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

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


For more information about First Baptist Church Savannah, GA


Visit our website fbc-sav.org


Katie Callaway, Co-Pastor


John Callaway, Co-Pastor


James Richardson, Organist Emeritus


We invite you to attend our Sunday morning worship
service at 11AM


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


ALL are Welcome