God’s Family Worships
Second Sunday in Lent
March 13, 2022
10:00 A.M.
As flowers turn to the sun, as rivers run down to the sea, as trees reach upward to the sky, so we lift up our souls toward God.
Let us lift up our hearts and voices as we worship together. Amen.
The Fellowship of Praise
Prelude Cameron Jones
*Call to Worship Judy Healy
Leader: God makes a way in the desert.
Congregation: We will journey forward with Christ.
Leader: God promises a new life in the face of death.
Congregation: We will journey forward with Christ.
Leader: God restores hope for those in despair.
Congregation: We will journey forward with Christ.
Leader: Come, let us journey in worship together.
*Hymn of Praise "How I Got Over" by Mahalia Jackson
How I got over
How I got over
You know my soul look back and wonder
How I made it over
*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 "Standing In the Need of Prayer"
t's me, It's me O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
It's me, It's me O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Not my brother or my sister but it's me O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Not my brother or my sister but it's me O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Not the preacher or the deacon but it's me O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Not the preacher or the deacon but it's me O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Scripture Readings Judy Healy
Sermon Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell
The Sending Forth
*Closing Hymn "Victory is Mine" by Dorothy Norwood
Victory is mine
Victory is mine
Victory today is mine
I told Satan, get thee behind
Victory today is mine
* Benediction
Postlude
Morgan Park
Baptist Church
LENT
Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell, Pastor
11024 S. Bell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60643
773-445-9443