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 Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! 98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed. KID, YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS! So . . . be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So . . . get on your way! – Dr. Seuss: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! _________________________________
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.
The Worship of God Third Sunday of Easter
Second Baptist Church’s 171th Anniversary May 4, 2014
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering
Leslie Bunch
Trinity Chime Candlelighting
Ella Robinson
Prelude
Middle School Handbells
“Jesus Shall Reign” arr. Cynthia Dobrinski
“Peace”
arr. Kevin McChesney
Invitation to Worship
Tyler Tankersley
Choral Worship “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” Mark Patterson Anna Davis, Soloist Please join the choir on the last stanza Let ev’ry voice now join as one and let the song be raised. All heav’n above, all earth below, rejoice and sing God’s praise. Let timbrel, flute, and trumpet sound, let bells ring out this day. Forever let our music live to glorify God’s name! +Hymn of Praise 560 “Listen, Now We Tell A Mystery” The Psalm
HYMN OF JOY
Psalm 100 Benjamin Zahnd, Luke Zahnd (8:30) Seth Langford, Jake Stouffer (11:00)
(Pew Bible, page 429, Old Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God
Practicing the Presence of God +Hymn
“Beautiful Scandalous Night”
Go on up to the mountain of mercy To the crimson perpetual tide Kneel down on the shore Be thirsty no more Go under and be purified Follow Christ to the holy mountain Sinner, sorry and wrecked by the fall Cleanse your heart and your soul In the fountain that flows For you and for me and for all At the wonderful tragic mysterious tree On that beautiful scandalous night you and me Were atoned by His blood and forever washed white On that beautiful scandalous night On the hillside you will be delivered At the foot of the cross justified And your spirit restored By the river that pours From our blessed Savior’s side © 1992 New Spring Publishing Inc | Never Say Never Songs: UBP
Choral Worship Prayers of the People The Gospel Lesson
“Follow Me”
Dan Goeller
Micah McGlaughlin (8:30) Nick Jenness (11:00)
Johnna McGlaughlin, Kelsey Neth Will Stouffer, Ian Langford Luke 24:13–35
(Pew Bible, page 68, New Testament)
Leader: The Good News of Our Lord. People: Praise be to our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Sermon “Journey. Expectation. Brokeness. Understanding.” with Johnna McGlaughlin Kelsey Neth, Will Stouffer, Ian Langford, Communion +Hymn of Response 587 “Amazing Grace”
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
Michael Chapman (8:30) Emmy Gregory (11:00)
Offertory arr. Tammy Waldrop (8:30) “I’m Just a Poor Wayfaring Stranger” Middle School Handbells
(11:00) “Peal Con Brio” Karen Thompson Student Handbells, Ian Langford, director
+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
Recognition of Mike Lassiter’s 25th Anniversary Congregational Blessing
Blane Baker
Tyler Heston (8:30) Samantha Heston (11:00)
+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
Healey Willan “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing”
Music Leader Today: Anna Davis All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036 All Video UBP #502497070 Organ: Ann Posey Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington
Piano: Leslie Bunch Media: John Hilton, Bob Dusin
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.
PRAYER CONCERNS CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY Christian sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Hugh Painter who died April, 26. LIBERTY HOSPITAL Loretta Hughes Bernice Benningfield Liberty Terrace Care Center Roy Rodgers, Gary Rodgers’ father HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL Riley Lassiter HOME FROM REHAB Maureen Michel OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS Nila Lasher, Jo Lasher’s daughter-in-law, health Carole Tanner, pending surgery Susan Edwards and family, health, friend of Kathleen Edwards Rus Roach and family, health, friend of Kathleen Edwards REMEMBER THOSE ON MISSION Jerry Cain and Steve Smith, India 4/19–5/6. (These are the latest additions to our Second Baptist Church prayer list. To see a full prayer list please go to 2bcliberty.org/prayerlist)
CELEBRATION OF NEW MEMBERS Today we celebrate the decision to join our community of faith with the following people: Carol Tucking, David Jesse. Kathy Cockrum Thanks be to God
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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Our Ministry Team Jason Edwards, Senior Pastor | Mike Lassiter, Associate Pastor Allan Aunspaugh, Minister of Music | Ann Posey, Organist Tyler Tankersley, Associate Pastor | Gwen Phillips, Children’s Pastor Linda Jones, Church Administrator
300 E. Kansas | Liberty, Missouri 64068 816.781.2824 | 2bcliberty.org