If you are a first-time guest, please 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. Please see an usher if you’d like a listening aid.
Each Sunday in the Welcome Center (just inside the Kansas Street entrance on Level 1), our Connections 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 days’ 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.
Your entire family is welcome here! 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.
Take a moment to prepare your heart for worship…
Each person has been created to love and be loved—Hindu, Muslim, Jew, Christian, every single man, woman, and child is the Child of God, created in the Image of God. Our work is to give service to the poorest of the poor. — Mother Teresa
A friend is that other person with whom we can share our solitude, our silence, and our prayer. With a friend we don’t have to say or do something special. With a friend we can be still and know that God is there with both of us. — Henri Nouwen
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 to place in the offering plate to represent your gift if you choose.
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April 10, 2016
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering
Helen Brown
Invitation to Worship
Charles Smith
Candlelighting
Grace Fisher
Prelude
“Toccata on Holy, Holy, Holy” Sanctuary Bells
+Hymn of Praise 205
arr. Moklebust
“Christ is Alive”
TRURO
(Children are invited to join our Children’s Pastor, Gwen Phillips, at the front on the last verse of the hymn)
Children’s Moment
Choral Worship
Gwen Phillips
“We Are the Church” Ruth Elaine Schram “I’ve Got Peace Like a River” Traditional Music Makers Choir Julie Williams, Director; Accompanist, Brenda Lazenby
Responsive Reading on Reconciliation 693 Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God! Practicing the Presence of God
Carrie Bartlow (8:30) Ellen Gregory (11:00)
+Hymn
“All Are Welcome”
Prayers of the People
TWO OAKS
Jason Edwards
The Old Testament Lesson
Isaiah 56:1-7
Nick Bartlow (8:30) Dan Shadix (11:00)
(Pew Bible, page 531, Old Testament)
Leader: The is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks Be to God! Choral Worship God God God God God
be be be be be
“An Old English Prayer” The Sanctuary Choir in my head, and in my understanding. in mine eyes, and in my looking. in my mouth and in my speaking. in my heart, and in my thinking. at mine end, and at my departing.
Words from the Sarum Primer, 1558
James Gossler
Sermon
Kevin Sinclair
+Hymn of Response 692
“Let Truth and Mercy Find Here”
AURELIA
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
Nick Bartlow (8:30) Abby Bland (11:00) “The Lord’s Prayer” Albert Hay Malotte The Sanctuary Bells; Teresa Posey Miller, Oboe
+Presentation of Offerings 208
“He Is Lord”
HE IS LORD
He is Lord, He is Lord! He is risen from the dead and He is Lord! Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess That Jesus Christ is Lord. Music and Refrain arr. © 1986 Word Music, LLC
+A Time of Greeting
Jason Edwards
+Congregational Blessing
Jason Edwards
+The Sending Forth 423
“This is the Threefold Truth” Stanza 1
ACCLAMATIONS
This is the threefold truth on which our faith depends, and with this joyful cry worship begins and ends: Christ has died! Christ is risen! Christ will come again! Words and Music © 1980 Hope Publishing Company
Postlude
“A Rejoicing”
All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036 Organ: Ann Posey Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington
Alfred Fedak
All Video UBP CCVI #502497070 Piano: Helen Brown (8:30) Brenda Lazenby (11:00) Media: John Hilton, Davis Miller
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY Christian sympathy is extended to Steven and Katherine (Kat) Kraai and family, new friends who’ve recently begun worshipping at 2BC, in the death of Steven’s father, Gerald Kraai, on April 1. Christian sympathy is extended to Christie and Jerry White, Marcie White, and Kenneth and Hannah White and family on the death of Christie’s father and Marcie’s and Kenneth’s grandfather, Ray Gill, on Wednesday, March 30. VALLEY MANOR, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS Betty Jewell, broken pelvis LYN COUNTY HOSPITAL, TAHOKA, TX Charlie Hughes’ sister, Mary Alice Aguero OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS Cindy Noel’s granddaughter, Annie; health Karen North; cancer
Loretta Hughes, surgery recovery Craig Dempsey’s mother, Esther
