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March 16, 2014 Second Sunday in Lent Calvary Baptist Church Washington, DC
THE PEOPLE OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH GATHER FOR
THE WORSHIP MARCH 16, 2014
OF
GOD 11:00 A.M.
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
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 WORSHIP PRELUDE
WELCOME CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP
Choral Paraphrase on ATTENDE DOMINE Jeanne Demiessieux (1921 - 1968) John Dautzenberg, Organ Rachel Johnson Creator of the Stars of Night
CONDITOR ALME
Sanctuary Choir PROCESSION, HYMN 24
The God of Abraham Praise
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CONFESSION AND SILENCE
Amy Butler
God, you call us to faith, but so often we walk by sight: We want fact to be truth and truth to be obvious. We seek answers that resemble what already lies in our field of vision. We value clarity more than reality, what we can see more than what may be, what conforms to our picture more than what shocks, surprises, challenges or confounds us. Light of the world, forgive us when we privilege our own sight and thus become blind. Open our eyes to you Ō your deeper truth and your life within us Ō so that we might look around us and within us and see anew. In faith, may we come to know you more fully, love more deeply, and see the world and everyone it as you do, according to your grace. Silence. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see. Laura Cunningham, adapted
INVOCATION
Edgar Palacios
PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Edgar Palacios
La paz del Señor sea contigo. Y contigo también. The peace of the Lord be with you. And also with you.
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.
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.
SERVICE OF DEDICATION: LAUREN OLIVIA MAYFIELD Pastor Amy: We gather today to celebrate the gift of Lauren Olivia Mayfield. We welcome this child with joy and wonder at the miracle of life, embracing Lauren as a member of this community by formally dedicating her name. We humbly give thanks to God, who brought her forth and bestowed her upon her family and the world with the intention and anticipation of great blessing. And now we pledge our support to .CWTGPĹ?U parents and larger family, recognizing that we all have the responsibility to care for Lauren and to nurture her as she grows.
CHARGE TO THE PARENTS Pastor Edgar: Jay and Leigh, what do you name this child? Parents: Lauren Olivia Mayfield. Pastor Amy: Jay and Leigh, Lauren is not only your daughter but also a child of God. To you is entrusted the sacred joy and privilege of guiding her life in all its possibilities, teaching Lauren to know Jesus Christ, to love God, and to learn to love her neighbor. Do you promise, to the best of your ability by your example, your teaching, and your love, to raise Lauren to know and to live all of these things? Parents: We do. CHARGE TO THE COMMUNITY Jason Smith: Members and friends, adults, youth, and children of Calvary Baptist Church, no child grows up outside the influence of her community, and no parent raises a child alone. We are now charged with loving and UWRRQTVKPI VJKU HCOKN[ CPF ,C[ CPF .GKIJ KP VJGKT YQTM CU .CWTGPĹ?U RCTGPVU #U .CWTGPĹ?U EJWTEJ HCOKN[ FQ [QW RTQOKUG VQ NQXG VJKU EJKNF VQ offer her your steady presence and best selves, to nurture and sustain her and her family as they learn and grow and change together? People: We do.
PRAYER OF BLESSING MUSICAL MEDITATION
Edgar Palacios .QTF HQT 6J[ 6GPFGT /GTE[Ĺ?U 5CMG Richard Farrant or John Hilton (c. 1550 - 1600) Calvary Chamber Singers
L IVING THE W ORD OF G OD HEBREW LESSON, P. 8 PSALTER 760 We sing and read responsively.
EPISTLE LESSON, P. 916 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Genesis 12: 1 - 4 Edgar Palacios Psalm 121 Elizabeth Beavers, Cantor Romans 4: 1 - 5, 13 - 17 Jason Smith Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ Leo Nestor (b. 1948) Elizabeth Beavers, Cantor
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. John 3, adapted
GOSPEL LESSON, P. 863
John 3: 1 - 17 Amy Butler
This is the Gospel of Christ. Thanks be to God.
