Preparing for worship

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1 Second Sunday After Pentecost June 3, 2018

2 Preparing for worship Today s Preparing for Worship is drawn from the Wilshire archives, featuring words penned in 2015 by former Pastoral Resident Erica Whitaker, now senior pastor of Buechel Park Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. She wrote to explain the beginning of Ordinary Time in church life. There is nothing extraordinary about the ordinary. The everydayness of life is not Twitter worthy or any Facebook status sensation. No one is worth following on social media if they only post photos watering the lawn, washing the dishes or walking through the grocery store. We would rather see soulful sunsets, gorgeous grandbabies and powerful protests. Is this not where we find God in the extraordinary moments of life? Ordinary time is the longest season in the church calendar. From May to November we see the color green decorating the Sanctuary for 34 weeks. The season can drag on, numbing our tastes buds that desperately crave the savory flavors of Advent and Easter. Our spiritual palates prefer the rich, robust holiday seasons over the mundane, routine of ordinary time. Is God even around before and after the holidays? The Church, not God, turned Advent and Easter into extraordinary seasons. Jesus was born on an ordinary day like everyone else. If anything, Jesus birth was less than ordinary, taking his first breath in a stable, smelling the everyday animal odors. Jesus also died on an ordinary day like everyone else. Well, not really like everyone else unless you were a Roman criminal flogged and tortured prior to experiencing a humiliating public death. So when and where does God meet us? What is extraordinary about our God is that God is all about the ordinary. God meets us in the commonplace, the average moments. God put on skin, touching humanity in ordinary ways. Jesus rubbed shoulders with the poor, the wealthy, the honest, the crooks, the holy, the unclean, the powerful and the helpless. The Son of God slept, walked, laughed, ate, sat and even wept on this earth. In his book Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Thích Nhat Hành wrote, People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child our own two eyes. All is a miracle. The true miracle is that God meets us in the mundane moments. Perhaps we are so busy rushing through the normal routine of our lives that we miss the everyday miracles proclaiming God s love and grace. Today, will you listen for the voice of the extraordinary God speaking in your ordinary life? Erica Whitaker Wilshire Baptist Church 4316 Abrams Road Dallas, Texas (214) Partnered with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Building a Community of Faith Shaped by the Spirit of Jesus Christ ON THE COVER: Wheat, Thomas Hart Benton

3 June 3, :30 and 11:00 a.m. Second Sunday after Pentecost Chiming of the Hour The people of Wilshire gather this morning to worship God. In order for this service of worship to be focused upon that purpose, please turn off all cell phones, pagers and alarm watches. Prelude Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee arr. Raney Jonathan K. Merrtt and Jeff Brummel, organ/piano duet Opening Sentences Charlie Burgin / Ben Holden This morning we have gathered to worship the Lord, who is immortal, invisible and the only one wise. We acknowledge that God is the giver of life to both the great and the small and that even though God is invisible to our eyes, God is known in our spirits as the true life of all. Scripture teaches that the grass withers and the flowers fade but the word of the Lord stands forever. It is in that hope that we sing today. +Hymn 58 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise st. denio Greeting to Worshipers Tiffany Wright / Jon-Erik Schoellhorn Guests are invited to take a Response Card from the pew rack, complete it and place it in the offering plate later in the service. We would love to know you were here today. Prayer concerns will be received and prayed for this week when listed on an intercessory prayer card from the pew rack and placed in the offering plate. Reading Psalm 139:1 6 Gerald Shilling / Jessica Capps O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it. O Lord, you have searched me and known me. *8:30 worship service / **11:00 worship service +All congregants who are able are invited to stand. Hearing devices are available in the Narthex and South Atrium. 3

4 Prayers of the People Mark Wingfield 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. Amen. +Hymn 405 Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us bradbury Giving of Tithes and Offerings Although many of us will take summer vacations, the work of the church does not stop. Make sure your generosity to God s work through Wilshire doesn t take an unexpected vacation by using one of our digital giving options at or on the Wilshire app. Choral Offertory *You Shall Go Out with Joy Larson New Song Crysta Jones, accompanist You shall go out with joy and be led forth in peace. For the mountains and hills shall ring out in song And the trees of the field shall clap their hands as you go out with joy. **I Know That My Redeemer Lives Sanctuary Choir Cox I know that my redeemer lives, glory, hallelujah! What comfort sweet this sentence gives, glory, hallelujah! Shout on, pray on, we re gaining ground, glory, hallelujah! The dead s alive and the lost is found, glory hallelujah! He lives, all glory to his name, glory, hallelujah! He lives, my Jesus still the same, glory, hallelujah! Shout on, pray on, we re gaining ground, glory, hallelujah! The dead s alive, and the lost is found, glory, hallelujah! 4

