Worship Experience Pastor Norah & First Lady Lillie Banks 38th Pastoral Anniversary - May 29, 2016 • 3:00 PM
Presiding Minister - Pastor E. C. Morgan • Mt. Zion #2 Dubach, LA
Theme: “Hold Up Your Pastor” Exodus 18:8-12
Prelude........................................................Mt. Zion #2 Baptist Church (Dubach, LA)
Processional
Pastor Norah Banks, Jr. & First Lady Lillie Banks Escorted by Pastor Adrian Nelson & First Lady Constance Nelson Devotion................................................................................................ Pulpit in Charge Song of Inspiration......................................Mt. Zion #2 Baptist Church (Dubach, LA) Welcome............................................................................................... Sis. Camill Banks Praise in Song........................................................... Mt. Zion #2 Baptist Church Choir Tributes..........................................................Dea. Leroy Blow & First Lady Carol Sapp Tributes in Song.............. Pastor Adrian Nelson, Sis. Laketha Smith & Bro. ArJay Smith Litany............................. (Everyone Please Stand).......................... Pastor Kenneth Sapp Pleasant Grove Baptist Church • Ruston (Clay), LA Anniversary Offering..............................................................................Deacons/Ushers Worship in Song................................................................. Mt. Zion #2 Baptist Church Introduction of Speaker....................................................................Pastor E.C. Morgan Mt. Zion #2 Baptist Church • Dubach, LA Song of Preparation................................................. Mt. Zion #2 Baptist Church Choir
Anniversary Message
PA S TOR E D D I E R . I S L A N D Fellowship Baptist Church • Dallas, TX Invitation to Christian Discipleship................................................................... Minister Presentations.........................................Sis. Loura Johnson & Pastor’s Aide Committee Expressions.........................................First Lady Lillie Banks & Pastor Norah Banks, Jr. Closing Remarks, Benediction & Food Blessing......................... Pastor Eddie R. Island
PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY LITANY
(Scriptures Hebrews 13:17, 2 Timothy 2:14, 2 Timothy 2:15, Micah 6:8, Colossians 3:16, Isaiah 55:4
Orator: Holy God, we praise You for Your wisdom in gifting the church with pastors. We thank You for giving us a pastor after Your own heart. Congregation: Thank you for our pastor. Orator: Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Congregation: We thank God for a willing and faithful pastor. Orator: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Congregation: Thank you Lord for a pastor inclined to do your will by educating, feeding us with sound doctrine and patience to work with us. Orator: He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. Congregation: Thank you for our pastor. Orator: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Congregation: Thank you Lord for a pastor with the skill of ministering in word and song. Orator: Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Congregation: Thank you for our pastor. Orator: But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Congregation: Thank you God for a worshipping pastor. Orator: We thank You for the time our pastor spends in prayer, seeking You for directions in guiding this flock. Congregation: Thank you for a praying pastor. Orator: Lord, we thank you for our pastor, who possesses a pastor’s heart, a pastor with a heart that is willing to comfort and willing to correct—a heart that is full of compassion. Congregation: Thank you for a caring pastor. Orator: Truly the pastor’s work is great and many times is beyond our understanding, but You have told us in Your Word to honor those who work hard for You, giving spiritual guidance to Your people. Help us to acknowledge, appreciate, respect, and overwhelm our pastor with love for the work’s sake. ALL: THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF LOVING OUR PASTOR.
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MESSAGE Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Praise be to God for all the wonderful things He has, is and will do for His people. The New Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Inc. Family would like to thank everyone for sharing in our praise celebration honoring our Pastor Norah Banks, Jr. and First Lady Lillie Banks on their 38 years of ministry. Thank you to the churches, community members, ministries, organizations, families and friends for placing an ad in our 2016 Pastoral Anniversary Souvenir Journal. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Pastor E. C. Morgan and the Mt. Zion #2 Baptist Church Choir and congregation for being apart of our praise and worship experience. A special thank you to Pastor Eddie R. Island for enhancing our celebration with God’s word and gift of songs. Lastly, we want to thank the community, family and friends for joining us in this wondrous celebration. To GOD be the GLORY! — NPRBC Pastor’s Anniversary Committee 2016