HYMN 429
We sing verses 1, 2 and 4.
You Satisfy the Hungry Heart
FINEST WHEAT
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
Speaking of Sin: Hell Amy Butler
SHARING COMMUNION MUSICAL REFLECTION
John Dautzenberg
INVITATION TO THE TABLE
Amy Butler
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Edgar Palacios
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
Amy Butler
SHARING THE MEAL
The deacons will serve communion to the seated congregation. Please hold the bread and the cup; Pastor Amy will instruct us to take them together.
CONGREGATIONAL MEDITATION, HYMN 391 We sing as we participate in Communion.
INVITATION
These I Lay Down
G IVING AND S ERVING
MUSICAL OFFERING
LAYING DOWN
Amy Butler
God So Loved the World John Stainer (1840 - 1901) Sanctuary Choir
HYMN 48
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
TALLISĹ? CANON
Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise Christ, all creatures here below Praise Holy Spirit evermore One God, triune, whom we adore. Amen.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Jason Smith
B ECOMING D ISCIPLES CONFESSION AND SILENCE Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is error, truth; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amy Butler
St. Francis of Assisi
HYMN 431
Go, My Children, with My Blessing
AR HYD Y NOS
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 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 CHORAL BENEDICTION
Amy Butler God Be in My Head Rita E. Landrum (b. 1955) Sanctuary Choir
During the season of Lent, we hear no Postlude at the conclusion of worship. We exit silently, or you may remain in the Sanctuary for a few minutes of silent reflection. Following worship, please join us in Woodward Hall, to the left as you exit the Sanctuary, for refreshments and a time of fellowship. Visitors, we look forward to greeting you! Scripture passages for March 23, Third Sunday in Lent, are Exodus 17: 1 - 7; Psalm 95; Romans 5: 1 - 11; John 4: 5 - 42. Make Us One. Words and Music: Carol Cymbala, ©1991 Word Music, Inc. and Carol Joy Music c/o Integrated Copyright Group. All rights reserved. Words reprinted under CCLI #430459. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow. Words: Thomas Ken, 1674, alt.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER Maria Bensussen, grandmother of Ryan Harvey; Sara Bermúdez, mother of Lorena Pereira; Cristina Chacón; Sophie Cho, niece of Cindy Cho; Roberta Clyburn, sister of Janice Glover; friends and family of Waller W. Cooper II, father of Clark Cooper, who died March 7; Carolyn Crumpler, grandmother of Amy Shaw; Kimberly DurhamBates; Penny Eller, friend of Kim Sisk; Catherine Friesen, friend of Michelle Harris-Love; Gail Ousley Gibson, friend of Ben and Natalie Barrens Rogers; Jenny Goon; Janet Grove; Carmen James, friend of Corina López; Morry Johnson, friend of Ashley Becker; Aileen Jones, mother of Kathie Lansing; Ginette Lambert, mother of Pierre Mathieu, friend of Paul Rosstead; Lynne Mayfield, mother of Jay Mayfield; Al Nielsen; Armando Pacheco, friend of Amy Dale; Amelia Powell, mother of Andrea Powell; Rochelle Powell, grandmother of Eva Powell; Will Regas, cousin of Katie Harvey; Amelia Rogers, mother of Ben Rogers; Scott Singley, brother-in-law of Courtney Rice; Carol Sunde; Jac Whatley; Ernie and Peggy Williams. A SPECIAL GIFT has been made to the Sacristy Renovation Project by Al Nielsen in memory of his wife, Vivian Nielsen. WORSHIP SPEAKING OF SIN. During Lent we venture into a season of confession and introspection. In worship, we unearth and reexamine UQOG NCPIWCIG CDQWV UKP VJCV YGŏF WUWCNN[ RTGHGT VQ KIPQTG *QY does speaking of sin help us get real about relationship with God and with each other? We share communion each Sunday as part of our Lenten practice.
