Identity•Values•Mission
January 12, 2014 Baptism of the Lord Calvary Baptist Church Washington, DC
THE PEOPLE OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH GATHER FOR
THE WORSHIP
OF
GOD
JANUARY 12, 2014
11:00 A.M.
BAPTISM OF THE LORD We are an ecumenical, multi-racial, multi-ethnic Christian body that reaches out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. To that end we strive to be welcoming, responsive, trusting and prayerful in everything we do. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
G ATHERING FOR W ORSHIP PRELUDE
CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP
Choral Prelude on ADESTE FIDELES Jeanne Demessieux (1921 – 1968) John Dautzenberg, Organ Water, River, Spirit, Grace PLEADING SAVIOR
Sanctuary Choir WELCOME
Amy Butler
HYMN 176
Sing of God Made Manifest SALZBURG
CALL TO WORSHIP Amy Butler We come to the waters to be cleansed to be nourished to be refreshed. The grime of life and worry and sin and death wears on us. We long to be cleansed so that our souls can be free, nourished, so that our lives may be graced, refreshed so that our footsteps will be guided. We come to the waters … as he came to the waters. God calls us from death to rebirth, from dreams to life, from yesterday to tomorrow. We are cleansed and nourished and refreshed. Thanks be to God. Let us worship God! INVOCATION PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Amy Butler Edgar Palacios
La paz del Señor sea contigo. Y contigo también. The peace of the Lord be with you. And also with you. CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE
Make Us One
MAKE US ONE
Make us one, Lord, make us one; Holy Spirit, make us one. Let your love flow so the world will know we are one in you. Congregation standing; la congregación se pone de pie. Congregational responses in bold. Page numbers refer to Sanctuary Bibles. Audio enhancement devices available for use during worship. Please ask an usher for assistance. Respuestas congregacionales en negrita. Las páginas se refieren a las Biblias en el santuario. Para Biblias en español o traducción del servicio en español, por favor hablar con un ujier.
A SERVICE OF BLESSING
Amy Butler Edgar Palacios
Finoula Sullivan Scheiber Cormac Sullivan Scheiber Pastor Amy: We gather today to give our welcome, thanks, and support as we bless and welcome Fin and Cormac. We give thanks to our Creator for the gift of these children. They were created in God’s image and gifted to this world with the intention and anticipation of great blessing. Today we embrace them as part of this community by formally giving them their names. Pastor Edgar: Together we pledge our support to their family, recognizing that we all have the responsibility to care for them and nurture them as they grow. Pastor Amy: Amy, what names do you give these children? Pastor Amy: Amy, Fin and Cormac are not only your children but also children of God. To you is entrusted the sacred joy and privilege of guiding their lives with all of their possibilities and promise. You are tasked with teaching them to know and love God, and to love their neighbors. Do you promise, to the best of your ability by your example, your teaching, and your love, to nurture your children in this way? Pastor Amy: Members and friends, adults, youth, and children of Calvary Baptist Church, will you please rise as you are able? No child grows up outside the influence of her community, and no parent raises a child alone. We are now charged with loving and supporting this family. As their church family, do you promise to love them, to offer them your steady presence and best selves, to nurture and sustain them all as they learn and grow and change together? People: We do. Prayer of Blessing Edgar Palacios
L IVING THE W ORD OF G OD HEBREW LESSON, P. 1 PSALTER 737 We read and sing responsively.
EPISTLE LESSON, P.895 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Genesis 1: 1 – 5, 26 – 27, 31a Trey Sullivan Psalm 29 Natalie Barrens-Rogers, Cantor Acts 10: 34 - 43 Edgar Palacios Alleluia Robert F. Twynham (1930 - 2011) Natalie Barrens-Rogers, Cantor
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! A voice from heaven said: This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Adapted from Matthew 3
GOSPEL LESSON, P. 784
Matthew 3: 13 - 17 Amy Butler
This is the Gospel of Christ. MUSICAL MEDITATION
Thanks be to God.
I’ll Make Me a Man Spiritual / arr. Roland Hayes (1887 - 1977) Elizabeth Beavers, Mezzo-Soprano
Then God walked around, and God looked around on all that He had made. He looked at His sun, He looked at His moon and His little stars. He looked on His world with all its living things, and God said: I’m lonely still. God sat down on the side of a hill, God sat down where He could think. God sat down by a deep, wide river, God sat down with His head in His hands. God thought and thought, ‘til He thought: I’ll make me a man. Up from the bed of the river, God scooped the clay. And by the bank of the river, God kneeled Him down. And there this great God almighty!—Who lit the sun and fixed it in the sky, Who flung the stars to the most far corners of the night, Who rounded the earth in the hollow of His hand—this great God, like a mammy bending over her babe, kneeled down in the dust, toiling over this lump of clay ‘til He shaped it in His own image. Then into it He blew the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Trey Sullivan
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. SERMON
REMEMBERING OUR BAPTISM
What God Really Thinks of You Amy Butler Water, River, Spirit, Grace PLEADING SAVIOR
What ruler wades through murky streams and bows his head beneath the wave mindless of how the world esteems those who are powerful and brave? Refrain: Water, River, Spirit, Grace sweep over me, sweep over me! Recarve the depths your fingers traced in sculpting me, sculpting even me. Christ gleams with water brown with clay from the land the prophets trod above while heaven’s clouds give way descends the dove of our living God. Refrain. Come bow beneath the flowing wave Christ stands here with us, at our side and raises us, as from the grave God raise his Son, the crucified. Refrain. --Thomas H. Troeger, adapted
G IVING AND S ERVING INVITATION
Amy Dale
MUSICAL OFFERING
Echo Gloria Jon Paige and J. Paul Williams Sanctuary Choir
HYMN 50
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Amy Dale
B ECOMING D ISCIPLES INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP HYMN 365
Amy Butler Wash, O God, Your Sons and Daughters
BEACH SPRING During the singing, we invite you to come forward if you wish to make a public commitment to C join our community of faith. If you are interested in membership or have questions about Calvary, please contact the Church Office.
WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS We give thanks that you have been guided by the hand of God to this community of faith. We pledge to love each other and to work to grow into the fullness of Christ together. Amen. BENEDICTION POSTLUDE
Amy Butler Improvisation on MENDELSSOHN John Dautzenberg, Organ
During the Postlude, we invite you to sit and listen, or to exit quietly if you prefer. Following worship, please join us in Woodward Hall, to the left as you exit the Sanctuary, for refreshments and a time of fellowship. Visitors, we look forward to greeting you! Scripture passages for January 19, Second Sunday after the Epiphany, are Isaiah 49: 1 – 7; Psalm 40: 1 – 11; 1 Corinthians 1: 1 – 9; John 1: 35 – 42. Make Us One. Words and Music: Carol Cymbala, ©1991 Word Music, Inc. and Carol Joy Music c/o Integrated Copyright Group. All rights reserved. Words reprinted under CCLI #430459. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow. Words: Thomas Ken, 1674; adapt. Gilbert H. Vieira, 1978. Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. All rights reserved. Words reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-719662. Water, River, Spirit, Grace. Based on the hymn, What Ruler Wades through Murky Streams, aka What King Would Wade through Murky Streams, words by Thomas H. Troeger, © 1984, rev 1993, Oxford University Press Inc. Licensed under OneLicense.net #A-719662. Adapted by Cheryl Branham.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER Maria Bensussen, Ryan Harvey’s grandmother; Sara Bermúdez, Lorena Pereira’s mother; Cristina Chacón; Sophie Cho, Cindy Cho’s niece; Roberta Clyburn, Janice Glover’s sister; Betty Crudup; Carolyn Crumpler, Amy Crumpler Shaw’s grandmother; James Dunn; Kimberly Durham-Bates; Catherine Friesen Michelle Harris-Love’s friend; Gail Ousley Gibson, Ben and Natalie Barrens Rogers’ friend; Jenny Goon; Janet Grove; Carmen James, Corina López’s friend; Betty Johanna, John AppiahDuffell’s friend; Aileen Jones, Kathie Lansing’s mother; the family and friends of Meredith Mathis’ father who died; Sabrina McEwen, Sarah Livingston’s daughter; Al Nielsen; Amelia Powell, Andrea Powell’s mother; Dickie Powell, Eva Powell’s father; Amelia Rogers, Ben Rogers’ mother; Jingman Shan, Lu Shan’s father; Scott Singley, Courtney Rice’s brother-in-law; Clyde Sisk, Kim Sisk’s mother; Carol Sunde; the family and friends of Bob Wood’s father who died Tuesday, January 7. WORSHIP
Identity•Values•Mission. During Epiphany we read the stories of Jesus beginning his ministry and laying the groundwork, the basics of who he was and what he came to do. We’ll read the Gospel texts and think about our own community, Calvary Baptist Church, and five defining values of our church. The artwork for our series is an original piece by our very own Michelle Harris-Love!
TODAY THE 2014 NOMINATED DEACONS will meet at 12:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. COMING UP CALVARY OPEN OFFICE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All members, neighbors, and resident partners are invited to stop by for refreshments as we welcome the New Year! FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB CONCERT Friday, January 17, 12:00 p.m. in the Chapel. BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet next Sunday, January 19 at 12:30 p.m. in the Library. C HURCH S TAFF Cheryl Branham Amy Butler Myra Houser Saw Ler Htoo Al Jeter Edgar Palacios Paul Rosstead Jason Smith Trey Sullivan
Director of Music (cbranham@calvarydc.org, ext. 136) Senior Pastor (abutler@calvarydc.org, ext. 121) Communications Coordinator (mhouser@calvarydc.org) Missionary, Burmese Community (lerhtoo@hotmail.com) Supervisor of Maintenance (ajeter@calvarydc.org, ext. 128) Associate Pastor (epalacios@calvarydc.org, ext. 103) Church Administrator (prosstead@calvarydc.org, ext. 127) Ministry Assistant (jsmith@calvarydc.org, ext. 133) Spiritual Formation Coordinator (tsullivan@calvarydc.org)
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Kathie Lansing
Deacon of the Week (klansing@bjconline.org)
Calvary Baptist Church 755 Eighth Street NW Washington, DC 20001
202.347.8355 fax 202.347.6360 www.calvarydc.org