OUR GUEST SPEAKER Kevin Sinclair Kevin Sinclair has been on staff at South Main Baptist Church since June of 2008. He grew up in Dallas, then studied at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, TX where he earned a dual BA in Biblical Studies and History. After HSU, he earned his Master of Divinity from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. He has served as a summer missionary in India and Nepal, and as youth intern and leader at Royal Lane, Wilshire, and Emerywood Baptist Churches. WORSHIP LEADERS TODAY Carrie Bartlow has been attending Second since 2006. She is a senior Account Manager at Kemper & Company in Kansas City. Carrie and Nick have three children: Wakefield, Ramsey, and Deacon. Nick Bartlow has been a member of Second since 2000. He currently serves on the Leadership Development Committee and is Director of Brand Strategy at Barkley. Abby Bland will graduate this year from William Jewell College where she majored in English. She has been an active part of the student ministry at Second since 2009, both as a member and now as a helper. She is an avid reader and enjoys writing poetry. Grace Fisher is a fifth grader at Alexander Doniphan. Her parents are Brooke and Hadley Fisher; her grandparents are Wes and Debbie Blanton. Ellen Gregory has been a member at Second since 1994. She is the office manager for CBF Heartland here in Liberty. She also lends her systems analysis skills to 2BC part time. Ellen and Larry have two daughters, Lindsey and Emmy. Dan Shadix is a graduate of Samford University in Birmingham, AL, and Southern Seminary (1980) in Louisville, KY. He is employed by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. He has lived in the KC area since July 2015. His wife, Carolyn, is a nurse and hails from DeRidder, LA. They have three adult children: Sarah, Emily and Nathan.
CHURCHWIDE CHURCH CONFERENCE MEETING Sunday, April 24 | after 11a.m. service | Sanctuary All church members are encouraged to attend; it’s a great opportunity to learn more about the important work 2BC is doing. GODSPELL 2012 AT WILLIAM JEWELL April 14-16 ; 23 | 7 p.m. | Peters Theater | The Jewell Theatre Company will present Godspell 2012, featuring music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. It is a retelling of the life and times of Jesus Christ as depicted in the book of Matthew. Tickets are $12 general admission, but $6 for students, the Jewell community and senior citizens. SAVE THE DATE FOR CHURCH PICNIC Our annual All-Church Picnic and 2BC Birthday Party will be Sunday, May 1! Save the date and watch for more details coming soon! FEATURED SUNDAY CLASSES SESSION WITH GUEST TEACHER DR. TODD STILL Sunday, April 24 | 9:45 a.m. | Social Room | We have an exciting one-time opportunity to learn from Dean of Truett Theological Seminary Dr. Todd D. Still. Dr. Still also serves as The William M. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures, and he teaches New Testament Studies and Greek courses. Dr. Still will preach in services that day.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT MENU: April 13 BLT pasta salad, grilled chicken salad, fruit salad Make reservations by Monday at noon with the church office or at 2bcliberty.org/sanctuary. MSG free/vegetarian options available.
SEARCHING FOR SUNDAY Sundays through Apr. 24 | 9:45 a.m. | Chapel (today only) | led by Kristin Wooldridge | In Searching for Sunday, Rachel Held Evans exposes her own thorny relationship with the church, articulating the concerns, frustrations, and hopes of many of her peers. Through a series of stories told around the church’s sacraments, Evans offers the beginnings of a road map back to church and the resurrection that awaits. STUDENTS HIGH SCHOOL MOUNTAIN CAMP July 16-22 | Winter Park Resort, Colorado | Rising 9th Graduated 12th | $100 deposit due at registration We will meet with students from all over the South/Midwest for Bible study, worship and small group discussions. Cost includes two daily Activity Passes for alpine slides, mountain trampoline and more! Register and get info at 2bcliberty.org/students, then give your deposit to Charles Smith or to the church office (checks made to 2BC).
MISSIONS WMU WOMEN’S SPRING BRUNCH April 23 | 9 a.m. | Social Room | Free | All ladies are invited to a brunch catered by Debra’s Kitchen. We’ll hear from Dr. Jerry Cain on “A Great Missionary Success” and music from members of the Karen people. RSVP to Venette at 816-413-8886 by April 18.
FINANCIAL REPORT: Total receipts from Catalyst giving from: March 27: $17,457.96 April 3 : $25,340.44