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
(03:09) Welcome to Worship – Charles Gullion
(03:38) Gathering Song – “Thy Word”
(Refrain) Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
(Verse 1) When I feel afraid, think I’ve lost my way,
Still you’re there right beside me.
And nothing will I fear as long as you are near.
Please be near me to the end.
(Refrain) Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
(05:19) Call to Worship – Based on Exodus 2, by Christine Longhurst
Our help is in the name of the Lord our God,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
who comes to our aid in times of need,
who gives us the courage to do what we know is right,
who invites us to turn away from the influences of the world around us
and confess Him alone as Savior and Lord.
This is our God!
Let’s worship together.
(06:00) Hymn of Praise – “Amazing Grace” (verses 1, 4, & 5)
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- Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see.
- Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;
‘tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. - When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we’d first begun.
- Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!
(07:52) Invitation to Prayer
(10:33) 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.
(13:09) Scripture Reading – Exodus 2:11-25
(15:49) Sermon – “Adventures in Liminality: Between the Flight & the Fight” – Rev. Hood
(37:08) Hymn of Hope – “Here I Am” (verses 1 & 2)
- I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin my hand will save.
I who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?(refrain) Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart. - I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people’s pain.
I have wept for love of them, they turn away.
I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my Word to them. Whom shall I send?(refrain) Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.
(40:00) Offering & Announcements
(44:00) Benediction – Rev. Hood
(44:53) Postlude – Melanie Manges
Worship Leaders in this Service:
- Melanie Manges, Piano
- Charles Gullion, 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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