UPCOMING 2BC INFORMATION January 2 January 4
January 6 January 8
OFFICES CLOSED 5:45 Second Servings fellowship meal menu mild Thai food. Make reservations by Tues day, January 3 at noon. Online at http://2bcliberty.org/wednesdays or by calling the church office. 6:30 Regular Wednesday Schedule to Resume. 11:30 Senior Adult Epiphany Lunch CELEBRATION OF EPIPHANY Regular Sunday Morning Schedule Resumes 8:30 Worship in Tutt Chapel 9:00 EHS Team Leaders Social Room (Rm. 117) 9:15 Coffee Bar Opens in Welcome Center 9:45-10:45 Bible Study for all ages 9:45 Coffee with the Pastor Oak Room (Rm. 301) 11:00 Worship in Sanctuary
We have a growing collection of umbrellas in the Welcome Center. If you have lost yours, please check the table to see if we have acquired it.
CHURCH COMMITTEE INFORMATION LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE January 8 5:00 Rm. 303 DEACONS January 8, 6:30 Assembly Room (Rm. 302) IMPORTANT MESSAGE re: JANUARY CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING The January Church Council meeting will take place on January 22 instead of January 15. CHURCH CONFERENCE will be held the following Sunday, January 29th at noon.
Sunday After Christmas Day A Surprise Move
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January 1, 2017 Second Baptist Church belong | believe | become
WELCOME TO WORSHIP! If you are a first-time guest, we invite you to complete a guest card from a pew pocket or Friendship Register and drop it in the offering plate so that we may get acquainted with you. Also, text “Explore” to 816-3554736. We would like to communicate with you via text and email with some brief informational messages over the next few weeks. Your information is private and will not be used for any other purpose than to keep you informed about 2BC. Please see an usher if you’d like a listening aid.
GETTING CONNECTED AT 2BC Each Sunday in the Welcome Center (just inside the Kansas Street entrance on Level 1), our Hospitality Team is waiting to help you get connected. This may include finding a Bible study class, showing you where children and student ministries meet, or sharing the day’s activities and schedule. You may also enjoy a cup of coffee at the Welcome Center’s coffee bar and get to know others at Second.
MEDITATION Take a moment to prepare your heart for worship… The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things. Thomas S. Monson Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale
Your Entire Family is Welcome! Children’s worship bags filled with books and activities are available at the Sanctuary entrances. If you’d like an alternative for your children, childcare for birth through Pre-K is available on Level 2 at any point in the service. Our Welcome Center is also available for those with restless infants, and you can view the service on a monitor there.
ONLINE/SMARTPHONE GIVING In addition to placing your offering in the offering plate, you can give online at 2bcliberty.org/give or via your smartphone by scanning this QR code. We have “online giving” cards in the pew rack that you can place in the offering plate to represent your gift if you choose.
Our Ministry Team Jason Edwards, Senior Pastor | Mike Lassiter, Assoc. Pastor, Missions & Community Care Connie McNeill, Assoc. Pastor, Administration & Discipleship | Charles Smith, Assoc. Pastor, Student Ministry Gwen Phillips, Children’s Pastor | Ann Posey, Organist David Fulk, Interim Worship Leader | Don Brown, Interim Choir Director
COMING UP AT 2BC... CHURCHWIDE SECOND SESSIONS Wednesday January 4| 6:30-7:15 In November we made a significant commitment to Get Stronger by strengthening our global presence. How will we do that? One way is by developing a Thailand/Myanmar ministry network to minister to immigrants and refugees here and in southeast Asia. This January we are taking the next step in this new mission commitment by sending 5 of our members and 2 William Jewell students to Thailand. Jason Edwards, Mike Lassiter, Blane Baker, Bill Gossett, Jeff Buscher, Christian Wyatt and Daniel Bittel will travel to the Upland Holistic Development Project in Mai Ai, Thailand to build and strengthen relationships, explore future mission opportunities, and to demonstrate possible uses of both an aquaponics system and solar recharging stations. Sound interesting? Want to know more? We’ll kick off our 2017 Second Sessions with an opportunity to learn more about this important new ministry venture. Enlarging our global presence will transform lives—both in Thailand and here. See you January 4th, 5:45pm for (mild) Thai food and 6:30pm to learn about this ministry. COFFEE WITH THE PASTOR Sunday, Jan. 8 | 9:45 a.m. | Oak Room | Join Pastor Jason Edwards and a few members of 2BC for an informal coffee. Ask questions and chat about anything you want to know as you get familiar with the 2BC faith family. EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY SUNDAY CLASS Eight Sundays starting Jan. 15 | 2:30-4:30 p.m. | led by a team | If you found our fall emphasis on Emotionally Healthy Spirituality helpful, this is your opportunity to take your next step and go further in-depth on these concepts. Please register for this class by email Dawn Thurlo at dthurlo@2bcliberty.org or calling the church office. Course books for this class are $10 and the Day by Day Daily Office guide is $9. Please indicate in your registration if you’d like to purchase the books through the church office.
