Calendar of Ministry Events January Today
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Tuesday
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2017 Contribution Statements available in the Fannie Goodwin Bldg. after Worship Service Annual Convocation: 7 p.m.
February Black History Month / African Attire Optional All Month
Saturday Sunday
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Sunday
11
Sunday
17
Sunday
18
Monday Thursday
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BLL Breakfast: 8-10 a.m. Black History Presentation - Website Ministry The Lord’s Supper Celebration: 4:45 p.m. Black History Presentation - Children’s Ministry 8th Annual TIP Valentine’s Day Street Rally Health Symposium 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Fannie Goodwin Bldg. Foothill Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority – See Flyer- Free event New Members Annual Day Black History Presentation - New Members Bishop Dillard Celebrates 61 years as a clergyman Presidents’ Day Board of Trustees Meeting: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
24
UWFG Breakfast: 9 - Noon
Church mailing address: P.O. Box 479, Monrovia, CA. 91017
Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard, Ph. D. Parish-Shepherd/Soul-Watcher
January 28, 2018
March Saturday Sunday
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Saturday
10
Sunday Sunday Monday Saturday Thursday Friday
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BLL Breakfast: 8-10 a.m. 116th Founders Day The Lord’s Supper Celebration 4:45 p.m. City of Monrovia – MAP Block Party & Neighborhood Treasure Reveal at Second Baptist Church: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Church Outing St. Reed Baptist Church LA: 3:30 p.m. 76th Ushers and 40th Anniversary/ Welcome /Hospitality Day: 10:45 a.m. Bishop Dillard’s 82nd Birthday Prayer Vigil: 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. Board of Trustees meeting: 7:30 p.m. Good Friday Service: Noon
Please Note: Effective February 1, 2018 Second Baptist Church email is sbcmon925@gmail.com
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
January 28, 2018
CONFRONTED BY CHALLENGES PRAY WITHOUT CEASING! Sons and Daughters in Light, God’s Grace to You!
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he passage of Scripture that reads: “Pray without ceasing.” (II Thessalonians 5:17) This comes out the context of verses 16-22.
Prayer is the essential key-----daily and hourly prayer. In fact, making all of life a prayer puts everything into the perspective of praise, confession, intercession, and supplication. All of life is a gift of the Lord’s grace. Praising Him for all that happens to and around us, the positive and the perplexing channels of His grace. When the saints fail, His grace abounds. The saints do not have to atone for ourselves---forgiveness is offered before we ask. When we are confronted by challenges, opportunities, or difficulties, we can spread them out before the Lord and He graciously gives us exactly what we need when we need it. And then, when people’s needs stress us and we are broken in our own inability to meet their needs, we are given the assurance that our prayers for them will release the power of the Lord in their problems, illnesses, and discouragements. This is what God means as he speaks through the apostle Paul to share with the saints at Thessalonica Church by praying without ceasing. When we really dare to feel deeply our own and others’ needs, only the Lord’s grace is sufficient. Prayer is like breathing, prayer continues in every waking and sleeping moment. Breath is the “Ruach” of God. Our prayers always begin with God, seep into our hearts, and we return the prayers unto Him. A Christian brother once said: “There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than of a continual conversation with God.” Amen Until He Comes, I Am Serving Christ Joyfully
Bishop Dr. Wm. LaRue Dillard Parish Under-shepherd
GREATNESS IS BEING CONSUMED BY A DESIRE FOR GOD! The Call to Worship................................Bishop Dr. Wm. LaRue Dillard Hymn of Devotion..................................................Gathered Assembly “The Church’s One Foundation” #377 Diaconates Ministry Leading the Worship Responsive Scripture Reading..............................................Diakona (Romans 10:1-13) Fervent Prayer.....................................................................Diakona Praises unto the Lord.............................................Gathered Assembly Financial Stewardship of Worship...........................................Diakona (Paying Tithes and Giving Offerings)
Choir Selection…………………………………. Anointed Voices of Praise Welcome.................................................................................Diakona Intercessory Prayer and Introduction of Guest Clergyman........................................Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard Choir Selection………………………………………. Anointed Voices of Praise
Sermonic Gospel Message Guest Clergyman Elder Robert Johnson, Preaching Free Chapel Church Orange County, Irvine A Christian Appeal, Your Requests, and Decisions for Christ To be born again, restore your faith, and/or join this parish church Announcements………………………………………………. Dr. Precious Flemings The Doxology (Reverently Chanted) “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow!” The Blessing of the Benediction and Recessional Chant “Let the Church Say Amen”