March 6, 2016
Prostitutes & Prodigals
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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...
“In 1987, an IRA bomb buried Gordon Wilson and his twenty-year-old daughter beneath five feet of rubble. Gordon alone survived. And forgave. He said of the bombers, “I have lost my daughter, but I bear no grudge…I shall pray, tonight and every night, that God will forgive them.” His words caught the media’s ears—and out of one man’s grief, the world got a glimpse of grace. Grace is the church’s great distinctive. It’s the one thing the world cannot duplicate, and the one thing it craves above all else—for only grace can bring hope and transformation to a jaded world.” —from What’s So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey
The Worship of God Fourth Sunday of Lent March 6, 2016
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering Linda Greason Invitation to Worship
Carroll Makemson
Candlelighting Prelude
“There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy”
+Hymn of Praise 41 “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” The Gospel Lesson
Luke 15:1-7
Paige Robinson Don Schlosser WELLESLEY
Connie McNeill
(Pew Bible, page 59, New Testament)
Unison Confession God of compassion, you are slow to anger and full of mercy, welcoming sinners who return to you with penitent hearts. Receive in your loving embrace all who come home to you. Seat them at your bountiful table of grace, that, with all your children, they may feast with delight on all that satisfies the hungry heart. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. Extinguishing the Lenten Candle
Connie McNeill
Practicing the Presence of God +Hymn “When, Like the Woman at the Well”
LAND OF REST
When, like the woman at the well, I lived with broken dreams, Christ came to me, good news to tell, of ever-living streams. Christ knew my heart, my wayward ways, yet gave me hope, not fear. The God I once thought far away, I could approach, draw near. I learned I could forever live and worship God aright, Could trust the pow’r the Spirit gives to guide me in truth’s light. Each day I lift my cup above, and I again receive the living water of God’s love, revealed for my belief. Since now I am in grace immersed, set free, forgiven, whole, I share with those who are a-thirst the well-springs of my soul! Words © by Edith Sinclair Downing, 1992
Prayers of the People
Donna Howell
Worship in Music (8:30)
Becky Whited
Choral Worship
Patti Drennan
“There is a Fountain” The Sanctuary Choir Charles Smith, Violin
The Gospel Lesson Luke 7:36-50
Gerry Walther (8:30) Thomas Howell (11:00)
(Pew Bible, page 50 , New Testament)
Leader: The Good News of Our Lord. People: Praise be to our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Sermon
Prostitutes
and
Prodigals
Connie McNeill
+Hymn of Response 587 “Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound”
NEW BRITAIN
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/Generosity Moment Curt Walther Offertory “Be Thou My Vision” Dan Edwards Tim Hannsz, soprano saxophone; Charles Smith, violin; Rachel Hon, cello; Aaron Long and Jake Stouffer, percussion +Presentation of Offerings “Our God Has Made Us One” Our God has made us one — In sorrow and in joy; We share the cross of Christ, our Lord, In Him we now rejoice.
OLD 134TH
Text © 1984 Meadowgreen Music Co.. UBP
+A Time of Greeting
Mike Lassiter
+Congregational Blessing
Mike Lassiter
AR HYD Y NOS +The Sending Forth “Go, My Children, with My Blessing” I the Lord will bless and keep you And give you peace; I the Lord will sile upon you And give you peace; I the Lord will bem your Father, Savior, Comforter, and Brother. Go, My Children; I will keep you and give you peace. Text © 1984 Meadowgreen Music Co.. UBP
Postlude
“O God of Earth and Altar”
Karl Osterland
All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036
All Video UBP CCVI #502497070
Organ: Ann Posey Piano:: Helen Brown (8:30) Angie Fuller (11:00) Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington Media: John Hilton, Ben Zahnd
PRAYER CONCERNS CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY Christian sympathy is extended to Jeff and Kayle Buscher and family in the death of Jeff’s dad in McAllen, TX on March 1. LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL May Alice Aguero, Charlie Hughes’ sister OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS Kenny Williams, surgery recovery Betty Siegel, surgery recovery Jeff Moore. health Jane Quick, surgery recovery John Arnold, upcoming surgery Byron Buffalo, surgery recovery
Carole Tanner, surgery recovery Landon Gardner, nephew of Jeremy Huffman’s sister in law, 6 months old, cancer
WORSHIP LEADERS TODAY Donna Howell is a retired high school English teacher, librarian, and part-time college instructor. Since coming to Liberty in 2006, she has cataloged books for the church library, taught English as a second language, served on the 2BC Music Committee, and sung in the Adult Choir. Thomas Howell, a 2BC choir member, is professor of history at William Jewell College. He also serves as the chair of the NAIA’s National Eligibility Committee. He especially enjoys addressing church and civic organizations about various topics including the Biblical history of the Middle East and the present situation there. Carroll Makemson has been part of the 2BC community since 1984. She joyfully serves with our Equipping and Hospitality Teams, MOPS, and senior adults. Tom and Carroll are retired with two adult children who grew up in our church. Paige Robinson is a 5th grader at Manor Hill Elementary. She is the daughter of Jared and Lynn Robinson. Curt and Gerry Walther are parents of four children and grandparents of seven. They have been members of Second Baptist since 1998. They are actively enjoying retirement in Liberty.
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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