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WELCOME! The following prayer may be used as you

prepare for worship:

You, my God, are supreme, utmost in goodness,

mightiest and all-powerful, most merciful and most just.

You are the most hidden from us

and yet the most present amongst us,

the most beautiful and yet the most strong,

ever enduring and yet we cannot comprehend you.

You are unchangeable and yet you change all things.

You are never new, never old, and yet all things

have new life from you.

Help me to worship You with a grateful heart this day,

for You are my God, my Life, my holy Delight.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.

Sanctuary Services THE CHURCH IN CORPORATE WORSHIP Mother’sDay•MAY 10, 2015

REFLECTION May the mind of Christ, my Savior, Live in me from day to day, By His love and power controlling All I do and say.

May the Word of God dwell richly In my heart from hour to hour, So that all may see I triumph Only through His power.

May the peace of God my Father Rule my life in everything, That I may be calm to comfort Sick and sorrowing.

MaytheloveofJesusfillme Asthewatersfillthesea; Him exalting, self abasing, This is victory.

May I run the race before me, Strong and brave to face the foe, Looking only unto Jesus As I onward go.

May His beauty rest upon me, As I seek the lost to win, And may they forget the channel, Seeing only Him. -- Kate Wilkinson

IwillgivethankstotheLORDwithmywholeheart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. Iwillbegladandexultinyou; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. -- Psalm 9:1-2

FOREVER FAITHFULIn 1 Timothy 6:18-19, Paul says that if you use your resources well,

youwilllayforyourselvesafirmfoundationforthisageandtheagetocome.Today, we continue our sermon series on the Biblical charge to clarity, unity and charity

which is a call upon every disciple of the Lord.

These things are central to the Christian faith and it is a charge that has been given to us by the living God through the Word of God.

Therefore, we need to be people who are Forever Faithful to the things of God.

BABY DEDICATIONS9:30 - Vara Jean Nissen

11:00 - Keaton Goodwin Kopp, Davis Jackson Newton, Ford Hamilton Silvester, Caleb Ethan Ulrich, Emerson Grace Vollnogle

WHEN MORNING GILDS THE SKIES

From the rising of the sun to its setting,

the name of the LORD is to be praised!

(Psalm 113:3 ESV)

Like many of our hymns we sing, the orginal contained many more verses than we

find in our hymnals.

Our morning hymn today, “May Jesus Christ be Praised”

had 28 original stanzas penned by an anonymous

priest in 1744. Here are just a few:

When you begin the day,O never fail to say,

May Jesus Christ be praised!And at your work rejoice,

To sing with heart and voice,May Jesus Christ be praised!

Be this at meals your grace,In every time and place;

May Jesus Christ be praised!Be this, when day is past,

Of all your thoughts the lastMay Jesus Christ be praised!

When sleep her balm denies,My silent spirit sighs,

May Jesus Christ be praised!When evil thoughts molest,

With this I shield my breast,May Jesus Christ be praised!

Sing, sun and stars of space,Sing, ye that see His face,

Sing, Jesus Christ be praised!God’s whole creation o’er,

For aye and evermoreMay Jesus Christ be praised!

Does sadness fill my mind?A solace here I find,

May Jesus Christ be praised!Or fades my earthly bliss?

My comfort still is this,May Jesus Christ be praised!

Morning Welcome

The Prelude • O God, Our Help in Ages Past • ECBC Orchestra

Call to Worship • O Most High, Almighty God • ECBC ChoirO Most High, Almighty God! Great Lord of Lords, Omnipotent Ruler of the Skies!To Thee belong praise, glory, and worship, and honor and blessing! Alleluia!

Call to Worship • The Sursum Corda

Sursum Corda is Latin for “lift up your hearts.” One of the oldest liturgical pieces still in use, it calls us to be heavenly minded and summons us into the Lord’s presence.

Along with the voices around you, hear the echo of 2000 years of worshiping Christians who have gone before.

LEADER: The Lord be with you. PEOPLE: And also with you. LEADER: Lift up your hearts. PEOPLE: We lift them up to the Lord. LEADER: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. PEOPLE: It is right for us to give Him thanks and praise.

