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Welcome and Instructions          

As you scroll down this page, interact with each element, read along, sing the songs that you know & listen to the ones that you might not.  Pray, Praise, Participate! Take your time with it, and after the service, call a friend and reflect on the music, the words, the prayers, and the sermon. We love each other, we are here for each other, we are Towne View. 

Call to Worship          

Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me;
For I am afflicted and needy.
Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;
O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.
Be gracious to me, O Lord,
For to You I cry all day long.
Make glad the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.


For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
And give heed to the voice of my supplications!
In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You,
For You will answer me.


There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works like Yours.
All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And they shall glorify Your name.
For You are great and do wondrous deeds;
You alone are God.

 

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Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.


Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

          

Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made.

 

All: We will Rejoice and be glad in it.

Leader: Come, Let us worship.

Song of Commitment          

Prayer          

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, the power,

and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

Genesis 21:8-21          

The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned. I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”

 

Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.

When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.

Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought,

“I cannot watch the boy die.”

And as she sat there, she began to sob.

 

God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

Song of Praise          

Father's Day Blessing          

The longer we live,
The more of your presence
We find, laid down,
Weave upon weave
Within our lives.

The quiet constancy of your gentleness
Drew no attention to itself,
Yet filled our home
With a climate of kindness
Where each mind felt free
To seek its own direction.

As the fields of distance
Opened inside childhood,
Your presence was a sheltering tree
Where our fledgling hearts could rest.

The earth seemed to trust your hands
As they tilled the soil, put in the seed,
Gathered together the lonely stones.


Something in you loved to inquire
In the neighborhood of air,
Searching its transparent rooms
For the fallen glances of God.

The warmth and wonder of your prayer
Opened our eyes to glimpse
The subtle ones who
Are eternally there.

Whenever, silently, in off moments,
The beauty of the whole thing overcame you,
You would gaze quietly out upon us,
The look from your eyes
Like a kiss alighting on skin.

There are many things
We could have said,
But words never wanted
To name them;
And perhaps a world
That is quietly sensed
Across the air
In another’s heart
Becomes the inner companion
To one’s own unknown.

-A Blessing for Father, by John O'Donohue

Hymn of Worship          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giving as an act of worship          

Part of our worship is the giving of our tithes and offerings to the ministry of the church. 

As God has given so generously to us, let us respond in generous contribution to the work and ministry of God's Kingdom, manifest in part at Towne View Baptist Church. 

As you give, meditate on all the ways that God has invited us into ministry with Him. 

To give online now CLICK HERE.

He Knows My Name with Fairest Lord Jesus

Sermon          

Luke 10:25-37          

Just then a scholar of the Hebrew Scriptures tried to trap Jesus.

Scholar: Teacher, what must I do to experience the eternal life?

Jesus (answering with a question): What is written in the Hebrew Scriptures? How do you interpret their answer to your question?

Scholar: You shall love—“love the Eternal One your God with everything you have: all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind”—and “love your neighbor as yourself.”

Jesus:  Perfect. Your answer is correct. Follow these commands and you will live.

The scholar was frustrated by this response because he was hoping to make himself appear smarter than Jesus.

Scholar: Ah, but who is my neighbor?

Jesus: This fellow was traveling down from Jerusalem to Jericho when some robbers mugged him. They took his clothes, beat him to a pulp, and left him naked and bleeding and in critical condition.  By chance, a priest was going down that same road, and when he saw the wounded man, he crossed over to the other side and passed by. Then a Levite who was on his way to assist in the temple also came and saw the victim lying there, and he too kept his distance. Then a despised Samaritan journeyed by. When he saw the fellow, he felt compassion for him. The Samaritan went over to him, stopped the bleeding, applied some first aid, and put the poor fellow on his donkey. He brought the man to an inn and cared for him through the night.

 

The next day, the Samaritan took out some money—two days’ wages to be exact—and paid the innkeeper, saying, “Please take care of this fellow, and if this isn’t enough, I’ll repay you next time I pass through.”

Which of these three proved himself a neighbor to the man who had been mugged by the robbers?

 

Scholar: The one who showed mercy to him.

Jesus: Well then, go and behave like that Samaritan.

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Pause          

Discuss with your family, or ponder to yourself... 

How many times have you heard this story?

Did you learn something new this time?

Who is it hardest for you to think of as a "neighbor" these days? 

 

Which of the acts that the Good Samaritan does is hardest for you? (Compassion, Physical Ministry, Time, Money, etc)

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Song of Response          

Benediction          

Each week for the past 26 years, we have closed our worship times by reading this ancient prayer together. Benediction is a Latin word meaning "Good Word." Christian worship services traditionally end with the clergy speaking a "Good Word" of blessing over the congregation. At Towne View, we affirm the priesthood of all believers and as a part of that, we read this benediction together, ending our time of community worship by speaking a good word of blessing over each other.

Jim Conrad: Sr. Pastor 

Jim@towneview.org

678-977-5013

Jeremy Hall: Assoc. Pastor

Jeremy@towneview.org

850-982-7530

Daniel Connell:

Deacon on Call

404-747-9717

Dear Friends,

Thank you for sharing in this worship experience today. This service will remain available to enjoy and share until next weekend. 

Keep an eye on towneview.org as well as our various social media accounts as we continue to offer opportunities for worship, fellowship, education, and prayer as a community of faith.

Pastor Jeremy will be on Facebook live today (6/14) at 1pm to reflect with participants on today's worship experience. CLICK HERE to go there now. 

Grace and Peace,

Towne View Baptist Church   

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