Worship Guide July 26, 2015

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A Good and Joyful Thing July 26, 2015 | Mike Graves

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. ________________________

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COMMUNION at SECOND BAPTIST Communion at Second Baptist Church is open to all who profess Jesus Christ as Savior.

Our Communion Bread is always gluten-free.

This morning we will celebrate communion by intinction.

During the service, you will be invited to exit your pew to the right, walk to the front of the sanctuary, take a piece of bread, dip it into the cup, and then return to the left. _________________________________ 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 26, 2015

8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Gathering

Debbie Lassiter

Invitation to Worship Candlelighting

Prelude

Tom Lankford Abigail Hilke “Now Sing and Rejoice”

+Hymn of Praise “God of Life, in Christ You Lead Us”

J.S. Bach HYMN TO JOY

God of life, in Christ You lead us, Guiding us along the way.

In our past, through joys and sorrows, You have been our strength and stay. Keep us faithful, true disciples, In our learning and our praise, Celebrating past and present, Consecrating future days.

God of words and Word Incarnate, Words that challenge and embrace, Grant us boldness in our speaking, While we know Your loving grace.

Give us words both clear and winsome, Loving hearts and listening ears, Celebrating past and present, Consecrating future years.

God of music, psalms and anthems, Help us sing our faith anew; Melodies expanding worship, Harmonies enriching too.

May our lives be hymns in action, Tuned to Christ in note and rhyme, Celebrating past and present, Consecrating future time. (continued on next page)

God of days and years and eons, Still You call, as in the past.

Work undone demands our labor; Justice yearns for peace at last.

Yours the vision and the challenge; Ours the mission and the praise, Celebrating past and present, Consecrating future days.

Words © 1992 Jane Parker Huber from Singing in Celebration, Westminster John Knox Press, 1996. UBP

The New Testament Lesson

1 Corinthians 11:23-32 Jess Tankersley (8:30) Carolyn Fulk (11:00)

(Pew Bible, page 133, New Testament)

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God! Practicing the Presence of God +Hymn 271

JUBILEE, ALT.

“Christian People, Sing Together” Prayers of the People

Eleanor Speaker The Lord’s Prayer

Worship in Music Brant Adams “Jesus Paid It All/O Sacred Head Now Wounded” Emmy Gregory, Violin The New Testament Lesson

Acts 2:42-47

Tyler Tankersley (8:30) David Fulk (11:00)

(Pew Bible, Page 91, New Testament)

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God! Sermon

A Good

and Joyful

Thing

Hymn of the Table 458 “Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ”

Mike Graves LINSTEAD

Communion +Hymn of Response 456

“I Come with Joy”

DOVE OF PEACE

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

Tyler Tankersley (8:30) Steve Guinn (11:00) “In Christ Alone”

+Presentation of Offerings 601 “O How I Love Jesus” Refrain

Stan Pethel O HOW I LOVE JESUS

O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus, because He first loved me! +A Time of Greeting

Connie McNeill

+Congregational Blessing

Connie McNeill

+The Sending Forth 514

HOLY MANNA “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

“I Know That My Redeemer Lives”

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All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036 Organ: Ann Posey

Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington

James Pethel

All Video UBP #502497070 Piano: Leslie Bunch Media: John Hilton, Mitchell Yoakum

WELCOME DR. MIKE GRAVES

Mike Graves is the William K. McElvaney Professor of Preaching and Worship at Saint Paul School of Theology. A graduate of the University of Houston and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div., Ph.D.), Mike is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He is a passionate golfer, enjoys classical music and is an avid reader.

 FLOWERS IN WORSHIP TODAY

Flowers in worship today are given with love and in celebration of Allan and Anne Aunspaugh’s 30th wedding anniversary on July 27 by their children Rachel Aunspaugh, Emily and Geoff Wiese, and Alyssa Aunspaugh.

 PRAYER CONCERNS LIBERTY HOSPITAL Loreta Moore, broken leg ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, BLUE SPRINGS Lorraine Evans UPCOMING SURGERY Marti Mauzey Marian Reineke OTHER 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

Carolyn Fulk has been a 2BC member since 1995. She teaches American History at Heritage Middle School and is an avid fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. She reads and knits in her spare time.

David Fulk has been at 2BC since 1985. He’s a member of the Sanctuary Choir, the Personnel Committee, and a Sunday School leader. David is director of philanthropic giving at KCUR Public Radio and enjoys involvement in several community endeavors. The best part of his life is being husband to Carolyn and father to Davis.

Steve Guinn and wife, Hanni, joined 2BC in 2010. They are parents to Eleanor, age 4, and expect their second child in October. Steve serves as assistant to the Dean at Central Baptist Theological Seminary.

Abigail Hilke is a fifth grader at Kellybrook Elementary. She is the daughter of Jill and Pat Hilke.

Tom Lankford has been a member of 2BC since 1988. He and wife, Erin, raised all three of their children here at 2BC and are now enjoying the fruits of their labor, playing grandparents to Jillian, Madie, Luke, Faith and Melody. Tom teaches an adult Bible study on Sunday mornings.

Eleanor Speaker participates in the spiritual development and missions activities of the church and collects information about the church’s history. She likes to travel.

Jess and Tyler Tankersley have been at Second Since November 2009. The former Minister for Spiritual Formation and Students here, Tyler now leads the Create Program at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Jess and Tyler have two sons, three-year old Henry and tenmonth old Owen.

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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