Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell, Pastor

Morgan Park

 Baptist Church

11024 S. Bell Avenue 

Chicago, IL 60643

​773-445-9443

God’s Family Worships
20TH Sunday After Pentecost
October 23, 2022 – 11:00 A.M.                                                                        

By His word of power God created the heavens and the earth. By His word of love, He gave His only Son, our Lord. By His word of grace, He restores and encourages us daily. Come, let us receive the word of the Lord. Amen.

The Fellowship of Praise

Prelude                                                                                 Cameron Jones
                                                                                
*Call to Worship                                                                  Debbie Taylor

Leader: Bring your longing, bring your hope.
Congregation: God is with us here.
Leader: Lay down your fears, lay down your doubts.
Congregation: Faith has called us here. 
Leader: Pour out your soul with prayers and praise. 
Congregation: We come to worship God. 

*Hymn of Praise   “When the Saints Go Marching In”   by Sidney Bechet
 Oh, when the Saints go marching in,

Oh, when the Saints go marching in,

I want to be in that number,
When the Saints go marching in.

*Invocation and Lord’s Prayer (debts/debtors)
*Gloria Patri #734
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The Fellowship of the Family of God
Greetings and Announcements
Pastor's Welcome

The Fellowship of Giving
*Doxology #34 
*Prayer
                                                                                               
The Fellowship of Prayer
Joys and Concerns
Praise and Thanks
For the continued ministry of MPBC; and the love and support of our MPBC members and friends; for our Pastor, Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell and his family.
For Healing and Rehabilitation
Annette Adams; Annether Baines; Diane Brownlee; Patsy Browning; Beverly Capers (sister of Beatrice Haywood); Elizabeth Chelton (Granddaughter of Patsy Browning); Trisha Clark (granddaughter of Penny Lord); Neil Cunningham; The Goodman Family; Linda Guisewite (mother of Debbie Taylor); Floyd Hale and family; Priscilla Hall; Aretha Hampton; Shavon Harp (Niece of Annether Baines);
The Haywood Family; The Healy/Chase Family; Jack & Penny Lord; Linda, Stephanie & Joan McCarty; John & Flora Mitchell (Pastor Joel’s parents); Sam and Karen Mitchell; Beverly Nickerson; Haile Selassie (son of Bruce and Rev. Francine White); Barbara Shriver (mother of Gretchen Shriver); Robert Soria (grandson of Susan Soria); Debbie and Mack Taylor; Cassandra Taylor (JFK owner); Michael Whaley; Jeremy Williams & Family; Ira Williams
For Guidance and Direction
For our MPBC family, our vision for the future, and for our young people
For Watchcare
All of our service men and women serving and all of our veterans; All of our missionaries, who serve in all parts of the USA and in many parts of the world; For the President of the United States, Joe Biden. For all the people who have suffered through natural disasters; For the city of Chicago, that violence will cease.

Pastoral Prayer

The Fellowship of the Word

*Hymn        “Abide with Me”
 Abide with me, falls fast the even tide
The darkness deepens, Lord with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless O, abide with me

Scripture Readings         Debbie Taylor

Sermon                          Dr. Rev. Joel Mitchell
                                                                                      
The Sending Forth

*Closing Hymn            “Bye and Bye”        Arr. Georgia Mass Choir

By and by, by and by
When I reach that home, beyond the sky
Where the wicked cease from troubling 
And the weary be at rest
Every day will be Sunday, by and by
* Benediction
Postlude                          
 *  Those who are able please stand