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First Baptist Church in Beverly
First Baptist Church in Beverly
      221 Cabot Street Beverly, MA 01915
                 978-922-3295

  Visit our website at www.fbcbeverly.org
      at “First Baptist Church in Beverly”

    Ministers: Julie Flowers and Jaimie Crumley
    Sabbatical Interim Minister: Cindy Maybeck
          Director of Music: Esther Chang
              Treasurer: John Thomson
          Office Administrator: Pat Haight
     Communications Associate: Sherri Kohley
Congregational Engagement Associate: Daniel Johnson
      Childcare Coordinator: Abby Johnstone
       Video Tech Associate: Andrew Bakhit
           Facilities Manager: Jeremy Weir
First Baptist Church in Beverly
Welcome to Worship                                             Upcoming Events This Week:
                          at First Baptist Church in Beverly!
                                                                                                Middle School Fellowship - today 4-6 p.m.
We welcome you to worship this morning. If you are a visitor to First Baptist Church, we
ask you to fill out one of the “Here We Gather” cards, which you will find in the pew rack      Senior High Fellowship - today at 6-9 p.m.
in front of you. Please drop it in the offering plate during the morning offering. If you
would like to know more about the church, please with Cindy Maybeck or Daniel Johnson.          Online Fellowship and Books - Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

There are Prayer Request cards in the pew rack in front of you. If you would like to take a     Zoom Coffee Hour - Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
moment to fill one out with a prayer concern you would like shared or like the ministers to
know, please do so, and then place it in the offering plate when they are passed. Prayer con-   Open Gym/Pickelball - Thursday 5-7:30 p.m.
cerns that should be kept for ministers only should have that designation written on them.
                                                                                                For more information on these and other programs of the church check the QR Code on the
The Chancel Flowers this morning are given in loving memory of Linda Purdy by Sharon            pew card in front of you or www.fbcbeverly.org!
Hutchinson.

Prayground news for children! We encourage children in Grade 1 and above to make use of                                 Text Message Reminders from First Baptist Church!
the Prayground space at the front of the room while they worship. The prayground is a child-                            Scan this QR code or text FBCTEXTSNOW to 724-361-6388 if
friendly place for the quiet enjoyment of worship. Our Children’s Class will meet during                                you would like to opt in to receive text message updates, remind-
worship, following stepsitters and is for children through grade 5. Child Care for children                             ers, and alerts from Frist Baptist directly to your phone.
Kindergarten age and younger is provided throughout our service, in the Littlest Learners
room on the main level, located through the double doors at the front of the sanctuary. Our
Childcare Coordinator, who also regularly staffs the room, is Abby Johnstone, an alum of
our Youth Fellowship program, and preschool teacher at Glen Urquhart School in Beverly.
Abby will be assisted weekly by a rotating team of outstanding young people from our Youth
Fellowship program. All adults who work with our children have been CORI-checked. We
always encourage families and caregivers to do what is best for their child and their family
during the worship time. We do hope that older youth (above grade 5) will participate in
worship; a new youth class will be forming for them in the coming weeks at a time separate                      *Indicates Congregation Standing As They Are Able
from worship.                                                                                                          ***Indicates latecomers may be seated

Hearing Assisted Devices are available for those who have a need. A Deacon will
be happy to assist you and provide one.
First Baptist Church in Beverly
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                 ORDER OF WORSHP
The Fellowship Offering is received each Communion Sunday. The money that is received
                                                                                               February 6, 2022                                                               10:00 a.m.
is distributed by the Deacons and pastoral staff to benefit members and neighbors in need.
Envelopes are in the pew racks in front of you.
                                                                                               Tolling of the Hour
The Mission Committee will be selling soup by the pint ($5) and quart ($8) next Sunday                          Upon hearing the bells, all are invited to a time
February 13. The soup will be sold directly after worship for those attending                                         of quiet preparation for worship.

