Ray Rust was Executive Director of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. The service begins with organ music (00:00-04:44). Dean Morris Ashcraft delivers a reading from Scripture, and he gives a word of prayer (04:45-06:53). Ashcraft shares an announcement about the change of speaker due to Malcolm Tolbert having a cold, and Ray Rust is introduced as the chapel speaker (06:54-08:41). The choir sings the anthem (08:42-13:11). Rust preaches on the story in the gospels of Jesus calming the storm, and he connects the disciples’ question to Jesus about him caring for them to the question that ministers will ask when storms come in their service to the Kingdom (13:12-29:17). Rust ends the service with a word of prayer (29:18-30:27).
Louis McBurney was a clinical psychiatrist and leader of the Marble Retreat. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-01:00). Louis McBurney is introduced as the Adams Lecturer (01:01-04:55). McBurney begins his lecture by speaking about the ministry he does at Marble Retreat, and he shares his topic for the week, “The Ego Needs of the Minister” (04:56-10:55). The topic of the current lecture is “Trust and Caring in Ministry,” and McBurney shares his practical advice for building a good faith life and helping others in their own walks with God (10:56-36:47). The service ends with a word of prayer (36:48-37:13).
