A Service of Psalms and Prayers

The soloist today is Priscilla Harris.
The deacon assisting in worship today is Mary Pyett. Mary is the
GAIHN coordinator for FBG and serves on the GAIHN board. She also
participates in the Intercessory Prayer Group. Mary and her husband, Rob,
are members of the Sanctuary Choir and the Price Class. They have three
children and two grandchildren.
The acolytes are Jordan Manning and Kathleen Way.
The flowers in the Sanctuary are given in memory of Ruth and Henry
Little with love and gratitude by their family.
Music selections today include: “Untitled Hymn” (Come to Jesus) by
Chris Rice, arranged by Robert Sterling, Clumsy Fly Music (admin. by Word
Music, LLC), 2002; “Psalm 86” by Carl J. Nygard Jr., Hinshaw Music, Inc.,
1984; and “Softly and Tenderly” by Raymond Brown in The Way I Feel: Nine
Vocal Solos as Sung by Cynthia Clawson, ASCAP, Triune Music, Inc., 1977.
Looking Ahead
August 2-9
August 16, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Host GAIHN Guests
Youth Crossover with Rising 6th
and 7th Grades
August 2
August 23, 9:15 a.m.
Youth Afternoon Pool Party
Promotion Sunday
August 3, 10:30 a.m.
August 23, 10:30 a.m.
Roadrunners to Strawberry Hill,
Gaffney, SC
Jim Dant, Proclaimer
August 9, 9:30 a.m.
7 Vocations of Christ Joint Sunday
School (Fellowship Hall)
August 23, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Parent/Youth Night (Fellowship
Hall)
August 9, 10:30 a.m.
August 26, 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday Activities Resume
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Supper/Children’s Missions/
Children’s Choirs/MidWeek
Fellowship/Sanctuary Choir
Rehearsals
Jim Dant, Proclaimer
Furman Singers Reunion Choir
August 11, 6:30 p.m.
BAPTISTRY FLOWERS
Youth Meet for Greenville Drive
Game
August 29-30
Bible Conference with Augusta
Heights Baptist Church
August 16, 9:15 a.m.
Minister: The white rose on the baptistry today is in memory of ...
People: Lord, have mercy.
Minister: The red rose on the baptistry today is in honor of ...
People: Thanks be to God.
Adult Sunday School Teachers
and Leaders Meeting
(Fellowship Hall)
August 30, 10:30 a.m.
Greg Dover, Proclaimer
August 16, 10:30 a.m.
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Communion
Jim Dant, Proclaimer
Financial Needs as of 8/1
$1,326,930
Receipts as of 7/22
$1,206,215
Mary Carol Anderson
Kyle Matthews
Bootie Cothran
Juli Morrow
Youth and Recreation
Media and Technology
Jim Dant
Worship Arts
Preschool
Rosemary New
Senior Minister
Infant-Toddler Program
Vivian Hamilton
Kendra Plating
Priscilla Harris
Becky Ramsey
Jenna Manning
Jeanie Reed
Music and Worship
Children’s Music
Church Operations
Pastoral Care
Children
Youth Music
Frank A. Smith
August 2, 2015
Kathy Stewart
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Neighborhood Partnership and
Christian Fellowship
Kindergarten
Laura Stout
Missions
Charles Tompkins
Organist
Baxter M. Wynn
Pastoral Care and
Community Relations
Matt Rollins
Spiritual Formation and Outreach
Sunday morning worship service broadcasts:
WLFJ-AM 660 and FM 92.9
www.firstbaptistgreenville.com/watchlisten-live/
Links to view or listen to previous services are also available.
© 2015 First Baptist Church, Greenville, SC (all rights reserved)
A Service of Psalms
and Prayers
A Community of Believers. Each Member A Minister.
First Baptist Church
847 Cleveland Street
Greenville, South Carolina 29601-4495
(864) 233-2527 www.firstbaptistgreenville.com
Ten Thirty O’clock
Congregational Response“To You All Hearts Are Open”
Prayers of Welcome
The Psalm
Psalm 122:1
John Tirro
Sermon
Simple Prayers
Musical Meditation
Frank Smith
“Softly and Tenderly”
Raymond Brown
Please come forward during this music if you wish to confess your faith or identify
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with this fellowship. A minister will greet and receive you.
God Welcomes Us
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Lord God, you called us from the sleep of nothingness merely
because in your tremendous love you wanted to make
good and beautiful beings.
Offertory Sentences
You have called us by name in our mothers’ wombs. You have
given us breath and life and movement and walked
with us every moment of our existence.
I am amazed, Lord God of the universe, that you attend to us.
Even more, you cherish us.
Prayers of Intercession
The Psalm
– Joseph Tetlow, SJ
*Hymn of Gathering 183
MY SAVIOR’S LOVE
“I Stand Amazed in the Presence”
Musical Meditation
“Psalm 86”
Carl J. Nygard Jr.
Welcome of New Members
Congregational Response“To You All Hearts Are Open”
John Tirro
The Psalm
Psalm 25:1-5
Service and Fellowship of the Church
*Doxology (Hymn 32)
Mary Carol Anderson
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Meditation Reading
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“Trust in the Slow Work of God”
(1881-1955)
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LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God above, ye heav’nly host;
Creator, Christ and Holy Ghost.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Vivian Hamilton
*Hymn of Trust 238 HE LEADETH ME
“He Leadeth Me! O Blessed Thought”
Prayers of Comfort
*Benediction
Now go calmly in peace
For we have a good escort
Moment of Silence
Musical Meditation
“Untitled Hymn” (Come to Jesus)
Musical Offering
Allegretto
Felix Mendelssohn
(from Sonata in B-flat, Opus 65 No. 4)
Prayers of Benediction
Prayers of Discernment
We welcome those who are visiting with us today. Please
complete a welcome card located in the pew rack and place it
in the offering plate. You may also take it to the Reception Desk
following worship where visitors will be presented a gift.
Psalm 121:1-3
Kyle Matthews
Prayers of Intercession
Welcome of Worshipers
The Psalm
Murmuring Prayers of Thanksgiving
Psalm 86:1-5
Create in us a faithfulness that moves you.
Mary Pyett
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We will trust you and yearn for you in this hour and for all our
days. Amen.
Psalm 118:1
God who has created us has sent the Holy Spirit
Chris Rice
Congregational Response“To You All Hearts Are Open”
John Tirro
Who guards us as a mother does tenderly love her child. Amen.
Postlude Chalice Prayer
Choral in E major
Joseph Jongen
Prayers of Confession
The Psalm
Psalm 51
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Jim Dant
Our Service of Worship has ended.
Our Worship through Service begins.