Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell, Pastor



Morgan Park

 Baptist Church

11024 S. Bell Avenue 

Chicago, IL 60643

​773-445-9443

God’s Family Worships
12th Sunday After Pentecost
August 31, 2025 – 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                                                                                                                                                                  
*Call to Worship                Dr. Richard Green

 
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   

*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; 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
*Hymn                                                                        
Scripture Readings            Dr. Richard Green
Sermon                              Dr. Rev. Joel Mitchell

                                                                                       
The Sending Forth
*Closing Hymn           
* Benediction
Postlude                           
 *  Those who are able please stand