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THE PEOPLE OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH GATHER
THE WORSHIP
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
OF
GOD
ALL SAINTS SUNDAY
10:50 A.M.
We are an ecumenical, multi-racial, multi-ethnic Christian body
that reaches out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
To that end we strive to be welcoming, responsive, trusting and prayerful in everything we do.
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G ATHERING FOR WORSHIP
PRELUDE
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, SWV 35
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Carolina Choir
O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvelous things:
His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
The Lord hath made known his salvation:
His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel:
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth:
Make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together before the Lord.
For he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world,
And the people with equity.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning so now and forever. Amen. (Psalm 98)
Congregation standing. La congregación se pone de pie.
Congregational responses in bold. Audio enhancement devices available for use during worship. Please ask an
usher for assistance. Respuestas congregacionales en negrita. Para Biblias en español o traducción del servicio en
español, por favor hablar con un ujier.
WELCOME
Reverend Zehyoue
HYMN
For All the Saints / Hoy, por los Santos
SINE NOMINE
For all the saints, who from their labors rest
Who thee, by faith, before the world confessed
Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest: Alleluia, Alleluia!
Tú fuiste amparo, roca y defensor
En la batalla, recio Capitán
Tu luz venció las sombras del temor: ¡Aleluya, Aleluya!
Y cuando ruda la batalla es
Del cielo se oye un cántico triunfal
Se afirma el brazo, vence al fin la fe: ¡Aleluya, Aleluya!
From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Alleluia, alleluia!
LITANY OF PRAISE, REMEMBRANCE AND THANKSGIVING
Reverend Zehyoue
Calvary Ringers
For martyrs and saints of every time and place,
who in life and death have witnessed to your truth, doing justice and loving mercy—
we praise you, O God.
For those we have known and loved,
for teachers and pastors, neighbors and friends, for parents and grandparents,
husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, for all who by their faithful obedience
and steadfast hope have shown us the love of Jesus—we praise you, O God.
And for those gone from us,
if there be any hurts unforgiven or words left unsaid, we pray that you would give us the
grace to let these things go, and to place every sorrow and regret in your mercy and care.
We thank you for all who, in choosing the way of our brother Jesus, remained faithful—
in the midst of trial, they held out hope;
in the midst of hatred, they kindled love;
in the midst of despair, they clung to your promise.
Lord, keep us grateful for their witness and, like them, eager to follow in the way of Christ,
until we join with all your saints in joy around your throne forever. And now receive our
gratitude for these saints, gone from us in this past year, yet always dear to the heart of Calvary:
Kenneth Carr
Grace Evans
Tin Hlaing
Earl Drescher, Sr.
Robert Fulmer
Kyin Oo
MUSICAL MEDITATION
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen
Op. 74, No. 1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Carolina Choir
Why has light been given to the weary of soul, and life to the troubled hearts? Why?
They who wait for death, and it doesn’t come; they who dig for it even out of secret places;
Those who almost rejoice and are happy that they achieve the grave. Why?
And to the man whose way is hidden, and from whom God himself has been concealed? Why?
Let us lift up our hearts, together with our hands, to God in heaven.
Behold, we value them as blessed who have endured. (Continues next page)
You have heard of the patience of Job, and the Lord’s conclusion you have seen:
For the Lord is merciful and has compassion!
With peace and joy I depart in God’s will, my heart and mind are comforted, calm and quiet.
As God had promised me: death has become my sleep.
(Job 3:20-23, Lamentations 3:41, James 5:11, Martin Luther)
MORNING PRAYER
Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Deacon of the Week
PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Amparo Palacios-Lopez
La paz del Señor sea contigo. Y contigo también.
The peace of the Lord be with you. And also with you.
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE
Make Us One
MAKE US ONE
Make us one, Lord, make us one; Holy Spirit, make us one.
Let your love flow so the world will know we are one in you.
