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[music] How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God. Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. (indistinct)

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- Father, we thank you for your loving kindness and your tender mercy. We thank you for the gift of life. We gather here to praise your name this day.

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Bless each one of us that we may be a channel of grace, magnifying your name in all that we say and do. Gracious God, our Father, have mercy upon us and bless us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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[ Music ] [singing] ♪ Kumbaya my Lord ♪ ♪ Kumbaya ♪

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♪ Kumbaya my Lord ♪ ♪ Kumbaya ♪ ♪ Oh Lord ♪ ♪ Someone's praying on the yard ♪

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♪ Someone's praying on the yard ♪ ♪ Someone's praying on the yard ♪ ♪ Come what may, Lord, we'll follow you ♪ ♪ Our God, Lord, we'll follow you ♪

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- May we come forward now for our time of prayers. We continue to sing. [MUSIC] [MUSIC]

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[music] Almighty God, we come to thee this morning with thanksgiving in our hearts, praise on our lips to thank thee for the manifold provisions of thy grace. We thank thee, O God in heaven, that thou hast been mindful of us

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and that thou hast enabled us to find the beaten path to thy house. We seek thy guidance and thy protection for our lives as we gather here this morning. We have the realization that thou art a strong God,

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thou art a tender God, that thou art all powerful and all knowing. Thou knowest our down sitting and our up rising. Be acquainted with all our thoughts.

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We pray thee this morning for those of us who have gathered here and for those who have gathered throughout Christendom in similar services as here at Ebenezer. We pray for the leadership of the United Nations. We pray for the leadership of our country.

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We pray, O God in heaven, that thou wouldst bless our local leadership, bless the leader of this flower and bless all of those who are well-wishers of the church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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[music] Our scripture lesson is found in the book of the prophet Isaiah, the sixth chapter in the first eight verses. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted

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up and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims, each one had six wings. With twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet and with twain he did fly.

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And one cried unto another and said, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory." And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried,

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and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, "Woe is me, for I am undone, Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.

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For mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.

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And he laid it upon my mouth and said, lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

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And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send and who will go for us? "Then said I, 'Here am I; send me.'" Thus endeth the reading of our scripture.

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[Music] ♪ We praise the light of the world ♪ ♪ We all feel divine ♪ ♪ Feel divine ♪

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♪ Somehow the good works of Jesus are done ♪ ♪ Turn all the world to our day and our night ♪ ♪ He is the light of the world ♪ ♪ Joyful all ye nations now ♪

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♪ He is the light of the world ♪ ♪ Joyful all ye nations now ♪ ♪ He is the light of the world ♪ ♪ We walk in the light ♪

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♪ We take the lead ♪ ♪ From where the road runs ♪ ♪ The place is so grand ♪ ♪ To know the world is brightly in the night ♪

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♪ We just light up the world ♪ ♪ O give them hope, O give them hope ♪ ♪ The will of the God of mercy shall thrive ♪ ♪ Spread all around us the gift of life ♪

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♪ Jesus, light of the world ♪ [music] [coughing] [coughing]

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I'm delighted to be able to greet you this morning, to see you here as we gather together on this beautiful day to worship God in spirit and in truth. There are persons who are worshiping among us

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who are not members of this fellowship. We would like, if you have not already signed a visitor's card, that you would do so at this time. So if you have not signed a visitor's card,

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would you raise your hand? The ushers will see that you get one. We will worship the Lord now in our giving. We have just adopted a new church budget and that budget includes a

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difference that is just about equal to the cost of living. And in order to subscribe to it, it will be necessary for us to give more as things go up. So let us give according to how God has prospered us this day.

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May we bow our heads. Gracious God, our Father, you are the owner of everything. We are your servants. You are the Lord.

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You are the master. and we are trustees of your possessions. We pray that you would bless us now in this time of sharing.

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We may first of all offer unto you ourselves and then our substance, recognizing that the earth is yours, the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein.

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It's all yours. Help us to share it just as a channel of your grace. Be with us now, we pray, in our giving this day. Amen.

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[Music] [Music] Our announcements [ Pause ]

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[ Inaudible Remark ] >> I beg your pardon? >> Yeah, there it is. >> Oh, okay.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] Lord, I long to be a Christian in my home, in my home.

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Lord, I long to be a Christian in my heart. In my heart. Oh, in my heart. Lord, I want to be a priest now in my home.

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Lord, I want to be born again in my heart, in my heart. ♪ Lord, I want to be more of you ♪ ♪ In my heart ♪ ♪ In my heart ♪

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♪ In my heart ♪ Lord, I want to be born again in my heart. Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart. Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart.

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Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart. Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my home. Good morning. I have no announcements except to remind you

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about the presentation of Dr. Bicker's work at Laguna Gloria. And that's going to be at the first federal building downtown. And it begins February 20 through March 20

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in recognition of Black History Month. So please go. All of the scheduled events are free. And we're urging you to attend.

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I have the name of one visitor and I'm going to call your name and when I call your name if you'll please stand for a few words of welcome. Reverend Ernest De Chaney Jr. 1309 Chestnut Street, New Hope Baptist, a member of New Hope Baptist Church.

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It's always a pleasure to be in the house of the Lord. I've been here before. Visited some time ago. And I'm always pleased to be among God's people.

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And we hope that you will pray for us and we might grow stronger. Amen. Thank you.

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Brother Delaney, who is a minister, is also serving as the sexton of our church. He is serving as a custodian and has just begun that work. And he is doing a good job in that capacity.

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And I've heard already favorable comments concerning his performance. We're glad to have him to share with us in our service of worship today.

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There is an announcement that was in our bulletin last week, but it's inadvertently omitted by the secretary today, I noticed. Concerning the honoring of minority school educators

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from the minority group, three persons have been selected to be honored by TSTA this afternoon at their building on 12th Street. They are Brother F.R. Rice and Brother T.C. Calhoun.

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And Ms. Sanchez, those are the three who happens to be Mexican American and two blacks. So those who can share in that service, let me remind you again that it is this afternoon. In celebration of Black History Month, the NAACP will sponsor a special program today at 6 p.m. You see that announcement there in your bulletin.

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We are giving attention to black history in all that we do. We try to celebrate the year round. We're focusing attention on it this month. I have an announcement here from the Chapel Choir of the Mount Olive Baptist Church

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and observance of Black History Month that they will be presenting James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones, a combination of black sermons, testimonies, and spirituals done in verse.

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So you are invited to witness that performance on next Sunday at 7 o'clock PM in the church auditorium, 1800 East 11th Street. I've been, I think I announced last Sunday I was going to wear a different robe each Sunday during

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this month. Last Sunday I wore a robe from Nigeria, which has to do with our ancestral home, the continent of Africa. Today the robe which I'm wearing is from Liberia. Liberia was settled back in the 1800s by people who came from this country. A number of blacks were permitted to leave this country and they settled in Liberia and the government today is modeled largely after our

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country. The president Dr. William Talbert was elected the president of the Baptist World Alliance in 1960. He happens to be a Baptist, president of the Baptist Convention and also at At that time, he was president of the seminary and a Baptist pastor.

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So our roots are still there. And our heritage is related to this country in a very significant way as we consider the struggle of black people for full freedom in our world.

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Brother Taylor was at Shoal Creek Hospital. Sister Taylor, is he still there? He was, I saw him the other day, he thought he was gonna be going home,

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but he's still there. Brother Kinchin. [ Silence ]