Weekly Church CalendarWeekly Church Calendar Call To Prayer………………………………...…………………………………...Sunday, 7:40 a.m. Homeless Ministry Worship Service…………………..…………………Sunday, 7:30 a.m. Teaching Ministry…................................................................Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Homeless Breakfast................................................................Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Sunday School........................................................................Sunday, 9:30 a.m. New Members Class...............................................................Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Children’s Church……………………………………………..1st & 3rd Sunday’s, 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Team Rehearsal…. ………………………….Tuesdays 6:00-7:15 p.m. Adult Choir………………………………………………………………...Tuesdays 7:30-8:30 p.m. Substance Abuse Recovery Group…………………………………..…Mondays, 5:30 p.m. Senior Choir Rehearsal.........................................................Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Prayer and Praise............................................................Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study............................................................Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Mid-day Bible Study.........................................................Thursday, 12:00 noon Youth & Chancel Choir Rehearsal..............................Thursday, 6:00—6:50 p.m. Ward-Ingram Gospel Choir Rehearsal..................................Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Male Chorus Rehearsal...................................................Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Radio Ministry: WAUG 750/AM...........................................Sunday, 9:00 a.m.

Monthly Church CalendarMonthly Church Calendar Women’s Fellowship…………………………………...1st Saturday Monthly, 10:00 a.m. Missionary Circle Ministry...........................Monday after 1st Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Christian Education Ministry.......................Monday after 2nd Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Health Ministry…………………………………………3rd Thursday Bi-Monthly, 6:30 p.m. Executive Trustee Board…………………………………….....…...2nd Monday, 6:30 p.m. Trustee Board.......................................................... ……..3rd Monday, 7:00 p.m. Prayer Ministry……………...…………………………………………....3rd Monday, 6:30 p.m. Deacon Ministry..............................................................4th Monday, 7:00 p.m. Deaconess Ministry..............4th Monday, Jan., Mar., May, Aug., Oct., 7:00 p.m. Church Conference..............................................................Quarterly, 7:00p.m. Advisory Council…………………………………….………………………...Quarterly, 7:00 p.m. Laymen’s League/Men’s Fellowship.…………………….………1st Saturday, 8:30 a.m.

† Church Address.....................................................101 South Wilmington Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Church Mailing Address.............................................................P. O. Box 27771 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7771 Telephone..................................................................................(919) 832-1649 Fax.............................................................................................(919) 832-1670 Email..................................................................admin@raleighfirstbaptist.org Website..................................................................www.raleighfirstbaptist.org Parsonage...................................................................................(919) 761-1165

First Baptist Church Wilmington and Morgan Streets

Raleigh, North Carolina

Welcome! In the name of our Master we bid you a cordial welcome to this house of God, its worship, its

comfort and its peace.

Dr. Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr. Pastor

Morning Worship Service – 11:00 a.m. Teaching Ministry – 8:00 a.m.

Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.

Theme: “Your First Love: Remembering, Returning, Renewing” “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.

Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first…” ~Revelation 2:4-5

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Dr. Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr., Pastor

Order of Worship THE PRELUDE Mrs. Gwendolyn Neale THE CALL TO WORSHIP Dr. Coralyn H. Pinkney I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High. ~Psalm 7:17 THE INVOCATION Dr. Pinkney CHORAL RESPONSE Congregation & Choir “Spirit of the Living God” - No. 133 SONGS OF PRAISE Congregation & Choir “Praise Him” “Jesus in the Morning” RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE READING Dr. Pinkney Acts 5:11-16 *** MUSICAL SELECTION Congregation & Choir “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” - No. 309

WELCOME TO VISITORS Deacon Allan Judkins PASTORAL REMARKS THE PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS OFFERTORY SELECTION Congregation & Choir “Sweet, Sweet, Spirit” - No. 127 DOXOLOGY OFFERTORY PRAYER Dr. Pinkney PRE-MESSAGE MUSIC Congregation & Choir “We’ve Come This Far By Faith” - No. 529

THE SERMON Bishop Willie E. A. Rogers

“What Kind of Shadow Do You Cast? ”

THE INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP ****THE HYMN OF INVITATION Congregation & Choir “Pass Me Not” No. 181 THE ALTAR PRAYER BENEDICTION CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Mrs. Gwendolyn Neale “Till We Meet Again” - No. 561 SHARING OF THE PEACE ***Worshipers may enter ****Congregation, no exiting please

SERMON NOTESSERMON NOTES

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Songs of Praise 8:00 a.m. Worship Service

Bow Down

Bow down and worship Him Worship Him, oh worship Him Bow down and worship Him

Enter in, oh enter in

Consuming fire, sweet perfume You're awesome presence fills this room

This is Holy Ground, This is Holy Ground So come and bow down. So come and bow... down.

