First Baptist Church847 Cleveland Street Greenville, South Carolina 29601-4495 (864) 233-2527 www.firstbaptistgreenville.com

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Looking Ahead

Mary Carol AndersonYouth and Recreation

Bootie CothranMedia and Technology

Jim DantSenior Minister

Vivian HamiltonMusic and Worship

Priscilla HarrisChildren’s Music

Amy JoyeYouth Music

Shelton Ridge LoveOrganist

Jenna ManningChurch Operations

Dewanda MartinFirst Baptist Day School

Kyle MatthewsPastoral Care

Juli MorrowPreschool

Rosemary NewFirst Baptist Day School

Kendra PlatingPastoral Care

Becky RamseyChildren

Will RaybonAssociate Youth

Dylan RiggPastoral Resident

Matt RollinsSpiritual Formation and

Outreach

Frank A. SmithNeighborhood Partnership and Christian Fellowship

Kathy StewartFirst Baptist Day School

Laura StoutMissions

Mittie TaylorAYMC Director

August 23AYMC 10th Anniversary

August 24, 8:00amMission Backpack 5K Walk and

Run

August 25, 9:30amProtecting Our Children (A302)

August 25, 10:30amJim Dant, Proclaimer (AYMC)

August 25, 11:30amAYMC Open House

August 25, 5:00pmLGBTQ and Friends Support

Group (Parlor)

August 25, 5:00-7:00pmParent Youth Night (Fellowship

Hall)

August 29-September 2AYMC Closed for Floor Refinishing

August 31-September 2Youth Fall Retreat at Rockmont

September 1, 10:30amMatt Rollins, Proclaimer

September 2Church Offices Closed in

Observance of Labor Day

September 4Wednesdays at First Activities

Resume

September 6, 5:30-8:00pmChildren’s Ministry Event: Pizza

and a Movie (AYMC)

September 6, 6:00pmSenior Adult Banquet

(Fellowship Hall)

September 8, 10:30amSenior Adult SundayJim Dant, Proclaimer

September 8, 11:30amLunch for Visitors (Fellowship Hall)

September 8, 4:00pmVocare Rehearsal (Choir Room)

September 8, 5:00-7:00pmSunday Night Live for Youth

(AYMC)

September 13-14SAFE Seminar (Sexual Awareness

and Family Empowerment) - Parent Seminar for Birth to 18 (Fellowship Hall, Parlor, Grove)

Postlude Allegro (Symphony VI) Charles-Marie Widor

Our Service of Worship has ended.Our Worship through Service begins.

Abigail Handal and Kate Powell are the acolytes today.

Kyle and Susan Matthews are the soloists today.

Rob Hanley is our deacon serving in worship today. Rob is a teacher in the Fifth Grade Sunday School Class and serves as a greeter and a member of the audiovisual technical crew. He is also a member of the SAVER Committee. Rob and his wife, Lillian, have children, Lieutenant Colonel Kris and daughter-in-law Lieutenant Colonel Katie, Erin and Seth; and two grandsons, Sean and Zach.

The flowers in the Sanctuary this Sunday are given by Linda and Eldon Russ in gratitude for and to honor the memory of their parents: M.O. and Ruby Bridges Owens and Jesse and Mildred Watts Russ.

Communion Committee members scheduled to prepare today are John and Martha Burwell.

The altar cloth on the baptistry today was a gift from our sister church, La Iglesia Bautista del Camino in Guanajay, Cuba. As a part of our covenant with this congregation, we remember them when celebrating the sacrament of communion.

Prayer of confession and declaration of forgiveness reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion, © 2013.

Music selections today include: “Holy, Holy, Holy” arranged by Dan Forrest, © 2015 Lorenz Publishing Co.; “Ancient Words” by Lynn DeShazo, © 2001 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music (ASCAP), CCLI #1466252; “O Living Bread from Heaven” from the tune WEDLOCK from The Sacred Harp arranged by Gary Matheny, © 1987 G.I.A. Publications, Inc.; “Alas and Did My Savior Bleed” arr. Gina Sprunger, © 2005 SoundForth; Rhapsody on “Londonderry Air” by Shelton Ridge Love, © 2016 Love Notes, Inc.; and Allegro from Symphony VI by Charles-Marie Widor.

This Sanctuary is equipped with Hearing Loop. If you have a hearing aid equipped with a T-coil and switch to it, you will hear audio directly from our sound system.

August 18, 2019

Ten Thirty O’clock

Financial Needs as of 8/17$1,713,459

Receipts as of 8/7$1,532,980

*Please stand as you are able. Please silence all electronic devices.Please contact an usher for a hearing aid receiver or magnifying glass.

Words of Welcome

Prelude “Holy, Holy, Holy” arr. Dan Forrest

Call to Worship Mary Carol Anderson

O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

We enter God’s presence with thanksgiving and praise.

How majestic is the name of the Lord in all the earth!

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless God’s holy name.

Welcome of Worshipers

Prayer for Worship

Holy God, enlighten us by your Holy Spirit, and reveal yourself to us, that we may hear your Word and proclaim your good news to the world. Amen.

*Processional Hymn 138 HYFRYDOL “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus”

Words of Faith

Old Testament Lesson Psalm 30:2, 8-12 Vivian Hamilton

page 439 of the Bible in the pew rack

Response to Reading “Ancient Words” Lynn DeShazo

Words of Communion

Invitation to the Table

The Lord’s Supper

“O Living Bread from Heaven” arr. Gary Matheny

“Alas and Did My Savior Bleed” arr. Gina Sprunger

Words of Commitment

*Invitation Hymn 246 I AM THINE “I Am Thine, O Lord”

*Invitation to Offering Rob Hanley

You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever. (Psalm 30:11-12)

Musical Offering Shelton Ridge Love Rhapsody on “Londonderry Air”

Introduction of New Members

Service and Fellowship of the Church

Words of Blessing

*Doxology (Hymn 32) LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise God, all creatures here below;

Alleluia! Alleluia!Praise God above, ye heav’nly host;

Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

*Benediction

*Congregational Benediction Response TOMER

God be with you til we meet again!By his counsels guide, uphold you,With his sheep securely fold you,

God be with you til we meet again!

Prayer of Confession

Loving God, hear our prayer – our eyes are tired from weeping, our hearts are heavy with sin. We have trusted too much in our own strength. We have hidden our faces from those who suffer. We have turned away from neighbors in need. We have given up hope instead of seeking your help. Lord, be gracious to us. Forgive our sin, heal our brokenness, and fill our hearts with songs of joy. Amen.

Declaration of Forgiveness

Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Hear the good news! In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.

Thanks be to God.

Pastoral Prayer

*Children’s Hymn 241 SUTTON COMMON “Heal Me, Hands of Jesus”

All children through 5th grade are invited to the front for the children’s sermon

during the singing of the last two stanzas of the hymn.

Children’s Sermon Becky Ramsey

New Testament Lesson John 5:1-18

page 866 of the Bible in the pew rack

Worship in Music “Troubled Waters” Kyle Matthews

Sermon Malpractice Kyle Matthews