The First Baptist Church at Worship

8th Sunday After Pentecost

July 30, 2017 10:00 AM

The Gathering

The Congregation is invited to meditate and contemplate during the Prelude.

THE PRELUDE Gregory Land, Organist

Piano Praise ...................................................... Dino Kartsonakis

Classic Settings of Beloved Hymn Tunes

Bless the Lord O My Soul We Shall Behold Him

His Eye Is On the Sparrow How Great Thou Art

In Praise to the Lord

ACOLYTES BRING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THE SANCTUARY

TO LIGHT THE CANDLES

THE RINGING OF THE CHIMES

A three-fold ringing of three signifies the presence of the triune God:

Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit.

CALL TO WORSHIP Rev. David Coggins

*PROCESSIONAL HYMN #581 I Love to Tell the Story HANKEY

William Gustavus Fischer was born October 14, 1835 in Baltimore,

Maryland and died August 13, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Son

of a German immigrant, Fischer showed musical ability at an early age.

When he was eight years old, he began singing in a German church in

Baltimore. He learned to read music in a church singing class, and

afterwards studied piano and organ. He learned bookbinding at J. B.

Lippincott’s in Philadelphia, but spent his evenings studying and

practicing music. He was an experienced trainer and leader of large

bodies of singers of all ages, and was much sought after to lead choirs.

*INVOCATION Rev. Coggins

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE We Are Standing On Holy Ground (SEE INSERT) Davis

We are standing on Holy Ground,

and I know that there are angels all around;

let us praise Jesus now.

We are standing in His presence on Holy Ground.

*WELCOME & PASSING THE PEACE Rev. Coggins

(Please register your attendance by filling out a yellow card from the pew rack and placing it in the offering bag this morning.)

We are invited to greet our nearest neighbors, extend our hand, and greet one another in the name of Christ.

(Please be seated.)

Reading & Proclaiming God’s Word

NEW TESTAMENT EPISTLE LESSON Nancy Kerr

1 Corinthians 13: If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of

angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging

cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all

mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to

remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give

away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I

may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or

arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable

or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the

truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things.

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an

end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will

come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only

in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an

end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child,

I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to

childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will

see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully,

even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love

abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Leader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. People: Thanks be to God!

*GOSPEL LESSON Rev. Mark Craig

Leader: The Gospel of the Lord according to Matthew. People: Praise be to you, O Christ.

Matthew 17:17-21: Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse

generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much

longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus

rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was

cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and

said, “Why could we not cast it out?” He said to them, “Because

of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a

mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to

there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Leader: For the Word of God in scripture, for the Word of God among us, for the Word of God within us.

People: Thanks be to God.

*THE FELLOWSHIP HYMN #641 Higher Ground Gabriel

Johnson Oatman was born near Medford, New Jersey on April 21,

1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the

son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church.

Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman

received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown and the

New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, New Jersey. At the age

of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was

granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly

ordained by Bishop Merrill.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Debby Menzel

(Following the message, children in preK-5 grades will be led downstairs for Sunday School. PreK-1 graders will be in Rm. #4. Grades 2-5 will be in Rm. #3B. Parents are asked to pick up their children after worship.)

CALL TO PRAYER #413 (Vs. 1) Dear Lord and Father of Mankind REST

Dear Lord and Father of mankind,

forgive our foolish ways;

reclothe us in our rightful mind;

in purer lives Thy service find,

in deeper reverence, praise.

PASTORAL PRAYER and Rev. Coggins

THE LORD’S PRAYER (Debts & Debtors)

ANTHEM Jerome Stueart, Tenor

You Raise Me Up

(Rolf Løvland, tune; Brendan Graham, lyrics)

THE SERMON Rev. Craig

“Ye of Little Faith”

The Response of God’s People

THE OFFERTORY Jerome Stueart, Tenor

Spirit, Open My Heart

(Ruth Duck, lyrics, 1992; WILD MOUNTAIN THYME)

*THE PRESENTATION OF GIFTS

(As the ushers move down the aisles, the congregation is asked to stand at the moment the ushers pass their pew. This presentation to God enacts our self-offering and gratitude to God.)

*OFFERTORY RESPONSE #667 (Vs. 3) As Saints of Old…

FOREST GREEN

In gratitude and humble trust we bring our best today,

to serve Your cause, to share Your love

and show to all Your way.

