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If you are a first-time guest, we invite you to complete a guest card from a pew pocket or the Friendship Register and drop it in the offering plate so that we may get acquainted with you. Also, text “Explore” to 816-355-4736. 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.
Take a moment to prepare your heart for worship “By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Cost of Discipleship
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 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.
“It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love.” ― Billy Graham
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.
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.
WiFi Hot Spot: 2BC-Guest Password: 2bcguest#01 Church Phone 816-781-2824
Jason Edwards, Senior Pastor | Mike Lassiter, Assoc. Pastor, Community Care and Missions Connie McNeill, Assoc. Pastor, Administration and Discipleship | Charles Smith, Assoc. Pastor, Student Ministry | Gwen Phillips, Children’s Pastor | Ann Posey, Worship and Music Associate David Fulk, Interim Worship Leader | Don Brown, Interim Choral Director
June 25, 2017
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering Music
Ron Whited (11:00)
Invitation to Worship
Sue Hasty (8:30) Becky Gossett (11:00)
Candlelighting
Caroline Dilts (11:00)
Prelude
“Beau Soir” Tyler Hannsz, Viola
+Hymn of Praise 337
Claude Debussy (11:00)
“Praise My Soul the King of Heaven”
The Psalm
Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17
LAUDA ANIMA
Christie White (8:30) Ed Gilliland (11:00)
(Pew Bible, page 423, Old Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God! Practicing the Presence of God
Worship through Music Choral Worship
An invitation to silent prayer
“My Lord is Near Me All the Time” Barbara Fowler Gaultney (8:30) Gwen House Phillips and Amy House Deaton “God Is Our Refuge and Strength” Sanctuary Choir
Prayers of the People +Hymn 637
Allan Pote (11:00) Eleanor Speaker
“Guide My Feet” Congregation response: “While I run this race…”
New Testament Reading
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
GUIDE MY FEET
Paul Twenter (8:30) Blane Baker (11:00)
(Pew Bible, pages 11-12, New Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God! Sermon +Hymn of Response 682
“The Weeds Among the Wheat” “Christ, Be My Leader”
Jason Edwards SLANE
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
Ben Lassiter (8:30) Wes Blanton (11:00) “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” (Hymn 372)
+Presentation of Offerings 272
Catherine McMichael (11:00)
“They’ll Know We are Christians”
ST.
BRENDAN
All praise to the Father, from whom all things come. And all praise to Christ Jesus, His only Son. And all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one. And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love. Words and Music © 1966 F.E.L. Publications. Assigned 1991 Lorenz Publishing Company
A Time of Greeting
Jason Edwards
Commissioning of the Middle School Group to South Dakota
Jason Edwards
Bellamy Brockman Bridger Brockman Matt Dusin Sophia Ferguson Grace Fisher Davis Fulk
Avery George Abigail Hilke Faith Mantia Ella Robinson Parker Tilley Maleah Wynes
Amy Deaton Bob Dusin Carolyn Fulk Tony McBroom Charles Smith
Our students will be joined by a group from Crossroads Church, Kansas City, Mo. And will be accompanied by Abby Bland +The Sending Forth “Every Time I Feel the Spirit” Ev’ry time I feel the Spirit movin’ in my heart, I will pray. (Repeat) Postlude
“Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling”
EV’RY TIME
Wilbur Held
All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036
All Video UBP CCVI #502497070
Organ: Ann Posey Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston
Piano: Angie Fuller (8:30) Brenda Lazenby (11:00) Audio: John Hilton Video: Ben Zahnd
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY Christian sympathy is extended to the family of Sarah Bray Jacobs, daughter of Tom and Barbara Bray. Christian sympathy is extended to the family of Barbara Murphy, who passed away on June 13. ST. LUKE’S ON THE PLAZA Lora Mattly, pneumonia KINDRED HOSPITAL NORTHLAND John Arnold OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS Carrie Heston, home, recovering from hip surgery. Paul Speaker, home from the hospital Susan Pettyjohn, health concerns. Jill Hilke, knee replacement. Jon Dolton’s mom, Kay, health concerns. She is hospitalized in Huntington Beach, CA. Linda Armstrong, chemotherapy treatments.
