First Baptist Church847 Cleveland Street Greenville, South Carolina 29601-4495 (864) 233-2527 www.firstbaptistgreenville.com

A Community of Believers. Each Member A Minister.Sunday morning worship service broadcasts:

WLFJ-AM 660 and FM 92.9

www.firstbaptistgreenville.com/watchlisten-live/

Links to view or listen to previous services are also available.

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Mary Carol AndersonYouth and Recreation

Bootie CothranMedia and Technology

Jim DantSenior Minister

Vivian HamiltonMusic and Worship

Priscilla HarrisChildren’s Music

Amy JoyeYouth Music

Shelton Ridge LoveOrganist

Jenna ManningChurch Operations

Dewanda MartinFirst Baptist Day School

Kyle MatthewsPastoral Care

Juli MorrowPreschool

Rosemary NewFirst Baptist Day School

Kendra PlatingPastoral Care

Becky RamseyChildren

Matt RollinsSpiritual Formation and

Outreach

Frank A. SmithNeighborhood Partnership and Christian Fellowship

Kathy StewartFirst Baptist Day School

Laura StoutMissions

Looking AheadApril 8, 11:30am

Lunch for Visitors (Fellowship Hall)

April 10, 10:00am-3:00pmHoly Rollers to Chattooga Belle

Farm

April 11Wednesdays at First Activities

April 13Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

of SC General Assembly (Kathwood Baptist Church, Columbia)

April 14, 4:00-7:00pmFirst Baptist Day School Reggio

Rodeo

April 15, 9:30amNew Member Breakfast

(Fellowship Hall)

April 15, 9:30amProtecting Our Children (E-317)

April 15, 10:30amBaptismCommunionJim Dant, Proclaimer

April 15, 11:30am-2:45pmChildren’s Ministries Event: Lunch

and Color Clay Cafe

April 15, 5:00pmStephen Ministry Churchwide

Event: “Spiritual Care of Sexual Assault Victims and Their Loved Ones” - Carrie Nettles (Chapel)

April 15, 5:00-7:00pmSunday Night Live for Youth

April 18Wednesdays at First Activities

April 22, 9:15amStewardship Breakfast

(Fellowship Hall)

April 22, 10:30amJim Dant, ProclaimerSanctuary Choir and Cantus

Chamber Choir from SC Governor’s School of the Arts and Humanities with Chamber Ensemble

April 22, 5:00-7:00pmSunday Night Live for Youth

April 22, 5:00pmLGBTQ and Friends Support

Group (Parlor)

Words of Blessing

*Benediction

*Choral Benediction Response N. Grant Pfeifer “The Peace of the Lord”

May the peace of the Lord go with you, and may love be a shining light;

a light that guides and shines with radiance, through ev’ry shadow’d night.

And let truth be a shield around you and joy fill your ev’ry day, May the peace of the Lord be with you,

for this we humbly pray. Amen.

Postlude Postlude on “Old Hundredth” Fred Bock

Our Service of Worship has ended.Our Worship through Service begins.

Sam Union is one of the acolytes today.

Bergsvein Toverud, Herring Church Music Intern, is the soloist today. Bergsvein is a music education major at Furman University.

Amy Joye is the soloist on the choir anthem.

Anne Martin is the deacon providing the offertory prayer today. Anne serves on the Communion and Property Committees and the Flowers to Friends Sub-committee and volunteers in the AYMC and Media Center.

Baptizing Sawyer Cruce today is Bill Smith, his grandfather. He serves as pastor of Church of Grace in Nashville, Tennessee.

The flowers in the Sanctuary are given in memory of Mary Alta Easley and Katherine Easley by their family.

Musical selections today include: “Rejoice! The Lord Is King” arranged by Shelton Ridge Love, © 2017 Love Notes, Inc.; “A Gaelic Blessing” by John Rutter, © 1978 The Royal School of Church Music; “Ain’t That Good News,” a traditional spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan, © 1997 Hal Leonard Corporation; “He Lives!” arranged by Shelly Hamilton, © 2004 Majesty Music, Inc.; “The Peace of the Lord” by N. Grant Pfeifer, © 2003 Walton Music Corporation; and Postlude on “Old Hundredth” by Fred Bock, © 1971 The Sacred Music Press.

