Underdogs and Outsiders Series +

January 22, 2017 + Opening Song Underdogs Blessed Assurance and Outsiders Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Series Heir of salvation, purchase of God, The Bible is full Born of the Spirit, washed in pure love. of surprises. At every turn, from the beginning of This is my story, this is my song, the Old Testament Praising my Savior, all the day long; right through the end of the New, we This is my story, this is my song, find God working Praising my Savior, all the day long. in unexpected, even strange ways to bring about God’s purposes. Perfect submission, perfect delight, As if to remind us of Visions of rapture now burst on my sight; this, the Gospel of Angels descending bring from above Matthew presents a genealogy of Jesus Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. before telling the story of his birth, including (Chorus) subtle references to the times God worked through unlikely Perfect submission, all is at rest people. Unlikely I in my Savior am happy and blest, people like you and I. Watching and waiting, looking above, In our sermon Filled with God's goodness, lost in God's love. series, Underdogs and Outsiders, we remember this (Chorus) strange history of God working in our (Repeat 2x) world through five unlikely women who by Fanny Jane Crosby and Phoebe Palmer Knapp are named in the Public Domain, CCLI# 22324 family tree of Jesus: Tamar, a forgotten daughter-in-law and widow; Rahab, a prostitute; Ruth, a Our Community Gathers / Nuestra Communidad Se Reúne Rev. Vickey Gibbs foreigner; Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, Announcements / Anuncios Angela Whorton an adulteress; and of course Mary, a young virgin. We will explore + Exchange of Peace / Saludo de la Paz Rev. Vickey Gibbs the stories of each of these five women, showing how they all + Gathering Song / Canción de Reunión played a pivotal role in God’s purposes yesterday and today. Draw the Circle Wide Join us as we uncover new dimensions of the story of God’s Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. people and how that Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. story comes into focus No one stands alone; we'll stand side by side. in the hope for the Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. Messiah. Join in as we look for and find God in unexpected places. (Repeat) Draw the circle wide, draw it wider still. Let this be our song: No one stands alone. Standing side by side, Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. No one stands alone; we'll stand side by side. Draw the circle, draw the circle wide.

Contemporary Word / Lectura Contemporanea Wayne Wiggins

Underdogs and Outsiders by Tom Fuerst

The action is quick. The verbs rush as the passion of David rushed. He sent; he took; he lay. Rape is the more truthful terminology to describe what happened. Nothing in the text suggests Bathsheba has a say in this situation. She says nothing. David is a man and a king, Bathsheba is a woman whose husband fights for David. He exploits his power. She cannot possibly say no. She is an object who cannot object.

One: In these human words God’s voice is heard. All: Amen.

Special Music Amanda Lozenich

Warrior by Lindy Robbins, Emanuel Kiriakou, Andrew Goldstein and Demi Lovato

+ Scripture Lesson / Lectura Bíblica Gemma Burns

2 Samuel 11: 1-5

In the spring, that time of the year when rulers go off to war, David sent Joab out along with his officers and troops. They massacred the Ammonites and laid siege to Rabbah. David however stayed in Jerusalem. As evening approached, David rose from his couch and strolled about on the flat roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman—a very beautiful woman—bathing. David made inquiries about her and learned that her name was Bathsheba, and that she was the daughter of Eilam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite. Then David sent messengers to fetch her. She came to him, and he slept with her, at a time when she had been declared ritually clean after her monthly period. Then she returned to her house. But she conceived, and sent this message to David: “I’m pregnant.”

