MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE

With Special Thanksgiving

for Toan P. Dang

The Calvary Baptist Church

Towson, Maryland

Eleven O’clock                                                June 08, 2008

 

http://www.calvarybaptist-towson.org

 

Frederick K. Weimert, Pastor

Ruth Kulkarni, Christian Kirby, Pastoral Staff

Glenn L. Wittstadt, Jr., Organist‑Director
 

 

 

PRELUDE                   “In he Shadow of His Wings”  by Franklin Ritter

 

INTROIT

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                    Psalm 91: 9-14

Because you have made the LORD your refuge, the Most High your dwelling place,

no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your

tent.

For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.

You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name.

 

*HYMN 7:             “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”

           

INVOCATION Followed by the Lord’s Prayer    Ruth Kulkarni  

 

WELCOME & REGISTRATION

 

EXTENDED LIFE OF THE CHURCH

 
ANTHEM:    “Assurance”    P.P. Knapp/J.S. Bach/J.N. Beck
 

THE GOSPEL:                  Mark 4: 1-9                       pg. 870     Read by Martha Wylie

 

CHILDREN’S PRESENTATION

 “Planting a Character Garden”

 

Lydia Hillman

Sydney Eifert

Ian Eifert

 

SOLO:     “Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam”  Talbot/Excell    Sydney Eifert

 

CHILDRENS’  SERMON:   “Parable of the Sower and Seed”     Georgia Hillman

 

*OFFERING               Grant us Lord, the grace of giving,

                                    With a spirit large and free,

                                    That ourselves and all our living

                                    We may offer unto Thee.

 
OFFERTORY:                 “Larghetto”       Louis Spohr  

 

RECOGNITION OF TOAN DANG:

            Reading from: Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh.

            Introduction of Family and Friends:

            Thoughts and gifts:

Iris Barron, Daycare Director

                        Kathy Burgess, ACTC Director

                        Fred Ray, Chairman of Calvary’s Deacons

 

HYMN 2171:     “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace”

 

*BENEDICTION/RESPONSE          

 

POSTLUDE:   “Majestic Postlude”    by Theodore DuBois

                                                 

                                    *    Congregation standing.

 

The sanctuary flowers are given

honor of Toan Dang for his years of service.

 

Mindfulness Must Be Engaged

 

Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step, pg. 91

 

          When I was in Vietnam, so many of our villages were being bombed.  Along with my monastic brothers and sisters, I had to decide what to do.  Should we continue to practice in our monasteries, or should we leave the meditation halls in order to help the people who were suffering under the bombs?  After careful reflection, we decided to do both—to go out and help people and to do so in mindfulness.  We called it engaged Buddhism. Mindfulness must be engaged.  Once there is seeing, there must be acting.  Otherwise, what is the use of seeing?

          We must be aware of the real problems of the world.  Then, with mindfulness, we will know what to do and what not to do to be of help.  If we maintain awareness of our breathing and continue to practice smiling, even in difficult situations, many people, animals, and plants will benefit from our way of doing things.  Are you massaging our Mother Earth every time your foot touches her? Are you planting seeds of joy and peace?  I try to do exactly that with every step, and I know that our Mother Earth is most appreciative.  Peace is every step.  Shall we continue our journey?

 

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T H I S     W E E K

 

 

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.

 

WEDNESDAY

            6:15 p.m.  Dinner

            7:00 p.m.  Bible Study and Prayer

 

SATURDAY June 14th, 11:00a.m.- 6p.m. Church Picnic at Rocky Point Park. We will be eating lunch together at noon, and the church will provide the fried chicken.  Please sign up for the picnic on the sign-up sheet by the back door or on the registration cards.  Let us know how many will be coming and whether you will bring a salad, vegetable or dessert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


June 11th   8:00 p.m.   Deacons  Meeting

 

June 12th  THURSDAY  3:30-6:00 p.m.  Preparation for Shelter Meals.

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 June 15th    There will be a Congregational Meeting following the worship service.

 The Adult Classes will meet together during the summer, beginning June 15th  at 9:45 in the social room.  Everyone is invited to attend.