O God, who gave Yourself to us in Jesus Christ Your Son,

teach us to give ourselves each day

until life’s work is done.

*OFFERTORY PRAYER Nancy Kerr

INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP Rev. Craig

(Persons wishing to make known a decision to follow Christ as Lord or to join First Baptist Church are invited to come forward while the organist plays the first verse of the recessional hymn. You may join First Baptist Church by transfer of letter, statement of faith, or baptism. The pastor will greet you as you come forward this morning.)

ACOLYTES ENTER ON LAST VERSE OF HYMN

*HYMN OF RESPONSE #504 I Am Thine, O Lord Doane

This hymn is one of many hymns written by Fanny Crosby, a prolific

American hymn writer. The melody was composed by William

Howard Doane. The former was talking with the latter one night about

the proximity of God and penned the words before retiring for the

night.

ACOLYTES EXTINGUISH THE LIGHT AND LEAD THE PASTORS OUT,

SYMBOLICALLY CARRYING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD

*BLESSING WITH DISMISSAL Rev. Craig

*CONGREGATIONAL BENEDICTION #522 (Vs. 1) O Christ, the Way… ST. PETER

O Christ, the Way, the Truth, the Life,

be with us now, we pray;

direct our steps as we go forth to do Your will this day.

*POSTLUDE Gregory Land

Miriam’s Dance ................................ Joel Martinson

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

-Exodus 15:20

At the close of today’s service, the Lord’s Supper will be

celebrated in the Chapel located to the left of the chancel.

Immediately following the Lord’s Supper, a service of prayer

for healing will also be held. The service consists of prayers

for healing and wholeness, with anointing and laying on of

hands. All are invited.

Prayer for the Armed Forces

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace, strengthen them in their trials and temptations, give them courage to face the perils which beset them, and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayers of the People

(If you have someone you’d like to add or remove, please let us know.)

Sharon Appelt Bev Harrell Gretchen Root

Glen & Barbara Babb Treva Jenkins Ryan Family

Kenneth Barger Dr. Ernest Jones John Scully

Louise Barger Gregory Land Judy See

Jennifer Bechtel Jim Landis Judy Smith

Jessica Blair Patti Landis Ev Telljohann

Maureen Bolinger Vincent Liss Jim Veghte

Jessica Brown Jennifer Loxley Sara Vice

Ana Rosa Campos Claude Malone Harold & Janet West

Janett Cavender Luann Meador Tattie Williams

Andy Collier Miles-Curry Family Judy Williams

Marilyn Craig Janet Moore Warren Williams

Pamela Cress Laurel Owen Peggie Worthey

Rolf Dahle David J. Palmer Karl Yost

Bill Davis Rose Peacock

Florida Dixon Brad Pipenger Military Duty: Bill Earnest Willard Rankin Sebastian Ewald

Lavanda Ferguson Dan Reedy Brittany Kalbfleisch

Tom Glass Susan Reichard Andy Wilson

Iglesia Bautista Dios Compasivo (El Salvador)

LEAD at NEON

Free film! TODAY @ 3 pm @ The Neon

Free to Ride documents the LEAD (Leaders for Equality and Action in

Dayton) advocacy achieving Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority

bus service to Beavercreek. Persons can now take public

transportation to jobs and health care in the area of the Fairfield Mall. A

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Department civil

rights suit filed by LEAD through ABLE (Advocates for Basic Legal

Equality) took the Beavercreek City Council from a ‘no’ vote for the

RTA service extension application to a ‘yes’ vote. The City did not wish

to lose federal highway monies. The Ohio State University’s Kirwan

Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity produced an award-

winning documentary on the advocacy process. At the (Washington)

DC 2017 Independent Film Festival with some 8000 film entries, some

200 of which were documentaries, Free to Ride was named Best

Documentary.

Guest Organist August 6th

Fred Chatfield will serve as guest organist at our worship service on

Sunday, August 6. Fred is no stranger to the Dayton area where he has

served as music director at Christ United Methodist Church in

Kettering. He is a graduate of Yale and is also an ordained minister. He

has performed as an organist and recitalist throughout the country and

has been featured with the Dayton Philharmonic.

First Baptist Church of Dayton

8th

Sunday after pentecost

July 30, 2017

Our Mission Statement:

To celebrate God's love as a community of believers

in Jesus Christ through worship, education,

fellowship, and outreach to others.

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