THE INTROIT “God Is On Our Side” (Crouch)

We live in troubled times

Seems like the sun won't shine When will we realize God is on our side He hides us in his arms Protecting us from harm It's good to realize God is on our side Nothing can separate He gives us strength to take All that this world may bring God is on our side God is on our side God is on our side

CALL TO WORSHIP Pastor Don Darius Butler

When the earth changes and the mountains shake – tempting our hearts to fear When rivers overflow their banks – too far away to quench the wildfires, we remember God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. When the nations are in uproar and kingdoms totter When desolations are brought on the earth and it melts, we remember God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. When wars persist to the ends of the earth When the bow is unbroken and the spear and shield are held in place, we remember God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. When we need to be still and know that He is God When we need to see Him exalted among the nations and in the earth, we remember God, you alone are our refuge; you alone are our strength. We look to you in these troubling times.

THE HYMN OF WITNESS “Through All the Changing Scenes of Life”(Smart)

Through all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, The praises of my God shall still My heart and tongue employ. Of His deliv'rance I will boast, Till all that are distressed From my example comfort take, And charm their griefs to rest.

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Oh, magnify the Lord with me; With me exalt His name; When in distress to Him I called, He to my rescue came. The hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just; Deliv'rance He affords to all Who on His succor trust. Fear Him, ye saints, and you will then Have nothing else to fear; Make you His service your delight, Your wants shall be His care.

PRAYER OF ADORATION The Reverend Stan Torain

SUNG RESPONSE “Never Alone” (Patterson)

I’ve seen the lightning flashing, And heard the thunder roll, I’ve felt sin’s breakers dashing, Trying to conquer my soul; I’ve heard the voice of my Savior, Telling me still to fight on, He promised never to leave me, Never to leave me alone. [Refrain]

No, never alone, No, never alone; He promised never to leave me, Never to leave me alone. No, never alone, No, never alone; He promised never to leave me, Never to leave me alone. The world’s fierce winds are blowing, Temptation’s sharp and keen, I have a peace in knowing My Savior stands between— He stands to shield me from danger, When earthly friends are gone, He promised never to leave me, Never to leave me alone. When in affliction’s valley I’m treading the road of care, My Savior helps me to carry My cross when heavy to bear, Though all around me is darkness, Earthly joys all flown; My Savior whispers His promise, “I never will leave thee alone.”

He died for me on the mountain, For me they pierced His side, For me He opened the fountain, The crimson, cleansing tide; For me He’s waiting in glory, Seated upon His throne, He promised never to leave me, Never to leave me alone.

WELCOME GREETING & WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING

READING OF SCRIPTURE: ISAIAH 36 Minister Bridgette Bradley-Brown

1 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities

of Judah and captured them. 2 The king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah at

Jerusalem, with a great army. He stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field. 3 And there came out to him Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary,

and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder.

4 The Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do

you base this confidence of yours? 5 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom

do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me? 6 See, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a

staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on

him. 7 But if you say to me, ‘We rely on the Lord our God,’ is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah

has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’? 8 Come now, make a

wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part

to set riders on them. 9 How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master’s servants,

when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 10 Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come

up against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.”

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we

understand it; do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the

wall.” 12 But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you,

and not to the people sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their

own urine?”

13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah, “Hear the words of the

great king, the king of Assyria! 14 Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able

to deliver you. 15 Do not let Hezekiah make you rely on the Lord by saying, The Lord will surely deliver us;

this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’ 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the

king of Assyria: ‘Make your peace with me and come out to me; then every one of you will eat from your own

vine and your own fig tree and drink water from your own cistern, 17 until I come and take you away to a

land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Do not let Hezekiah

mislead you by saying, The Lord will save us. Has any of the gods of the nations saved their land out of the

hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim?

Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 20 Who among all the gods of these countries have saved their

countries out of my hand, that the Lord should save Jerusalem out of my hand?’”

21 But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.” 22

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of

Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

MUSIC OF PREPARATION

SERMON Pastor Butler

INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP

MUSIC OF AFFIRMATION

PASTORAL PRAYER Minister Bradley-Brown

INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP SENDING FORTH & BENEDICTION POSTLUDE

▪ Service for Mrs. Gail Green-Gilliam (Deacon Isaac Edmond’s niece) was July 2, 2020 in Phenix City, AL.

▪ Service for Mr. Kadar Adams (Sis. Sandra Palmore’s brother-in-law) was July 3, 2020 in Tallassee, AL.

▪ Service for Mrs. Birda Bulliner (Sis. Sandra Palmore’s cousin) will be July 11, 2020 in Chicago, IL.

