christmas season. Contact Cheryl Branham. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14: THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DAY OF JOY. Festival Choir leads in worship, with guest harpist Rachel Lea. Prelude music begins 10:50 a.m. That evening, join Calvary for the conclusion of A Global Christmas with the Latino Christmas Gala, 6:00 p.m. in Shallenberger Hall. The Latino Fellowship will offer a traditional Christmas dinner with a delicious menu, special music, and the opportunity to serve poor children in San Salvador. A donation of $15 is recommended. This festive event will conclude our benefit weekend, supporting children in El Salvador. Contact Pastor Edgar. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21: FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DAY OF LOVE. Chamber Singers lead in worship on this final Sunday before Christmas Day. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24: CHRISTMAS EVE. Cookies and cider in Woodward Hall at 6:00 p.m. Children of all ages are invited to participate in our annual Nativity scene; meet at 6:00 p.m. to rehearse. Worship at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Cheryl Branham Joseph Glaze Saw Ler Htoo Al Jeter Erica Lea Edgar Palacios Paul Rosstead Elijah Zehyoue
C HURCH S TAFF Director of Music (cbranham@calvarydc.org, ext. 136) Intentional Interim Pastor (jglaze@calvarydc.org, ext. 121) 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) Church Administrator (prosstead@calvarydc.org, ext. 127) Pastoral Resident (ezehyoue@calvarydc.org, ext. 133)
John Taylor
Deacon of the Week (johntaylorpr@gmail.com)
C ALVARY 755 Eighth Street NW Washington DC 20001
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