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TheFirst Baptist ChurchHenderson, North CarolinaAt Worship
Sunday MorningOctober 24, 2021Eleven O’Clock AMTwenty-Second Sunday After PentecostThe liturgical color today is green.Green represents growth as the church is on missionDuring the weeks following Pentecost.THE GREETINGBert LongTHE CHIMING OF THE TRINITYTHE INVOCATIONTHE PRELUDEBert LongPrelude on TALLIS’ CANONTHE CALL TO WORSHIP (Congregation standing)Horatio MacGillicuddyBert LongLEADER: From different livesALL: we come to worship.LEADER: From good weeks and bad weeksALL: we come to worship.LEADER: Bringing great times and painful memoriesALL: we come to worship.LEADER: Needing healing, needing peaceALL: we come to worship.LEADER: With hope in our heartsALL: we come to worship.LEADER: In the spirit of unconditional love offered to usALL: We worship our source, our beginning and end, our breath of life. Alleluia,Amen.
THE HYMN OF PRAISE 214O God, Beyond All PraisingTHE PSALTER LESSON: Psalm 34:1-9THAXTEDBert Long1I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2Mysoul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. 3O magnifythe Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.4I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5Lookto him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. 6This poor soul cried,and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble. 7The angel ofthe Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.8O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.9O fear the Lord, you his holy ones, for those who fear him have no want.THE CALL TO CONFESSIONAmy RussellTHE PRAYER OF CONFESSIONLEADER: Your Spirit brings freedom, and so often our lives are weighed down byburdens we carry within us.ALL: Forgive us, Lord, we pray.LEADER: Your Spirit brings peace, and so often our lives are ill at ease, concernedby what the day will bring us.ALL: Forgive us, Lord, we pray.LEADER: Your Spirit brings wisdom yet we find it so hard to recognize your gentlewhisper speaking to us.ALL: Forgive us, Lord, we pray.LEADER: May we know the power that breaks these chains that bind our heartsand souls, and grace to live the life you give.ALL: Renew us, Lord, we pray.THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
THE GOSPEL LESSON: Luke 14:7-14Amy Russell7When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them aparable. 8“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down atthe place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited byyour host; 9and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give thisperson your place,’ and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. 10Butwhen you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes,he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will be honored in the presenceof all who sit at the table with you. 11For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, andthose who humble themselves will be exalted.” 12He said also to the one who hadinvited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or yourbrothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, andyou would be repaid. 13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, thelame, and the blind. 14And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for youwill be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”THE GLORIA 416THE EPISTLE LESSON: 2 Corinthians 8:1-121We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has beengranted to the churches of Macedonia; 2for during a severe ordeal of affliction, theirabundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on theirpart. 3For, as I can testify, they voluntarily gave according to their means, and even beyondtheir means, 4begging us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in this ministry to thesaints— 5and this, not merely as we expected; they gave themselves first to the Lord and,by the will of God, to us, 6so that we might urge Titus that, as he had already made abeginning, so he should also complete this generous undertaking among you.7Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmosteagerness, and in our love for you—so we want you to excel also in this generousundertaking. 8I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your loveagainst the earnestness of others.9For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ,that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty youmight become rich. 10And in this matter I am giving my advice: it is appropriate for youwho began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something— 11nowfinish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to yourmeans.12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—notaccording to what one does not have.
THE SERMONGrace-Filled GivingRonald CavaTHE HYMN 339All Things Are YoursTALLIS’ CANONTHE CALL TO PRAYERSean TimmonsTHE MORNING PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYEROur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thywill be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; andforgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead usnot into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and thepower, and the glory forever. Amen.THE OFFERTORY ANTHEMSo Much to Sing AboutMark BenderSo much to sing about, so much to praise you for, so much I cannot live without,and so much more: at which display of majesty the very stones are moved to shout.So much to sing about: once orphaned and alone, how could I dare believe the newsthat you would come to live and die, for me, for me! And so make sure my welcomehome.So much to sing about: your wisdom, might, and love, that even threescore yearsand ten are not enough to count your gifts and search beneath the surface of yourtreasure trove.So much to sing about: all I have seen and heard, your glory in my talents’ use mybest reward: that others see what I have seen and sing with me: “It is the Lord!”-Jaroslav J. VajdaAT THE PRESENTATION: THE DOXOLOGY 424LAAST UNS ERFREUENA PRAYER OF THANKSGIVINGRonald CavaTHE CALL TO COMMITMENTRonald CavaTHE HYMN OF RESPONSE 341 Savior, Thy Dying LoveTHE BENEDICTIONTHE CHORAL AMENSOMETHING FOR THEERonald Cava
THE ORGAN POSTLUDEToccata in SevenJohn RutterAssisting with worship leadership today is Deacon of the Week Bert Long. Lillian Cole opens theBible. The Crucifer is Maddox Long and the acolyte is Neleh Sandlin.The Call to Worship is by John Leach, The Jubilate Group, and is adapted with permission. ThePrayer of Confession is by John Birch from “The Act of Prayer” and is used with permission.Music for this morning’s service is offered by choral singers Maggie Clark, Cindy Clark, and AndyDickerson.The flowers today are given in memory of Sylvia and Thurston Hoyle by their family.
Opportunities for Worship and ServiceOctober 24-308:30 AM Deacons’ Meeting9:45 Sunday School11:00 Morning WorshipPrevious Sunday’s Worship11:00Service AiredSUNDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAY2:00 PM Same-day worship airedConference RoomSanctuarySpectrum Channel 24WIZS 100.1FM,1450AM, www.wizs.comChildren’s Music Room4:30 The Bell Ringers RehearsalMiddle and High School6:00Fellowship HallYouth GroupsBook Study: We Make the7:00ZoomRoad by Walking3:15 PM After-School Programs (Pre-K through 3rd)5:00 After-School Programs Pickup Wyche StreetZoom10:00 AM Sacred Reading Meeting3:15 PM After-School Programs (4th-6th)5:45 After-School Programs Pickup Wyche StreetEvening Adult RingersChildren’s Music Room7:15RehearsalFellowship Hall10:00AM Men’s Bible Study Group
The First Baptist ChurchHenderson, North CarolinaRonald S. Cava, Senior MinisterAmy S. Russell, Associate MinisterMark L. Hopper, Minister of Music and OrganistDavid G. Cole, Associate Minister of Music and OrganistEmily Patton, Interim Children’s MinisterSean Timmons, Pastoral InternLinda O’Brien, Financial SecretaryTammy Manning, Ministry Support CoordinatorSalonia House, Administrative Support CoordinatorRobert Snow, CustodianMarion D. Lark, Senior Minister EmeritusPhilip M. Young, Composer-in-ResidenceTelephone (252) 438-3172Fax (252) net
Oct 24, 2021 · THE GOSPEL LESSON: Luke 14:7-14 Amy Russell 7When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. 8“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your h
