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Welcome to Big Bethel AME Church • Atlanta 7:30AM & 10:00AM Worship Service

Sunday, March 24, 2019

The Organ Prelude………..………………………………..……..…………………...………………. Kelvin Thompson

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………………………………………...…………………..….AME Hymn #461 — Love Lifted Me 1. I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore, Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more, But the Master of the sea, heard my despairing cry, From the waters lifted me, now safe am I. Refrain: Love lifted me! Love lifted me! When nothing else could help Love lifted me! Love lifted me! Love lifted me! When nothing else could help Love lifted me! 2. All my heart to Him I give, ever to Him I’ll cling. In His blessèd presence live, ever His praises sing, Love so mighty and so true, merits my soul’s best songs, Faithful, loving service too, to Him belongs. 3. Souls in danger look above, Jesus completely saves ,He will lift you by His love, out of the angry waves. He’s the Master of the sea, billows His will obey, He your Savior wants to be, be saved today. The Invocation

The Choral Response

The Worship Through Music………………………...…Big Bethel Praise Team/Bearden-Scott Youth Choir

The Responsive Scripture………………………………………………….………………………..………...Psalm 63:1-8

Minister: 1 O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

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Tuesday, March 26th

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The Responsive Scripture (Continued) …………………………………………………………....……...Psalm 63:1-8

People: 2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.

Minister: 3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

People: 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

Minister: 5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips People: 6 when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; Minister: 7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. ALL: 8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

The Preface to the Decalogue………………………………..………………………………….……...AME Hymn #69

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……………………………………………………………….……………………………AME Hymn #627

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

The Big Bethel Ministry Moment Heritage & History Ministry

The Pastor’s Words

The Worship Through Creative Expression Kwanza-Sol Dance Ministry

The Worship In Giving: tithes & offering

The Exercise of Christian Stewardship— Proverbs 11:24-25 (NIRV)

24Some give freely but get even richer. Others don't give what they should but get even poorer. 25Anyone who

gives a lot will succeed. Anyone who renews others will be renewed.

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

The Altar Call

The Worship Through Music…………………..………Big Bethel Praise Team/Bearden-Scott Youth Choir

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

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

The Recessional

The Doxology

The Benediction

The Organ Postlude………...…………………………………..……………………...……….……..Kelvin Thompson

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SERVING IN TODAY’S WORSHIP EXPERIENCE

10:00 7:30

Acolytes Marcus and Joshua Aiken Stewards

Choir Bearden-Scott Youth Choir Big Bethel Praise Team

Philippians Anna Cornelious Racquel Battle

Stewardesses R.T. Bussey Stewardess Ministry R.T. Bussey Stewardess Ministry

Stewards Charles Moore & Martinique Mix Everett Jolly & Susan Wright

Trustees Keith Halford & Raushan Murray Shelley Webster & Martha Thomas

Ushers Usherette Ministry #3 Usherette Ministry #3

AV Ministry Phyllis Smiley & Diarra Davis Tallulah Ragsdale & Marvin Fleming

Finance Team Team 2-B Team 2-A

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS

Third Sunday after the Epiphany

First reading Psalm Second reading Gospel

March 24, 2019 Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Luke 13:1-9

Let us remember our sick and shut-in with our cards

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

Sis. Dawn Montgomery (404)345-1814(text)

Bro. Jack Shannon (404) 691-4590

Sis. Joyce Spearman,(404) 286-4891

Bro. Don Stewart (678)-289-2579

Sis. Vera Thomas (404) 218-5399

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