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Welcome to Big Bethel AME Church • Atlanta, Georgia 10:00AM Worship Service

SUNDAY, July 23, 2017

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

The Processional………......……..………………….………………..….Ministers, Stewards, Choir & 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 # 60 We’ll Praise the Lord

1. We’ll praise the Lord for He is great, And in His presence angels wait; All heaven is swelling with His praise, Shall we not, too, our anthems raise? Refrain: O we will praise Him, O we will praise Him, O we will praise His holy name! O we will praise Him, O we will praise Him, O we will praise His holy name!

2. We’ll praise the Lord for He is wise, His wisdom shines through all the skies The earth He measures with a span, And crown us with His image man. ~Refrain~ 3. O praise Him for His name is love, and from His glorious throne above He bends to welcome our weak praise Shall we not, too, our anthems raise? ~Refrain~

Invocation

The Choral Response

The Worship Through Music……….………………...……..……...……………...……The Big Bethel Praise Team

The Responsive Scripture……………………………………………………………………………….Romans 8:12-17 Minister: 12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh -

“JESUS SAVES“ 7 “

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The Responsive Scripture (Continued)…………………………………...………………………….Romans 8:12-17

People: 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Minister: 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. People: 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" Minister: 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ALL: 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ--if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.,

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”

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

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

The Pastor’s Words

The Big Bethel Ministry Moment...……………………………………………………..……….Christian Education

Worship through Creative Expression……………..……………….….…...…… Kwanzaa-Sol Dance Ministry

The Worship Through Giving: tithes & offering

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

“All things come of Thee, O Lord; and of Thine own have we given Thee. Amen.

The Altar Call

The Worship Through Music…………………..….………………..……………………The Big Bethel Praist Team

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

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

The Recessional

The Doxology

The Benediction

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

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Sis. Mildred Whalen,(770) 603-8266

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

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS

Season after

Pentecost

Year A

First* reading and

Psalm

Alternate* First

reading and Psalm

Seventh

Sunday

after Pen-

tecost

July 23,

2017

Genesis 28:10-

19a Psalm

139:1-12, 23-24

Wisdom of Solo-

mon 12:13, 16-19

or Isaiah 44:6-8

Psalm 86:11-17

Second reading Gospel

Romans 8:12-

25

Matthew 13:24-

30, 36-43

SERVING IN TODAY ’S

WORSHIP EXPRERIENCE

10:00 Acolytes Paige Thomas & McMillon Camp

Choir Big Bethel Praise Team Philippians Robbie Bray & Olivia Alston Stewardesses R.T.Bussey Stewardess Ministry Stewards Rosa Baxter & Shirley Simmons

Trustees Joseph Patterson & Nannette McGee

Ushers Usherette Ministry #3 AV Ministry Phyllis Smiley & SirRyan May Finance Team Team 2-B

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SCHOLARSHIP

Dr. Nellie W. Adams Mr. Michael Brown Ms. Shirlynn Bulls

Mrs. Donna Crim Dr. John Gaston

Dr. Shirley Duhart Green Mrs. Azira G. Hill

Dr. Virgie Madison Hopkins Mr. Guy Howard

Mr. Robert Johnson Ms. Nannette McGee Dr. Price M. Michael* Mr. Joseph E. Patterson

Dr. Sharon Pritchett Ms. Susie M Senter

Mrs. Mattye Sullivan Ms. Vera Thomas

Ms. Shawn Tidwell Mr. Khamisi Walters

Dr. Jamye C. Williams Dr. McDonald Williams

Dr. Charleise Young

*Chairperson

Thank you Big Bethel Family and Friends

The Big Bethel AME Church Scholarship Committee thanks you for your continued support of the Scholarship fund. Since 2000, we have been able to assist our Big Bethel Students with Scholarships and financial support in the amount of over $119,000.00.

Please continue to pray for this program, and please continue to contribute each year.

The Committee