Blane Baker is an active Deacon, serves on the Stewardship Committee, and teaches the Tanner Class Bible study group. He holds the Wallace A. Hilton chair in Physics at William Jewell College. Wes Blanton is the Director of Commercial Banking for Citizens Bank and Trust. He and Debbie have been members of Second since 1988. Over the years Wes has served as Deacon Chair and Chairman of the Church Council. Amy Deaton is a new Liberty resident moving from Tennessee. Amy sings in the choir, is part of the HandsOn 2.0! and is a Welcome Desk volunteer. Amy is sister to Gwen Phillips. Caroline Dilts will be a fifth grader at Lewis and Clark Elementary. She is the daughter of Jen and Jason Dilts. Angie Fuller came to Second in 1997. She serves in the Music and Children’s Ministries and on the Arts and Environment Team. Angie and David are parents to Naomi and Adam. Ed Gilliland can often be found driving the shuttle for Second Friends Preschool, missions, and children and students. He and Mary especially like spending time with their grandchildren, Dak and Dani. Becky Gossett loves Second and is involved in several ministries. She is an administrator for Liberty Public Schools. She and Bill have three grown children: Drew, Ian, and Chloe.
Linda Thomas, neighbor of Larry & Ellen Gregory, awaiting double lung transplant.
Tyler Hannsz is a recent graduate of the MU--Columbia. He will be pursuing a Master of Music in viola performance in the fall. Tyler began playing in the 2BC orchestra in high school. His father, Tim, and brother, Josh, continue to play in our orchestra.
Irene Thomas home (Addington Place) from a brief hospital stay.
Sue Hasty and Mike, have four children and seven grandchildren. She is a Senior Human Resources Associate at Ferrellgas.
Kathy Benavidez, home from the hospital.
Ben Lassiter has been at Second since he was two years old. He works at American Century Investments and serves as Chair of the Leadership Development Committee. He is married to Allison, whom he met at Second while looking for donuts in the nursery. Ben and Allison are the proud parents of a son, Clark.
Doug Soper, rehab
Keith Elmore, serious health concerns. Landon Gardner, nephew of Jeremy Huffman’s sister in law, with brain cancer. Cassidy Paul, Linda Davis’s granddaughter; health concerns. Laura Sears, health concerns. Bruce and Sammie Heavner’s 11 year old granddaughter Kate in Washington, DC cancer treatments. The Search Committee for our Associate Pastor of Worship and Music.
* Bold entries are new to the list this week.
Brenda Lazenby, husband Steve, and kids Jacob and Katelyn, joined Second in 2014. Brenda is the accompanist for the Music Makers Children’s Choir. Eleanor Speaker maintains the church archives holding the papers and objects related to the church's history. From time to time, she plays for the Gathering and teaches Bible and mission studies. Paul Twenter and Julie Twenter have two children, Mallory and Paige. Paul is the leader of the Decision Analytics Consulting Practice at HNTB Corporation. The burnt ends from the briskets that Paul smokes are heaven on earth!
June 2017 Monthly A NOTE FROM PASTOR JASON Whatever Happened With That Baptism Study? In the parable of the Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29) Jesus speaks of God’s Kingdom as something that is growing all around us, though we know not how. Sometimes the slow nature of this growth may even cause us to wonder if anything is happening at all. This analogy of slow, ongoing, intentional growth is one that can carry to many areas of our lives, and church is certainly one of those.
One area in our church life where we have been slow, methodical and intentional is in our study of baptism. Last year our Deacons led our entire church in a study of Baptism with three key questions in mind: What is the relationship between baptism and Christian faith? (personal and public) What does Second Baptist Church believe about baptism and why? What is the relationship between baptism and church membership? The process of exploring these questions involved surveying the congregation, a special lunch where guest speaker Mark Wingfield introduced our study, a multi-week Bible study of baptism led by New Testament scholar Dr. David May, a multi-week baptism book study led by Pastor Sherry McGlaughlin, the sharing of baptism stories across the congregation by many 2BC members, multiple reflections sessions where church members were invited to ask questions, and a final assessment of the process by the Deacon body. Before this all-church process, the Deacons engaged in a retreat where Mark Wingfield led them in a study of baptism. They followed that retreat with a year of intentional study before bringing it to the congregation. This has been going on for quite some time. The process has been slow, deliberate, methodical, thorough and I bet some of you have wondered what, if anything was going to come from all of this. We’re about to find out. In response to our study, the Deacon Baptism Task force drafted a summary of their work, their findings and their recommendations. They presented this report with recommendations to the Deacon body who unanimously voted to adopt them. The Deacons then presented the report with recommendations to the Church Council who unanimously voted to adopt them. Now the Deacons are ready to bring their report and recommendations to all of us. This will happen first by that report being made available to you in July via online and paper mediums. Please review this report. Then the Deacons will bring this report with recommendations to our next Church Conference after our 11:00 service on July 30 th. They have done good, thorough work. They have solicited good, thorough feedback. My hope and prayer is that this work will now result in our congregation continuing to grow in our ability to help people belong, believe and become in Christ. With love and appreciation,
Jason Edwards Senior Pastor
Search Committee for the Associate Pastor of Worship & Music Report July Update
