Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell, Pastor

Morgan Park

 Baptist Church

11024 S. Bell Avenue 

Chicago, IL 60643

​773-445-9443

God’s Family Worships
8th Sunday After Pentecost
and
Communion Sunday

August 3, 2025           11:00 A.M.

The God who called His Son from the home in Nazareth to be baptized as the Messiah, calls us from our homes to be His special people, to fulfill His purpose, to perform His ministry.  Come, let us hear His call and be baptized by His Spirit.  Amen.

The Fellowship of Praise
Prelude                                                                       
*Call to Worship                                                             Gerald Williams                    

Leader: We, who live in the shelter of the Most High...
Congregation: let us come and trust in our God. God’s word is near to us, on our lips and in our hearts.
Leader: We, who trust in God’s promises...let us come and rejoice in the   power of the Spirit.
Congregation: The Holy One is our refuge and our strength. We have come to worship the One who calls us!

*Hymn of Praise         

*Invocation and Lord’s Prayer (debts/debtors)
*Gloria Patri #734
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The Fellowship of the Family of God
Greetings and Announcements
Pastors 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; Family of Annether Baines; Diane Brownlee; Patsy Browning; Beverly Capers (sister of Beatrice Haywood); Elizabeth Chelton (Granddaughter of Patsy Browning); Trisha Clark (granddaughter of Penny Lord); Celestine Columbus (mother of Carol Green); Neil Cunningham; The Goodman Family; Rev. David Gregg; Floyd Hale and family; Priscilla Hall; Aretha Hampton; The family of Jacob Haywood; 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); Mack Taylor & Family; 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, Donald Trump. 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 and the Table
Scripture Readings                                                      Gerald Williams                    
Sermon                                                                Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell

Invitation to the Table
The Bread and the Cup
Communion Music        
               
The Sending Forth
*Closing Hymn
* Benediction
Postlude                  

                             



 

 

August
BIRTHDAYS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

 8/1 – ARETHA HAMPTON                                                                                

8/7 – JEANINE POULOSOPHOS                                                                      

8/7 – LA WANNHA TRAILOR                                                                    

8/19 – JOHNATHAN WILLIAMS                                                                         

8/21 – ROWAN POULOSOPHOS

 

ANNIVERSARIES:                                                                                         

 8/4 BRADY & LINDA WILLIAMS                                                                                               

8/14 THOMAS & NERISSA CONLEY                                                    

 8/20 – HERSCHEL & LYNETTE BRAZELL


August Bible Study Schedule:                             

8/6  @ 7PM                                                                                                     

8/13 @ 7PM
8/20 @ No Bible Study                                                                                        
8/27  @ 7PM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Here are 3 ways to participate

Here are 3 ways to participate

1.    Facebook Live on our church page
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2.    Zoom – Meeting ID: 981 6156 4733
Passcode: 7Xmpi3.     

Phone in +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
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