Awesome

Lord, You are awesome Lord, You are awesome Lord, You are awesome Lord, You are awesome

If it wasn't for Your love Wasn't for Your grace

I don't know where I'd be without you

If it wasn't for Your love Wasn't for Your grace

I'd know where I'd be without you

Songs of Praise 11:00 a.m. Worship Service

Praise Him

Praise Him! Praise Him! Praise Him! Praise Him!

Jesus, Blessed Savior, He’s worthy to be praised.

From the rising of the sun until the going down of the same

He’s worthy, Jesus is worthy, He’s worthy to be praised.

Glory! Glory! In all things give Him glory.

Jesus, blessed Savior, He’s worthy to be praised.

For God is our Rock, hope of salvation;

A strong deliverer, in Him I’ll always trust.

Jesus in The Morning

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus in the morning, Jesus in the noon-time.

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus when the sun goes down.

Additional Verses

2. Praise Him… 3. Love Him… 4. Serve Him… 5. Jesus…

OUR KNOWN SICK AND SHUT-IN SISTERS: Beulah Bates 728 Bunche Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27610 Ozella Burgess 9316 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 Claudia Davis Universal Health Care, 5201 Clarks Fork Drive,

Raleigh, NC 27616 Sarah Dolby The Covington Assisted Living/4510 Duraleigh

Road/Room 101A/Raleigh, NC 27610 Minetta Eaton Spring Arbor Assisted Living Facility/1810

North New Hope Road, Room 114, Raleigh, NC 27604

Ednetta K. Ellis Universal Health Care, 5201 Clarks Fork Drive, Raleigh, NC 27616

Almeda B. Glascoe Litchford Falls Healthcare, 8200 Litchford Road, Raleigh, NC 27615

Pearl Hicks Spring Arbor Assisted Living Facility/1810 New Hope Road, Room 106, Raleigh, NC 27604

Barbara Hinton 2830 Kidd Road, Apt. #26/Raleigh, NC 27610 Katherine McDaniel Tower Rehab Center/3609 Bond Street, Rm

204A/Raleigh, NC 27604 Martha Mitchell Sunnybrook Healthcare & Rehab, 25 Sunny-

brook Road, Rm. 1A, Raleigh, NC 27610 Ellen Powell 1304 Boyer Street, Raleigh, NC 27610 Lula Spencer 2310 Kennington Road, Raleigh, NC 27610-

1604 Dorothy Southall 335 Golf Course Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610 Annie Lee Williams UniHealth Post-Acute Care, 2420 Lake Wheeler

Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 BROTHERS: William E. Davis Cary Health & Rehabilitation Center/6590

Tryon Road,/Cary, NC 27518 Warren Glascoe 4509 Fox Road, Raleigh, NC 27616 Clarence Saulter, Sr. 827 Cotton Place, Raleigh, NC 27601 Christopher Spencer 112 Enoch Street/Fayetteville, NC 28301

Please remember our sick with a prayer, a visit and a card!!

10. Dear Pastor Harshaw and Church Family: My surgeon was very pleased and encouraging about my out-patient surgery on Tuesday for the removal of the small cyst that had formed on my voice box. He instructed me not to speak or use my voice for 3 days after surgery and then I may speak in a normal voice, not too loudly and never in a whisper. After healing is complete, I will move back into the church choirs. Please accept my sincere gratitude for your love, fervent prayers and encourage-ment surrounding my health issue. As I have said before, ‘First Baptist – you are simply the best!’ To God be the glory! ~Randolph Bazemore

From the Desk of the Pastor . . .