L ISTENING FOR THE W ORD OF G OD
HEBREW LESSON
Haggai/ Hageo 2:1-9
Kyerra Dorsey
1In
the second year of King Darius, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month,
the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai, saying: 2Speak now to Zerubbabel son of
Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant
of the people, and say, 3Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? How does
it look to you now? Is it not in your sight as nothing? 4Yet now take courage, O Zerubbabel, says
the LORD; take courage, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; take courage, all you people
of the land, says the LORD; work, for I am with you, says the LORD of hosts, 5according to the
promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit abides among you; do not fear.
6For thus says the LORD of hosts: Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the
earth and the sea and the dry land; 7and I will shake all the nations, so that the treasure of all
nations shall come, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the LORD of hosts. 8The silver is
mine, and the gold is mine, says the LORD of hosts. 9The latter splendor of this house shall be
greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts; and in this place I will give prosperity, says the
LORD of hosts.
En el mes séptimo, a los veintiún días del mes, vino palabra de Jehová por medio del profeta
Hageo, diciendo: 2 Habla ahora a Zorobabel hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y a Josué hijo de
Josadac, sumo sacerdote, y al resto del pueblo, diciendo: 3 ¿Quién ha quedado entre vosotros que
haya visto esta casa en su gloria primera, y cómo la veis ahora? ¿No es ella como nada delante de
vuestros ojos? 4 Pues ahora, Zorobabel, esfuérzate, dice Jehová; esfuérzate también, Josué hijo de
Josadac, sumo sacerdote; y cobrad ánimo, pueblo todo de la tierra, dice Jehová, y trabajad; porque
yo estoy con vosotros, dice Jehová de los ejércitos. 5 Según el pacto que hice con vosotros cuando
salisteis de Egipto, así mi Espíritu estará en medio de vosotros, no temáis. 6 Porque así dice Jehová
de los ejércitos: De aquí a poco yo haré temblar los cielos y la tierra, el mar y la tierra seca; 7 y haré
temblar a todas las naciones, y vendrá el Deseado de todas las naciones; y llenaré de gloria esta
casa, ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos. 8 Mía es la plata, y mío es el oro, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
9 La gloria postrera de esta casa será mayor que la primera, ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos; y daré
paz en este lugar, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
1
HEBREW LESSON
Job/ Job 19:23-27a
Brayan Gonzalez
23¡Quién
diese ahora que mis palabras fuesen escritas! Quién diese que se escribiesen en un libro;
con cincel de hierro y con plomo Fuesen esculpidas en piedra para siempre! 25 Yo sé que
mi Redentor vive, Y al fin se levantará sobre el polvo; 26 Y después de deshecha esta mi piel, En
mi carne he de ver a Dios; 27 Al cual veré por mí mismo, Y mis ojos lo verán, y no otro, Aunque
mi corazón desfallece dentro de mí.
24 Que
23“O
that my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a book! 24O that with an
iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock forever! 25For I know that my Redeemer
lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; 26and after my skin has been thus destroyed,
then in my flesh I shall see God, 27whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and
not another. My heart faints within me!
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia
Richard Proulx (1937-2010)/Leo Nestor
Miles Herr, Cantor
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Indeed they cannot die anymore—
They are like angels and are children of God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
(Luke 20, adapted)
GOSPEL LESSON
Luke/ Lucas 20:27-38
Amy Dale
Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question:
Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man
shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the
first married and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same
way all seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose
wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her. Jesus said to them: Those who belong to
this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are considered worthy of a place in that
age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed they
cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the
resurrection. And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the
bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.
27
27 Llegando
entonces algunos de los saduceos, los cuales niegan haber resurrección, le
preguntaron, 28 diciendo: Maestro, Moisés nos escribió: Si el hermano de alguno muriere teniendo
mujer, y no dejare hijos, que su hermano se case con ella, y levante descendencia a su hermano.
