SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH th 919 6 Avenue, Rock Island, IL 61201 May 24, 2015 Monday, May 25 Reverend Joseph D. Williamson III, Pastor Reverend Carmen Ausborn, Senior Assistant to Pastor Reverend Damon Colvin Minister Bobby Wilson Church Mission Statement: “To Seek, To Save, To Serve “ 2015 Church Theme: “A Shelter in Time of Storm” “The Lord is my rock and my fortress: My deliverer” Psalm 18:2 May 24, 2015 We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who pride themselves on (one’s) position (or class status) and not on (one’s) heart. 2 Corinthians 5:12 *************************************************** WELCOME TO SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH We welcome you to Second Baptist Church! You may be a first-time visitor, but you’re no stranger. Please...make yourself at home! Feel free to praise and worship the Lord as the Spirit leads you! Thank you for joining with us in worship today! We would love to acknowledge your visit, so please ask the Usher for a Visitor Card ******************************************* OTHER CHURCH INFORMATION Pastor: Rev. Joseph D. Williamson, III: jdwilliamson@sbcri.org Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday… 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ** Pastor’s day off during the week is Friday** -Pastor is on call for emergencies, twenty-four hours/day- 309 788-1613 Church Office Business Hours: Monday – Thursday …. 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Friday ……................. .8:00 a.m. – noon Church Secretary & Administrative Assistant: email@sbcri.org Deacon on Call for May 24-30 - Ramar Scales Deaconess on Call for May - Dorothy Wilson & Joyce Colvin Church: 309 788-0677 Fax: 309 788-5028 E-Mail: email@sbcri.org Website: www.sbcri.org 2 May 24, 2015 Worship Service This is the house of God and He is here. Pray then to Him who loves you and bids you welcome. Give thanks for those in years past who built this place to His glory. Rejoice in His gifts of beauty in art, music, architecture, handicrafts. Worship Him, the one God Father of all through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Praise and Worship………………………………………………………… Prayer ……………………………………………………………………… Call to Worship Blessed Creator, as we come to praise and adore you, gather our hearts beyond our differences of personal, social, and economic status that we might worship in a spirit of unity and thanksgiving. Let us worship God! Responsive Reading Pastor: Most honorable Creator, help us express gratitude for all those we meet, that we might not let the trappings of class separate them or us from your love. Congregation: Knowing that the first shall be last and the last shall be first, bless us to raise the awareness of our churches and larger communities to always treat each other with dignity. Pastor: Whether rich or poor, educated or illiterate, talented or mediocre, churched or unchurched, we are all your children; none is superior or inferior for we all belong to you. Congregation: Bless us with a pride in the reality of your generosity and your file over us; give us discerning power so that we will not be trapped by exalted priced in material things and in position accorded us in this life. 3 May 24, 2015 Pastor: Whether rich or poor in goods or spirit, no place in life can offset the guilt we feel when we bring harm to our neighbor, and therefore, harm to the beauty of creation. ALL: May gifts, privilege, position, and accomplishments never separate us from our true selves, from the love of Christ Jesus, and from the anointing power of the Holy Spirit. Musical Selection…………………..…..……….…………… Choir Sanctuary Notes ……………………………………… Church Clerk Informal Moments/Operation Andrew……..…………...……. Pastor Ritual of Friendship…………………………………….….………... Shake hands and say ……………… “God loves you and so do I!” Altar Call ……………………………………………………………. Musical Selection.………………………..……………..….…. Choir Sermon ……………………………………………………………… Call to Discipleship……………………………………..…………… Offering Litany Psalm 16 Pastor: What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? Congregation: I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. ALL: I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people ************************************** THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Forbidden fruit creates many jams ************************************** 4 May 24, 2015 FROM THE PASTOR’S PEN Many times when we think about societal problems, we quickly contemplate matters of race and sometimes we consider gender, but we often forget about the reality of class as a marker of difference. Class is a way people define social groupings based on social relations, how people make money, how they determine what is important to them, their access to power, cultural privilege, and status in the community. We can figure out persons’ class by determining where they attended school,, their occupation, what they consider to be recreational or cultural events, how they dress, and what parts of society they have access to. Money is not the only determinant of class, though it is significant. How