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Welcome to Big Bethel AME Church • Atlanta 7:30AM &10:00AM Worship Service Sunday, October 13, 2019

The Organ Prelude…..………..……………………………...……………………….….... Bro. Philip Skerritt, Jr.

The Processional….…..........…………….……….……………..……….Ministers, Choir, Stewards & Acolytes

The Doxology…………….……..……..…………………………………………………...……….A.M.E. Hymn No. 647

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

Praise Him above ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

The Call to Worship

Minister: I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord!” Our feet have

been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! (Psalm 122:1-2)

People: For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in

the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalm 84:10)

Minister: For the sake of the house of the Lord our God; I will seek your good. (Psalm 122:9)

People: They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God.

Minister: O Lord, I love the habitation of your house, and the place where your glory dwells.

People: But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. (Habakkuk 2:20)

Minister: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight,

O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

People: O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things! I will sing of loyalty and

of justice, to you, O Lord, I will sing. (Psalm 98:1,4)

The Hymn of Praise …………..………………...…..….AMEC Hymn #394 — We Are Often Tossed And Driven

1. We are often tossed and driven on the restless sea of time, Somber skies and howling tempests oft succeed a bright sun shine, In that land of perfect day, when the mists have rolled away, We will understand it better by and by.

REFRAIN: By and by, when the morning comes All the saints of God are gathered home, We'll tell the story how we overcome, For we'll understand it better by and by.

2. We are often destitute of the things that life demands, Want of food and want of shelter, thirsty hills and barren lands, We are trusting in the Lord, and according to His word, We will understand it better by and by.

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3. Trials dark on every hand, and we cannot understand, All the ways that God would lead us to that blessed Promised Land; But He guides us with His eye and we'll follow till we die, For we'll understand it better by and by

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Invocation

The Choral Response

The Worship Through Music…….………….....................................................Johnson-Schofield Male Choir The Responsive Scripture………………………………………………………………………….…...2 Timothy 2:8-15 Minister: 8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David--that is my gospel,

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Big Bethel AME Church 2019-2020 Trustee Board

Floyd Baxter – Pro Tem

Marcus Black

Dennis Brazil

Keith Burnett

Keith Halford

Oliver Hudson

Linda Jolly

Nannette McGee

Joseph Patterson

Annette Petty

Jeffery Robinson

James Rudd

Martha Thomas

Rosalind Thomas

Kerry Westbrook

Khamisi Walters

Shelly Webster

Linda Williams

Jory Young

Emeritus

Janie Asante

Amos McCrary

Georgianne Thomas

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2019-2020 Steward Boards Charles Zanders Steward Board Robert L. Brown Steward Board

Stanley Pritchett – Pro Tem Rosa Baxter

Marie Blake Shirlynn Bulls

Clarissa Carmichael Nicole Chapman

Timothy Crim William Coleman

Geri Dodson Jerome Crawl

Alvin Francis Williams Dye III

Yvette George Leslie Egbarin

Ed Jones Marvin Fleming

Rosalyn Johnson Stanley Foster

Everett Jolly Gordan Freeman

Tony Jones Fred Hughey

Arthur Maddox Morgan Johnson

Charles W. Moore Martinique Mix

Chris Parker Leslie Nobles

Bill Petty Tallulah Ragsdale

Bill Sisk Stephanie Stowe

Shirley Simmons Paulyne Morgan White

Samuel Stephens Lisa Whigham

Donna Williams Susan Wright

Steward Emeritus

Luel Sutton

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The Responsive Scripture…………………………………………………………………………………………………………2 Timothy 2:8-15

People: 9 for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

Minister: 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. People: 11 The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; Minister: 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; People: 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful-- for he cannot deny himself. Minister: 14 Remind them of this, and warn them before God that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. ALL: 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to

be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. The Preface to the Decalogue………………..………………………………….…….…..“From All That Dwell”

From all that dwell below the skies, let the Creator’s praise arise; let the Redeemer’s name be sung, through every land by every tongue.

The Summary of the Decalogue

And Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And the second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.

The Gloria Patri……………………………………………………………….…….…………………………………...#626

The Welcome to Big Bethel……………….…………..…………………………………..………Philippian Ministry

The Big Bethel Ministry Moments

The Installation of Officers

The Pastor’s Words

The Worship In Giving: tithes & offering

The Exercise of Christian Stewardship—Deuteronomy 14:27-29 27And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own. 28At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, 29so that the Le-vites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of

your hands.

The Choral Response………………………………….……………………….……………...……… A.M.E. Hymn #646

The Altar Call

The Worship Through Music…….……………...…............................................Johnson-Schofield Male Choir

The Sermon……..…….....……..………………………………….………...Pastor John Foster

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Invitation to Christian Discipleship

The Recessional

The Doxology

The Benediction

The Organ Postlude……………………………………………..………………….………. Bro. Philip Skerritt, Jr.

SERVING IN TODAY’S WORSHIP EXPERIENCE

10:00 7:30 Acolytes J’Aarionna Askins-Andrews & Kaylia Folds

Choir Johnson Schofield Male Choir Johnson Schofield Male Choir

Philippians Felecia Jones & Tisha Dease Anna Cornelious & Bridgett Smith

Stewardesses R.T. Bussey Stewardess Ministry R.T. Bussey Stewardess Ministry Stewards Ed. Jones & William Coleman Jerome Crawl & Marvin Fleming

Trustee Keith Halford & Raushan Murray Shelley Webster & Martha Thomas

Ushers Joseph Lane Male Usher Ministry Usherette Ministry #1

AV Ministry Phyllis Smiley &Diarra Davis Phyllis Smiley& Diarra Davis

Finance Team Team 1-B Team 1-A

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WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS

Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

First reading Psalm Second reading Gospel

October 13, 2019 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 Psalm 66:1-12

2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c Psalm 111

2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19

Let us remember our sick and shut-in with our cards & calls.

Sis. Patricia Coles (404) 254-4806

Bro. Horace Ford (770)478-3013

Bro. Marion Hopkins (404) 691-3615

Dr. Virgie Hopkins (404) 691-3615

Sis. Ernestine Johnson (404) 629-0984

Rev. Betty Miley (770) 323-6841

Bro. Jack Shannon (404) 691-4590

Sis. Joyce Spearman (404) 286-4891

Bro. Don Stewart (678) 289-2579

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