Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell, Pastor

Morgan Park

 Baptist Church

11024 S. Bell Avenue 

Chicago, IL 60643

​773-445-9443

God’s Family Worships
16th Sunday After Pentecost
September 8, 2024 – 11:00 A.M. 
Everyone matters or no one matters. Here, everyone matters, and all are welcomed by the love of God.                                                                     
The Fellowship of Praise

Prelude                Cameron Jones
                                                                                 
*Call to Worship             Gerald Williams

Leader: Place your trust in God.
Congregation:  God’s faithfulness is unshakeable.
Leader: May our worship this day strengthen our faith.
Congregation: May our faithfulness be unshakable
Leader: May our words and actions be good and true.
Congregation:  May we grow in Godliness each and every day.

 
*Hymn of Praise “Break Every Chain” by Tasha Cobbs Leonard

 There’s an army rising up
There’s an army rising up
There’s an army rising up
To break every chain, break every chain, break every chain

There is power in the name of Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus
To break every chain, break every chain, break every chain

*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; Rev. David Gregg; 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 #359 “Give Thanks”

Scripture Readings              Gerald Williams          
Sermon                             Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell
                        
The Sending Forth

*Closing Hymn "Come and Go with Me to that Land"

 Won't you come and go with me to that land
come and go with me to that land
won't you come and go with me to that land
where I'm bound
* Benediction
Postlude