one relates to travel, vacations, geography, and history; the amount of exposure one has had to cultural activities like music, art, books, theater, and museums; and how one is able to make connections between facts learned are all related to one’s class. How one uses verbal and body language is based on social relationships, which are indicators of class. One’s class does not make one more intellectual or morally superior. Class happens to be indicator of how people relate to the world and is quite complicated. Rich people can be poor in spirit, and poor people can be rich in finding joy in life despite their circumstances. Both rich and poor can be victims. One’s class status does not indicate how hard one works. Poor people often work incredibly hard for little money God does not love us more or less because of class. This category of potential and possible discrimination, which we designate as “class,” is devised by human beings. God loves each of us unconditionally, not as members of a “class.” What’s in our pocketbooks, who we know, and what we have access to be irrelevant. God Bless, Pastor 5 May 24, 2015 NOTES ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 6 May 24, 2015 MINISTRY OF PRAYER Dylan Adams Shareese Banks JoAnn Boyd Agnes Brumfield Kerry Clark Naomi Fiebig Kevin Foulks James Freeman Rosa Gaghagen Deborah Garrett Ercell Gathright Althea Hickman Elizabeth King Betty Logan Shelia McCormick Marvin Montague Patricia Simmons in Washington, DC Kay Taylor-Myers MILITARY Marvin Hudson/Navy MEMORIAL DAY IS MONDAY, MAY 25! DAILY BIBLE READINGS Monday - Deuteronomy 4:32-40 Tuesday - James 3:1-5 Wednesday - Revelation 7:9-12 Thursday - Acts 2:8-13 Friday - Acts 2:14-21 Saturday - 1 Corinthians 14:6-12 Sunday - Acts 2:1-7, 12; & Corinthians 14:13-19 SICK AND SHUT-IN Cora Ballard Valeria Carr Phyllis Davis Ruth Davis Alma Dawson Latisha Forrest Herman Hall Janice McDonald Wardene Lampkin Naomi Momon ******************************* Happy Anniversary to all MARRIED in May Happy Birthday to all BORN in May ******************************* 7 May 24, 2015 PASTOR... jdwilliamson@sbcri.org ………. REV. JOSEPH D WILLIAMSON lll Senior Assistant to the Pastor ... carmenausborn@sbcri.org ..Rev. Carmen Ausborn Rev. Damon Colvin & Min. Bobby Wilson Deacon Ministry Chairman… .deacons@sbcri.org .….…....Deac. Ramar Scales Church Clerk … clerk@sbcri.org ……………………....….. Sis. Denise Yancy Church Treasurer……………………………………..……..… .Sis. Pati Finch Trustee Ministry Chairman. trustees@sbcri.org ..............Deac.. Hewell Colvin Director of Christian Education education@sbcri.org ..Deac. Deborah Taylor Dean of Christian Education .................................... Sis. Samme Montgomery Deaconess President .........................................................Deac. Deborah Taylor Admin. Assistant & Church Secretary email@sbcri.org Sis. Deborah Palmer PC & Technology Committee….. pc@sbcri.org ………...Deac. Jay McCowan Security & Safety........... security@sbcri.org ............... Deac. Jay McCowan Sunday School Superintendent..........................................Deac. Herbert Taylor Morning Star President..........................................................Sis. Marlene Toney Senior Usher Ministry President.......................................... .Bro. Greg Williams Junior Usher Coordinator................................................... Bro. Greg Williams Missionary Society President.................................................... Sis. Marge Avery Brotherhood President.............................................................. Bro. James Kerr Coordinator of Music.............................................................. Sis. Betty Foulks Youth Choir President ..........................................................Bro. AJay Williams Youth Choir Director.................................................................. Sis. Evelyn Gay Male Chorus President...........................................................Bro..Morris Palmer The Ultimate Sounds President..............................................Deac. Joyce Colvin Youth Director..........................................................................Sis. Bonnie Jacobs Culinary Chairman.............................................................Sis. Thanolia Hudson Inventory Kitchen Clerk……….……..……………………...Deac. Joyce Colvin Food Pantry Coordinator……………………………..…... Sis. Dorothy Cotton Wedding Coordinator. weddings@sbcri.org .........................Sis. Janet Johnson Trustee Helpers.............................................................................Sis. Vickie Shaw Common Passageway..........................................................Sis. Valerie Berryman Scholarship Committee...................................................... Sis. Vanessa Newkirk Voices of Adoration.....................................................................Sis. Toni Thomas Audio Video ……. audiovideo@sbcri.org............................Bro. Moses Robinson New Member’s Class Coordinator.......................................Deac. Hewell Colvin 8
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