Greetings from the Search Committee for our next Associate Pastor of Worship & Music. When we last reported, we had started having the initial interviews with our qualified candidates to understand their personality and fit with our church community. From those initial interviews, we narrowed our candidate pool from seven to four. In the coming weeks, we will be conducting additional interviews with these four candidates that focus on the roles and responsibilities of the job and how they would approach this role. Additional work beyond these interviews will include the candidates speaking with some members of the staff, reference checks, potential in-person visits, and background screenings. The candidates we have talked to energize us, and we are excited to continue the process with them. While we are making solid progress with the candidates we have identified, we continue to receive and accept resumes from new candidates for evaluation. Those we feel are qualified, will follow the same process as our current candidates. We continue to ask for your prayers. Specifically, pray that God would provide us with wisdom and discernment as we evaluate the candidates. Also, pray that the candidates would be provided wisdom to understand if this is an opportunity that is right for them and their families. As always, please reach out to the committee with any questions you may have. Thanks! Nick Bartlow, Leslie Bunch, Jessica Greason, Don Long, Susan Miller, Ken Personett, Karen Rogers, Carol Weirich, Dustin Williams
QUARTERLY CHURCH CONFERENCE w/ Light Lunch Sunday, July 30 12:00 p.m. Social Room Please plan to join us! Lunch will be provided for a donation of $5. Childcare will be available.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2017 AS OF JUNE 21, WE HAVE 133 PARTICIPANTS SIGNED UP!
July 10-14, 2017 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. For children ages 4 through 5th grade It's free! ONLINE REGISTRATION OPEN. 2bcliberty.org/vbs. VBS VOLUNTEERS It’s not too late to volunteer! We have need for all kinds of help. Training | Sunday, June 25 | 2-4 p.m. | Assembly Room Decoration Day | Sunday, July 9 | All Day | All Over. No need to register—just come help hang decorations! VBS DONATIONS A list of all the items we need can be found in The Welcome Center or on SignUp.com Follow this link to see what we need and sign up: http:// signup.com/go/jJFUthT. You will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com.
HIGH SCHOOL BEACH CAMP July 16-21 | Panama City, Fla. | Rising 9th-grade through graduated 12th-grade students Cost: $415 - Scholarships and payment plans are available The Rundown Beach Camp is a chance for us to journey together on a fun and exciting adventure, seeking to make deeper connections with each other and nature, grow spiritually and emotionally, and encounter God in new and exciting ways! We will travel to sunny Panama City, Fla., and stay at the Laguna Beach Christian Retreat Center. If you're interested in checking them out, here is their website: http://christiancamp.com/. While we're there, we'll spend time at the beach, enjoying the ocean and the sunburns together. We'll also worship together, converse with each other, and spend time investing in increasing our spiritual depth and expanding our worldviews. Our speaker for the week will be Rodney Pilson.
WHAT: Arts camp WHEN: July 31-August 4 WHERE: Second Baptist Church TIME: 9:00 – 12:00 COST: $30 (Those with more than one child pay $25 after the 1st child.) PARTICIPANTS: Children who have completed kindergarten through fifth grade REGISTRATION NOW OPEN AT http://2bcliberty.org/masterpiece We are excited to have our third year with an arts camp at Second! This summer the children will be involved in cooking, needlework, movement, drama, liturgical dance, percussion and music exploration, art and a basic exposure to life protection arts. What a week it will be! On Thursday of that week, the children will have the opportunity to bring their lunch and their swimming gear. After camp, we’ll eat at church, then take the people mover to the O’Dells’ pool for an afternoon of swimming! When you register, you’ll see the permission form for this outing. The kiddos will return for pick-up at the church at 3:15 pm. Don’t miss the opportunity for your kiddos to be a part of an arts experience here at Second Baptist Church. For more information, contact Gwen Phillips gphillips@2bcliberty.org
CHURCHWIDE BIBLE & BROWN BAG Wed. July 5 | 11:45-1:15 | Assembly Room As Jason continues his sermon series on the parables of Jesus entitled: “The Greatest Stories Ever Told,” you are invited to join him for a conversation on the Parable of the Mustard Seed from Matthew 13:31-33. This is meant to be a rich dialogue, where you share with one another your impressions of this story from your own reading and study of the text, so please do bring your reflections and your lunch. This is the second of three Bible & Brown Bag lunches this summer. Please call the church office and let Dawn know you are coming, 816-781-2824. We won’t provide childcare, but children are welcome to be in the room with their coloring books and crayons. ME2 TUESDAY LUNCH BUNCH During the summer on Tuesdays, one of our staff members will choose a restaurant and will meet you at 11:30 for a pay-your-own lunch. Everyone is invited. No reservations required—we'll see you this summer around town for lunch! June 27 Q39 Bar-b-que Westport July 11
July 18
Janet Hill
Char Bar Bar-b-que West- David Fulk port (We’ll compare who has the best!) Hunans Liberty Connie McNeill
CHURCH OFFICES CLOSED In observance of Independence Day the church office will be closed Tuesday, July 4. If you need assistance please call the church office (816-781-2824) and follow the prompts for the minister on call. This person will be notified of your need and return your call. COFFEE WITH THE PASTOR Sunday, July 16 | 9:45 a.m. | Oak Room
Guests and new members, 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.
