200 East Parkway NorthMemphis, TN 38112

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

September 15, 2019

This Week at First Baptist

Rev. Randy Hyde, D.Min. Interim Pastor

Rev. Dennis McDuffieMusic Ministry Interim

Holly HattonInterim Children & Youth

Ministry Coordinator

Stacey GravesDirector, First Baptist Day School

Aaron FosterOrganist

David Córdoba HernandezSupply Pianist

901.454.1131 phone901.454.1135 fax

fbcmemphis.org

Sunday, September 15 8:30 a.m. Deacons Meeting (FH) 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 5:00 p.m. Youth Bible StudyMonday, September 16 7:30 a.m. FBDS Program 6:00 p.m. Finance Committee, CR 7:00 p.m. FBC Book Club, ParlorTuesday, September 17 7:30 a.m. FBDS Program

Wednesday, September 18 7:30 a.m. FBDS Program 5:00 p.m. Fellowship Supper 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir RehearsalThursday, September 19 7:30 a.m. FBDS Program 10:30 a.m. Adult Game Day, ParlorFriday, September 20 7:30 a.m. FBDS Program

VolunteersExtended CareNext Sunday, September 22Threes/Fours: Natalie Cathey, Courtney Pace Floater: Tiffiny WrightWelcome Desk Deacon Greeter September 15 Mac HodgesSanctuary Foyer Greeters September 8 Marge Palazzolo, Daphne JarvisReceptionists (8:30 am - 12:30 pm) Mon, Sept. 16: Trudy Hatton Tues, Sept. 17: Betty Wilson Wed, Sept. 18: Sammy Rich Thurs, Sept. 19: Bill Wilson

FBC in PrayerCurrent ConcernsNancy BurchBrant ButlerJoyce CleaverVinson CobbLinda HaywoodAnson PurdyJean Rose Raney

Stay Connected to First Baptist through Social Mediawww.facebook.com/fbcmemphis • Twitter: @fbcmemphis

I was passionate,

filled with longing,

I searched

far and wide.

But the day

that the Truthful One

found me,

I was at home.

—Lad Ded, 14th centrury, Kashmir

Woman Sweeping, Jean Édouard Vuillard

AnnouncementsBook Club Meeting, Sept. 16, 7 pm, Parlor As a part of MIFA’s Our City, Our Story events, MIFA is connecting the community to read and discuss Kathy Izard’s inspiring book, The Hundred-Story Home: A Memoir of Finding Faith in Ourselves and Something Bigger. A book club of church members are currently reading this book. We will meet to discuss as a group in the Parlor on September 16 at 7 pm. Please feel free to join us.

Needlework Group, September 24, 10 am, FLCBring your current needlework project to the FLC Tuesday, September 24. The group meets on the last Tuesday of each month.

Congregational Conversation, Sept. 29We are all excited about the first congregational conversation and potluck lunch on September 29, which will be after worship in the Fellowship Hall from 12–2 pm. Drinks and meat will be provided by the church. We are asking our members to bring the following items according to the first letter of your last name: A-J: casserole/side-dish; K-R: dessert; S-Z: vegetable/salad. Please RSVP for childcare to Holly Hatton. Please include your child’s age with your reservation.

CHILDREN AND WORSHIPThe presence of children in worship is a gift to the Church. They are valuable members of our faith family, and we welcome them into this house of worship. Our nursery is open during worship for infants and toddlers. The nursery is located out the doors to the left of the pulpit and down the hall to the north. Our nursery workers will be happy to assist you. Extended Care is for children ages 3-4 and for 5-year-olds who have not entered kindergarten. These children will sit as a group with our Extended Care leaders on the first pew in the right (south)section. All children through 5th grade are invited to the front of the Sanctuary to participate in our Children’s Sermon. Our preschoolers will leave for Extended Care after this.

A WORD ABOUT FBCFirst Baptist Memphis is a Midtown congregation that seeks to follow Christ by practicing hospitality, community, dialogue, and service.

• We value diversity in our membership and believe it enriches our journey and ministry.

• We strive to be a family of faith where all can belong. • We value the voice of every child of God, and strive to hear the voice of

God in one another. • What we do inside our walls prepares us to share God’s love across the

street and around the world.

The Radio Bible Class (10:30 am) and this service (11 am) are broadcast live on radio stations ESPN 680 AM, and ESPN 92.9 FM. Sermons are available online at www.fbcmemphis.org

* The congregation will please stand, as you are able. Amplifying devices are available at the Welcome Center desk.

PREPARATION

Welcome Rev. Dr. Randy L. Hyde

One: The Lord be with you!Many: And also with you!

The prelude provides an opportunity to prepare our hearts and minds to worship God by being still and quiet.

