Feb. 14, 2016
The Night Shift Workers
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Welcome Guests
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 acknowledge your visit and get acquainted with you. We are glad you have joined us for worship today. Note: “+” before a worship element indicates to stand if you are able. Please see an usher if you’d like a listening aid. WE LOVE CHILDREN! 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. ONLINE/SMARTPHONE GIVING In addition to placing your offering in the offering plate, you can give online at 2bcliberty.org/giving or via your smartphone by scanning this QR code. Those who give electronically can participate in the offering using one of the cards in the pew rack.
Meditation
Take a few moments to prepare your heart and mind for today’s service...
Christians think of Lent as a time of giving up something for Jesus. But God intends this to be a time for us to receive from his Son. Giving up something is an expression of fasting, but to divorce fasting from mourning is to miss the first Beatitude in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt. 5:3) Perhaps the place to begin isn’t what creature comforts, addictive appetites, or innocuous idolatries we choose to abstain from for a limited period of time. Perhaps the place to begin is to take to heart our spiritual bankruptcy, our propensity to love the little idols more than we love God, and our unbelief about the transformative power of God’s Spirit. When we begin with this, our hands will be pried open to receive what God has to give us. We will no longer approach God as the resourceful givers who bring the gift of abstinence. Instead we will approach him as beggars. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (Mt. 5:4) —Theresa Froehlich
The Worship of God First Sunday of Lent February 14, 2016
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering
Angie Fuller
Invitation to Worship
Connie McNeill
Candlelighting
Paige Anderson
Prelude
“To God Be the Glory” arr. Cynthia Dobrinski Sanctuary Hanbells, Don Brown, Conductor Dustin Williams, Trumpet
+Hymn of Praise 443 “Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know”
HENDON
(Children are invited to join Linda Greason at the front of the Sanctuary on the last verse of the hymn.)
Children’s Moment
Linda Greason
The New Testament Lesson Romans 10:8b-13
Jason Edwards
(Pew Bible, page 122, New Testament)
Unison Confession If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Based on Psalm 130
Extinguishing the Lenten Candle
Jason Edwards
Practicing the Presence of God +Hymn 431
“Jesus is Lord of All”
LORDSHIP OF CHRIST
Prayers of the People Choral Worship
Milton Horne
“Jesus is Lord” The Sanctuary Choir
The Gospel Lesson Luke 2:8-12
arr. Mark Edwards Carrie Bartlow (8:30) Ray Kesner (11:00)
(Pew Bible, page 44, New Testament)
Leader: The Good News of Our Lord. People: Praise be to our Lord, Jesus Christ. Sermon
The Night Shift Workers
Jason Edwards
+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
Nick Bartlow (8:30) Kristin Wooldridge (11:00)
“The River” Sanctuary Handbells
arr. Anna Laura Page
+Presentation of Offerings “To God, All Glorious Heavenly Light”
TRURO
To God, all glorious heavenly Light, to Christ revealed in earthly night, to God the Spirit now we raise our joyful songs of thankful praise. Words: Charles Coffin, 1736
+A Time of Greeting
Jason Edwards
+Congregational Blessing
Jason Edwards
+The Sending Forth AR HYD Y NOS “Go, My Children, with My Blessing” Go, my children, with my blessing, never alone. Waking, sleeping, I am with you; you are my own. In my love’s baptismal river I have made you mine forever. Go, my children, with my blessing, you are my own. Text © 1983 Concordia Publishing House. UBP
Postlude
“O God Beyond All Praising”
David Cherwien
All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036
All Video UBP CCVI #502497070
Organ: Ann Posey Piano: Ann Posey (8:30) Jacque Stouffer (11:00) Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington Media: John Hilton, Alex Trischler
FLOWERS IN WORSHIP Flowers in worship today are given by Jim Tanner in honor of Carole Tanner’s 80th birthday on February 15.
PRAYER CONCERNS Regina Norris; health Frank Benavidez; surgery recovery Tom Sneed; health
WORSHIP LEADERS TODAY
Paige Anderson is a fourth grader at Schumacher Elementary, and her parents are Anne and Tim. 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. Linda Greason recently retired after a 36-year career in public education and is now enjoying hobbies such as cross stitching and gardening. She serves part-time supervising student teachers and is the Executive Assistant for the Future Leadership Foundation. The highlight of her retirement comes when she is babysitting grandsons Tate and Hayes Greason.
Milton Horne has been Professor of Religion and Coordinator of Faith and Learning at William Jewell College since 1986. He and Karen have been members of 2BC since that time. Milton is a certified piano technician and is the caretaker of all the church’s pianos. Ray Kesner and Kathleen have been a part of the 2BC family since 1991. Ray was on faculty and staff of Midwest Baptist Theological Seminary, retiring in 1999. 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.
OUR CARE MINISTRY CARDS There is a Care Ministry card located in the pew racks that describes our ministry and provides an option to request prayer or care on the opposite side. We would like to encourage you to use the card to express a need. Simply fill out the information and place it in the offering plate during worship, or give the card to one of the pastoral staff members.
Our Ministry Team Jason Edwards, Senior Pastor Allan Aunspaugh, Minister of Music | Ann Posey, Organist Mike Lassiter, Associate Pastor | Connie McNeill, Associate Pastor Charles Smith, Associate Pastor | Gwen Phillips, Children’s Pastor Linda Jones, Church Administrator
Getting Connected 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 choose simply to enjoy a cup of coffee at the Welcome Center’s coffee bar and get to know others at Second.
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