This Sanctuary is equipped with Hearing Loop. If you have a hearing aid equipped with a T-coil and switch to it, you will hear audio directly from our sound system.

April 8, 2018

Second Sunday of Easter

Ten Thirty O’clock

Financial Needs as of 4/7$650,000

Receipts as of 3/31$581,944

*Please stand as you are able. Please silence all electronic devices.Please contact an usher for a hearing aid receiver or magnifying glass.

Words of Welcome

Prelude arr. Shelton Ridge Love “Rejoice! The Lord Is King”

Call to Worship Vivian Hamilton

The Lord is risen! Alleluia!

Alleluia! The Lord is risen indeed!

How very good and pleasant it is

When the people of God live in unity.

*Processional Hymn 267 BEECHER “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”

*Prayer for Worship

God of all hope and joy, we confess that we continue to live in fear. Breathe on us with your Spirit to set us free from doubt and sin, so that we may be at peace with you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Welcome of Worshipers

Words of Baptism

Invitation to Baptism Matt Rollins

Today we are invited to gather at the water’s edge as both witnesses and participants.

We remember that through the waters of the sea you led your people Israel out of bondage into freedom in the land of your promise.

We remember that Jesus your Son was baptized in the waters of the Jordan and was anointed as the Christ by your Holy Spirit.

We rejoice that you also claim us in our baptism, and by your grace we are born again.

Let us listen once again for the voice from heaven naming us the beloved children of God, connecting us to all who have felt the waters of baptism soaking them in grace.

God, drench us in the living water of your love. Immerse us in the depths of life in your Spirit. Raise us to walk in new life with you. Amen.

Ordinance of Baptism Bill Smith

Candidate: Sawyer Cruce

Children’s Sermon

Choral Worship “Ain’t That Good News” arr. Moses Hogan Traditional Spiritual

I got news, O Lord, I got good news.I got a crown up in a that kingdom, ain’t a that good news.

I’m a gonna lay down this world, gonna shoulder up a my cross,Gonna take it home a to my Jesus, ain’t a that good news.

I got news, O Lord, I got good news.I got a robe up in a that kingdom, ain’t a that good news.

I’m a gonna lay down this world, gonna shoulder up a my cross,Gonna take it home a to my Jesus, ain’t a that good news.

I got news, O Lord, I got good news.I got a harp up in a that kingdom, ain’t a that good news.

I’m a gonna lay down this world, gonna shoulder up a my cross,Gonna take it home a to my Jesus, ain’t a that good news.

I got news, O Lord, I got good news.I got a song up in a that kingdom, ain’t a that good news.

I’m a gonna lay down this world, gonna shoulder up a my cross,Gonna sing my song a for my Jesus,

I’m gonna play my harp a for my Jesus, I’m gonna put on my robe a for my Jesus,

I’m gonna wear my crown a for my Jesus, ain’t a that good news.

Sermon Making a Way Out of No Way Kendra Plating

Words of Commitment*Invitation Hymn 126 “The Day of Resurrection” LANCASHIRE

*Invitation to Offering Anne Martin

How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! (Psalm 133:1)

Musical Offering “He Lives!” arr. Shelly Hamilton

Introduction of New Members

Service and Fellowship of the Church

*Doxology (hymn 32) LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise God, all creatures here below;

Alleluia! Alleluia!Praise God above, ye heav’nly host;

Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Baptismal Promise

I am now in a relationship with God – God who loves me even when I cannot love myself. I recognize that on my own I could never reach the height of God’s plan for my life; I need God’s mercy and grace. Having experienced Christian baptism to symbolize the death of the hold sin had over my life, I am raised to new life as a follower of The Way, professing that Jesus is Lord. I promise to live in response to God, growing into the calling I have received and sharing the love, mercy and grace that God has shown me. I am part of a community in Christ, a community that embodies a love for Jesus through loving one another – everyone is loved and sacred in the eyes of God. How glorious to accept and share this love!

Solo “A Gaelic Blessing” John Rutter

Words of Faith

Scripture Lesson John 20:19-31 Frank Smith

page 883 of the Bible in the pew rack

Call to Prayer “Come and Fill Our Hearts” Jacques Berthier

Pastoral Prayer

*Children’s Hymn 209 “Open My Eyes that I May See” SCOTT