5 +Offertory Response old 100th Our God is making all things new, a promise that we know is true. Through eyes of faith we long to see a love-transformed community. A place where truth and justice reign and healing triumphs over pain, Where all have dignity and worth and peace is passed throughout the earth. LeAnn Hampton +Gospel Reading Mark 2:23 3:6 Aracely Muñoz / Lydia Tucker One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath? And he said to them, Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions. Then he said to them, The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath. Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, Come forward. Then he said to them, Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill? But they were silent. He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, Stretch out your hand. He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Message Points of Law George Mason Celebration of the Lord s Supper Kevin Gardner-Sinclair / Aaron Coyle-Carr All followers of Christ are invited to partake of the Lord s Supper, whether you are a Wilshire member or not. The bread used this morning is gluten-free. Passing of the Bread Give Me Jesus arr. Manuel Passing of the Cup Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken Mozart/Innes +The Passing of the Peace The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you. 5

6 +Hymn 680 I Then Shall Live finlandia Sharing of Decisions Benediction Postlude Hymn to Joy arr. Travis The flowers on the chancel today are given in honor of Heather Mustain for her endless energy for improving the lives of those who need God s help in our community. The offertory response we are singing during the beginning of Ordinary Time was written by Wilshire s own LeAnn Hampton, who was a participant in the recent hymn-writing class offered on Wednesday nights. All guests are invited to a coffee reception in the James Gallery immediately after the service. Welcome to Wilshire today. If you are a guest with us today, we welcome you warmly to our congregation. We would like to get to know you and tell you more about our church. Please take a Response Card from the pew rack, fill it out and place it in the offering plate when it comes by. Someone to talk with. If you are facing a life challenge and would like to have a spiritual friend to walk alongside you for a season of healing, perhaps you would benefit from a Stephen Minister. Learn more at wilshirebc.org or contact Tiffany Wright at (214)

7 Meet today s worship leaders Charlie Burgin is the Charlie behind Charlie s Angels the Sunday School class where he is director. He is a deacon and has been a Wilshire member since 1991 and is a longtime employee of Culwell & Son in Highland Park. Ben Holden is a new member at Wilshire. He attends Ithaka Class and is a recent aerospace engineering graduate of UTA. Jon-Erik Schoellhorn came to Wilshire in He is married to Shannon, and they are directors of Discovery Class. He works as an Edward Jones representative and applies his professional skills as a member of Wilshire s Vision 20/20 Legacy Giving Team and Pathways to Ministry Committee. He and Shannon are the parents of Sloane, who is 1, and Jordan, who is seven months old. Jonathan K. Merritt, guest musician in today s services, is the organist/artist in residence at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., and is a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines. Aracely Perez Muñoz joined Wilshire in 2014 and is married to Richard Muñoz. They attend Avodah Class, and she serves on the lay support team for Pastoral Resident Aaron Coyle-Carr. She works as a development officer for Children s Miracle Network Hospitals at Children s Health. Gerald Shilling and his wife, Glenda, joined Wilshire in They are members of Compass Class and are parents of two adult children, Jonathan and Kate. Gerald is a deacon and professor of economics at Eastfield College. Lydia Tucker and her husband, Max, joined Wilshire in They are members of Epiphany Class, and she serves on the lay support team for Pastoral Resident Aaron Coyle-Carr. She and Max are the parents of an adult son, John. Staff contacts George A. Mason Senior Pastor (214) Mark Wingfield Associate Pastor (214) Doug Haney Minister of Music (214) Sarah Stafford Associate Minister of Music (214) Jeff Brummel Music Associate/Organist (214) Tiffany Wright Minister for Care Ministries (214) Heather Mustain Minister of Missions & Advocacy (214) Jessica Capps Minister to Senior Adults (214) Darren DeMent Minister to Students (214) Julie Girards Minister to Children (214) Joan Hammons Minister to Preschoolers (214) Kevin Gardner-Sinclair Pastoral Resident (214) Jakob Topper Pastoral Resident (214) Aaron Coyle-Carr Pastoral Resident (214) Matt Dodrill Pastoral Resident (214) David Nabors Director of Business Admin. (214) Dale Pride Facilities Manager (214) J. Preston Bright Associate Pastor Emeritus To any staff member, use the first letter of the first name combined with the full last name and 7