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LENTEN  COMMUNION.   Throughout  the  Season  of  Lent,  we  share  communion  each  Sunday  morning  in  worship.  In  keeping  with  our  communion  tradition,  ushers  collect  a  special  offering  at  the  Sanctuary  doors  after  worship.  Contribute  to Â ÂƒÂŽÂ˜ÂƒÂ”Â›ÇŻÂ• ‡ŽŽ‘™•Š‹’ —Â?†,  supporting  individuals  in  need  who  visit  the  church  office.  Thank  you  for  your  generous  gifts.  Â
MUSIC  FOR  KIDS,  Sunday  afternoons  12:30  -Ââ€?  1:00  p.m.  in  Music  Suite.   Children  of  all  ages,  and  their  parents,  are  welcome!   These  sessions  prepare  us  for  ™‘”•Š‹’ ĥ ‘—” Š‹Ž†”‡Â?ǯ• Šoir  sings  on  Palm  Sunday,  April  13.   Join  us!  Â
FESTIVAL  CHOIR.   Join  us  in  rehearsals  each  Sunday  afternoon,  1:15Č‚3:00  p.m.  in  Music  Suite.   Adult  and  youth  singers  are  welcome  as  we  prepare  to  sing  in  worship  on  Easter  Day.   Contact  Cheryl  Branham.  Â
TUESDAY  LENTEN  LUNCHES.   Bring  your  lunch  to  Kendall  Hall  and  join  us  Tuesdays  (March  18  and  25,  April  1  and  8),  12:15-Ââ€?12:45  p.m.,  for  a  fun,  informal  discussion  on  the  upcoming  Gospel  Lesson  each  week.   Want  to  help  lead  a  discussion?  Contact  Trey  Sullivan.  Â
CONSIDERING  BAPTISM?  We  are  excited  to  be  in  preparation  for  baptism  on  Easter  Day.  If  you  are  thinking  about  baptism,  contact  Pastor  Amy  or  Pastor  Edgar.  Â
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TODAY #SUNDAYWISDOM @CALVARYDC: AN INVITATION TO LIVE TWEET LENT. This Lenten season, Calvary is joining Diana Butler Bass and VJG %#0# +PKVKCVKXGĹ?U GZRGTKOGPV YKVJ UQEKCN OGFKC CPF you are invited to turn on your phones and tweet throughout the service. Through the Twitter handle #SundayWisdom, post wisdom you hear throughout the service and join this interdenominational, national conversation! Visit patheos.com for more information. PRAYERS FOR PEACE. Join us this evening, 5:00 p.m. in the Chapel, as we gather to pray for peace in Palestine. Ministers and representatives from local congregations will be with us as we pray for this just and humanitarian cause. Contact Pastor Edgar. COMING UP THEOLOGY ON DRAFT, Ĺ‘#UTOBEEROGRAPHY Ĺ’ TELLING OUR SPIRITUAL STORIES. Beginning Tuesday, March 18, 6:30 p.m. in Butler Hall, we focus on spiritual autobiography, discover biblical stories, and discuss modern spiritual memoirs. Contact Trey Sullivan. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WORDS, 6:30 p.m. in Butler Hall. We focus on the writings of Brian D. McClaren and discuss ways to bring the presence of God into our own lives. Contact Trey Sullivan. HOLISTIC HEALTH PROJECT. We meet each Friday, 7:00-8:00 p.m., in the Teen Room for Zumba (G3) and in the gym for soccer (GB). Childcare is available. Contact Pastor Edgar. KID POWER GARDEN ART. %CNXCT[Ĺ?U TGUKFGPV RCTVPGT -KF 2QYGT KU working on a creative peace mural made out of plastic newspaper bags, to display in one of their gardens. Can you contribute? See our collection box in the main office, or contact Katie Harvey, katherine.s.harvey@gmail.com. Calvary Baptist Church 755 Eighth Street NW Washington, DC 20001
202.347.8355 fax 202.347.6360 www.calvarydc.org