Calendar of Ministry Events August Today
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The Lord’s Supper Celebration 4:45 p.m. Today is the last day to purchase ticket for Tower of Faith Church–40thAppreciation Banquet for Dr. Reuben and Mrs. Nettie Anderson on Saturday, October 22, 2016 –at Sheraton Cerritos Hotel @ 6:30 p.m. – Cost is $45.00 per person -This is Gala Affair –our Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard is the guest speaker…. if you plan to attend!! In the buff offering Envelope today…Under special offering $45.00 per person…. make sure you put at the top of the envelope–your name and Dr. Anderson Banquet. Thanks! NO EXCEPTION!!!!! -TODAY IS THE LAST DAY!!!! Invite your friends and family members for Family Day 2016 Vacation Bible School volunteers, students and parents are invited to a brief VBS feedback session immediately following 10:45AM worship in Fannie Goodwin Building, 1st Floor. Your input will help us develop best practices for the future. UWFG Prayer Breakfast 9 a.m. – 12 noon in Fannie Goodwin Bldg. - Featured Speaker- Adele Davis Board of Trustees Meeting 7:30 p.m. Hattitude The Sweet Singing Cavaleers-featuring Michael Holmes In Full Concert here at SBC @ 4 p.m. Please come out and enjoy!
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BLL Breakfast 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. The Lord’s Supper Celebration 4:45 p.m. Labor Day
Special Announcements When youngsters turn 13 years of age, they must attend Teen Discovery Class SBC LiveStream at https://new.livestream.com/accounts/10332936 Pay tithes and offering online at www.secondbaptistmonrovia.org/tithesoffering.htm •
Revelation Series- “A THIEF IN THE NIGHT” will be shown during the Sunday School hour 9:45-10:30 in the Fannie Goodwin Bldg. Sunday, August 7, and Aug 14th. “DISTANT THUNDER” will be shown Sunday September 4th and 11th.
Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard, Ph. D. Parish-Shepherd/Soul-Watcher
August 7, 2016
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:
August 7, 2016
THE SECRET OF GROWTH IS SUBMISSION TO THE POTTER’S HAND! (Jeremiah 18: 1-11) Sons and Daughters of My Flock, Grace to you! The other morning, I was in prayer and I lifted you before the Lord, asking Him to surge upon you with a freshness of His anointing, based in His Word. I want so much for you to grow in your Christian faith as you walk daily with the Lord. I thought about Jeremiah’s experience at a potter’s house in Jeremiah 18. “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: ‘Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words” (Jeremiah 18:1). The Lord reminded this prophet that He was the eternal Potter of His people. I also reflected on the eminent apostle Paul’s words in Ephesians- “We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works.” (Ephesians 2:10). The Greek word for “workmanship,” poiema, a thing of beauty, came to mind. The saints’ potter’s hand is the Holy Spirit. Our lives, as well as our times, are in His hands. We are His assignment. As the clay is in the human potter’s hand, so we are being molded by His hand. When we are converted, we are placed on the wheel to be shaped into the image of what we were meant to be. We become new creations when we are born again, but the molding of that creation into the potter’s pattern, Christ, takes His skillful hands. He presses His loving, strong hand and skillful fingers upon us. In all of life’s circumstances - the ups and downs of life, the joy and the pain - He fashions us into the people we were destined to be. It’s part of our “rebirth right” and He is faithful to see it through to completion. We are not what we used to be before Spirit Baptism and, praise the Holy Spirit, we are not going to stay what we are at any stage of growth. Our waiting times, when we are yielded and still to the Potter’s touch, are in our daily counseling sessions with the Holy Spirit. The secret of growth is submission to the Potter’s hand. Years ago Adelaide Pollard (1862-1934) wrote: “Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way, thou art the Potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me after Thy will. While I am waiting, yielded and still.” The secret of your growth is submission to Him. Amen Until He Comes, I Am Serving Christ Joyfully, Bishop Dr. Wm. La Rue Dillard Parish under-shepherd
THEME: STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, ADVANCING THE KINGDOM!
The Call to Worship.........................Elder of the Lyceum Council Hymn of Worship........................................Gathered Assembly “It Took A Miracle” #165 Worship Leader: Diakonos’ Ministry Responsive Scripture Reading……...Gathered Assembly I Timothy 6:1-12 Fervent Prayer…………………………………………. Diakonos Singing Praises unto the Lord.......…Gathered Assembly The Chancel Ministry…………………………………Presiding Elders Welcome Parishioners and Visitor...Lyceum Council of Elders Brief Update-Futuristic Vision for SBC--Diakona Chuck Williams Stewardship of Paying Tithes and Giving Offerings Music Presentation Acknowledgment and Announcements-Evelyn Jenkins-Coleman Music Presentation SERMONIC GOSPEL MESSAGE Bishop Dr. Wm. La Rue Dillard, Preaching PHILARGURIA JEOPARDIZE OUR FREEDOM IN CHRIST! (I Timothy 6:11-12) 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!”