WHEN MORNING GILDS THE SKIESLAUDES DOMINI

SING PRAISE TO GOD WHO REIGNS ABOVEMIT FREUDEN ZART

SING PRAISE TO GOD WHO REIGNS ABOVE

This stately hymn penned by Johann J. Schuetz (1640-1690)

is the product of several significant historical events

occurring in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries which greatly shaped the course of

church history and hymnody.

One was the Protestant Reformation Movement;

Another was the role of the followers of John Huss, the Bohemian martyr burned

at the stake in 1415 for his strong evangelical views.

These people were known everywhere for their vibrant

singing and Christian witness as well as for their strong mis-

sionary concern.

Yet another influence was the Thirty-Years’ War (1618-1648).

Germany, the battleground of this conflict between war-ring Catholic and Protestant

forces from various countries throughout Europe, was

reduced to a state of misery that baffles description. The

German population dwindled from sixteen million to six

million. Out of this terrible epoch, however, were wrung some of the noblest expres-

sions of praise in all hymnody. As is often the case, it took the great tragedies of the time to

again focus men’s attention upon God.

From these important influences--the German

Reformation; the dynamic beliefs and practices of the Bohemian-Moravian Breth-ren; the terrible tragedies of

the Thirty-Years’ War, causing many to realize as never

before a personal dependence upon a sovereign God and not mere reliance upon a

church; the rise of the Pietist Movement with its emphasis

upon individual faith and holy living--there developed a great

wealth of excellent German hymns, of which this hymn is

a great example.

HOW GREAT THOU ARTHOW GREAT

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made,

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thinder, Thy pow’r thr’out the universe displayed.

And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing, SentHimtodie,Iscarcecantakeitin;

That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin.

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation, Andtakemehome,whatjoyshallfillmyheart!

Then I shall bow in humble adoration, And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee;How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee;How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING

10,000 REASONS (Bless the Lord)MATT REDMAN

Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul!Worship His holy name!

Sing like never before, O my soul!I’ll worship Your holy name!

Thesuncomesup,it’sanewdaydawning;It’s time to sing Your song again!

Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me,Let me be singing when the evening comes!

You’rerichinlove,andYou’reslowtoanger;Yournameisgreat,andYourheartiskind;For all Your goodness I will keep on singing:Tenthousandreasonsformyhearttofind!

And on that day when my strength is failing,Theenddrawsnearandmytimehascome;Still my soul will sing Your praise unending,Ten thousand years and then forevermore!

OFFERTORYPRAYER•Gregg Anderson, Deacon of the Day

OFFERTORY • O Worship the King • ECBC Handbells

CONGREGATIONAL GREETINGS

THE MORNING SERMON • Conrad “Buster” Brown, Sr. Pastor

THE CLOSING PRAYER FOR MOTHER’S DAY

THE POSTLUDE

THANK YOU MOM!A thought from a blog by

JUSTIN TAYLOR

The 10 jobs listed as comprising a mother’s work

were housekeeper, cook, day care center teacher, laundry

machine operator, van driver, facilities manager,

janitor, computer operator, chief executive officer and

psychologist, it said.

The typical mother puts in a 92-hour work week, it said,

working 40 hours at base pay and 52 hours overtime.

If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a

housekeeper, cook and psychologist among

other roles, she would earn $188,095 a year....

I can hear the vacuum running upstairs.

I think I’ll go thank my mom that she doesn’t charge me.

Happy Mother’s Day

BABIES & TODDLERSIn order to maintain

a worshipful atmosphere and for the comfort of our

little ones, we ask that parents exit the service with their cry-ing babies and talkative tod-dlers. We would encourage parents to use our excellent nursery and trained staff to

care for your children.

THE SPOKEN WORDCD’s of today’s sermon ($3

each) may be special ordered through the church office during the week. The

messages may also be heard online at the church website.

RESPONDING TO THE WORD

As we sit under the reading and teaching of Scripture,

it calls for a response as we ask ourselves “what

will we do with the truth pre-sented today?” The Christian life is marked by the offering

of one’s self to God to be shaped, empowered, directed

and changed by God and His Word. In worship, God presents us with the costly

self-offering of Jesus Christ. We are calmed by Christ and set free. In response to God’s

love in Jesus Christ we offer our lives, our gifts, our time,

our abilities and our material goods for God’s service, His

glory, and our ultimate good.