One: This is the word of God for the people of God. All: Thanks be to God. Amen. Anthem / Selección Musical Sanctuary Choir

Wayfarin' Stranger by Tradition American Melody, Arr. by Gary Matheny

Sermon / Sermón Rev. Troy Treash

Underdogs and Outsiders: Bathsheba

Moment of Reflection / Momento de Reflexión Mark C. Brown

We Offer Ourselves / Nos Ofrecemos Maryam Noujedehie Ayda Kor

Invitation to Give / Invitación Para Dar Angela Whorton

Offertory / Ofrenda Sanctuary Choir

Step Into the Water by Kirk L. Talley

Prayer of Receiving / Oración de Recepcíon Angela Whorton

Communion / Comunión Rev. Denise Junious Communion Songs / Cantos de Comunión

Confitemini Domino (Come and Fill Our Hearts With Your Peace) Words and Music by Jacques Berthier As the Deer by Martin Nystrom The Potter's Hand by Darlene Zschech

Prayer of Thanksgiving / Acción de Gracias Rev. Denise Junious

+ Closing Song / Canto de Salida

You Are Exalted

You are exalted. I sing you're exalted on high. I will praise you. You are exalted, forever exalted And I will praise your name!

You are my God And forever your truth shall reign. Heaven and earth, Rejoice in your holy name. You are exalted. I sing you're exalted on high!

+ Benediction / Bendición Rev. Troy Treash

+ Postlude / Postludio

Underdog! Executive Team

Rev. Troy Treash Senior Pastor [email protected] (x101)

Mark C. Brown Director of Worship Arts [email protected] (x109)

Shiv Dharan Director of Operations [email protected] (x102)

Mark Eggleston Director of Communications [email protected] (x106)

Rev. Vickey Gibbs Associate Pastor [email protected] (x107)

Angela Whorton Director of Connections [email protected] (x105)

Professional Stipend & Volunteers

Georgette L. Monaghan Usher Coordinator

Joel Hammett Organist & Accompanist

Christy Irvin Gospel Ensemble Pianist

Debbie Mansfield Children's Coordinator [email protected]

Sara Navarro Graphic Design & Teen Coordinator [email protected] (x112)

Steven Shannon Sanctuary Choir Director [email protected]

John Taylor Altar Ministries Coordinator

Alan Cunningham Audio Engineer

Cassandra White Gospel Ensemble Director [email protected]

Worship | Sunday, 9 & 11 am Children & Youth Worship | Sunday, 11 am Nursery | Sunday, 9 & 11 am

ResurrectionMCC 2025 West 11th St, Houston, Texas 77008 Phone 713-861-9149 / Fax 713-861-2520 www.ResurrectionMCC.org After Worship

RMCC Positive: HIV / AIDS SECOND THURSDAYS SUPPORT GROUP FEBRUARY 9 Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly THURSDAYS 6:30 - 8 pm • Conference Room 7 pm • Gathering Place

Book clubs have become a popular way for readers Few can question the value of support groups to discuss books in an informal setting. Join us as we in helping you transition from being a person dive in and discuss a different book each month. with HIV to a person truly living with HIV. We will provide a safe, non-judgmental environment March 9 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi where people can communicate freely and find April 13 - The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman the emotional support and education you need to better normalize HIV in your life. [email protected] [email protected]

6 JUSTICE MINISTRY

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Houston Planning Team Meeting EVERY THURSDAY 7 - 8:30 pm • Workroom TODAY 1 - 3 pm • Gathering Place Free and confidential support group for individuals living with, or family and friends affected by, de- “What does God require of you but to do justice and pression and bipolar disorders. We help individuals, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?” family members, and friends understand these two --Micah 6:8 difficult, yet treatable, mental disorders. In addition, DBSA works to educate the public about depression Our Justice Ministry educates and engages its and bipolar disorders, confront social stigma, and members in shaping public policy in keeping with advocate for the rights of people living with mental what we believe to be the essence of Jesus’ prophetic disorders. ministry of God’s vision of a just and loving world. Topics will vary each month. [email protected] [email protected]

YAASS

THURSDAYS 7 - 8:30 pm • Chapel SUNDAYS Join our Young Adult Actively Serving Saints (YAASS) weekly as they explore Covenant, a fresh JANUARY 22, 29 look at a timeless promise. The Biblical concept 1 - 2:30 pm • Chapel of covenant speaks to an enduring commitment between God and God’s fruitful people. It’s a Using the studies of Yale historian John Boswell promise -- to live in a loving relationship with (“Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe”), and for each other. Our purpose is to engage New Testament seminary professor L. William Countryman, and others, we will examine the story participants in conversations about this unique and of Sodom (where the sin was inhospitality), Jude’s special relationship -- as well as our relationships decrying sex with angels, and five texts (Leviticus with each other and the world around us -- as we 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:27, I Corinthians study the Bible. 6:9, and I Timothy 1:10). [email protected] For pre-reading schedule, please email [email protected]