8 The Wilshire Tapestry This Wednesday at Wilshire Jonathan Merritt at Wilshire The summer This Is My Story testimony series continues at noon this Wednesday with a yearend concert by the New Song senior adult choir. Lunch will be served in Community Hall as usual from 11 a.m.to noon, and then the concert will be held in the Sanctuary at noon. The program will include an upbeat Old Time Religion Medley to arrangements of The King of Love My Shepherd Is and This Is My Father s World as well as other festive anthems. The program will conclude with New Song s quintet singing a medley of Barbara Ann, Surfer Girl and Fun, Fun, Fun and the choir ending with other 1950s favorites. Koinonia Café June 6: Grilled chicken marsala, pork loin with pistachio pesto, mac and cheese, red potatoes, green beans, zucchini with tomatoes, salad bar, dessert bar. Schedule change for June 13 No regular programming will be offered on Wednesday, June 13, due to Wilshire hosting the annual meeting of Baptist Women in Ministry. The regular Wednesday luncheon and This Is My Story program will resume on June 20 with a presentation by Pat Austin. Any interested person is invited to attend the BWIM meeting in the Sanctuary at 10 a.m. Break the Silence: Abuse hurts at any age Wilshire will host a luncheon discussion Thursday, June 14, at 11 a.m., on how to advocate for those who have suffered elder abuse or neglect. Mark Smith, investigative producer at WFAA Channel 8, will present recent findings of abuse in the older population of Dallas. A panel of experts will lead a discussion to determine needed advocacy for our vulnerable older adults. Join The Senior Source, AARP and Senior Affairs Commission as we work together to find solutions. For more information and to RSVP, contact Cindy Rubin at (214) or CRubin@TheSeniorSource.org. Author and religion blogger Jonathan Merritt will preach in both morning services on Sunday, June 10, and then will speak at a luncheon in Community Hall at noon. He writes on religion, culture and politics. He currently serves as a contributing writer for The Atlantic, contributing editor for The Week, and senior columnist for Religion News Service. Jonathan has published more than 3,000 articles in respected outlets such as the New York Times, USA Today, Buzzfeed, the Washington Post and Christianity Today. Jonathan is author of several critically acclaimed books, including the forthcoming Learning to Speak God from Scratch, Jesus is Better Than You Imagined, and A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars. North Korea relief work Wilshire s Missions Committee provided a matching gift to help Pastor Yoo Jong Yoon deliver food supplies once again to the people of North Korea. He traveled April 14-21, following a pattern established since Upon arrival, he was told he was only the third Korean-American to come to North Korea since September He delivered 60 tons of soy beans in three provinces, where he has supported five orphan schools and one hospital for many years. Pastor Yoon knows of only four churches in North Korea, and he attended one, Chil Gol. There were about 50 to 60 people with 15 choir members with pianist and a pastor. He was invited to speak and delivered love and support for the orphans and the sick as Christian brothers and sisters. Keep up with all the Wilshire news at wilshirebc.org or by using our Wilshire app or via social media. Worship is live streamed every Sunday at 11:00. 8

9 Summer library hours Faces of Beloved Community The Wilshire Library will be open this summer on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except on Wednesdays when the hours will be 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Also on Wednesdays June 20 through Aug. 15, Librarian Barbara Peterson will offer a preschool story time beginning at 2 p.m. Wilshire s excellent lending library is open to the church and our neighbors. So whether you re a Wilshire member or not, you and your children are welcome to use our library. Join Summer Choir Don t have time to sing in Sanctuary Choir all year but would like to sing part-time? Did you sing in a choir in high school or college and would like to take another swing at it? Here s your chance. All interested singers are invited to participate in Summer Choir, which will sing at the 11:00 service on Sunday mornings through September 2. There are only seven Wednesday night rehearsals, from May 23 through July 11, skipping July 4. Summer Choir has shorter rehearsals, from 7 to 8:15 p.m., and easier music. Show up for rehearsal in Choral Hall or contact Doug Haney for more information. Adventurers June program Join Wilshire Adventurers on Tuesday, June 19, for a program on a theology of food (with maybe a little music included too) led by Leanna Coyle-Carr, who is married to Pastoral Resident Aaron Coyle-Carr and is a recent graduate of Wake Forest Divinity School. The free program starts at 10:30 and will be followed by lunch for $7 and then table games. No reservations required. Wilkinson Center needs volunteers Volunteers (ages 16 and up) are needed to help with the Wilkinson Center s annual shoe drive Saturday, July 28, through Monday, July 30. Sign up at wilshirebc.org/registration. 9 Wilshire is the first stop for a new photographic exhibit illustrating the power of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Missions. The show, Faces of Beloved Community, will debut at the CBF General Assembly in Dallas in June and then will be shared with CBF congregations across the country. Stop by the South Lobby between now and June 10 to learn more about how our Unified Budget gifts to the CBF Offering for Global Missions make a difference around the world. CBF general assembly The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will hold its annual general assembly in Dallas June The location is the Hyatt Regency downtown. An opening worship service will be held on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. Thursday includes workshops and two general sessions plus other special events. Friday also has workshops and two general sessions, including an evening missionary commissioning. Anyone is welcome to attend. Learn more at WOW! Summer Bible study Join in a study of Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor led by Vanessa Vaughter on Fridays, June 22 through Aug. 3 (excluding July 6) from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room In this book, one of America s premier female preachers seeks to rehabilitate what we have learned to fear, the dark. She reflects on how our lives do not work only when everything is fully lit. We can t always see the light. Sign up at wilshirebc.org/ registration. WOW! Brown Bag Book Club Women are invited to join a potluck lunch on Thursday, June 7. Bring a dish to share as the group discusses A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meisner. The book is available in the main office for $10. You do not need to have read the book to join the group, and participants will pick the next six selections for the year at this time. Noon to 1 p.m. in Room 1205-L.

