First Baptist Church847 Cleveland Street Greenville, South Carolina 29601-4495 (864) 233-2527 www.firstbaptistgreenville.com
A Community of Believers. Each Member A Minister.Sunday morning worship service broadcasts:
WLFJ-AM 660 and FM 92.9
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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
August 27, 7:00pmFirst Baptist Day School Parent
Night (Fellowship Hall)
August 30First Baptist Day School
First Day of School
August 30-September 3AYMC Closed for Floor Refinishing
and Observance of Labor Day
September 1-3Youth Fall Retreat at Rockmont
September 2, 10:30amJim Dant, Proclaimer
September 3Church Offices Closed in
Observance of Labor Day
September 5Wednesdays at First ResumeMidWeek Fellowship: Fruits of the
Spirit – The Barren TreeSeptember 7, 6:00pm
Senior Adult Banquet (Fellowship Hall)
September 7, 6:00-8:00pmChildren’s Ministries Event:
Movie and Pizza Night (AYMC Terrace Level)
September 9, 9:00amNew Member Orientation (F-307)
September 9, 9:30amProtecting Our Children (E-317)
September 9, 10:30amSenior Adult SundayCommunionDylan Rigg, Proclaimer
September 9, 4:00pmVocare Rehearsals Resume
(Choir Room)
September 9, 5:00-7:00pmSunday Night Live for Youth
Resumes (AYMC Terrace Level)
September 12Wednesdays at FirstMidWeek Fellowship: Fruits of the
Spirit – Love
September 13, 9:00am-4:00pmDay Retreat for Women:
Welcoming All of Ourselves in the Second Half of Life (AYMC)
September 13, NoonCanterbury Counseling Center’s
3rd Annual Illumination Luncheon (Christ Church Episcopal Parish House)
Wesa Good and Collin Jones are the acolytes today.
Amy Joye is the soloist today. In addition to her staff job of Youth Music, Amy sings in the Sanctuary Choir and directs the Junior Choir (grades 3-5). She has a son, Will Bailey.
Emily Fayssoux is the deacon providing the offertory prayer today. Emily is currently on the Missions Committee and volunteers regularly for Mission Backpack, IHN and Operation Inasmuch among other things. She is married to Jim Fayssoux who with his late wife, Cathey, has two children, Wally and Lindsay, and four grandchildren: Jay, Addison, Hammond and Beck.
The flowers in the Sanctuary this Sunday are given by Linda and Eldon Russ to honor the memories of their mothers, Ruby Bridges Owens and Mildred Watts Russ.
Music selections today include: Voluntary on “Ellacombe” by Jason D. Payne, © 2015 Lorenz Publishing; “O Taste and See” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, © 1953 Oxford University Press; “Sometimes a Light Surprises” by Craig Courtney, © 1993, 1977 Beckenhorst Press, Inc.; “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates” by William Mathias, © 1973 Oxford University Press; “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” arranged by Shelton Ridge Love, © 2018 SoundForth; “On the Works of Our Hands” by Burton Bumgarner, © 2002 Hinshaw Music Co., Inc.; and “The Rejoicing” by Charles Callahan, © 2007 MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc.
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 26, 2018
Ten Thirty O’clock
Tour of the Churchfollowing worship
Meet at the Reception Desk
Financial Needs as of 8/25$1,700,000
Receipts as of 8/23$1,553,557
*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 Voluntary on “Ellacombe” Jason D. Payne
Call to Worship “O Taste and See” Ralph Vaughan Williams
O taste and see how gracious the Lord is: Blest is the one that trusteth in God.
– Psalm 34:8
Prayer for Worship Matt Rollins
Praise be to you, O God! You are love, you are wisdom.
You are humility, you are endurance.
You are rest, you are peace.
You are joy and gladness.
You are justice and moderation.
You are all our riches, and you suffice for us. Amen. (Adapted from a poem of Francis of Assisi)
*Processional Hymn 168 FOREST GREEN “I Sing the Mighty Power of God”
Welcome to Worshipers
Words of Dedication
Family Dedication Jim Dant
Gary and Laura Darnell with Grant James Darnell
Solo “Sometimes a Light Surprises” Craig Courtney
Words of Faith
Scripture Lesson Haggai 2:10-19 Dylan Rigg
page 768 of the Bible in the pew rack
Born thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a King,Born to reign in us forever, now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal Spirit rule in all our hearts along;By thine all-sufficient merit raise us to thy glorious throne.
*Invitation to Offering Emily Fayssoux
O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him. (Psalm 34:8)
Musical Offering arr. Shelton Ridge Love “The King of Love My Shepherd Is”
Introduction of New Members
Service and Fellowship of the Church
Business 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
*Choral Benediction Response Burton Bumgarner “On the Works of Our Hands”
On the work of our hands and the praise of our hearts,May the light of Thy countenance shine,
In the least ever faithful, abiding and true,Our service of joy shall be Thine.
May the halo of prayer, may the mantle of peaceAs heaven’s benediction descend,
Ordaining our lives for the mission of Christ,And love with our sacrifice blend.
– The Canterbury Shakers
Postlude “The Rejoicing” Charles Callahan
Our Service of Worship has ended.Our Worship through Service begins.
Call to Prayer “To You All Hearts Are Open” John Tirro
Pastoral Prayer
*Children’s Hymn 305 AUSTRIAN HYMN “Word of God, across the Ages”
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
Choral Worship “Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates” William Mathias
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, And be ye lift up ye ever-lasting doors,
And the King of glory shall come in.Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.
The Lord of hosts,He is the King of glory.
- Psalm 24:7-10
Sermon Ring Around the Collar Jim Dant
Words of Commitment
*Invitation Hymn HYFRYDOL “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
Come, thou long-expected Jesus, born to set thy people free;From our fears and sins release us; let us find our rest in thee.Israel’s strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art;
Dear desire of ev’ry nation, joy of ev’ry longing heart.