7 Water 2 Wine Club An Exploration of PEARLAND Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates WEDNESDAYS SATURDAY JANUARY 25 7 - 8:30 pm • Gathering Place JANUARY5:30 - 9 pm 28 This profound work offers a powerful new framework 13418 Moonlit Lake Lane for understanding our nation’s history and current Pearland, TX 77584 crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but Join us for drinks and hors d' oeuvres as we meet, falls most heavily on the bodies of black women greet, and plan for the future. and men -- bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, Contact Celia at 563-650-5405 and murdered out of all proportion. or email [email protected] [email protected] YAASS Planning a Successful Life: Finances FOURTH SATURDAYS JANUARY 28 11 am - 1 pm • Gathering Place SUNDAY As young adults, it is often difficult to begin life with a good financial strategy or plan. Join us monthly JANUARY 29 as we learn how to plan, save, and be financially savvy and successful. Effectively creating the coins 1 - 2:30 pm • Gathering Place for retirement is a must! Different agencies and individuals will speak on issues like budgeting, planning Join us as we view the Netflix documentary 13th, to buy your first home, repairing your credit, getting Ava Duvernay’s film that investigates the roots of credit, and other topics. America’s mass incarceration problem. Light brunch provided. [email protected] [email protected]

8 WEDNESDAYS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15, 22 FEBRUARY 4 7 - 8:30 pm • Gathering Place 6 - 10 pm • Activities Building Volunteer Sign-Up TODAY in For 4 weeks, we will engage the book, Stand Your Gathering Place After Worship Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God, by Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas. On the Sunday morning You are invited to celebrate the eve of Super Bowl following the Trayvon Martin verdict, African- Sunday with Souper Bowl Bingo! Wear your favorite American preachers around the country addressed team’s colors, donate cans of food, play bingo, win the questions, “Where is the justice of God?” and prizes, and help Pride Charities stock the shelves of the “What are we to hope for?” This study is an attempt to Food Pantry! A concession stand with food and drinks seriously consider the social and theological questions will be available. Doors open at 6 pm. Bingo begins at for Christians raised by this and similar stories. 6:30 pm. [email protected] [email protected]

Jason & DeMarco HIV / STD TESTING CONCERT THURSDAY SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2 FEBRUARY 5 7 - 9 pm • Gathering Place 10 am - 1 pm • Gathering Place Jason and deMarco are no strangers to Resurrection MCC. Since leaving Houston, they have been living on Free testing for HIV, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and a ranch in Franklin, TN with their family. These dynam- Syphillis (results in 2 weeks), as well as Hepatitis C ic singers will astound you. They have traveled around (results in 15 minutes). Knowing your HIV and STD the world with their music and even had a reality show. status is the best way for you to stay healthy and You will not want to miss this ecumenical musical expe- avoid spreading sexually transmitted illnesses. Get rience. This is a free event and a love offering will be tested and take control. collected. For nursery care (infant to 3 years), RSVP to [email protected] www.offeringhope.org [email protected] 8 9 10 SUNDAYS BEGINNING FEBRUARY 5 1 - 2:30 pm • Chapel SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18 11 am - 1:30 pm • Activities Building For 10 weeks, we will explore “The Great Spiritual Our 2017 Gospel Brunch features entertainment by Resurrection MCC’s Gospel Ensemble and friends. Migration: How the World’s Largest Religion is Brunch will be served prior to the entertainment. Tickets Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian” by Brian are $20 and can be purchased through Resurrection McLaren. The Christian story, from Genesis until MCC’s Inspirations Bookstore, online, or from any now, is fundamentally about people on the move Gospel Ensemble member. We hope you will join us -- outgrowing old, broken religious systems and as we celebrate Black History Month. Email Nursery@ embracing new, more redemptive ways of life. It’s ResurrectionMCC.org to request child care for infants to 3 years of age. Tickets available online at time to move again. www.ResurrectionMCC.org/gospel-brunch [email protected] [email protected]

