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Welcome to Big Bethel AME Church • Atlanta, Georgia

10:00AM Worship Service

SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020

The Organ Prelude……..…………………………………..……………………………..…Bro. Phillip Skerrett, Jr.

The Processional…….....…………….……………….………..…..….Ministers, Stewards, Choir & Acolytes The Doxology……………....………..…..………………………………..…….………….………….A.M.E. Hymn No. 647

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

The Call to Worship

Minister: I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord!” Our feet

have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! (Psalm 122:1-2)

People: For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in

the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalm 84:10)

Minister: For the sake of the house of the Lord our God; I will seek your good. (Psalm 122:9)

People: They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God.

Minister: O Lord, I love the habitation of your house, and the place where your glory dwells.

People: But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. (Habakkuk 2:20)

Minister: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight,

O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

People: O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things! I will sing of loyalty and of

justice, to you, O Lord, I will sing. (Psalm 98:1,4)

The Hymn of Praise………..…................................................…AME Hymn #351 Just A Little Talk With Jesus

1. I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in And then a little light from heaven filled my soul It bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above And just a little talk with Jesus made me whole. Refrain: Now let us have a little talk with Jesus. Let us tell Him all about our troubles; He will hear our faintest cry; He will answer by and by Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turning. And you know a little fire is burning You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right

2. Sometimes my path seems drear, without a ray of cheer And then a cloud of doubt may hide the light of day The mists of sin may rise and hide the starry skies But just a little talk with Jesus clears the way. ~Refrain~ 3. I may have doubts and fears, my eyes be filled with tears, But Jesus is a friend who watches day and

night I go to Him in prayer, He knows my every care, And just a little talk with Jesus makes it right ~Refrain~ Invocation

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“JESUS SAVES”

The Choral Response

The Worship Through Music………………..……………...…………………………….....Big Bethel Praise Team The Responsive Scripture ..………..……………...……………………………...………………………….John 17:1-8 Minister: 1After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, People: 2since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. Minister: 3And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. People: 4 I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. Minister: 5 So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed. People: 6 "I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Minister: 7 Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; ALL: 8 for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me..

The Preface to the Decalogue…...………………………...………………………….…..“From All That Dwell” From all that dwell below the skies, let the Creator’s praise arise;

let the Redeemer’s name be sung, through every land by every tongue.

The Summary of the Decalogue And Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And the second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.

The Gloria Patri…………………..…..……………………………………….…………...“Glory Be to the Father”

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

The Welcome to Big Bethel……………………………..……………………………..………...Philippian Ministry The Pastor’s Words

The Worship through Creative Expression………………………….……..….Kwanza-Sol Dance Ministry

The Worship In Giving: tithes & offering

The Exercise of Christian Stewardship—Matthew 6:3-4 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

The Choral Response……………………………………………………………..………….……… A.M.E. Hymn #646

“We give Thee but Thine own, What e’er the gift may be; All that we have is Thine alone A trust, O Lord, from Thee. Amen.

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WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS

First reading Psalm Second reading Gospel Seventh Sunday of Easter

*Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 May 24, 2020 (If Ascension not observed here)

ATTENTION ALL MINISTRIES

ALL MINISTRIES are asked to submit their Conference Year 2020-2021 Calendars

to the Church Office via email to psmiley@bigbethelame.org by June 15th

Thanks for your cooperation!☺

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JOIN US! PRAYER REQUESTS! INTERCESSORY!

Let us remember our sick and shut-in with our calls.

The Altar Call

The Worship Through Music……………………..…………………………………….…….Big Bethel Praise Team

The Sermon………..….……………..………………………………………….….……Pastor John Foster

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

The Recessional

The Doxology

The Benediction

The Organ Postlude…...………………………………………..………………………….Bro. Phillip Skerrett, Jr.

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