Welcome!
Central Baptist is open for in-person worship but will continue to live-stream the service through the embedded video.
Fully vaccinated people may attend without masks. Unvaccinated worshippers, including all children between 2 and 12, must be masked.
Weather permitting we will be worshipping outdoors, in this call all people may be unmasked but we continue to require social distancing.
Order of Worship
Prelude
Welcome
Announcements
Call to Worship
O God, you pour out the spirit of grace and love.
Deliver us from cold hearts and wandering thoughts,
that with steady minds and burning zeal
we may worship you in spirit and truth.
Amen.
Worship Song, “Draw Me Close to You”
Verse
Draw me close to You never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that I'm Your friend
You are my desire no one else will do
'Cause nothing else could take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace
Help me find the way bring me back to You
Chorus
You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want
Help me know You are near
Ending
Help me know You are here
Kelly Carpenter
© 1994 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing (Integrity Music, David C Cook))
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Opening Prayer
Passing the Peace (Internet Edition)
Prayer Time
Gospel Reading: Matthew 6:9-13
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Meditation, “Praying the Lord’s Prayer”
Worship Song, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Chorus
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning
New mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness
Lord unto me
Verse 1
Great is Thy faithfulness
O God my Father
There is no shadow
Of turning with Thee
Thou changest not
Thy compassions they fail not
As Thou hast been
Thou forever wilt be
Verse 2
Summer and winter
And springtime and harvest
Sun moon and stars
In their courses above
Join with all nature
In manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness
Mercy and love
Verse 3
Pardon for sin
And a peace that endureth
Thy own dear presence
To cheer and to guide
Strength for today
And bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine
With ten thousand beside
Thomas Obediah Chisholm | William Marion Runyan
© Words: Public Domain
Music: Public Domain
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Benediction
July Benevolence - Urban Promise
”Our mission at UrbanPromise has been to equip Camden's children and young adults with the skills necessary for academic achievement, life management, spiritual growth, and Christian leadership. We strive to fulfill this mission through after-school programs, summer camps, two schools, experiential learning, job training, and a host of other programs that challenge youth to develop and realize their potential.” http://urbanpromiseusa.org/home
Urban Promise offers K-12 education as a private, Christian school featuring small class size and opportunities to learn outside the classroom. Additional programs include AfterSchool programs and Summer camps; Street Leader program; UrbanTrekkers; Urban BoatWorks; and Wellness Center.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fundraisers and traditional sources of revenue are not available yet the need to support the school and staff continues. “A vibrant, healthy UrbanPromise will be needed in a post-coronavirus Camden. We cannot close our doors. We cannot retreat.”
Children’s Book Drive
Central is joining with some other local churches to collect new and/or gently used children’s books, ages infant to grade six, to donated to BookSmile.org. This organization supports under-served communities in New Jersey, helping children build up their personal libraries and encouraging strong literacy.
Books will be collected beginning June 21, and collection will continue through the month of July. There are several drop off points:
Central Baptist Church (outside the ramp door behind the building)
Bethany Lutheran Church
Sacred Heart
Palmyra Harbour Clubhouse
Guest Preacher—Dr. Joseph B. Modica (Chaplain, Eastern University)
Taken from Eastern’s website.
Dr. Modica often remarks to students: "One day I couldn't spell the word 'chaplain,' then the next day, I became one." Dr. Modica’s journey to Eastern University has been a circuitous, yet enriching one. Working as a foster care social worker, attending seminary in Nyack, NY, pastoring a church in Queens, NY, working with the American Red Cross (Manhattan) Homeless Family Services, and being a graduate student in New Jersey, have all shaped his vocation. He has personally discovered what Frederick Buechner observed when defining the word "vocation": "The place God calls you to (Eastern University) is the place where your deep gladness (involvement in the lives of college students) and the world's deep hunger (forming college students for lives of integrity and following Jesus) meet.” He thanks God each day for this opportunity.
Dr. Modica sees himself primarily as a pastor-scholar: someone who attempts to model a robust gospel, an ecumenical spirit, a generous orthodoxy, a formative hospitality and respectful conversations.