▪ Arrangements are being made for the following:

o Rev. Charles Edwards Winborm (Sis. Sandra Palmore’s cousin)

o Mr. Walter Hayes Giles (Bro. George Giles’ brother)

o Mr. Michael Thompson (Min. Jim Stewart & Bro. Walter Stewart’s nephew)

o Mrs. Lura Baker (Sis. Beverly Phillips’ mother and Bro. Marion Phillips’ mother-in-law)

o Mrs. Ruby Joyner (Sis. Oglesby’s aunt)

o Sister Roslin Hicks (Bro Gregory Hicks’ wife & mother of Bayleigh & Brandon Hicks)

Sis. Betty Adams

Sis. Shirley Armstead

Sis. Stephanye Bankston

Bro. Robert Booker

Sis. Gloria Boston

Bro. Von Burton

Sis. Charlotte Camble

Sis. Patricia Cox

Bro. Eugene Daniels

Sis. Estella Darwin

Sis. Edna Fails

Sis. Barbara Freeman

Sis. Brenda Gurley

Sis. Cynthia Gurley

Sis. Mattie Gurley

Sis. Akita Hare

Sis. Janie Holifield

Deacon Sydney Hutchinson

Bro. George Jones

Sis. Tiffany Kennedy

Sis. Sherley Lawrence

Sister Sheryl Lunn

Bro. Robert L. Malone

Sis. Dorothy Matthews

Sister Rosalyn Massie

Sis. Phyllis McMillan

Sis. Helen Mitchell

Bro. Douglas Montgomery

Sis. Lynell Moore

Bro. Emanuel Murrah

Bro. Ricardo Oates

Bro. Manguell Parker

Sis. Jessie Peacock

Sis. Beverly Phillips

Bro. Marion Phillips

Sis. Annie Pride

Sis. Ella Malisa Rice

Bro. Gary Ridgell

Sis. Annie Rountree

Sis. Charlene Scissum

Bro. Clyde Shields

Sis. Lori Shingleton

Sis. Katy Shipman

Bro. Alfred Smith

Bro. Dennis Smith

Sis. Sonya Smith

Sis. Donna Starks

Sis. Doris Stewart

Min. Jim Stewart

Bro. Walter Stewart

Sis. Janice Summerhill

Min. Melvin Summerhill

Sis. Deborah Thompson

Sis. Girtha Thompson

Sis. Tiffany Vinson

Sis. Ann Warren

Bro. Ronald Waterford

Rev. Marvin Winston

Sis. Shelly Wyckoff

Out Of The City

Dea. Willie Campbell, Nashville, TN

Bro. Carl Johnson, Bessemer, AL

Sis. Bertha Youngblood, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Sis. Carrie McKinney, St. Louis, MO

Sis. Carita Mitchell, Philadelphia, PA

Healthcare Facilities

Sis. Nell Carodine, Regency Retirement Village

Sis. Ethel Henderson, Millennium Healthcare

Bro. Henry Freeman, Brookshire

Min. Louise Freeman, Brookshire

Sis. Barbara Gordon, Private Healthcare (The Friend)

Bro. Carl Johnson, Terrace Oaks Care & Rehab

Bro. Samuel Martin, Floyd E. Tut Fann Home

Sis. Ruth Matthews, Regency Retirement Village

Sis. Gladys Moore, Harbor Chase

Bro. Kevin Snodgrass, Big Springs Specialty Care Center

Hospital

Bro. Ransom Leeth, Huntsville Hospital (NICU)

BEREAVEMENTS

Pray for those who are grieving the loss of a family member.

OUR KNOWN SICK AND SHUT-IN MEMBERS “The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.” James 6:16b

Let us pray together for the sick.

Monday 5:00 p.m. Brownie Troop 554 Meeting via Zoom

5:30 p.m. Daisy Girl Scout Troop 725 Meeting via Zoom

6:00 p.m. Circle No. 2 meeting via Zoom

7:00 p.m. Young Adult Choir Rehearsal via Zoom

Tuesday 5:00 a.m. Intercessory Prayer via Conference Call

6:00 p.m. Boy Scouts via Zoom

6:00 p.m. Circle No. 1 Meeting via Zoom

7:00 p.m. Brotherhood Chorus Rehearsal via Zoom

Wednesday 12:00 p.m. Noon Bible Study

6:00 p.m. Youth Choir Rehearsal via Zoom

6:00 p.m. Prayer Time via Conference Call

Thursday 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal via Zoom

Saturday 9:30 a.m. Alabama State Alumni Meeting via Zoom

Sunday 7:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer via Conference Call

8:30 a.m. Morning Worship via Livestream, YouTube and Facebook

10:00 a.m. Adult Sunday School via Livestream, Zoom & Facebook

11:00 a.m. Children & Youth Sunday School via Zoom

MINISTRY ACTIVITIES WEEK OF JULY 6-JULY 12, 2020

ANNOUNCEMENTS