TRAPPED: What Remains of a Woman's Right to Choose? DOCUMENTARY FEBRUARY 10 SUNDAY Theo's Restaurant FEBRUARY 12 812 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006 1 - 3 pm • Gathering Place (713) 523 - 0425 Since 2010, 288 laws regulating abortion providers have been passed by state legislatures. In total, 44 states and the District of Columbia have measures subjecting abortion providers to legal restrictions not imposed on other medical professionals. Unable to comply with these far-reaching and medically unnecessary laws, clinics have taken their fight to the courts. [email protected]

10 FEBRUARY 134 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15 11:30 am - 1:30 pm • Gathering Place

Join in the fun, food, and fellowship of our Older Wiser Leaders Serving (OWLS). Bring your favorite covered dish and join us for games, crafts, informative lectures, fellowship, and just plain fun. [email protected]

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SUNDAY JANUARY 22

9:00 am Worship Service Sanctuary 10:15 am Coffee Talk Gathering Place 10:45 am Generation Faith Teens Activities Building CHRISTIAN MYSTICS: 11:00 am Worship Service Sanctuary 12:15 pm Coffee Talk Gathering Place 365 READINGS & MEDITATIONS 12:30 pm Brunch Buddies Welcome Area Spiritual maverick Matthew Fox believes that through the 1:00 pm Bible & Homosexuality Chapel ages religious patriarchal hierarchy and rigidity have obscured 1:00 pm Justice Ministry Meeting Gathering Place Christianity’s most beneficial and essential teachings: those 1:30 pm Devotion in Motion Sanctuary that arise out of personal, mystical experiences of the 7:00 pm Mankind Project Support Group Chapel Divine. A true religious renewal, according to Fox, can arise only through the mystical dimension of faith. In “Christian MONDAY JANUARY 23 Mystics,” he offers a wide-ranging collection of quotations from Christianity’s greatest mystics and prophets of the past 6:30 pm Toastmasters Gathering Place two thousand years. Fox explores and celebrates the mystical TUESDAY JANUARY 24 path with insightful commentary on the thoughts and revelations of some of history’s greatest religious visionaries. 7:00 pm Gospel Ensemble Rehearsal Music Room Beginning on January 1, receive a daily devotional by joining 7:00 pm Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal Sanctuary our Facebook group: www.ResurrectionMCC.org/mystics 7:00 pm Narcotics Anonymous 12-Step Meeting Chapel 7:00 pm Yoga Activities Building 7:00 pm In.Formation Nursery WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25 6:30 pm Overeaters Anonymous 12-Step Meeting Chapel 7:00 pm “Between the World and Me” Gathering Place THURSDAY JANUARY 26 BERRYHILL BAJA GRILL 7:00 pm HIV / AIDS Support Group Gathering Place 7:00 pm YAASS Covenant Bible Study Chapel 7:00 pm Depression Bipolar Support Group Work Room FRIDAY OFFICE CLOSED JANUARY 27 No Events Scheduled SATURDAY OFFICE CLOSED JANUARY 28 9:30 am Overeaters Anonymous 12-Step Meeting Chapel TODAY • 12:30 pm 10:00 am Devotion in Motion Sanctuary 11:00 am YASS Finances Gathering Place TY Seafood Kitchen 11011 Northwest Fwy, Houston 77092 SUNDAY JANUARY 29 832-409-5222 9:00 am Worship Service Sanctuary 10:15 am Coffee Talk Gathering Place 10:45 am Generation Faith Teens Activities Building 11:00 am Worship Service Sanctuary 12:15 pm Coffee Talk Gathering Place 12:30 pm Brunch Buddies Welcome Area 1:00 pm Bible & Homosexuality Chapel 1:00 pm 13th: Documentary & Discusion Gathering Place