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SECOND
BAPTIST CHURCH
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Forbidden fruit
creates many jams
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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
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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
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Happy Anniversary to all
MARRIED in May
Happy Birthday to all
BORN in May
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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
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