Choral Introit Come Before His Presence John Purifoy The Sanctuary Choir

ADORATION

Call to Worship Rev. Laura Stephens-Reed

One: Come into the presence of the Most High GodMany: With songs of praise and shouts of thanksgiving.

One: For our Savior frees us from slavery;Many: Our Savior heals our diseases;

One: Our Savior is our peace.Many: You are a holy temple in the Lord Jesus Christ.

All: Come; let us worship God.

Invocation Rev. Laura Stephens-Reed

Hymn of Praise 231 Come, Christians, Join to Sing MADRID(Stanzas 1-2)

Call to Confession Robin Miller

One: Even our best intentions go awry when we are not at one with God’s purpose. Our gracious God journeys with us and provides us with unending mercy, patience, and kindness. Let us confess our sins.

Prayer of Confession

All: Eternal God, your steadfast love endures forever. We confess that we act as if we are in control, as if you will bless whatever we do. If we think of others at all, it is with an eye toward their usefulness to us. If we consider your creation, it is to ponder what benefits us. We have failed to show your love or do justice in obedience to you. Have mercy on us, God of grace. Forgive our sins, we humbly pray. Put the mind of Christ within us, O God. Use us to break

THE WORSHIP OF GODFourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

down walls of hostility within the church, among the nations, and around the world. Equip us to do your will, giving you glory, honor, and praise together with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon Robin Miller

One: Our Lord Jesus gives us rest and peace. Our Master’s touch heals us, and his shed blood is our salvation.

All: In Jesus Christ, our sins are forgiven.

Congregational Response 231 Come, Christians, Join to Sing MADRID

Praise yet our Christ again; Alleluia! Amen!Life shall not end the strain; Alleluia! Amen!

On heaven’s blissful shore His goodness we’ll adore, Singing forevermore, “Alleluia! Amen!”

(As we sing, the children are invited to the front for the Children’s Sermon.)

PROCLAMATION

Children’s Sermon Holly Hatton

Gospel Reading Luke 15:1-10 Brooke Mathis

(page 905 in the pew Bible)

One: This is the Word of the Lord.Many: Thanks be to God.

Anthem from “The Christian Lyre” There’s a Wilderness in God’s Mercy

Soprano and Alto Ensemble

There’s a wideness in God’s mercy, like the wideness of the sea;There’s a kindness in God’s justice which is more than liberty.There is welcome for the sinner, and more graces for the good;There is mercy with the Savior; there is healing in His blood.

But we make God’s love too narrow by false limits of our own;And we magnify God’s strictness with a zeal God will not own;For the love of God is broader than the measure of our mind;

And the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind.

Prayer of Preparation Rev. Dr. Randy L. Hyde and CongregationAlmighty God, to You all hearts are open, all desires known, and from

You no secrets are hidden. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You, and worthily magnify Your holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Message Rev. Dr. Randy L. Hyde On Not Being Careful

a different way to be Baptist

RESPONSE

Hymn of Prayer 289 My Lord, I Did Not Choose You WHITFIELD

Offertory Prayer Olivia Hankins

Offertory Praise Him! arr. Victor LabenskeDavid Córdoba Hernandez, pianist

Congregational Response 253 Doxology OLD 100THPraise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayers of the People James Aycock

The Lord’s Prayer 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who

trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

Invitation to Discipleship Rev. Dr. Randy L. Hyde

Hymn of Response 323 RESTORATION Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy

Benediction Rev. Laura Stephens-Reed

Postlude Trumpet Voluntary for Organ John Stanley Aaron Foster, organist

Today’s worship participants are Laura Stephens-Reed, FBC’s Transitional Facilitator; Robin Miller, a member of the Transition Team and the Sanctuary Choir; Brooke Mathis, a Youth SS teacher and a member of the S. Africa Mission Team; Olivia Hankins, a member of the Youth group; and James Aycock, a member of and teacher for the Connect 4 SS class. Today’s acolyte/offering bearer is Peter Locke.

THE CHRISTIAN YEARWe find ourselves in the season of the Christian Year known as Ordinary Time. This season of the Christian Year is marked with the color green because it is set aside as a season of growth and transformation. Our ministers’ stoles and runner on the altar table represent life and growth while the candles and Bible remind us of the central role the light of Christ and the Word of God in Scripture play in our transformation during these “Great Green Growing Days.”

WELCOME TO FIRST BAPTISTWe are so glad you decided to worship with us today. Please take a moment to fill out the Visitor’s Card in the pew rack in front of you. You can place these in the offering plate during the offertory. Consider lingering after worship so that our members might have a chance to greet you. Our Interim Pastor and deacons will be in the Welcome Center after worship and would love to meet you.

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