Monday, July 15, 2013—2 Chronicles 7:12-18

“Humbly Calling on God”

Tuesday, July 16, 2013—Psalm 69:9-18 “Beseeching God’s Answer to Prayer”

Wednesday, July 17, 2013—Isaiah 66:1-4

“Humble and Contrite in Spirit”

Thursday, July 18, 2013—Matthew 6:16-18 “Fasting Directed to God”

Friday, July 19, 2013—Ezra 7:1-10 “Studying and Keeping the Law”

Saturday, July 20, 2013—Ezra 8:15-20 “Securing Servants for the Temple”

Sunday, July 21, 2013—Ezra 3:21-23

“Praying for God’s Protection”

Responsive Scripture Reading Acts 5:11-16 NIV

LEADER: Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events. PEOPLE: The apostles performed many signs and wonders

among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

LEADER: No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people.

PEOPLE: Nevertheless, more and more men and women be-

lieved in the Lord and were added to their number. LEADER: As a result, people brought the sick into the streets

and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Pe-ter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

ALL: Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.

Announcements

1. Have you ever wanted to go on a mission trip? On today, July 14th, Nehemiah Mabry (who serves as the bass guitarist for the Music Ministry) will share about his recent mission trip to Peru with the Young Adult Sunday School (YASS) class. He recently trav-eled with Engineering Ministries International (eMI), a Christian development group that mobilizes architects, engineers and de-sign professionals "who donate their skills to help children and families around the world step out of poverty into a world of hope." Please join the YASS class to hear this exciting and enlight-ening presentation. The class meets at 9:45 a.m. in the Family Life Center.

2. Wednesday Night Bible Study will be in recess and will not be scheduled for the entire month of July. Bible Study will resume on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 with continuation of the study of the Old Testament book of prophecy, Isaiah.

3. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON– July 21, 2013 Theme: “Fasting and Praying” Devotional Reading: 2 Chronicles 7:12-18 Background Scripture: Ezra 7:1-8:23

4. ON-LINE DONATIONS: You can now make contributions to the church via PayPalTM. Go to the church’s website (www.raleighfirstbaptist.org), click on the “Donations” tab and follow the instructions. Happy Giving!

5. GOLDEN AGERS DAY will be celebrated on Sunday, August 18, 2013 during the 11am Worship Service. On this day all members, age 80 and above, will be honored. The church family is invited to a luncheon in the Family Life Center following worship service at a cost of $12.00 per person. Tickets are available from Mrs. Cardri-enne Gill, Mrs. Joyce Mann and Mrs. Francine Booth. Everyone will need a ticket to enter and there will be no tickets available on the day of the event. Sunday, August 11th is the last day to purchase tickets. Tickets are available in the Fellowship Hall fol-lowing the 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services. Come, let us show appreciation to the wisdom in our midst!

6. ALL MEMBERS AND CHAIRPERSONS of Ministries and Missionary Groups are reminded of the very special EVANGELISM and Out-reach meeting to be held on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please contact Mrs. Cliffornia Wimberley for further information.

7. Men of First Baptist. Registration for the 2013 Men’s Retreat to be held from October 25 – 27, 2013 at the Caraway Conference Cen-ter in Sophia, NC will be after both services in the Fellowship Hall. All who plan to attend need to register ASAP. The theme is “Becoming Men of Strength and Character” based on Psalm 18:32 and Isaiah 40:31. We are also collecting the 2nd retreat payment of $80 in July. The full registration of $225 will be accepted during this time also. Any questions, please contact Phillip Singleton (919)790-5490 or Deacon Allan Judkins (919) 838-6603.

8. 2013 Book Bag and School Supplies Drive. The Missionary Circle Ministry together with WCHS and several local churches is working to provide school supplies for children who are in need due to various family hardships. As in previous years, we are asking each member to participate in this effort by donating book bags and/or school supplies for at least one child (kindergarten thru high school). List of suggested supplies is available in the church office. All items must be received by, Sunday August 4th, 2013 and should be left in the box outside the church office. Thank you and abundant blessings for all you do to support our mission efforts.

9. Dr. Harshaw and Church Family, The family of Rose Marie Blake acknowledges with grateful and sincere appreciation, the many expressions of sympathy and acts of kindness shown to us during this difficult time. Your cards, calls, visits, flowers, gifts of food, and most important, your prayers, have made this period of grief easier for us to endure. It is the desire of this family that you will be steadfast and unwaver-ing in keeping us lifted up in prayer. May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. ~Deaconess Peggy Odom (Daughter) & Family