Sunday Worship: August 16

God’s Family Worships

12th Sunday After Pentecost

August 16, 2026 – 10:00 A.M. 

As we gather in this sacred place, let us quiet our hearts and open our spirits to the presence of God. We come from many paths and experiences, yet we are one in Christ. The Lord has called us together to worship, to be renewed by God's Word, strengthened through prayer, and inspired by the Holy Spirit.

The Fellowship of Praise

Prelude 

*Call to Worship Mack Taylor

Leader: Come, all who seek the living God.
Congregation: We come with grateful hearts, ready to worship.

Leader: God calls us to love with our whole hearts, minds, souls, and strength.
Congregation: We come to grow in faith and to serve with joy.

Leader: In God's presence, we find mercy, hope, and new life.
Congregation: We lift our voices in praise to the One who is always faithful.

Leader: Come, let us worship the Lord!
Congregation: We worship God with gladness and thanksgiving. Amen.

*Hymn of Praise 

*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 Pastor, Rev. T. Tyrone Roberson and his family.

For Healing and Rehabilitation

Annette Adams; Diane Brownlee; Patsy Browning; Beverly Capers (sister of Beatrice Haywood); Trisha Clark (granddaughter of Penny Lord); Neil Cunningham; The Goodman Family; Floyd Hale and family; Priscilla Hall; Aretha Hampton; The Healy/Chase Family; Jack & Penny Lord; Linda, Stephanie & Joan McCarty; 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, Donald Trump. 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  

Scripture Readings Mack Taylor

Sermon Rev. T. Tyrone Roberson   

The Sending Forth

* Benediction

Postlude