First Baptist Church847 Cleveland Street Greenville, South Carolina 29601-4495 (864) 233-2527 www.firstbaptistgreenville.com

A Community of Believers. Each Member A Minister.

Mary Carol AndersonYouth and Recreation

Bootie CothranMedia and Technology

Jim DantSenior Minister

Vivian HamiltonMusic and Worship

Priscilla HarrisChildren’s Music

Jenna ManningChurch Operations

Kyle MatthewsWorship Arts

Juli MorrowPreschool

Rosemary NewInfant-Toddler Program

Kendra PlatingPastoral Care

Becky RamseyChildren

Jeanie ReedYouth Music

Matt RollinsSpiritual Formation and

Outreach

Frank A. SmithNeighborhood Partnership and Christian Fellowship

Kathy StewartKindergarten

Laura StoutMissions

Looking Ahead

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.

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September 20, 9:30amRoadrunners to Pisgah Inn and

NC Arboretum

September 21Wednesdays at First

September 24SEE Retreat (Praying in Color)

September 25New Baby Breakfast

September 25, 10:30amJim Dant, ProclaimerAcolyte DedicationBible Presentation to 3rd Graders

September 25Middle School Missions Sunday

September 25-October 4Directory Photos

September 25, 3:00pmYouth College Conversation

(AYMC)

September 25, 5:00-7:00pmSunday Night Live for Youth

September 25, 6:30pmCharles Kimball (Sanctuary)

September 28Wednesdays at First

October 2, 9:30amProtecting Our Children (E-317)

October 2, 10:30amWorld Communion SundayJim Dant, Proclaimer

October 2, 3:00pmCharles Tompkins Organ Concert

October 2, 6:30pmBlessing of the Pets Service

(Prayer Labyrinth)

October 5Wednesdays at First

October 6, 2:00pmVictor Wooten Master Class

(Sanctuary)

October 7, 10:30amFirst Friday Lunch and More

(Fellowship Hall)

October 9, 10:30amChildren’s SabbathKendra Plating, Proclaimer

October 9, 4:30pmChurch-wide Picnic

Our Service of Worship has ended.Our Worship through Service begins.

The acolytes today are Briley Gray and Elle LaForge.

Elaine Graybeal is serving as our interim organist.

The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. David Hamilton serve as our guest musicians for worship. SCGSAH is a public, residential high school offering complete arts and academic curricula for gifted students from across the state. The SCGSAH Wind Ensemble offers students an opportunity to study and perform music written for large and small combinations of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. The Wind Ensemble has presented concerts around the state performing at the Peace Center in Greenville, the Brooks Center in Clemson, the Verne Smith Auditorium at Greenville Tech, as well as other venues. In 2002 and 2003, the Wind Ensemble performed for President George W. Bush on his visits to Greenville, and in 2001 received the Concert Achievement Award from the S.C. Band Directors Association. The ensemble performs works from the standard repertory, spanning a period from the sixteenth century to the present.

The flowers in the Sanctuary are given by Cindy Coggins in loving memory of her parents, Harry and Hazel Coggins, on the occasion of their anniversary, and her sister, Becky Coggins.

Portions of today’s liturgy adapted from Call to Worship: Lectionary Aids for 2015-2016, Year C, © 2015 Office of Theology and Worship Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Musical selections today include: “A Song of Peace” by Jean Sibelius, arranged by Johnnie Carl, edited by Don Neuen, © 2011 Choristers Guild; “St. Patrick’s Hymn” by Dan Forrest, © 2011 Hinshaw Music, Inc.; and “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” by Peter C. Lutkin, © 1961 Summy-Birchard Company.

September 18, 2016

Ten Thirty O’clock

Financial Needs as of 9/17$1,778,849

Receipts as of 9/14$1,617,108

Church Conferenceand

Baked Potato Bar Fundraiserfollowing worship

Fellowship Hall

*Please stand as you are able. Please silence all electronic devices.Please contact an usher for a hearing aid receiver or magnifying glass.

Choral Worship “St. Patrick’s Hymn” Dan Forrest

May the strength of God pilot us, May the wisdom of God instruct us,

May the hand of God protect us, Be always ours this day and forevermore.

– St. Patrick, 5th century

Sermon Lessons from a Crook Jim Dant

Words of Commitment

*Hymn of Decision 345 LANCASHIRE “Lead On, O King Eternal”

Invitation to Offering

No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. (Luke 16:13 )

Musical Offering “Amazing Grace” Frank Ticheli

Introduction of New Members

Service and Fellowship of the Church

Words of Praise

*Doxology (Hymn 32) 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!

*Benediction

*Choral Benediction Response Peter C. Lutkin “Amen”

*Postlude James Denton Chorale and Fugue on “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”

Words of Welcome

Prelude “On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss” David Holsinger

Call to Worship Kyle Matthews

O people of God, praise the Lord!

Blessed is God’s name forever.

From break of day to setting sun,

Let us praise the name of the Lord.

*Hymn of Procession 40 LOBE DEN HERREN “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”

Welcome of Worshipers

Choral Worship “A Song of Peace” FINLANDIA Jean Sibelius, arr. Johnnie Carl, ed. Don Neuen

This is my song, O God of all the nations,A song of peace for lands afar and mine;

This is my home, the country where my heart is,This is my hope, my hope, my dream, my shrine;

But other hearts in other lands are beating With hopes and dreams the same as yours and mine.

My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean,And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine.

But other lands have sunlight, too, and clover, And skies are sometimes, sometimes blue as mine.

O hear my song, O God of all the nations,A song of peace for their land and mine.

May truth and freedom come to every nation,May peace abound where strife has raged so long.

That all may seek to love and build togetherA world united righting every wrong,A world united in its love of freedom,

Proclaiming peace together in one song!This is my song, O God, Amen!

– Lloyd Stone and Georgia Harkness

Words of Faith

Scripture Lesson Luke 16:1-13 Kendra Plating

page 851 of the Bible in the pew rack

Call to Prayer “Come and Fill Our Hearts” Jacques Berthier

Pastoral Prayer

*Hymn of Illumination 155 BROTHER JAMES’ AIR “God Is My Shepherd”

Call to Confession

We are broken vessels that hold no water, yet God is gracious to us. Trusting in God’s grace, let us confess our sin.

Prayer of Confession

Sovereign God, we come to you in confession. We have not turned away from sin. We seek our own self-interest instead of serving others. We glorify power and wealth instead of worshipping you. Forgive us, God of grace. Teach us to treasure your gifts and to seek the good of all, so that we may be a blessing; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Declaration of Forgiveness

As a potter holds a piece of clay, God holds and shapes our lives. In the name of Jesus Christ we are forgiven!

Thanks be to God.