29 Hubo, pues, siete hermanos; y el primero tomó esposa, y murió sin hijos. 30 Y la tomó el segundo,
el cual también murió sin hijos. 31 La tomó el tercero, y así todos los siete, y murieron sin dejar
descendencia. 32 Finalmente murió también la mujer. 33 En la resurrección, pues, ¿de cuál de ellos
será mujer, ya que los siete la tuvieron por mujer? 34 Entonces respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Los
hijos de este siglo se casan, y se dan en casamiento; 35 mas los que fueren tenidos por dignos de
alcanzar aquel siglo y la resurrección de entre los muertos, ni se casan, ni se dan en casamiento.
36 Porque no pueden ya más morir, pues son iguales a los ángeles, y son hijos de Dios, al ser hijos
de la resurrección. 37 Pero en cuanto a que los muertos han de resucitar, aun Moisés lo enseñó en
el pasaje de la zarza, cuando llama al Señor, Dios de Abraham, Dios de Isaac y Dios de Jacob.
38 Porque Dios no es Dios de muertos, sino de vivos, pues para él todos viven.
This is the Gospel of Christ. Thanks be to God.
HYMN 566
Be Still, My Soul
FINLANDIA
PRAYERS FOR CALVARY AND LORD’S PRAYER
Reverend Zehyoue
After the Pastoral Prayer, we invite everyone to pray the Lord’s Prayer in your native language.
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done
on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we
forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Hágase tu
voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra. El pan nuestro de cada día, dánoslo hoy.
Y perdónanos nuestras deudas, como también nosotros perdonamos a nuestros deudores.
Y no nos metas en tentación, mas líbranos del mal; porque tuyo es el reino, y el poder,
y la gloria, por todos los siglos. Amén.
SERMON
Beyond the River
Rev. Elijah Zehyoue
MUSICAL REFLECTION
Cheryl Branham, Piano
G IVING AND S ERVING
INVITATION TO GIVE AND TO SERVE
John and Salima Appiah-Duffell
MUSICAL OFFERING
When David Heard
Norman Dinerstein (1937-1982)
Carolina Choir
When David heard that Absalom was slain
He went up to his chamber over the gate, and wept.
And thus he said: Oh my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Would God I had died for thee!
Oh Absalom, my son, my son. (2 Samuel 18:33)
HYMN 50
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow
Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Salima and John Appiah-Duffell
B ECOMING D ISCIPLES
INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP
HYMN 595
We sing verses 1, 2, 4.
AFFIRMING GOD’S CALL
Reverend Zehyoue
Be Thou My Vision
SLANE
We give thanks that you have been guided by God to this moment. As a community of faith,
we welcome you into the membership of this church. We pledge to love each other and to work
together to grow into the fullness of Christ.
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Reverend Zehyoue
Elijah Rock
Spiritual / arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
Carolina Choir
Following worship, join us in Woodward Hall, left as you exit the Sanctuary, for refreshments and
a time of fellowship during Coffee Hour. Visitors, we look forward to meeting you!
Families with babies and young children: for your convenience, there are changing tables in the Parents’ Room,
balcony level on the right side, and downstairs in the nursery.
Make Us One. Words and Music: Carol Cymbala, © 1991 Word Music, Inc. and Carol Joy Music c/o Integrated
Copyright Group. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow, Chalice 50. Words: Thomas Ken, 1674; adapt. Gilbert H.
Vieira, 1978, © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House Words reprinted under CCLI #430459 and
OneLicense.net #A-719662. All rights reserved.
Lectionary Passages for November 13, Twenty-Sixth Sunday After Pentecost, are
Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 98; Romans 12:9-18; John 8:12-20.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER
New this week: Marsha Keys, Terry Greene’s wife; those impacted by the Dakota Access Pipeline;
Election Day, Nov. 8.