10 Five reasons to register for VBS now 1. It s going to be cool. Imagine Community Hall turned into a biblical marketplace filled with shops, artisans, food and crafts that give kids hands-on understanding of Bible stories as they come to life. 2. Everyone can participate. Because this year s VBS is at night, it s accessible to preschoolers and children with two working parents as well as children of single parents and all households. 3. It s only three days. Rather than taking up an entire week and competing with other summer day camps, this year s VBS runs Sunday night through Tuesday night only. 4. You ll want to bring a friend. Wilshire s VBS is the ideal event for your children to bring their friends along, because there s room for everyone. 5. Kids will have fun learning Bible truths. Children will join their tribe as they visit the marketplace, worship and learn about turning tough times into opportunities to trust God and live courageously. Register today online at wilshirebc.org/registration. VBS is open to preschool children who will have completed a 3-year-old preschool class by June 10 through children who will have just completed sixth grade. Sunday, June 10 Monday, June 11 Tuesday, June 12 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. nightly 10

11 Wilshire calendar Sunday, June 3 Morning worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:40 a.m. Morning worship 11:00 a.m. Library Committee noon Missions Committee noon Theological Dialogue Team noon Personnel Committee noon Youth Choir 4:00 p.m. Shekinah 5:00 p.m. Monday, June 4 Game of 42 10:00 a.m. Senior women s exercise class 2:00 p.m. Tanzania mission team meeting 6:30 p.m. Wilshire Winds 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 5 Yoga class 12:15 p.m. Stephen Ministry CE and supervision 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6 New Song 9:30 a.m. Koinonia Café 11:00 a.m. New Song concert noon Stephen Ministry supervision 1:30 p.m. Cord of Three prayer group 6:15 p.m. Yoga class 6:15 p.m. Sanctuary Choir 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 7 The Bridge/Stew Pot - 11:15 a.m. Women s Ministry Brown Bag Book Club noon Knit Unto Others 1:30 p.m. Senior women s exercise class 2:00 p.m. Interfaith Ramadan dinner with Dialogue Institute Dallas 7:15 p.m. Saturday, June 9 Ken Davis Chorale concert 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 10 Morning worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:40 a.m. Morning worship 11:00 a.m. Luncheon with Jonathan Merritt noon NYC missions team meeting noon Youth Choir 4:00 p.m. Shekinah 5:00 p.m. Marketplace VBS 6:00 p.m. FREE Patriotic Concert Featuring LAURICE LANIER When Laurice sings, you forget the bad in your life. Menno Feenstra, Artistic Director, Royal Opera House And the WILSHIRE WIND SYMPHONY Sunday, July 1 6:30 p.m. Fruit cobbler and ice cream reception afterward Abrams Road

12 Six ways to support Wilshire s mission 1. In worship: Place your cash or check (payable to Wilshire Baptist Church) in the offering plate during any of our worship services. 2. By mail: Send to Lori Gooden, Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams Road, Dallas TX, Please write on your check if it is intended for the Unified Budget or another purpose. 3. Online: Schedule a recurring or one-time gift charged to either your debit or credit card or directly as an ACH from your checking account. Visit wilshirebc.org/give (be sure you have enabled cookies on your phone or tablet) or scan the QR Code in today s order of worship Automatic bank pay: Go to your bank s website, log in to your individual bank account and follow your bank s instructions to set up Wilshire as a new payee. Your bank will print and cut a check. 5. Text: Using your smartphone, text WILSHIRE and the dollar amount (example: WILSHIRE 50) to 73256, then follow the link that pops up. The first time you use this option, you will enter credit card and contact information. All text gifts will be applied to the Unified Budget. 6. Wilshire app: Download the Wilshire app from the App Store or Google Play to make gifts easily from your phone or tablet.