MISSIONS FOOD SHARE SUNDAY IS NEXT WEEK The first Sunday of every month is FOOD SHARE SUNDAY, when we support the Link Food Pantry of In As Much Ministry by donating items to stock their shelves. Collection bins will be inside each entrance. Needed items include: Canned beans/fruit, rice sides, sugar, cake/brownie mix, Jello/pudding, vegetable oil, tea, coffee, shampoo, paper towels, toilet paper, deodorant, lotion, soap, toothpaste/brushes, laundry/dish soap.
2BC will be collecting Christian books and Bibles to help fill a developing FINDING GOD IN THE SHACK seminary library abroad. The Sundays June 25-July 23 | 9:45-10:45 a.m. | Social goal is to collect one ton of Room | Jeff Langford “church” books along with You may have read the book or seen the movie and it the money necessary to ship raised several theological questions for you. You aren’t the books to the seminary. We will be mailing the books alone! Come, bring your questions and join the in July, so now is the time to bring your donation. conversation. Contact Karen Rogers, numbers are available in The Hub for more information July 25
Huey’s Liberty Square
Gwen Phillips
COFFEE & CONVERSATION JULY 3 AT 10 a.m. | JULY 19 AT 1 p.m. SOCIAL ROOM Our Senior Adult Ministry hosts a twicemonthly Coffee & Conversation open to all. No reservations needed, just bring a friend and your coffee mug! The first Monday features donuts (bring a dollar if you’d like some); the third Monday, it’s homemade!
CHILDREN SECOND IMPACT CARD Pick up an Impact Card from the Welcome center and make a commitment to yourself to have an impact on someone in your sphere of influence. The card says, “I will attempt to make a positive impact in the lives of these individuals who don’t belong to a church by: Praying for them daily. Iniviting them to church. Modeling a Christ-centered life. Sharing a verbal witness about Jesus. You can have an IMPACT!
SENIOR ADULTS
SUMMER MEET & EAT Wednesdays | 5:00 p.m. | Local restaurants Senior adults and friends are invited to gather to enjoy local restaurants and each other’s company! If possible, RSVP to the church at 816-781-2824 by Tuesday noon or on The Hub. Anyone wanting a ride or more info, contact Carroll Makemson: 816-781-1160 or cmmtcm@gmail.com. Wednesday, June 28 | Cracker Barrell | Weirichs Wednesday, July 5 | Conrads | Carroll Makemson
SECOND FRIENDS
All of us at Second Friends are working hard this summer to prepare for a fantastic 2017-2018 school year. We currently have openings in our 3's/4's classes, and a few in our M/W Pre-K. If you have family, friends or neighbors looking for a wonderful preschool, with superb teachers and small class sizes, please send them our way. We would love to talk with them about the great things happening at Second Friends!!! Anyone interested can email Brooke Fisher at bfisher@2bcliberty.org with enrollment questions or to schedule a tour. Please help spread the word. We'd love to fill all our spots this year!
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THIS WEEK @2BC Sunday, June 25
2:00 p.m.
VBS Training Meeting
Monday, June 26
5:45 p.m. Arrival 6:00 p.m. Tee Time 6:30 p.m.
2BC Summer Golf | Liberty Hills All Golfers 16 and older Personnel Committee
Tuesday, June 27
11:30 a.m.
Me2 Lunch |Q39 | Janet Hill
Wednesday, June 28
5:00 p.m.
Summer Meet & Eat | Cracker Barrel
7:00 p.m.
Sanctuary Choir
Saturday, July 1
9:30 a.m.
Many Hands Fair Trade Shop
Sunday, July 2
8:44 a.m.
Second Symphony Rehearsal
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