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May 17, 2015

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. ________________________ Meditation Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.

– Mary Oliver, Thirst _________________________________ WE LOVE OUR 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. __________________________________ Note: + Indicates stand if you are able. | Please see an usher for a listening aid.

Give your tithe online now at 2bcliberty.org/giving.

Online givers may participate in the worship offering by using the card in the pew rack.

The Worship of God The Seventh Sunday of Easter

May 17, 2015

8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Gathering

Debbie Lassiter

Trinity Chime Candlelighting

Paige Robinson

Prelude

“Eastertide”

Invitation to Worship

Gail Pollock Allan Aunspaugh (8:30) Susan Miller (11:00)

+Hymn of Praise 425 “How Firm a Foundation” FOUNDATION

High School Graduate Recognition Olivia Brown Moira Carder Brandon Cole Walter Crum Anna Davis Allie DeWitt Chloe Gossett Emmy Gregory Sam Heston Marissa Holt Mallory Pennington Hayden Robertson Vicki Sandring Prayers of the People The Psalm

Psalm 1

Mike Lassiter (8:30) Bill Gossett (11:00) Teresa Anderson (8:30) Ellen Gregory (11:00)

(Pew Bible, page 380, Old Testament)

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God! Practicing the Presence of God

+Hymn 57

“Be Still, My Soul”

The Gospel Lesson

FINLANDIA

John 17:6–26

Steve Ritter (8:30) Cathy Cole (11:00)

(Pew Bible, page 85 , New Testament)

Leader: The Good News of Our Lord.

People: Praise be to our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Worship in Music (8:30) Choral Worship

“He is There” Lisa Long

Mary Kay Beall

“To Love Our God” The Sanctuary Choir

Mark Hayes

Where does the wind come from? Where does it go?

Blowing north then south, how does it know?

The rain flows gently to the sea, yet the sea is never full.

How can these things be?

Humanity works hard to make a name, toiling in the sun, yet nothing gained.

We all return to dust from whence we came.

All is empty, all is vain.

To love our God, the reason we live; the highest call.

Nothing satisfies our soul, gives life meaning, makes us whole for this purpose we were made.

To love our God! ©1997 Hinshaw Music Inc.

Sermon +Hymn of Response 71

“Jesus

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Praying”

Jason Edwards

“Be Thou My Vision”

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

Roger Driskill (8:30) Caitlin DeSalvo (11:00)

Offertory

“Thy Word”

Douglas Wagner

+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, Inc. UBP

A Time of Greeting

Jason Edwards

Student Pastor Search Update

Michele Peck

Commissioning: Abby Bland to Alaska Jennifer Dilts and Jennifer Huffman to Haiti Team World Vision

Mike Lassiter

+ Commissioning Prayer and Congregational Blessing +The Sending Forth 423 “This is the Threefold Truth”

ACCLAMATIONS

This is the three-fold 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 Music Publishing Company

+Postlude

“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessings”

Al Travis

 All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036

All Video UBP #502497070

Organ: Ann Posey

Piano: Wando O’Dell (8:30) Angie Fuller (11:00) Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington Media: John Hilton, Abby Bland

College and University Graduates 2014-2015 Joe Buhlig Bachelor of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership William Jewell College Jillian Bush Bachelor of Arts in Political Science William Jewell College Stewart Duncan Bachelor of Arts in Oxbridge Honors Music History William Jewell College Lindsey Gregory Bachelor of Arts in Health Sciences University of Missouri Labinot Ibrahimi Bachelor of Science in Nursing William Jewell College Susan Driskill Leitze Bachelor of Science in Nursing Mount Saint Mary’s University Maria Rucker Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Applied Critical Thought and Inquiry William Jewell College ADVANCED DEGREE GRADUATES 2014-2015 Jordan Bush Master of Science in Teaching: Early Childhood (August 2015) Northwest Missouri State University Caitlin DeSalvo Master of Science in Educational Leadership Northwest Missouri State University

Kim Halfhill Master of Science in Administration, Leadership Specialization University of West Florida Ashton Wells Master of Divinity Central Baptist Theological Seminary Becky Gossett Specialist in Education: Superintendent Northwest Missouri State University Katherine (Kate) Walsh Prather Doctor of Medicine Georgetown University Dustin Williams Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Missouri – Kansas City

 PRAYER CONCERNS HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL Anne Sizemore OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS Cathy Pierce, Cindi Moore’s mother;

Our Ministry Team Jason Edwards, Senior Pastor Allan Aunspaugh, Minister of Music | Ann Posey, Organist Mike Lassiter, Associate Pastor | Connie McNeill, Associate Pastor Gwen Phillips, Children’s Pastor | Linda Jones, Church Administrator Ashton Wells & Jordan Groves, Interim Student Co-Pastors

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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