January 26, 2020 First Baptist Church of Savannah Sunday Service - Deacon Ordination

First Baptist Church Savannah Podcast

Chiming of the Hour

Prelude _Cantilena _Richard Lloyd

Rev. James Richardson, organist

Welcome and Call to Worship Rev. John Callaway

Invocation Rev. Katie Callaway

*Hymn 420 *God of Grace and God of Glory _cwm rhondda

Ordination and Installation

Introductory Statement

Ordination Litany

Minister: Brenda Helmly, Rebecca Sutton, Heather Valentine, and Rich Wheeler have been called to serve this congregation in deacon ministry. Having answered your call to serve, they have signified their willingness to be ordained to minister in this capacity.

Congregation: We do, therefore, in the name and example of Jesus Christ, now proceed in the ordination, setting aside these four in service, leadership, and ministry.

Minister: Ordinands, you have shown your willingness to assume the responsibilities of this office, and because the deacon ministry is of such vital importance to the life of our church, we pose these basic questions: Do you profess Jesus Christ as the Way and seek to minister with Christ as the Head of the Church, which is Christ’s Body?

Ordinands: I do.

Minister: Do you profess the Scriptures of the Bible to be the God-inspired sourcebook and guide for study, faith, and practice?

Ordinands: I do.

Minister: Do you promise, by word and by example, to promote the peace, the unity, and the work of this church and of the Church universal?

Ordinands: I do.

Laying on of Hands

*Anthem * _Here I Am, Lord _ Ovid Young

Ordination Prayer

Installation Litany

Minister: All serving in the Diaconate in the coming year please stand. Do you accept the office of deacon in this congregation, and promise faithfully and according to your ability to provide leadership of a servant of Christ?

Diaconate: I do.

Minister: All who are able please stand. Congregation, these are the persons whom you have called to be your servant leaders. What promise do you make to them?

Congregation: We pledge to hold you and your ministry in this church in the highest esteem. We have taken seriously our choice of you. We desire that you lead us with courage, conviction, and compassion.

Diaconate: We are honored and humbled by this display of your confidence in our capacity to be servants of this people. We pledge to you that we will bear that trust responsibly.

Congregation: We charge you to give unselfishly to the wellbeing of our church. Be interpreters of our ministry to one another, to this community, and to the world. Be prophets calling us to the hard truths we sometimes would rather dismiss or forget. Be friends to us in times of crisis and change. Be pastoral to us in our joys and in our sorrows.

Diaconate: With the care of our Creator, the strength of the Christ, and the presence of the Spirit, we will do our best.

*Gloria Patri No. 579 *

First Lesson Psalm 27:1, 4-9 Lynn Hadwin, lay reader

Second Lesson Matthew 4:12-23

Homily Follow Me Rev. Katie Callaway

Hymn The Summons Bell and Maule

Homily Fish for People Rev. John Callaway

*Hymn 524 *_Holy Spirit, Lord of Love _salzburg

*Call to Prayer *Rev. Katie Callaway

Silent Prayers

Pastoral Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin 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 and ever. Amen.

Offertory Sentence

Receiving of Tithes and Offerings

*Offertory *_More Love to Thee _James Pethel

*Presentation and Doxology No. 591 *OLD HUNDREDTH

Offertory Prayer

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

*Hymn 343 *_Called as Partners in Christ’s Service _beecher

Events in the Life of the Church

Pastoral Benediction

*Choral Response *_Christ Our Savior _Henry Thomas Smart

Postlude _Forth in the Peace of Christ _Michael Higgins

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Katie Callaway, Co-Pastor

John Callaway, Co-Pastor

James Richardson, Organist Emeritus

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We are located at 223 Bull Street on Chippewa Square, downtown Savannah

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