Calendar of Ministry Events December Today
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Annual New Year’s Eve Worship - 9:30 p.m. - Midnight
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 January January 1, 2018, marks Bishop’s 44 years as under-shepherd here at SBC. Sixty years as a clergyman as of February 18, 2018. Fifty-four years as an under-shepherd over four different parishes in his ministerial pilgrimage. Monday 1 New Year’s Day Tuesday 2 Office Closed Wednesday
3
No morning or evening Bible Study – will resume 01/10/18
Saturday
6
BLL Breakfast 8-10 a.m.
Sunday
7
The Lord’s Supper Celebration 4:45 p.m.
Monday
8
UWFG Officers meeting 6-7 p.m.
Sunday
14
Martin Luther King Jr. Presentation
Monday
15
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Thursday
18
Board of Trustees Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
25
Tuesday
30
Bishop’s Advisory Council meeting – Diakonos – George Harrison, Ron Demps, James Harvey, Dennis Craig, Michael Dickson, Bobby Laird, Thelma Jones, Jessie Anderson and JoAnne Craig @ 6:30 p.m. Joint Board Meeting 7:30 p.m. All Diakonos and Board of Trustees Annual Convocation 7 p.m.
SAVE THE DATE: Providence Missionary Baptist Church Women’s Ministry Fashion Show Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Second Baptist Church in the Fannie Goodwin Hall.
Church mailing address: P.O. Box 479, Monrovia, CA. 91017
Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard, Ph. D. Parish-Shepherd/Soul-Watcher
December 31, 2017
HIS GLORY IS OUR STORY! (John 1:1-14) “Troubles Break the Syndrome of Independence and Willfulness and Bring Us Back to the Lord!” Bishop Dr. Wm. LaRue Dillard www.secondbaptistmonrovia.org---sbcmon@aol.com
Bishop’s Epistle
December 31, 2017
LOOKING BACK, AND LOOKING FORWARD OPTIMISTICALLY! Sons and Daughters in Light! Grace to You! God says: “Behold, I make all things new” (Revelation 21:5). God has graciously divided our life into years so that we can draw a demarcation line with an attitude of gratitude for the past and faith for the future. New Year’s Eve is a time for four looks and for each look there is a special gift from God. FIRST, take a backward look on this past year. That reflective gaze at what has happened is a combination of thanksgiving for all God has done and confession for the failures and sins that lurk in our memories. God offers the gift of absolution. NEXT, we take an inward look. Get in touch with the person who lives in your skin. Are you more the person you long to be today than you were a year ago? What can you affirm? What would you like to change? For this look God offers the gift of resolution.
IN THE NEW YEAR 2018 I WILL TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN EXPRESSING LOVE AND FORGIVENESS! The Call to Worship........................................Lyceum Council of Elders Hymn of Worship..................................................Gathered Assembly “Send the Light” #410 Diaconates Leading the Worship Responsive Scripture Reading...............................................Diakona (Genesis 2:18-24) Fervent Prayer.......................................................................Diakona Let’s Just Praise the Lord....................................Gathered Assembly
Ordinance of Water Baptism---------------------------Bishop Dillard *Lillie Jane Tucker * Jaden Austin Bradford * Jan Bradford Strickland *
Welcome to Parishioners and Visitors.......................................Diakona Stewardship of Financial Worship……………………………………Diakona (Paying Tithes and Giving Offerings)
Now we are for a forward look. Ask God to help you clarify His goals for you. If you threw caution to the wind, what would you dare to attempt for His glory in your relationships and responsibilities? God’s third gift is inspiration.
Choir Selection………………………….……………….....…Gideon’s Army
LASTLY, take an upward look. Think magnificently about the majesty of God. Meditate on His grace that has brought you to the threshold of a new year and a new beginning.
Presentation of Certificates…………………...Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard Baptism Certificates
Commit the future to Him. Listen to His promise and feel the surge of hope. Memorize this verse from Jeremiah 29:11 and make it the basis of your New Year’s prayer of dedication: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you…thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Now accept God’s greatest gift - the gift of the fresh infusion of His Spirit. We saints are new creations in Christ “Old things pass away; all things become new!” Amen Serving Christ Joyfully U|á{ÉÑ WÜA jÅA _teâx W|ÄÄtÜw? Parish Under-shepherd
*Lillie Jane Tucker * Jaden Austin Bradford * Jan Bradford Strickland *
An Extended Welcome… (Parish members & Visitors) ……… Diakona {Intercessory Prayer for Special Needs} Choir Selection………………………………………....….…. Gideon’s Army
THE BIBLICAL MESSAGE Diakona/Exhorter Eric Johnson, Preaching “LIVING YOUR LIFE BRAND NEW” (2 Corinthians 5:12-21) A Christian Appeal your Request and Decision of Christ To be born again, restore your faith, and/or join this parish church Announcements…………………….……………………Diakona Terrence Williams The Doxology (Reverently Chanted) “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow!” The Blessing of the Benediction and Recessional Chant “Let the Church Say Amen”