June 27, 2010

The Worship of God

11:00 am

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

 

The Prelude                                                                                                   Bethany Braun

 

The Chiming of the Hour

LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY

 

The Choral Proclamation

                                                            It is Well with My Soul                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

The Greeting and the Lord’s Prayer                                                              Jeff Atkinson

 

*The Opening Hymn # 3                                                                    Worthy of Worship

 

The New Testament Lesson                          Luke 12: 13-21

 

This is the gospel of the Lord

Thanks be to God

 

TEACH AND ADMONISH ONE ANOTHER IN ALL WISDOM

 

The Morning Prayer

 

The Children’s Moment                                                                            Rev. April Sledge

 

**The Offertory Hymn # 261                                                  Wonderful Words of Life                                                            

The Offertory

*The Doxology # 253

 

The Old Testament Lesson               The Shunammite Woman                   2 Kings 4: 8-37                

 

The Sermon                                                                                            Dr. Cecil Chambers

It Is Well!

Struggling through life’s circumstances

Trusting in  God’s character

 

 

 

AND WITH GRATITUDE IN YOUR HEARTS SING PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS TO GOD

 

 

The Congregational  Benediction                                               It is Well with My Soul

              

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll;

What ever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.

 

It is well with my soul, it is well, it is well with my soul.

 

Though satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control,

That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, and hath shed His own blood for my soul.

 

It is well with my soul, it is well, it is well with my soul.

 

My sin oh, the bliss of this glorious thought: my sin not in part, but the whole

is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul.

 

It is well with my soul, it is well, it is well with my soul.

 

And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, the clouds be rolled back as a scroll.

The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend “Even so,” It is well with my soul.

 

It is well with my soul, it is well, it is well with my soul.

 

The Postlude

 

 *All who are able please stand

** Boys and girls (grade 1 – grade 5) may leave for Children’s Church.

 

Age-appropriate teaching and child care is available each Sunday for babies and children through 5 years of age.  An usher will be glad to help you to the Preschool Area.

 

 

 

 

We Welcome You

We are happy that you have come to worship with us.  If you are a guest, we pray that you will be blessed by joining us in the praise and worship of our Lord.  May God’s Spirit and our fellowship bring you comfort, joy and peace. 

 

Sanctuary Flowers

Ed Strange gave the flowers this morning in memory of his son, Richard, who made the supreme sacrifice for his country in Viet nam.         

 

Opportunities for the Coming Week

 

Monday          7:00 pm           Deacons Meeting

 

Wednesday     6:30 pm           Children in Action

                        6:30 pm           Adult Prayer and Share

                        7:30 pm           Choir Rehearsal

 

Homebound Members

Send a card or call to Mrs. Dot Previs, Morningside at Bellgrade, The Garden, 2800 Polo Parkway, Midlothian, VA 23113.   Remember all our homebound members with your prayers.

           

Thank You

Thank you for the wonderful reception you prepared and served after Momma’s funeral.  Your thoughtfulness and giving hearts are a wonderful reflection of our loving church.  The many cards, phone calls and visits are greatly appreciated.

                                                                                                Nancy Roberts

 

Thank you all for sharing in the celebration of Miriam’s life.  Your prayers, calls and cards mean so much to our family and have helped to ease the pain of our loss.  The Benevolent committee along with those that prepared the food for the reception did an outstanding job and we appreciate all their hard work.  What a privilege to be a member of such a loving and caring church.  We love you all.                                                                                                    

 

                                                                                      Dick, Marge and family

 

 

 

It is Well with My Soul

 

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

 

“It is well with My Soul” is a very influential hymn penned by hymnist Horatio Spafford and composed by Philip Bliss.

 

This hymn was written after several traumatic events in Spafford’s life.  The first was the death of his only son in 1871, shortly followed by the great Chicago Fire which ruined him financially (he had been a successful lawyer).  Then in 1873, he had planned to travel to Europe with his family on the SS Ville du Havre, but sent the family ahead while he was delayed on business concerning zoning problems following the Great Chicago Fire.  While crossing the Atlantic, the ship sank rapidly after a collision with a sailing ship, the Loch Earn, and all four of Spafford’s daughters died.  His wife Anna survived and sent him the now famous telegram, “Saved alone.”  Shortly afterwards, as Spafford traveled to meet his grieving wife, he was inspired to write these words as his ship passed near where his daughters had died.

 

Bliss called his tune Ville du Havre,  from the name of the stricken vessel.

 

The Spaffords later had three more children, one of whom (a son) died in infancy.  In 1881 the Spaffords, including baby Bertha and newborn Grace, set sail for Israel.  The Spaffords moved to Jerusalem and helped found a group called the American Colony; its mission was to serve the poor.  The colony later became the subject of the Nobel prize winning Jerusalem, by Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlof.

 

 

 

Skipwith Baptist Church

1900 Skipwith Road

Henrico, Virginia 23229

804-282-2234

www.skipwithbaptistchurch.org

 

 

 

 

 

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 Then the Lord God formed man from the dust

Of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils

The breath of life;

And

The man became a living soul.

  

                      Genesis 2: 7

                

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Dr. Cecil J. Chambers, Pastor

Rev. April Sledge, Children, Youth and Young Adult Minister

Mr. Richard A. Tinsley, Music Director

Mrs. Bethany H. Braun, Pianist/Organist

Mrs. Pauline K. Taylor, Ministry Assistant