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

A Community of Believers. Each Member A Minister.

August 13, 3:00-6:00pmCrossover for Rising 6th-7th Grade

Youth

August 20, 9:00-10:15amYouth Promotion Sunday Break-

fast

August 20, 10:30amPromotion SundayJim Dant, ProclaimerPaul Sewell, Soloist

August 20, 11:30amLunch for Visitors (Fellowship Hall)

August 20, 5:00-7:00pmParent/Youth Night (Fellowship

Hall)

August 23, 7:00pmSanctuary Choir Summer Soirée

August 26, 9:00am-2:00pmLGBTQ and Friends Picnic (Herd-

klotz Park)

August 27, 10:30amBack to School BlessingsFirst Baptist Day School (previ-

ously FBCK and ITP) 65th Anniversary

Jim Dant, ProclaimerAmy Joye, Soloist

August 31-September 4AYMC Closed

September 2-4Youth Family Fall Retreat

(Rockmont)

September 3, 10:30amJim Dant, Proclaimer

September 4Church Offices Closed –

Labor Day

September 6Wednesdays at First Activities

Resume

September 8, 6:00pmSenior Adult Banquet

(Fellowship Hall)

September 10, 9:30amProtecting Our Children (E-317)

September 10, 10:30amService of CommunionSenior Adult SundayJim Dant, Proclaimer

September 10, 11:30-1:30pmAcolyte Training

September 10, 4:00pmVocare (Choir Room)

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

Beck Burns and Bret Nettles are the acolytes today.

Elaine Graybeal is the interim organist.

Playing handbells during the Sanctuary Choir anthem today are Barbara Gulley, Josh Harrington, Judy Snyder and Julie Treu. Playing the flute is Pam Kenney-McIntyre.

The vocal soloist today is Kyle Matthews, Minister of Worship Arts. Kyle and his wife, Susan, have two children: Emily and Christopher.

Catherine Crowe is the violin soloist today. Catherine is a member of the Crazy Eights Circle. She and her husband, Greg, are members of the Rose/Grace Class and have two children: Rebecca and Caleb.

Bert Strange is the deacon providing the offertory prayer today. Bert is a retired U.S. Army chaplain and currently leads the Wednesday Morning Men’s Bible Study and teaches in the Koinonia Class. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children and three granddaughters.

The flowers in the Sanctuary this Sunday are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Dorothy Pedrick Peace and Bony Hampton Peace Jr. by their family.

There are two red roses placed on the baptistry today. One red rose is placed in honor of David Weldon Camferdam III, son of Courtney and David Camferdam, born June 27, 2017. The other red rose is placed in honor of Thomas Rush Kaplan, son of Chris and Lindsay Kaplan, born July 30, 2017.

Communion Committee members scheduled to prepare today are Carol Ann and Jim Anderson.

Musical selections today include: “Come, Christians, Join to Sing” by Gordon Young, © 1980 Harold Flammer Music; and “We Sing the Mighty Power of God” by Hal H. Hopson, © 2003 Birnamwood Publications.

August 13, 2017

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Ten Thirty O’clock

Financial Needs as of 8/12$1,538,464

Receipts as of 8/8$1,389,619

Mary Carol AndersonYouth and Recreation

Bootie CothranMedia and Technology

Jim DantSenior Minister

Vivian HamiltonMusic and Worship

Priscilla HarrisChildren’s Music

Amy JoyeYouth Music

Jenna ManningChurch Operations

Kyle MatthewsWorship Arts

Juli MorrowPreschool

Rosemary NewInfant-Toddler Program

Kendra PlatingPastoral Care

Becky RamseyChildren

Matt RollinsSpiritual Formation and

Outreach

Frank A. SmithNeighborhood Partnership and Christian Fellowship

Kathy StewartKindergarten

Laura StoutMissions

Looking Ahead

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.

© 2017 First Baptist Church, Greenville, SC (all rights reserved)

*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

Call to Worship Matt Rollins

Give thanks to the Lord for God is good.

God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Let us hear what the Lord will speak.

God will speak peace to the faithful.

Let us worship God.

Prayer for Worship

Through the storms of life, O God, you are with your people. Calm our fears and bless us with bold belief, even in the darkness of the night and the assault of life’s storms, that we may be messengers of your justice, in the name of the One whom wind and wave obey. Amen.

Introit “Sing Alleluia” Gordon Young

*Processional Hymn 142 MADRID “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”

Welcome of Worshipers Jim Dant

Words of Dedication

Family Dedication

Darby and Melanie Smith with Allen Darby Smith III

Words of Faith

Gospel Lesson Matthew 14:22-33 Mary Carol Anderson

Page 796 of the Bible in the pew rack

Prayer of Confession

O Lord our God, we confess that we fall short of your glory. In fear, we conspire against those whose dreams might threaten ours. In fear, we fail to recognize the very one who comes to save us. Forgive us; restore and reorder our lives by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, so that we do not sink back into fear, but walk boldly in faith, to the glory of your holy name.

Pastoral Prayer

*Children’s Hymn “You Are Mine” YOU ARE MINE

Hymn is printed on inserted page.

Children’s Sermon Becky Ramsey

Choral Worship “We Sing the Mighty Power of God” Hal H. Hopson

Sermon The Real Test of Faith

Words of Communion

Solo “Be Not Afraid” Kyle D. Matthews

The Lord’s Supper

Words of Commitment

*Invitation Hymn 363 UNION SEMINARY “Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether”

*Invitation to Offering Bert Strange

Present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. (Romans 6:13b)

Musical Offering “Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive” arr. Wilbur Held

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!

Words of Blessing

*Benediction

*Congregation Benediction Response TOMER “God Be with You”

God be with you til we meet again.By his counsels, guide, uphold you,

With his sheep securely fold you,God be with you til we meet again!

Postlude “Rejoice, the Lord Is King” arr. Anna Laura Page

Call to Prayer “Take, O Take Me as I Am” John L. Bell

Please remain seated as you sing.