Calling all youth! Are you interested in being baptized and becoming a member of First         Welcome and Announcements                                             Rev. Cindy Maybeck
Baptist Church? Rev. Cindy Maybeck will teach a class for youth interested in exploring
the possibility of baptism. The group will meet weekly during Lent to prepare for a service    A Moment of Preparation                                                           Dobrinski
of baptism on Easter morning, April 17. The first class will be held the first week of                                              A Joyful Alleluia
March. If interested contact Cindy by February 15 to sign up.                                                                     Celebration Ringers

Adults who are interested in baptism are welcome to meet with Cindy for an individual          Call to Worship                                                        Dr. Daniel Johnson
study session during Lent. If you are interested contact Cindy to set up a date and time.
                                                                                               *Hymn 476                                                                        HANOVER
Theology on Tap meets THIS Tuesday, February 8 at 8 p.m. We think it is best at this                                              Rejoice in God’s Saints
time to gather virtually. Theology on Tap is a fun opportunity to gather around the table
and chat with others about life, faith, social justice, current events, and the places where      (If you have not yet had the opportunity to turn off your cell phone, please do so now)
they all intersect. Join this group and invite a friend.
                                                                                               *Invocation, Lord’s Prayer (sung 307)
The Mid-Year Meeting will be held immediately following worship next Sunday, February          Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be
13. All those who wish to attend may remain seated. The meeting will be held here in           done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts,
the Sanctuary.                                                                                 as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For
                                                                                               thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

                                                                                               ***

                                                                                               Scripture Reading                                                          Bryan Vosseler
                                                                                                                                                                   Pew Bible pg. O.T. 448
                                                                                                                                        Psalm 138
Stepsitters                                                               Rev. Jaimie Crumley        thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; streams of mercy never ceasing,
                                                                                                     call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues
Anthem                                                                              P. Drennan       above; praise his name! I’m fixed upon it name of God’s redeeming love. Come, thou Fount
                                      Arise and Come to Jesus                                        of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace.
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save            *Doxology (48) Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Christ, all creatures
you, full of pity, love and pow’r. Arise and come to Jesus; He’ll embrace you in His arms; in            here below; praise Holy Spirit evermore; one God, triune, whom we adore. Amen.
the arms of our dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms. Come, ye thirsty come and wel-
come, God’s free bounty glorify; true belief and true repentance, ev’ry grace that brings you        The Lord’s Supper
nigh. Arise and come to Jesus; He’ll embrace you in His arms; in the arms of our dear Savior,           Concerns and Celebrations                                             Dr. Daniel Johnson
O there are ten thousand charms. Come ye, weary, heavy laden, lost and ruined by the fall; if           Prayer
you tarry till you’re better, you will never come at all. Blessed are the eyes that see Him, blest      Invitation to the Table                                              Rev. Cindy Maybeck
are ears that hear His voice; blessed are the souls that trust Him and in Him alone rejoice.            Sharing the Bread
Arise and come to Jesus; He’ll embrace you in His arms; in the arms of our dear Savior, O               Sharing the Cup
there are ten thousand charms.                                                                       (The Deacons will serve a new style of communion. Peel back the lower seal for the wafer
                                                                                                     and the upper seal for the juice. Gluten-free option is available as well).
Scripture Telling                                                         Rev. Cindy Maybeck
                                          Luke 5:1-11                                                *Hymn
                                                                                                                                     Blest Be the Tie that Binds
Meditation                                                               Rev. Cindy Maybeck          Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love: the fellowship of kindred minds is
                                      “Deep Water Catch”                                             like to that above.

Morning and Fellowship Offerings                                                                     Before our Creator’s throne we pour our ardent prayers; our fears, our hopes, our aims are
    Call to Giving                                                         Rev. Cindy Mabeck         one, our comforts and our cares.
    Offertory                                                                       J. Althouse
                               Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing                                    We share each other’s woes, each other’s burdens bear, and often for each other flows the
Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; streams of mercy, never         sympathizing tear.
ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming
tongues above; praise his name! I’m fixed upon it, name of God’s redeeming love. Here I raise        When we are called to part, it gives us inward pain; but we shall still be joined in heart,
my Ebenezer, hither by thy help I’ve come; and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at     and hope to meet again. Amen.
home. Jesus sought me when a stranger wandering from the fold of God; he, to rescue me from
                                                                                                     *Benediction                                                           Rev. Jaimie Crumley
danger, bought me with his precious blood. O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m con-
strained to be! Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee; prone to wan-
                                                                                                     *Postlude
der, Lord, I feel it, here’s my heart, O, take and seal it; seal it for thy courts above. Come,
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