Worship Guide July 19, 2015

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Part 1: Our Solitary Way Part 2:From Paradise to Wilderness July 19, 2015 | Charles Smith

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. ________________________ Meditations They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged, and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropt, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.

— From John Milton’s Paradise Lost The deep truth is that our human suffering need not be an obstacle to the joy and peace we so desire but can become, instead, the means to it. The great secret of the spiritual life, the life of the beloved sons and daughters of God, is that everything we live, be it gladness or sadness, joy or pain, health or illness, can be part of the journey toward the full realization of our humanity.

— Henri Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World _________________________________ 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 July 19, 2015

8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Gathering

Organ Camp Participants

Invitation to Worship

Gwen Phillips

Candlelighting Call to Worship

Paul Benavidez “God’s Plan 4 U = Jesus” “It is Good”

VBS Music

+Songs of Praise 322 HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD “How Great is Our God” 323 HOW GREAT THOU ART “How Great Thou Art” Refrain Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee; how great Thou art, how great Thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee; how great Thou art, how great Thou art! ©1949 and 1953 by the Stuart Hine Trust (Hope Publishing Company) UBP

The Old Testament Lesson

Genesis 2:4b-10;15

Anna Driskill (8:30) John George (11:00)

(Pew Bible, page 1, Old Testament)

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God! Practicing the Presence of God Sermon, Part 1

Our Solitary Way

Charles Smith

Worship in Music (8:30)

“Beautiful Savior” Allan Aunspaugh

David Allen

Choral Worship

“Our Lord’s Prayer” The Sanctuary Choir

Lloyd Larson

Prayers of the People

Angie Fuller

+Hymn 31

ANCIENT WORDS

“Ancient Words” The Gospel Lesson

Mark 1:9-13

Roger Driskill (8:30) Karri George (11:00)

(Pew Bible, page 27, New Testament)

Leader: The Good News of Our Lord.

People: Praise be to our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Sermon, Part 2

From Paradise

to

Wilderness

+Hymn of Response 60

Charles Smith WYE VALLEY

“Like a River Glorious” 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) Bill Stilfield (11:00)

Offertory “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” Lloyd Larson Melissa Long, Trumpet; Don Long, Trombone +Presentation of Offerings 601 “O How I Love Jesus” Refrain O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus, because He first loved me!

O HOW I LOVE JESUS

+A Time of Greeting

Mike Lassiter

+Commissioning and Congregational Blessing

Mike Lassiter

HOLY MANNA +The Sending Forth 514 “Christians, Let Us Go and Serve Him” Christians, let us go and serve Him, serve the One who gives us life.

Let us serve in love and power, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Serve in love and serve in wisdom, reaching all we know and see.

Christians, let us go and serve Him, now and through eternity.

Words © 2002 Broadman Press (Lifeway) UBP

+Postlude

“Song of Joy”

Christopher Boodle

 All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036

All Video UBP #502497070

Organ: Ann Posey

Piano: Angie Fuller (8:30); Elliott Yoakum (11:00) Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington Media: John Hilton, Mitchell Yoakum

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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.

ď ł PRAYER CONCERNS Senior Pastor Jason Edwards on Sabbatical through August 23, accompanied by Christy and children Jackson, Luke and Norah.

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GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER Worship Leaders Today

Angie Fuller came to Second in 1997. She serves in the Music and Children’s Ministries and on the Arts and Environment Team.

She also teaches at Second Friends Preschool. Angie and David are parents to Naomi and Adam.

Paul Benavidez will be a third grader at Manor Hill this year. He is the son of Kathy and Frank Benavidez.

John George and Karri joined Second Baptist in 2011. They have three children: Avery, Amelia, and Archer. John enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, and woodworking in his free time. He works at Russell Stover Candies.

Karri George is a stay at home mom to Avery, Amelia, and Archer.

She is a member of MOPS and has served as Finance Chair. She also serves in the Children’s Ministry as the Extended Session Coordinator.

Gwen Phillips is the Children’s Pastor at Second Baptist. She and Harold have been members for 25 years. They have one grown daughter, Rachel. (Learn more about our ministry team at 2bcliberty. org/meetourstaff.)

Charles Smith is the Student Pastor at Second Baptist. He first attended Second Baptist Church when he was a student at William Jewell College. Charles is married to Stephanie Swanson, who also attended 2BC and Jewell and is now pastor of First Baptist ChurchSmithville, Mo. They are parents of three-year old son, Finn.

Bill Stilfield is a Liberty native who recently returned after spending forty years in Los Angeles working in the music industry.

He is a member of the choir, and he and wife, Cathy, have been members of Second since 2013.

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 | Tony McBroom, Summer Intern

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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