Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church The Reverend John Foster, Ph.D., Senior Pastor

“Service subject to change pending the direction of the Holy Spirit”

March 16, 2014

7:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Worship Services

The Prelude Worship & Arts Ministry

The Processional Ministers, Stewards, Choir & Acolytes

The Doxology Hymn #647 “Praise God…”

The Call To Worship

The Hymn of Praise

The Invocation

The Choral Response

The Worship Through Music The Bethel Chorale

The Scripture Lesson

The Preface to the Decalogue “From All That Dwells”

The Summary of the Decalogue

The Gloria Patri “Glory Be to the Father”

The Welcome to Big Bethel The Philippians

The Pastor’s Word Pastor Foster

The Guest Choir Fayetteville State University

The Big Bethel Giving Moment Chris Parker/ Stan Foster

The Liturgical Dance Signs of Praise Mime Ministry

The Worship in Giving

The Choral Response AME Hymn #646 “All Things Come”

The Worship Through Music The Bethel Chorale

THE SERMON PASTOR JOHN FOSTER

The Invitation to Christian Discipleship

The Recessional

The Benediction Pastor Foster

The Postlude/Announcements The Organist/Media Ministry

THE CALL TO WORSHIP

Minister: I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the

house of the Lord!” Our feet have been standing within

your gates, O Jerusalem! (Psalm 122:1-2)

People: For a day in your courts is better than a thousand

elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my

God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalm 84:10)

Minister: For the sake of the house of the Lord our God; I will

seek your good. (Psalm 122:9)

People: They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in

the courts of our God. (Psalm 92:13)

Minister: O Lord, I love the habitation of your house, and the

place where your glory dwells. (Psalm 26:8)

People: But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep

silence before him. (Habakkuk 2:20)

Minister: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my

heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my Rock, and

my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

People: O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done

marvelous things! I will sing of loyalty and of justice, to you,

O Lord, I will sing. (Psalm 98:1,4)

THE HYMN OF PRAISE

KING OF MY LIFE—AME HYMNAL #306

1. King of my life, I crown Thee now, Thine shall the glory be; Lest I

forget Thy thorn-crowned brow, Lead me to Calvary.

REFRAIN: Lest I forget Gethsemane; Lest I forget Thine agony; Lest

I forget Thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.

2. Show me the tomb where Thou was laid, Tenderly mourned and

wept; Angels in robes of light arrayed Guarded Thee whilst Thou

slept.

~~REFRAIN~~

3. Let me like Mary, through the gloom, Come with a gift to Thee;

Show to me now the empty tomb, Lead me to Calvary.

THE HYMN OF PRAISE (CONTINUED)

~~REFRAIN~~

4. May I be willing, Lord, to bear Daily my cross for Thee; Even

Thy cup of grief to share, Thou hast borne all for me.

~~REFRAIN~~

THE SCRIPTURE LESSON PSALM 121

Minister: 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills-- from where will my help

come? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and

earth.

People: 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not

slumber. 4 He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Minister: 5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your

right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by

night.

All: 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from

this time on and forevermore.

THE PREFACE OF THE DECALOGUE

From all that dwell below the skies, let the Creator’s praise arise; let the Redeemer’s name be sung, through every land by

every tongue.

THE SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUE

And Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your

heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great

and first commandment. And the second is like it, you shall love your

neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the

law and the prophets.

THE GLORIA PATRI

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen, Amen.

OUR SICK AND SHUT IN

SERVING IN TODAY’S SERVICE

*11:00 a.m. Worship Service only

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesdays at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church

Noon Bible Study Fellowship Hall 12:00pm

Evening Bible Study Fellowship Hall 6:30 pm

Youth Church

Youth Church worship services are every 2nd and 3rd Sunday during the 11:00 Sunday Worship Services.

Saturday School for the Youth

Saturday School for the Youth is held EVERY Saturday from 10:00am until 2:00pm. All youth are invited to attend this wonderful educational experience that has some fun elements involved too. Lunch is served.

Family and Friends Day—March 30, 2014

Come Meet and Greet Your Class Leader immediately following 10:00AM Service. Lunch will be served.

Quarterly Conference—CANCELLED

Quarterly Conference for March 16th with Elder Rhone has been CANCELLED. All ministry and auxiliary reports are STILL DUE as of to-

day to the Church Office. Notification of new date will be announced when scheduled.

Big Bethel

African Methodist Episcopal Church

March 16, 2014

“Jesus Saves”

220 Auburn Avenue, NE

Atlanta, Georgia 30303 404-827-9707

www.bigbethelame.org

Church Office Hours:

Monday 10:00am until 4:00pm

Tuesday through Friday

9:00 am until 5:00 pm

The AME Church – Sixth District

Bishop Preston Warren Williams, II—Presiding Prelate

The Atlanta-North Georgia Conference

Atlanta North District

The Reverend Dr. David Rhone, Presiding Elder

The Reverend John Foster, Ph.D., Senior Pastor

7:45AM WORSHIP EXPERIENCE

11:00AM WORSHIP EXPERIENCE

Acolytes: Acolytes*: Chanta Miller/ Paige Thomas

Philippians: Philippians:

Music Ministry: The Bethel Chorale

Music Ministry: The Bethel Chorale

Stewardess: Eva B. Watson Stewardess

Ministry

Stewardess: Eva B. Watson Stewardess

Ministry

Stewards: Kevin Cruse/ Geraldine Dodson

Stewards: Shirley Simmons/ William

Coleman

Trustee: Oliver Hudson/ Janie Francis-Asante

Trustee: Martha Thomas/ Dennis Brazil,

Sr.

Ushers: Samuel H. Giles Usher Ministry

Ushers: Samuel H. Giles Usher Ministry

Monday……….………………………….……...……….Genesis 12:1-4a

Tuesday…………..…………..…………...……………………..Psalm 121

Wednesday……………........................Romans 4:1-5, 13-17

Thursday…………..………………...….……....…….…Psalm 40:5-10

Friday……………………………...…..………………...….…John 3:1-17

Saturday……………………………..………..………...Matthew 17:1-9

Weekly Scripture Reading

Sis. Lucille Burch, (404) 696-8524

Sis. Patricia Coles, (678) 974-8645

Sis. Jay Evans, (678) 467-2470

Rev. Jeannette Thomas-Fayson, (352) 327-5481

Bro. Horace Ford, (770) 478-3013

Sis. Daisy Gholston, (770) 439-9199

Sis. Jacquelyn Green, (678) 580-1248

Sis. Louise Hollowell, (404) 794-2877

Sis. Pearline Irving, (404) 284-4717

Bro. Raymon A. King, (678) 489-7970

Sis. Jacqueline Langley, (404) 696-9408

Sis. Ruth Lee, (478) 453-8514

Rev. Betty Miley, (770) 323-6841

Sis. Eleanor Miller, (678) 938-3338

Sis. Mary Miller, Summerset Assisted Living Community

Sis. Dorothy Moreland, (404) 691-0099

Sis. Martha Orr, (404) 691-4720

Sis. Ertha Poitier, A. G. Rhodes Nursing Home

Sis. Earlie A. Smith, (404) 622-2633

Sis. Joyce Spearman, (404) 286-4891