Carmen Angdisen; Demy Angdisen; Theresa Beaton; Maria Bensussen, Ryan Harvey’s grandmother;
Allison Berlow, Kathleen Lansing’s cousin; Sara Bermúdez, Lorena Pereira’s mother; Sue Bollinger,
Michelle Harris-Love’s mother; Dylan Canfield, Laura Canfield’s nephew; Cristina Chacón; Roberta
Clyburn, Janice Glover’s sister; Mileeyah Crudup, Betty Crudup’s granddaughter; Melo dos Santos,
mother-in-law of Raimundo Barreto; Loved ones of Earl Drescher, Sr., long-time member of Calvary who
passed away Tuesday, October 18.; Denny Duffell, John Appiah-Duffell’s father; Dick Glandt, former
member; Jenny Goon; Janet Grove; Paula Harrison, Claudia Moore's cousin; Berniece and Bill Harward;
Loved ones of Tin Hlaing long-time member and deacon of Calvary, who passed away Sunday, October
23; Sabrina Jawed’s father; Lucy Johnson, Jackie Wright’s grandmother; Jessica Long, Beverly Fahey’s
daughter-in-law; Carmen Myers, Theresa Beaton’s cousin; Al Nielsen; Loved ones of Kyin Oo long-time
Calvary member and founding member of Calvary Burmese Church, who passed away Tuesday,
October 25; Amelia Powell, Andrea Powell’s mother; Paul Rice; Harold Ritchie; Ruby Shepherd; Elijah
Simpson-Sundell, Cheryl Branham’s student; Sunny Soto’s mother; Bob Tiller; Harold Walker, Jackie
Wright’s stepfather; Earl and Jenna Wright, Isaac Wright’s parents. Pray for peace in El Salvador,
refugees, asylum seekers, and immigration reform; victims of gun violence, racial reconciliation and
justice everywhere. Pray also for Calvary’s Ministerial Search Committee.
TODAY
LATINO FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST! Everyone is invited for breakfast at 9:00 a.m. in the Palacios Chapel.
ALL SAINTS DAY. Today we remember Calvary’s departed saints of the past year. We pray that the
grieving are comforted, as we continue to speak the names of our beloved deceased.
COMMUNION IS RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT SUNDAY, November 13. We welcome Ben Mann to the pulpit
as our preacher of the day.
CAROLINA CHOIR IN WORSHIP. Don’t miss a note of the extraordinary singing, starting 10:50 a.m. this
morning! Be sure to arrive a little early in the Sanctuary as we welcome Carolina Choir from UNC Chapel
Hill, directed by Susan Klebanow. Both Lauren Hovis and Miles Herr are alumni of this choir program,
so we welcome these 70 singers as extended family. Thank you, Carolina Choir, for sharing your music
with us in worship today!
PASTOR ERICA is away today at a conference. She returns to the office Tuesday, November 8.
SILENT AUCTION. Please join us and bid generously at the Shalom Scholarship Silent Auction on Sunday,
November 13 during coffee hour. Can't come to the live event on November 13? Friends, fear not!
Beginning this afternoon November 6, an album will be posted on the Shalom Facebook page
(facebook.com/shalomscholarship) with a photo and description of each item, and you may bid by
commenting on its individual photo. The top bid on each item as of 11a.m. on November 13 will be
recorded on the bid sheets at the live event, where folks will have an opportunity to continue bidding
until the close of the auction at 2 p.m. This event, both online and in person, is open to all, so please share
with and invite your friends!
THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE. Each Sunday through November 20, we are collecting food items for
Thanksgiving baskets—see our shopping cart in the Narthex! Suggested food donations include canned
cranberry sauce or canned pumpkin; canned fruits and vegetables; boxed stuffing mix or mac and cheese.
Other items include tea, instant coffee, cocoa mix, Jell-O and pudding mix. See Gretchen White for info.
Donations can also be made during the week in the main office!
COMING UP
REMEMBERING MR. OO. Funeral service for Kyin Oo will be Monday, November 7 at 1:00 p.m., with
viewing at 12:00 p.m., Jefferson Funeral Home (5755 Castlewellan Dr., Alexandria VA). There will be a
Memorial Reception following the service, 3:15 to 5:00 p.m. at Greenspring. The. Oo family requests that
donations be made to "Calvary Burmese Church" Orphanage Fund in lieu of flowers.
