MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE

 
Calvary Baptist Church      Towson, Maryland

 

Eleven O’clock                                   September 09, 2007

http://www.calvarybaptist-towson.org

Frederick K. Weimert, Pastor

Glenn Wittstadt, Organist-Director

 

 

 

 

PRELUDE:          “For God is Love”         James  Southbridge

                                               

INTROIT

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP                        Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18

 

O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me!  Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up;

thou discernest my thoughts from afar.

Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.  Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.

For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb.  I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful.

Wonderful are thy works!  Thou knowest me right well;

my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.  Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.  

How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

If I would count them, they are more than the sand.

When I awake, I am still with thee.

 

HYMN:            “Still, Still with Thee”          (See insert)

 

INVOCATION Followed by the Lord’s Prayer

(The version we use is printed on the laminated card in the pew)

WELCOME AND REGISTRATION

 

EXTENDED LIFE OF THE CHURCH

 

ANTHEM:      “I Am The Way”       by Clifford  McCormick

 

PRAYER FROM THE PEOPLE         Rev. Robert Ross       

 

OFFERING:    We give Thee but Thine own,

                        What e’re the gift may be;

                        All that we have is Thine alone,

                        A trust, O Lord, from  Thee.

 

OFFERTORY : “Andante Cantabile” Fr. String  Quartet op-11    By Peter I. Tchaikowsky

 

CHILDREN’S TIME

 

HEBREW BIBLE:      Jeremiah 18: 1-11        pg. 666    Read by:  Craig Howard

 

RESPONSIVE CALL TO PRAYER:

Artists have great latitude with their work all during its creation,

            But once it is sold they have little to say about where

            it gets hung or how it is used.

Oh, there was a house, in Buffalo, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  People say he kept a key to the house, and would come back at times to rearrange the furniture.

But that was Frank Lloyd Wright, and his fame allowed him to be a little eccentric.

What kind of creative freedom does a potter and her pots?

I guess she has freedom to reshape them until the pot is fired.

I guess the crucial question for this parable is when does the firing come?

            How long is humanity able to be reshaped?

God who fashioned from the earth Adam… Creator who brings us all to life…

Keep us ever pliable throughout life… so that You can always mold us to fit the moment.  Amen.

 

*HYMN 294:         “Have Thine Own Way, Lord”

 

THE LETTERS:      Philemon 1-21    pg. 1043

 

SERMON:                 “God’s Place in History”          

 

*INVITATION HYMN 470:  “Once to Every Man and Nation”     (Tune: Ebenezer)

 

Decisions of faith are personal decisions.  It is for us to choose if we will believe in God.  Decisions of faith are also public and corporate decisions.  When we choose to follow Jesus we are choosing to become part of the “Body of Christ”, the Church.  If you would like to confirm the decision you have made to begin your life of faith or continue that life as a part of this congregation, come forward as we sing the invitational hymn and speak with the worship leader about your decision.

 

*BENEDICTION/RESPONSE

 

POSTLUDE:        “Praise Him With Pipes”       by Ben Logan

                              

 

  • Congregation Standing

                             

 

The sanctuary flowers are given by Wendy Wallace

in memory of her mother, Eleanor Kocher Wallace.

 

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If you have a special prayer request please fill out a pink card, found in the pews, bring it forward and place it on the communion table either before the service or during the first hymn.

 

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THIS    WEEK

 

 

 

 

Coffee Hour immediately following Worship Service.

 

September   10th  - 12 Noon   Annie Armstrong Circle  meeting in the home of Leah Holland,  410-823-2042.  Lunch will be served.

 

 WEDNESDAY          6:15 p.m. Dinner

                                    7:00 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer

                                    7:00 p.m. Hand Bell Choir

                                    8:00 p.m. Deacons’ Meeting

 

September 16th - 3:30 p.m. Back Home Dinner

We will be hosting the participants of the Back Home program here at Calvary.  Come and say hello to Kisha Mack and meet the other families and congregations who are participating in this program.

                       

September 17th  - 7:30 p.m.  Needles and News meeting in the home of Helen Ross , 410-343-1849.

 

September 22nd  - 11:30 a.m. Wedding Ceremony for Frederick Kenneth Weimert and Kelly Sisson.  You are all invited to come join our families in this celebration.

 

September 24th  - 10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.  Sarah’s Hope

 

September 30th  - Pick up cakes; 3:00 p.m. Service at Pickersgill Retirement Home.