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“The Age of the Spirit� June 8, 2014
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 It is by the Spirit that we participate in the life of God, and God participates in our life together. – Molly Marshall, Joining the Dance: A Theology of the Spirit.
_________________________________ Note: + Indicates stand if you are able. | Please see an usher for a listening aid. Childcare available on Level 2. | Children’s worship bags available at the entrances. 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 Pentecost
June 8, 2014
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering
Bill Stilfield
Trinity Chime Candlelighting
Tiernan Trout
Prelude
“Sweet, Sweet Spirit” Bill Stilfield and friends
Bill Stilfield
Invitation to Worship
Tyler Tankersley
+Hymn of Praise 228 “A Rushing, Mighty Wind” FESTAL SONG New Testament Lesson 1 Corinthians 12:3–13 Angie Fuller (8:30) Christy Edwards (11:00) (Pew Bible, page 133, New Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God!
Be Still, My Soul
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Prayers of the People New Testament Lesson
Roger Driskill (8:30) Connie McNeill (11:00) Acts 2:1–21
Jason Edwards
(Pew Bible, page 90, New Testament)
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God! Worship in Music (8:30) Choral Worship
Sermon
“O Breath of God” The Sanctuary Choir
“The Age
of the
Spirit”
arr. Larry Shackley
Diana Butler Bass
+Processional Hymn 238 “Spirit, Now Live in Me”
LOIS
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
David Fuller (8:30) Greg Duncan (11:00) “Come, Creator, Spirit”
Maurice Durufle
+Presentation of Offerings 236 ADORO TE DEVOTE “Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me” Stanza 1 Gracious Spirit, dwell with me, I would gracious be; help me now Thy grace to see, I would be like Thee; and, with words that help and heal, Thy life would mine reveal; and, with actions bold and meek, for Christ my Savior speak. Thailand Mission Team Commissioning
Charlie Hughes
A Time of Greeting
Jason Edwards
+Congregational Blessing
Jason Edwards
+The Sending Forth 241 “Sweet, Sweet Spirit” Refrain
MANNA
Sweet Holy Spirit, sweet Heavenly Dove, stay right here with us filling us with Your love. And for these blessings we lift our hearts in praise; without a doubt we’ll know that we have been revived, when we shall leave this place. ©1962. Renewed 1990 by Manna Music. UBP
Postlude
“Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost”
J. S. Bach
All Songs UBP CCLI #1091036
All Video UBP #502497070
Organ: Ann Posey Piano: Helen Brown (8:30); Bill Stilfield (11:00) Sanctuary Sound: Dave Heston, Gary Pennington Media: John Hilton, Craig Dempsey
Welcome Diana Butler Bass Diana Butler Bass is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. We were blessed this weekend to have Diana lead our Life Together Retreat. She joins us this morning as our guest preacher. Diana holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of eight books, including Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening (HarperOne, 2012). She and her family live in Alexandria, Virginia. Learn more about Diana and her work at http://www.dianabutlerbass.com/
PRAYER CONCERNS CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY Christian sympathy is extended to Kenneth Releford, family, and friends in the sudden death of Kenneth’s uncle, Freddie Releford, on June 3. Christian sympathy is extended to Kristen and Brad Carey and family in the death of Kristen’s sister, Katy McGuinness, on May 28 in Nashville, TN. Christian sympathy is extended to Dorothy and Ross Porter and family in the death of Dorothy’s brother, Delbert Walters, on May 24. HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL Sara Walton MENORAH HOSPITAL, Charles Martin LIBERTY TERRACE CARE CENTER Roy Rodgers, Gary Rodgers’ father OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS Stanley Davis, Mark Davis’, health REMEMBER THOSE ON MISSION NEPAL: May 3–June 26. Loulla Efstathiou, Lizzy Soper, Dylan Rumsey and Alexa Wilson THAILAND: June 9–21 Blane and Cathy Baker, Bryan and Sabra Boyd, Jason Edwards, Ed Gilliland, Eric, Tracy, Benjamin and Luke Zahnd (These are the latest additions to our Second Baptist Church prayer list. To see a full prayer list please go to 2bcliberty.org/prayerlist)
GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER Worship Leaders Today
Greg Duncan has been a member of 2BC since 1990. He is a deacon and has served on a number of committees. He teaches the Connections Class. Greg is VP of Cates Auction & Realty and is on the Liberty City Council. 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. David Fuller joined Second after graduating from William Jewell College. He is a deacon serving on the Ordinance Team. David is an Operations Research Analyst for the Department of the Army at Ft. Leavenworth. Christy Edwards is married to Senior Pastor Jason Edwards and is mother to Jackson, Luke, and Norah. Christy is involved in the women’s ministry, 2BC community groups, and MOPS. Jason Edwards is Senior Pastor. He was called to Second Baptist in 2009. (Learn more about our ministry team at 2bcliberty.org/ meetourstaff.) Connie McNeill was ordained by Second in 1984. She was a member of Second for 25 years before moving to Atlanta to work for national CBF. Last fall she returned to Liberty to work at Wentworth Military Academy and College. Tyler Tankersley is the Associate Pastor of Students and Spiritual Formation. He and Jess have an almost-two-year-old son, Henry, (July 3) and are expecting their second son in September. (Learn more about our ministry team at 2bcliberty.org/meetourstaff.) Tiernan Trout completed fifth grade at Franklin Elementary. She is the daughter of Tracy Trout.
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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