Calendar of Ministry Events Special Announcements Youngsters turning 13 years of age after Catechism must attend Teen Discovery Class in the upstairs Computer Room in Fannie M. Goodwin Building. Got a Baby Bottle? M.O.M. Ministry’s Annual Baby-Bottle-Drive runs 3/19 5/7/17Grab a bottle, stuff a bottle and return the bottle. ALL donations will help women & children in two local women's shelters this Mother’s Day. Invite a coworker, neighbor or friend to support the cause!
Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard, Ph. D. Parish-Shepherd/Soul-Watcher
April 16, 2017
April Sunday
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Sunday
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Thursday Saturday
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Sunday
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Resurrection Sunday Sunrise Service 5 a.m. Resurrection Breakfast 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Donation: $5.00-Seniors (65 and up) $4.00 Children (6-12 yrs) (5 yrs and under free) Sponsorships are welcomed SUNDAY SCHOOL WILL BE IN SESSION 15th Annual High Attendance & Bible Jeopardy 9:45 a.m. Citizen of Zion Church, Compton - Outing 3 p.m. SBC Choir to minister in song and our Ushers to serve Board of Trustees Meeting 7:30 p.m. 2nd Quarter Teachers Meeting in Fannie Goodwin Bldg. at 10 a.m. Baby Dedication following the 10:45 a.m. Worship Service Velma Pratt’s grandson (Calvin Ray Pratt III) Ministry to Children Concert 3 p.m.
May Saturday
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Sunday Saturday Sunday Sunday
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Thursday Monday
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BLL Breakfast 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Lord Supper Celebration 4:45 p.m. Clean-up Day Mother’s Day 43rd Jubilee of love worship services 10:45 a.m. and at 4 p.m. our Guest Churches--Citizen of Zion Church (Pastor Bobby Newman, Jr.) and Saint Reed Baptist Church (Pastor C. R. Jones) Board of Trustees Meeting 7:30 p.m. Memorial Day
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
April 16, 2017
CHRISTIANS’ SINFUL ACTIONS CONTRADICTS THE BIBLICAL MESSAGE! Holy Sons and Daughters, Grace to you! I have taught you over the years that there is an inseparable fellowship between the saints’ growth in Christ Jesus and growth in brotherly love. The Bible teaches: “Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen” (Hebrews 13:20-21). The Christians’ fellowship with each other in the local body of Christ are a test of our holy sanctification. The Church body is a “holy” fellowship. We belong to our Lord, and are to be to each other what He has been to us. The more we grow in Christ love and forgiveness, the more we care for fellow saints. The sinful-(unsaved) people around us including our personal family members), laughs at our inability to live what we teach, preach, and witness so eloquently from God’s Word. We are often guilty of bringing our old habits, culturally conditioned attitudes into the church fellowship: Criticism, competition, fundamentalism. Gossip are often more prevalent than in a secular club. Why? Where do you and I need to grow up to the measure of the status of Christ? Ephesians 4:13, gives a clear word, “Till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” The transforming process of sanctification means a total reorientation of our thinking, feelings, attitudes, goals and priorities. It will not all be smooth and easy for Christians. The Lord will continue His work in us, until all of life is under His guidance and power. Perhaps you have been satisfied with your level of Christian growth, and yet, are you really? I realize that I am asking you and me to be honestly analytical about our life in Christ. But tell me, ‘what ways have we grown in this past month? Our answer will tell us whether we are sinful in actions, thus contradicting the biblical message. Amen Until He Comes, I Am Serving Christ Joyfully, Bishop Dr. Wm. LaRue Dillard Parish Under-shepherd
THEME: THE RESURRECTION POWER TRANSFORMS OUR NATURE FIT FOR HEAVEN The Call to Worship........................................Lyceum Council of Elders
Hymn of Worship...........................................……..Leader/People (“At The Cross” #79) Diaconates Leading the Worship
Responsive Scripture Reading.........................………………Diakona (Luke 22:39-46) Fervent Prayer.......................................................................Diakona Let’s Just Praise the Lord…………...Praise Leader/Gathered Assembly
Welcome to Parishioners and Visitors..................................Diakona Stewardship of Financial Worship……………………………………Diakona (Paying Tithes and Giving Offerings)
Choir Selection………………………………………………..Voices of Unity Acknowledgement/Announcement………….Evelyn Jenkins-Coleman Appeal...............................................................Jubilee Commission
Choir Selection………………………………………………. Voices of Unity Bishop Dr. Wm. LaRue Dillard, Preaching “A ROYAL HEAVENLY VISITOR ENTERS JERUSALEM” (Matthew 21:9) A Christian Invitation
Your Prayer Requests ◊ To Be Born Again ◊ To Join this Parish Church The Doxology (Reverently) “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow!” The Benediction Recessional Chant “Let the Church Say Amen”