About this Sermon |
About this Series |
The Summer Between: Adventures in Liminality
liminality : a state of transition between one stage and the next.
The Summer of 2020 finds us in the threshold between what was and what is yet to come. In the midst of a global pandemic, we are somewhere between lockdown and vaccine. In terms of civic life, we are somewhere between unrest and revolution.
What do people of faith do in liminal times like these?
Join First Baptist Church this summer for hope and perspective as Pastor Lisa Hood takes us on a journey through the scriptures, discovering how our spiritual ancestors navigated liminal times, and applying biblical truths for the living of these days.
Order of Worship |
(Start of each segment in parentheses)
(00:00) Prelude – Melanie Manges
(03:07) Welcome to Worship – Len Wilson
(03:37) Gathering Song – “Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying” #489
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Send us love, send us power, send us grace. (repeat)
(04:58) Call to Worship – Inspired by Psalm 139, by Christine Longhurst
We’ve come to worship God,
who loved us before we were yet born,
who knows us even better than we know ourselves,
whose presence never leaves us,
and whose love for us never ceases.
This is our God.
Let’s worship together!
(05:35) Hymn of Praise – “Step by Step” #494
O God, you are my God, and I will ever praise you.
O God, you are my God, and I will ever praise you.
I will seek you in the morning, and I will learn to walk in your ways;
And step by step you’ll lead me, and I will follow you all of my days.
(06:30) Invitation to Prayer
(09:55) Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer – Rev. Hood
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name,
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
(12:26) Scripture Reading – Genesis 18:1-5,10-21
(16:29) Sermon – “Adventures in Liminality: Between Elusion & Encounter” – Rev. Hood
(39:42) Hymn of Hope – “Softly & Tenderly” (verses 1 & 3) #348
- Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals he waiting and watching, watching for you and for me.(Refrain) Come home (come home), come home (come home)
Ye who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
- O for the wonderful love he has promised, promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon, pardon for you and for me.(Refrain) Come home (come home), come home (come home)
Ye who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!
(42:07) Offering & Announcements
(46:21) Benediction – Rev. Hood
(47:06) Postlude – Melanie Manges
Worship Leaders in this Service:
- Melanie Manges, Piano
- Len Wilson, Worship Leader
- Mr. Matt Hood, Director of Music Ministry
- Rev. Lisa Williams Hood, Senior Pastor
- Mr. Aurie Swartz, Director of Communications & Technology
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