Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell, Pastor
Morgan Park
Baptist Church
11024 S. Bell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60643
773-445-9443
God’s Family Worships
17th Sunday After Pentecost
September 24, 2023 – 11:00A.M.
God desires wholeness and healing for all of us. God is the God of Creation, of Life: we are offered new life and new hope in Christ Jesus. Go with this good news: you are not broken. You are not flawed. You are not a failure. You are a promise of hope to the world, and God has made you new. God loves you. Amen.
The Fellowship of Praise
Prelude Cameron Jones
*Call to Worship Gerald Williams
L: What is right and true of God our Savior?
C: That God desires all to have the knowledge of truth.
L: There is one God,
C: There is one Christ Jesus.
L: Both human and divine,
C: Who came for us all.
L: We know this, and we believe.
C: We walk with faith and with hope, and the truth that Christ has set us free.
ALL: Come into this time of worship, as we journey towards the truth and light of Christ.
*Hymn of Praise "This Little Light of Mine"
This Little Light of Mine
I'm gonna let it shine
This Little Light of Mine
I'm gonna let it shine
This Little Light of Mine
I'm gonna let it shine
let it shine
let it shine
let it shine
*Invocation and Lord’s Prayer (debts/debtors)
*Gloria Patri #734
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The Fellowship of the Family of God
Greeting 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; Rev. David Gregg; 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); 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, 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 “The Storm is Over Now” by Kirk Franklin
It’s over now, It’s over now
I feel like I can make it
The storm is over now
Scripture Reading Gerald Williams
Sermon Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell
The Sending Forth
*Closing Hymn “I Got a Feeling”
I got a feeling, everything’s gon be alright
I got a feeling, everything’s gon be alright
I got a feeling, everything’s gon be alright,
Be alright, be alright, be alright
* Benediction
* Those who are able please stand