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. 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. 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.
Take a moment to prepare your heart for worship…
What each one honors before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God. Origen
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott
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. 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.
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July 31, 2016
8:30 and 11:00 a.m. (+ indicates to stand if you are able)
Gathering Music
Leslie Bunch
Invitation to Worship
Jason Edwards
Candlelighting Prelude
Grace Fisher “Allegro from Sonata No. 3” Stewart Duncan, violin; Alana Duncan, flute
+Hymn of Praise 7
“Worthy of Worship”
Old Testament Reading
Daniel 3:1-13
Devienne
JUDSON
Ben Lassiter, Kristin Wooldridge
(Pew Bible, page 638, Old Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God!
Practicing the Presence of God +Hymn 351 Prayers of the People
An invitation to silent prayer “Agnus Dei”
AGNUS DEI
Charles Smith
Old Testament Reading
Daniel 3:13-30
Ben Lassiter, Kristin Wooldridge
(Pew Bible, page 638, Old Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God!
Worship in Music
“Be Not Afraid” Ensemble
Sermon
SHADRACH, MESHACH & ABEDNEGO
+Hymn of Response 546
“Give Me Jesus”
Courtney
Jason Edwards
GIVE ME JESUS
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
Paul Twenter (8:30) JoEllen Hill (11:00) “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” arr. Stewart Duncan Stewart Duncan, violin; Emily Duncan, cello
+Presentation of Offerings
“Alleluia”
HYMN TO JOY
Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to God on high; Alleluia to the Savior, Who has won the victory Alleluia to the Spirit, Fount of love and sanctity; Alleluia! Alleluia! To the Triune Majesty. Public Domain
+A Time of Greeting
Jason Edwards
+Congregational Blessing
Jason Edwards
+The Sending Forth
“Blessed Assurance”
ASSURANCE
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long; This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. Public Domain
Postlude
“Go Your Way With Rejoicing”
All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036 Organ: Ann Posey Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston Gary Pennington
Doug Wagner
All Video UBP CCVI #502497070 Piano: Leslie Bunch (8:30) Jacque Stouffer (11:00) Media: John Hilton, Davis Miller
WORSHIP LEADERS TODAY LIBERTY HOSPITAL Brooke Fisher, surgery July 28 Cora Grouse, Bette Mumpower’s mom; surgery recovery NORTH KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL John Howell, broken hip (no visitors, please) CENTERPOINT HOSPITAL, INDEPENDENCE Elbert Dempsey, Craig’s father; stroke SAINT LUKE'S HOSPICE HOUSE Betty Lou Anderson, brain aneurysm VALLEY MANOR, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS Cordie Kingery VILLAGE SHALOM, OVERLAND PARK Jimmy Nickell; broken pelvis OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS Sanford Beckett, outpatient hand surgery July 29 Ramsey Bartlow; tonsillectomy/ adenoidectomy/ear tube removal Aug. 1 at Liberty Hospital.
Alana Bruner Duncan married Stewart at Second Baptist last summer. This fall, she will begin a Master’s program in French as a Teaching Assistant at Indiana University. Emily Duncan, daughter of Greg and Amy Duncan and sister of Stewart, grew up at Second Baptist. This fall, she will be a senior majoring in Graphic Design at Washington University. Stewart Duncan, son of Greg and Amy Duncan, grew up at Second. This fall, he will be in his second year of a Doctoral program in musicology at Indiana University. Grace Fisher will be a sixth grader at Liberty Middle School. She is the daughter of Brooke and Hadley Fisher. JoEllen Hill will be a junior at William Jewell College in the fall and is majoring in Religion. She is serving as our summer intern with the Children’s Ministry. Ben Lassiter has been at Second since he was two years old. He works at American Century Investments and enjoys helping with the youth. He is married to Allison, whom he met at Second while looking for donuts in the nursery. 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 recently graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Central Baptist Theological Seminary.
CHURCHWIDE BAPTISM: A CONVERSATION | EXPLORING OUR BELIEFS TOGETHER Throughout the fall, the deacons will lead a churchwide exploration of the concept of baptism and its role in our individual and collective faith. There will be a variety of ways to join the conversation, starting with an all-church lunch after the 11:00 service on Sept. 18. Mark Wingfield from Dallas, TX, will be here to help us start the conversation and identify some important questions for us to explore. In the following weeks Sherry McGlaughlin from Blue Ridge Boulevard Christian Church will lead an informative study on Wednesday nights on the book Baptism: We’ve Got it Right...and Wrong by John Tyler. David May from Central Baptist Seminary will guide us through a biblical study of baptism on Sunday mornings. Throughout, we’ll have opportunities to hear a wide variety of personal baptism stories from our own community of faith. Plan to share, explore, study and engage in this important conversation. NOMINATIONS FOR MUSIC PASTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE The Leadership Development Committee would appreciate your nominations for individuals to serve on the Music Pastor Search Committee. If there is someone you would like to nominate, please email Committee Chair Amy Duncan at amybduncan1@gmail.com or contact the church office at 816-781-2824. MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) MOPS@2BC is now accepting applications for the 2016-17 year. If you are a mom of a child from birth through Kindergarten, you are welcome to join the community for support, encouragement and fun through monthly meetings and group activities. Visit 2bcliberty.org/mops to fill out an application.
AUGUST SAVE THE DATES We’re entering an exciting season for our church family as we close out summer and enter into fall. Check out next week’s August Monthly for information on: Fall Kick-off Picnic/Promotion Weekend: Aug. 21 Wednesday Nights starting Aug. 23 Children’s Ministry 2016-2017 theme: Shine Like the Son New sermon series starting Aug. 21: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality STUDENTS POOL PARTY TONIGHT We'll meet at the church at 5:30 p.m. and head over to Dan and Wanda O'Dell's home for a pool and pizza party! We'll plan to return to the church around 8:30 p.m. MUSIC JOIN THE SECOND SUMMER SYMPHONY! Second Summer Symphony will continue playing in services Aug. 7 and 14. All instrumentalists who are entering 9th grade through adults are invited to bring their instruments and join us. We meet at 8:44 a.m. on Sunday mornings to prepare for that day's worship. Contact Ann Posey for more information at poseyannphil2@sbcglobal.net. MISSIONS SHARK ALERT: TEACHER GOODY BAGS The School Connections Team will lead us in providing the Schumacher Elementary teachers with a “Welcome Back” goody bag on their first day back to school. We need your help to fill the bags! Tags with items needed are posted in the Welcome Center. All you need to do is take a tag, write your name under the tag on our master list, purchase the items, and then place them in the tub marked “School Connections Team Donations.” Donations will be accepted through Aug. 7.
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.
SR. ADULTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT OUT | Aug. 3 | 5 p.m. Jose Pepper’s for Happy Hour food RSVP to the church at 816-781-2824 by Tuesday noon.
Needed items include: Canned beans and fruit, rice sides, sugar, cake/ brownie mixes, Jello and pudding, vegetable oil, tea, coffee, shampoo, paper towels, toilet paper, deodorant, lotion, soap, toothpaste/ brushes, laundry/dish soap
For a complete list, visit 2bcliberty.org/ foodsharesunday.
ME2 LUNCH | Tuesday, Aug. 2 11:45 a.m. Godfather’s Pizza Hosted by Maggie Henderson & Nicole Swanson