MORNING MESSAGEFOREVER FAITHFUL

CLARITY: TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF OUR MINDConrad “Buster” Brown, Sr. Pastor

Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Biblically informed, passionate, embodied worship will lead to a transformation of the mind through the power of the Holy Spirit under the authority of the Word of God.

Transformation happens when we behold the glory of Christ.

“15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, behold-ing the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:15-18

“17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gen-tiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. 20 But that is not the way you learned Christ!— 21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22toputoffyouroldself,whichbelongstoyourformermanner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:17-24

“The transformation is to take place by the renewing of your mind. The believer, whose life is that of the new age, does not think like an unbeliever. The reference to the mind is important. Paul does not envisage a mindless emotionalism, but a deeply intelligent approach to life, as characteristic of the Christian who has been renewedbytheHolySpirit.Thetermmindisnotconfinedtointellectualpursuit(itincludes an important moral element), but it certainly embraces them. The force of thepresenttenseshouldnotbeoverlooked;Paulenvisagesacontinuingprocessofrenewal.” Pillar New Testament Commentary on Romans

“Ifv.1speaksofaspecificactinwhichweofferourselvestoGod,v.2tellsusoftwoongoingactivitiesthatcarryouttheintentionofthelivingsacrifice.Thefirstisnegative;thesecondpositive.Believersarenolongertoconformthemselvestothepresentage(1Peter1:14).“Hisobedientchildrendonotbeconformedtotheformerlustswhichareyoursinyourignorance.”Ascitizensofheaven,(Philippians3:20),wearetosetourmindstothethingsabovenotonearthlythings(Colossians3:2).PaulremindedtheGalatiansthatthepresentageisevil(1:4).Itcannotandmust not serve as a model for Christian living. Its values and goals are antithetical to growth and holiness. The church should stand out from the world as a demon-strationofGod’sintentionforthehumanrace.Tobeculturallyidentifiedintheworldistoplacethechurchatrisk.Believersaretobesaltandlight(Matthew5:13-14), purifying and enlightening contemporary culture.

Rather than allowing the world to “squeeze you into its mold”, Paul told believers to be transformed by the renewing of your minds. From without there is a continuing pressure to adopt the custom and mindsets of the world in which we live. Although thatinfluencemustberejected,thatalonewillnevercreatethekindofchangeGodhas in mind for his followers. Real and lasting change comes from within.”

New American Commentary on Romans

“4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the

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image of God. 5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:4-6

How a transformation process takes place:M – Meditate I – Intentional readingN–Need(aneedyperson)D–Definitetimedaily

Why this is of utmost importance:1. Our current cultural crisis.

“ForfiveyearsIhavetalkedtotheHouseonthesematters–notwithvery great success. I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which leads to a dark gulf. It is a finebroad stairwayatthebeginning,butafterabitthecarpetends.Alittlefartheronthereareonlyflagstones,andalittlefartheron still these break beneath your feet…That is the position – that is the terrible transformation that has taken place bit by bit.

”WinstonChurchill(March24,1938,twoweeksaftertheGerman annexation of Austria)

“The safest road to hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft un-derfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without sign-posts.”

C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

2. Because of the continuous and irreconcilable war that we face every dayfromtheworld,theflesh,andthedevil.3. The glory of God.4. The generations to come.

Questions for Discussion:

1. Think through the simple and limited approach to renewal of mind regarding the M-I-N-D method.2. What do we mean when we say “that the church in the 21st cen-turyisgoingbacktothesameissuesthatfacethechurchinthefirstcentury”?3.Whatisthe“continuousandirreconcilablewar”thatwedailyfightwiththeworld,theflesh,andthedevil?4. Why is the beholding of the uniqueness and wonder of Christ the key to mind transformation?5.Intheop-ed:“HowtoTakeChristOutofChristianity”(WashingtonPost), Alana Massey speaks of not wanting to depart from the Christian tradition because of her ancestry and natural connections but does not want to get caught up in religious connections because she is an avowed atheist but she wants to keep Christianity without Christ. Why is that a fundamental basic impossibility?

