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Welcome to Big Bethel AME Church • Atlanta 10:00AM Worship Service Sunday, January 29, 2017

The Organ Prelude………..………………………………..…………………………………………………………………….. Phillip Skerrett, 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

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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……………………………………………….……….……………………….A.M.E. Hymn #221 How To Reach The Masses

1. How to reach the masses, those of every birth, For an answer Jesus gave the key; “And if I, if I be lifted up from the earth, Will draw all men unto Me”

~REFRAIN~ Lift Him up,... Lift Him up,... Still He speaks from eternity: “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, Will draw all men unto Me.”

2. Oh’ the worldi is hungry for the Living Bread, Lift the Savior up for them to see; Trust Him and do not doubt the words that He said, “I’ll

draw all men unto Me.”

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3. Don’t exalt the preacher, don’t exalt the pew, Preach the gospel simple full and free; Prove Him and you will find that promise is true, “I’ll

draw all men unto Me.”

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Invocation

The Choral Response

The Worship Through Music……………………….………………………………..……………………………………......Big Bethel Mass Choir

The Responsive Scripture………………………………………………………..………………………………...…………….………..Micah 6:1-8

Minister: 1 Hear what the LORD says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

People: 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a

controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Minister: 3 "O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer me!

People: 4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of slavery; and I sent before you

Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Minister: 5 O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and

what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the LORD."

People: 6 "With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

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The Responsive Scripture (continued)…………..………………………………………………………………………..…………..Micah 6:1-8

Minister: 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my

firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?"

ALL: 8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love

kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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………………………………………………………………………………..……………….…………...“Glory Be to the Father”

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

The Pastor’s Words

The Worship In Giving: tithes & offering

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

The Altar Call

The Worship Through Music………………………………………..…….…………………………………………..…....…Big Bethel Mass Choir

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

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

The Feast of Love

Hymn of Praise Hymn # 185 Oh, How I Love Jesus (There is a Name)

Reading of the Holy Scripture

Petitions

For The Unsaved

The Church/Church Family

For the Nation and All Government Officials

Song of Reconciliation I Need You, You Need Me (H. Walker)

Remarks Pastor John Foster

Love Feast Pastor and Ministerial Staff

The Recessional

The Doxology

The Benediction

The Organ Postlude…..……………………………………….……………………………..…………………….…… ……... Phillip Skerrett, Jr.

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PERSONS SERVING IN THE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE

10:00 Acolytes Linda & Brenda Smith

Choir Big Bethel Mass Choir

Philippians

Stewardesses Eva Watson Stewardess Ministry

Stewards

Trustees Annette Petty & Kerry Westbrooks/Dennis Brazil

Ushers Usherette Ministry #1

AV Ministry Phyllis Smiley& SirRyan May

Finance Team Team 1-B

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

Sis. Mildred Whalen,(770) 603-8266

Hearing God’s Word in the Sermon Since we forget 90% of what we hear, it has been suggested that note taking will double the percentage of our take home response. Why not try it

and see?

Points/Topics:

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WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS

Epiphany

Year A First reading Psalm

Fourth

Sunday

after the

Epiphany

January 29,

2017

Micah 6:1-8 Psalm 15

Second reading Gospel

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12

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