Big Bethel Youth Church Spring Festival May 23, 2015 12pm

SERVING IN TODAY’S WORSHIP EXPERIENCE
7 : 4 5 AM W ORSHIP E XPERIENCE
1 1 : 0 0 A M W ORSHIP E XPERIENCE
Acolytes:
Acolytes: Charis Eppes & Camron Eppes
Choir: The Bethel Chorale
Choir: The Bethel Chorale
Philippians: Racquel Battle/ Victoria White
Philippians: Linda Jolly/ Ruth McKenzie
Stewards: Sylvia McRae/ Alvin Francis
Stewards: Paulyne Morgan White/ Leslie Egbarin
Stewardesses: Eva B. Watson Stewardess Board
Stewardesses: Eva B. Watson Stewardess Board
Trustee: Janie Francis-Asante/ Oliver Hudson
Trustee: Martha Thomas/ Dennis Brazil, Sr.
Ushers: Samuel H. Giles Usher Board
Ushers: Samuel H. Giles Usher Board
OUR SICK AND SHUT IN
Sis. Lucille Burch, (404) 696-8524
Sis. Patricia Coles, (404) 254-4806
Sis. Jay Evans, (678) 467-2470
Bro. Horace Ford, (770) 478-3013
Sis. Daisy Gholston, (770)
439-9199
Sis. Jacquelyn Green,
(678) 580-1248
Sis. Ernestine Johnson
Sis. Ruth Lee, (478) 453-8514
Rev. Betty Miley, (770) 323-6841
Sis. Eleanor Miller, (678) 938-3338
Sis. Mary Miller, Summerset
Assisted Living Community
Sis. Latonya Milton
Sis. Dorothy Moreland,
(404) 691-0099
Sis. Ertha Poitier,
A. G. Rhodes Nursing Home
Sis. Joyce Spearman,
(404) 286-4891
Bro. Thomas Sullivan
Sis. Mildred Whalen,
(770) 603-8266
Big Bethel Campus Development Update!!!
The Development Taskforce is pleased to announce the selection of the team consisting of The Benoit Group, LLC and the HJ Russell & Company (hereafter TBG/HJR) to
partner with the Church in implementing the Campus Development Strategy. A presentation of the TBG/HJR plan will be made to the Church members at our next
Church Conference.
Weekly Scripture Reading
First Reading……....Acts 1:15-17,
21-26
Psalm…………………..……….Psalm 1
Second Reading…… 1 John 5:9-13
Gospel….……………...…John 17:6-19
Big Bethel
Youth Church
Spring Festival
May 23, 2015
12pm-4pm
Tickets are available
WELCOME TO BIG BETHEL AME CHURCH • ATLANTA
7:45AM & 11:00AM WORSHIP SERVICE
SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015
THE ORGAN PRELUDE……………..………………………………..………………………………..…….. PHILIP SKERRETT, JR.
THE PROCESSIONAL………......……………….……………….……………..……….WORSHIP & ARTS MINISTRY & MINISTERS
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 will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes
its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.
People: O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt God’s name together.
Minister: I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. Look to Him, and be
radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
.
People: O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt God’s name together.
Minister: This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble. The angel of
the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and delivers them.
People: O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt God’s name together.
Minister: O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in Him. O fear the Lord, you
His holy ones, for those who fear Him have no want.
People: O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt God’s name together.
Minister: The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come, O
children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. .
People: Come let us worship the Triune God together.
Psalm 34
THE HYMN OF PRAISE……………………………………………………………....A.M.E. Hymn # 21 - To God Be the Glory
1.
To God be the glory, great things He hath done; So loved He the world that He gave His Son, Who yielded
His life an atonement for sin, And opened the life gate that all may go in.
REFRAIN: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let
people rejoice! O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory, great things He
hath done.
2.
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, To every believer the promise of God; The vilest offender
who truly believes, That moment from Jesus, a pardon receives.
~~REFRAIN~~
3.
Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done, And great our rejoicing through Jesus the
Son; But purer, and higher, and greater will be Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.
~~REFRAIN~~
BIG BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH
WHERE “JESUS SAVES”
INVOCATION
THE CHORAL RESPONSE
THE WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC…………………………………...…………..………………………....THE BEHTEL CHORALE
THE RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE
1 JOHN 5:9-13
Minister:
9
Minister:
11
All
13
If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God
that he has testified to his Son.
People
10
Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God
have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
12
Whoever has the
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that
you have eternal life.
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 MARRIAGE RECOMMITTAL…………………………………………………………………….MARRIED COUPLES MINISTRY
THE WORSHIP THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION…………………………………………...SIGNS OF PRAISE MIME MINISTRY
THE WORSHIP IN 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………………………………………………………………………………………………....PASTOR FOSTER
THE WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC………………………….……………………...…..........................…THE BETHEL CHORALE
THE SERMON………………………..……...….… REV. GEORGE W. DAVIS / REV. LAIRALAINE WHITE
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
THE RECESSIONAL
THE DOXOLOGY
THE BENEDICTION……………………………………………………………………...…………….………..… PASTOR FOSTER
THE ORGAN POSTLUDE…...……………………………………………..…………………….…… WORSHIP & ARTS MINISTRY
BIG BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH
WHERE “JESUS SAVES”
OUR PREACHERS THIS MORNING
Rev. George W. Davis retired Itinerate Minister having been
ordained in the Atlanta North Georgia Conference of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church and pastored 4 years as a young minister in the conference
before moving to New York City. Rev. Davis pastored St. Paul Community
Church in New York City for 27 years.
After moving back to Atlanta, Rev. Davis volunteered as chaplain for the Big
Bethel Prison Ministry for 15 years. Rev. Davis is an active member in good and
regular standing here at Big Bethel AME Church.
Rev. Lairalaine Morgan White is an Itinerate Elder in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. As a native Atlantan, she has always had a
commitment to public service and activism/social justice for at-risk
youth. Her affiliations include the National Association for Business and
Professional Women, YouthSpark, Street Grace, National Association for the
Education of Young Children, the American Counseling Association and Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. After accepting the call into ministry in 1996, the
spirit directed her to dedicate her service to the ministry of church and
community development with an emphasis on church growth, mission and
evangelism.
In the summer of 2002, Reverend White assisted in the planning of a conference sponsored by the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts that focused on the social and spiritual
development of women in the Caribbean culture. In 2002, she developed and facilitated a workshop
on Evangelism and Church Growth in the Jamaica Conference of the 16th Episcopal District of the
AME Church. In addition to the 2005 development of LMW Ministries, 2010 gave birth to The
Evermore Group, Inc. which is an organization dedicated to developing communities through a
relationship with a consortium of churches across the state of Georgia. The main work of Evermore
provides a series of outreach opportunities and wellness workshops and features our Gift Retreat
which is an annual event focused on providing awareness on various aspects of health and wellness.
Since 2010, in addition to a 20 year career working with at-risk families and youth, she joined the
cause of homelessness and the eradication of Atlanta's domestic sex trafficking by accepting a position
with Covenant House of Georgia's Rites of Passage Program and also providing direct care services at
the Center for Children and Young Adults and Wellspring for Living.
Reverend White holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Texas Southern University, a
Masters of Divinity in Church Administration and Leadership from the Henry McNeil Turner
Seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia and a candidate for both
Masters of Arts in Psychology and Community Counseling from Argosy University and the Doctorate
in Ministry from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
BIG BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH
WHERE “JESUS SAVES”