Suggested reading list for mind transformation:

•J.I.Packer:KnowingGod,AQuestforGodliness•JohnPiper:DesiringGod,BrothersWeAreNotProfessionals,WhatJesus Demands from the World•C.S.Lewis:MereChristianity•JohnCalvin:TheInstitutesoftheChristianReligion•WayneGrudem:SystematicTheology•PuritanPaperbackSeries(TheBannerofTruthTrust)•TimKeller:TheProdigalGod,TheReasonforGod,Prayer,•D.A.Carson:ACalltoSpiritualReformation,AModelforChristianMa-turity, The Cross and Christian Ministry•D.MartynLloyd-Jones,TheSermonontheMount,SpiritualDepression

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ELDER NOMINEESThe Elders and Deacons have affirmed the fol-lowing slate of men to serve as new elders for the 2015-2019 term:Robert Nagy and Scott Broome.

The congregation will vote May 10 and May 17 to confirm these men. If you are a member of East Cooper Baptist Church and are 18 years or older, we ask that you vote on today’s tear-off.

Please PRINT name on reverse. _____YES, I approve these men toserve as elders in the church. _____NO, I do not approve these mento serve as elders in the church. Signed________________________________________

HANNAH’S HEART - MAY 17Is the desire to be parents an important mat-ter of prayer for you? If you are a couple deal-ing with infertility concerns and wish to meet with a like minded group for PRAYER, please join us at 8:45 am on the second Sunday of each month in the ECBC Prayer Room. (This month we are meeting on the 3rd Sunday of the month) Come pray with us, or fill out this tear-off and we will pray for you.

Please PRINT your name and contact info on the opposite side of this tear-off.

Please pray for us as we deal with infertility.

Please pray for us as we deal with infertility.

GIvINGCurrent church Finances as of April 28:Income YTD $ 3,987,868Expenses YTD $ 3,716,782

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ELDERSHarry Carter Elder ChairmanReg Christopher MissionsJoe Diamond, Brad Williams, Ron Romagnoli ChildrenRick Ethredge Benevolence & Pastoral CareMark Fitts High SchoolJohn Graham , Daniel Dukes PCARick Gwinn Finance & FacilitiesDavid Jackson Equipping/SMBCMark Leiendecker WorshipLee Lewis, David Kornegay Campus OutreachRobert McCants IV,, Van Hendry Contemporary WorshipBrad Reed Community Groups & ShepherdingNed Rupp & Bobby Weaver Young AdultsClaude Tackett Middle SchoolDerek Walden Deacons & Local MissionsMike Weeks Men & WomenKenny Caldwell Young MarriedMark Nelson Personnel

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Please plan to attend this very informative meeting on Foster Care and learn how you can help have an impact in the lives of children here in Charleston County. There will be a Foster Care & Respite Information Meeting on Tuesday, May 12 at 6:30pm in rooms B-218 and B-219. For more information or to ar-range childcare, please contact Crystal Cantrell at crystal@eastcooperbaptist.com.

MAY 17 OCEAN BAPTISM - If you are interested in being baptized, please register for a baptism date. An ECBC pastor will then contact you to schedule an inter-view prior to your baptism date. The upcoming baptism dates are: May 17 and August 30.

NOW VBS CHILD REGISTRATION - Child registration is now open for Vacation Bible School this summer. VBS will be held the weeks of June 8-12 and June 15-19, 2015. Join in on the journey as we still need adult volunteers!

NOW SUMMER SUNDAYS - Our Summer Sundays ministry is your opportunity to help us continue our spiritual instruction by volunteering to serve for 4 Sundays, several more Sundays or for the entire 13 Sundays this summer.

NOW EC SPORTS MEN’S SOFTBALL- Today is the last day to register for this summer’s men’s softball season! The cost to play is $50 per person and the season runs from June 4th - July 30th. Games are on Thursday evenings at R.L. Jones Recreation Centerfields.EmailMikeBashaformoreinformation.

NOW HELP SUPPORT MSM - Join us at Chick-Fil-A near Publix on Wednesday, May 20th from 5:00-8:00pm to support the middle school ministry’s mis-sion trip to Spartanburg, SC. Tell them you are from ECBC and 20% of your order will be given to the mission trip fund. Thanks for your support!

NOW HSM SENIOR EVENTS- There are many upcoming events planned for HSM Seniors from seminars to banquets leading up to Senior Recognition Sunday on June 7. Visit the HSM webpage for all the information or contact Larkin Shaw atlarkins@eastcooperbaptist.com.