CONNECTIONS CLASS Sundays, Jan. 15-Feb. 12 | 9:45 a.m. | Connections is a five-week class led by Greg Duncan and designed for new members and those who are new to our congregation. Not only will you explore more about who 2BC is as a faith community and how you can best connect, but you’ll be able to examine your own giftedness and perhaps discover new opportunities for personal growth and ministry. To sign up, contact the church office. SENIOR ADULTS EPIPHANY LUNCH Friday Jan. 6 | 11:30 a.m. | Epiphany Lunch in the Social Room. Make reservations by calling the church office by noon Tuesday, January 3. If you’d like to volunteer or need more information contact Carroll Makemson at 781-1160. STUDENTS SPRING SEMESTER INFORMATION MEETING January 8 | 5 pm. Get the info for everything coming up in the 2017 Spring Semester. WINTER LOCK-IN Dates: Friday, January 13 - Saturday, January 14 Time: 6:00pm-9:00am Location: 2BC and around KC Cost: $30 What to bring: A snack and a drink to share Join us for an incredible experience complete with a trip to Power Play, hours of ACG's, and all-night fun at the church! Dinner and unlimited Power Play games and attractions are included in the cost of $30. Online registration available! CHILDREN MINDFUL PARENTING RETREAT January 20, | 5:30-8p and | Jan. 21, | 9 a.m.-noon | Sonya Richardson-Thomas, LPC, RPT will lead this community-wide retreat for parents of 0-7 year olds. As of Dec. 2 the cost is $125 and you can bring your spouse or partner. Register at squareup.com/store/sonya-richardson-thomas, or find the link on Sonya’s Facebook page.
PRAYER REQUESTS THAILAND MISSION TRIP The Thailand mission team will depart on January 9 and return on January 21, 2017. CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY Christian sympathy is extended to the family of Erma Bogart upon her death, December 24. Her service was held at Second Baptist Church on Wednesday, December 28. LIBERTY HOSPITAL Allene Franck’s son George, health concerns OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS John Powers, Karen Roger’s brother-inlaw, recovering from a stroke. He would appreciate our prayers.
GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER Sanford Beckett and his wife, Diane, retired to the Northland in 2012 from Northern Virginia. They enjoy being near their grandson in Kansas City and much closer than before to their three grandchildren in Iowa City. Brandon Greason has been attending Second since returning to Liberty in 2000 to attend William Jewell College. He is Principal at Lakewood Elementary School in the North Kansas City School District. Kaylee Wooldridge is the daughter of Kristin and Amon Wooldridge and is in the fifth grade at Alexander Doniphan Elementary. Kristin Wooldridge is the former MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) coordinator at 2BC. She is a William Jewell grad where she met her husband, Amon. They have three children: Ian, Kaylee, and Rhett. Kristin is a Master of Divinity candidate at Central Baptist Theological Seminary.
Corrie (Christmas Store shopper) has a one year old and an 18 year old. Corrie is a single mother. On Thursday she had an interview for an IRS job but has not heard back. She desperately needs this job, and also needs to find childcare for her one year old.
The Worship of God The First Sunday After Christmas Day
January 1, 2017 Gathering
David Fulk
Invitation to Worship
Don Brown
Prelude +Hymn of Praise 126
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“Angels, from the Realms of Glory”
A Reading from the Psalms
Psalm 148
REGENT SQUARE
Kristin Wooldridge
(Pew Bible, page 452, Old Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.
Practicing the Presence of God Choral Anthem
Nancy Baker, Sabra Boyd’s mother; appendectomy
Prayers of the People
Allen Zugelter, lead pastor of LUMC, leukemia treatment
+Hymn 147
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18 Century French Carol Jeanette Keyser
“He Is Born”
A time of silent prayer and reflection
“The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy” Traditional West Indies Carol Sanctuary Choir arr. by Dorothy & Tom Christopherson Brandon Greason “Love Came Down at Christmas”
Matthew 2:13-23 (Pew Bible, page, 1, New Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God
GARTAN
Kaylee Wooldridge
Sermon
A Surprise Move
Mike Lassiter All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036
+Hymn of Response 136
“Where Shepherds Lately Knelt”
SAMFORD
The worship of the living God invites our response. Those who wish to profess faith in Christ and/or to unite with the church are invited to come forward and share your decision with the pastor.
+Offertory Prayer Offertory +Presentation of Offerings 148
Sanford Beckett “Noel en Dus”
Jean Jacques Charpentier
“What Child is This”
GREENSLEEVES
So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh, come peasant, king to own him; The King of kings salvation brings, let loving hearts enthrone Him. Raise, raise the song on high, the virgin sings her lullaby. Joy, joy for Christ is born, the Babe, the Son of Mary.
+A Time of Greeting
Mike Lassiter
+Congregational Blessing
Mike Lassiter
+The Sending Forth 143
“Go Tell It on the Mountain”
GO TELL IT
Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; Go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.
Postlude
“Good Christians, All, Rejoice”
Mary McDonald
All Video UBP CCVI #502497070 Organ: Julie Williams Piano: Helen Brown
Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington
Media: John Hilton, Kenny Williams