Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell, Pastor

Morgan Park

 Baptist Church

11024 S. Bell Avenue 

Chicago, IL 60643

​773-445-9443

God’s Family Worships
Ascension of the Lord  and Mother’s Day
May 12, 2024          11:00 A.M.
Come, let us worship the God whose love is like that of a mother for her child, whose arms are reaching out, whose eyes are always alert, and whose hands are always compassionate. Amen.

The Fellowship of Praise

Prelude                      Cameron Jones                                                                                    

*Call to Worship               Mack Taylor

Leader: Come gather together all who love the Lord!                         
Congregation:  We love the Lord and our hearts long to be 
in our heavenly home.                      
Leader: Yet God’s work for our lives is not finished and 
in it we have joy.    
Congregation: Let us serve Christ with gladness for 
all the world to see.       
Leader: And let our words and songs ring out with praise for 
God’s love!
ALL: Blessed be the name of the Lord!
           
*Hymn of Praise #481   Every Time I Feel the Spirit, verses 1 and 2

*Invocation and Lord’s Prayer (debts/debtors)
*Gloria Patri #734
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The Fellowship of the Family of God
Greetings and Announcements
Pastor's Welcome

The Fellowship of Giving
*Doxology #34  
*Prayer
                                                                                           
The Fellowship of Prayer
Joys and Concerns
Praise and Thanks
For the continued ministry of MPBC; and the love and support of our MPBC members and friends; for our Pastor, Rev. Dr. Joel Mitchell and his family.
For Healing and Rehabilitation
Annette Adams; Annether Baines; Diane Brownlee; Patsy Browning; Beverly Capers (sister of Beatrice Haywood); Elizabeth Chelton (Granddaughter of Patsy Browning); Trisha Clark (granddaughter of Penny Lord); Neil Cunningham; The Goodman Family; Rev. David Gregg; Floyd Hale and family; Priscilla Hall; Aretha Hampton; Shavon Harp (Niece of Annether Baines); The Haywood Family; The Healy/Chase Family; Jack & Penny Lord; Linda, Stephanie & Joan McCarty; John & Flora Mitchell (Pastor Joel’s parents); Sam and Karen Mitchell; Beverly Nickerson; Haile Selassie (son of Bruce and Rev. Francine White); Barbara Shriver (mother of Gretchen Shriver); Robert Soria (grandson of Susan Soria); Mack Taylor & Family; Cassandra Taylor (JFK owner); Michael Whaley; Jeremy Williams & Family; Ira Williams
For Guidance and Direction
For our MPBC family, our vision for the future, and for our young people
For Watchcare
All of our service men and women serving and all of our veterans; All of our missionaries, who serve in all parts of the USA and in many parts of the world; For the President of the United States, Joe Biden. For all the people who have suffered through natural disasters; For the city of Chicago, that violence will cease 

Pastoral Prayer 

The Fellowship of the Word 
*Hymn #444                                                                Rain Down
Scripture Readings                                                       Mack Taylor
Sermon                                                         Rev. T. Tyrone Roberson
                        
The Sending Forth
*Closing Hymn     “Oh, How I Love Jesus” 

Oh, how I love Jesus,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Oh, how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me

                                                                    
* Benediction
  Postlude