THEOLOGY ON DRAFT meets Monday, November 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the office suite. Please note the change
of day and time this week!
ELECTION DAY is Tuesday, November 8. The Sanctuary will be open for individual prayer and private
reflection, 11:30 a.m.to 1:30 p.m.
ARISE: A QUEER THEOLOGY COLLABORATIVE meets the second Wednesday of each month: November 9
and December 14, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the office suite. This fall, we’re studying Liberating Sexuality by
Miguel de la Torre. Arise is an ecumenical group for any LGBTQ identified people. Contact Pastor Erica
for info.
DOWNTOWN SOCIAL CLUB is back in session. Calvary hosts this program for residents of St. Elizabeth's
Hospital on the first and third Thursdays of each month, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The program offers
social time, games or crafts, singing and lunch. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Carol Blythe.
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB. Join FMMC each Friday at noon in the Palacios Chapel, for free weekly
chamber music concerts at Calvary. All are welcome.
MISSIONS FEST DAY. Please join Mid-Atlantic CBF for their annual missions fest day at National Baptist
Memorial Church (1501 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC) on Saturday, November 12, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
This event will include training on outreach in the community by Pastor Kasey Jones, missions stories
from Sam Harrell, Associate Coordinator for CBF Global Missions (and former field personnel) and
service in the community of Columbia Heights, DC. We also need a Calvary group to serve on the lunch
team. For more information or to sign up, please contact Lauren Hovis.
FESTIVAL CHOIR: TIME TO SING! If you love singing, Festival Choir is for you! All are welcome as we
rehearse special music for Advent. Join us Sunday afternoons beginning November 13, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
in Music Suite; we sing in worship on December 18. Come sing with us! Contact Cheryl for info.
SAVE THE DATE. Saturday, November 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., when Calvary Baptist women and Calvary
Burmese Baptist women join together for a Burmese luncheon in Palacios Chapel. Following the meal,
we’ll get acquainted and share goals for mission projects this year. Speak with Claudia Moore for info.
WOMEN’S MISSION SOCIETY is collecting donations of toiletries (regular and sample sizes), winter wear
(hats, scarves, gloves), underwear and socks, as well as wrapping paper, to fill and decorate 60 Christmas
gift boxes after worship on Sunday, December 4. Boxes will be distributed through S.O.M.E. (So Others
Might Eat) for Christmas. Contact Carol Blythe or Gretchen White. Thanks for your donation!
GET INVOLVED AT CALVARY! There are many opportunities available for those who would like to become
more active in worship and church life. Volunteers are needed to assist with the nursery, the sound
board, and as ushers. Check in during Coffee Hour, or contact the front office to sign up.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION. WMS is collecting Box Tops for Education to support Mundo Verde Bilingual
Public Charter School in DC. Drop off your Box Tops at the Welcome Table in Woodward Hall.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CALVARY? Sign up on the Calvary website for Latest Happenings, Calvary Caller,
and pastoral emails by clicking “sign up for updates” at the bottom of the home page.
CALVARY’S CALENDAR OF EVENTS. Visit www.calvarydc.org/events/ for a current listing, or stop by the
church office to pick up a complete listing of Sunday School classes and Small Group programs.
C HURCH S TAFF
Sabra Barrett
Cheryl Branham
Saw Ler Htoo
Al Jeter
Erica Lea
Paul Rosstead
Elijah Zehyoue
Communications/Administrative Assistant ([email protected], ext. 124)
Director of Music ([email protected], ext. 136)
Pastor, Calvary Burmese Church ([email protected])
Supervisor of Maintenance ([email protected], ext. 128)
Pastor in Residence ([email protected], ext. 142)
Church Administrator ([email protected], ext. 127)
Pastoral Resident ([email protected], ext. 133)
Amparo Palacios-Lopez
Deacon of the Week ([email protected])
C ALVARY B APTIST C HURCH
755 Eighth Street NW
Washington DC 20001
202.347.8355
www.calvarydc.org