April 30, 2017 BULLETIN

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 - 5/7/17. Grab 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 co-worker, neighbor or friend to support the cause!

A Thief in the Night will be shown May 7th in the Fannie Goodwin bldg. Movie will be shown before the lesson is taught, the raptured saints are before the 'bema' judgment.

G. G. Bailey Scholarship Commission accepting scholarship applications. Flyer and application are available in Church Office. Application deadline Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Graduates’ Recognition Day Registration forms available in Church Office for any student promoting/graduating from any level. You must register to be included in the printed program. Deadline to return form Wednesday, May 10, 2017.

Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard, Ph. D. Parish-Shepherd/Soul-Watcher

April 30, 2017

April Today

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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

7 13 14 21

Thursday Monday

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BLL Breakfast 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. – G. Godfrey Bailey hall Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Fannie Goodwin Building 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 30, 2017

Sons and Daughters, Grace to you!

There is a message for us all in Matthew 11:25-30 from the Lord Jesus.

When a “A SEASON SAINT UNITES WITH A WEAKER SAINT,” there can be spiritual benefits for both. However, we must accept the Lord Jesus’ invitation. He said: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take My yoke upon you and learns from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:28,29).

Are you aware that new yokes of slavery are a beguiling temptation all through our Christian life? The self-justifying tendency in us takes on different expressions. Each false effort to make ourselves more right with the Lord will be confronted and dealt with through a new reclaiming of His unearnable grace.

Therefore, we need deep fellowship with Christian friends who can help us discern each new yoke of slavery and replace it with the yoke of Christ Jesus. In each instance Christ says, “Come to Me, all who labor…”

When feelings of being unfree hit the saints, we must recapture these words of Jesus Christ. The idea behind this promise, I think, was a training yoke an which as older, stronger ox pulled in tandem with a younger, weaker ox. The trainee learned from the experienced beast who carried the responsibility for the weight and direction in ploughing the furrow.

THEME: I RESOLVE TO GLORIFY THE LORD AND NOT MYSELF FOR WHAT I DO! The Call to Worship........................................Lyceum Council of Elders

Hymn of Thanksgiving...................................……..Leader/People (“A Shelter in the Time of Storm” #219) Diaconates Leading the Worship

Responsive Scripture Reading.........................………………Diakona (Hosea 14: 1-9) Fervent Prayer.......................................................................Diakona Let’s Just Praise the Lord…………...Praise Leader/Gathered Assembly

Ordinance of Water Baptism---------------------------Bishop Dillard Elias Gene Humphreys * Starieanna Janay Woods Welcome to Parishioners and Visitors..................................Diakona Stewardship of Financial Worship……………………………………Diakona (Paying Tithes and Giving Offerings)

Choir Selection……………………………………….……….Gideon’s Army

Christ takes the heavy load and guides us along a straight path. But as I have taught over the years, we are brought back to the fact that we assume new yokes of slavery and try to carry them along. So, when we, the saints, get exhausted or depleted, the Savior is always waiting with a liberating offer.

Presentation of Certificates---------------------------Bishop Dillard Baptism Certificates Elias Gene Humphreys * Starieanna Janay Woods

“Take off that yoke. Here, join Me in mine. I’ll take the burden and the weight of your need.” When we accept His offer, we are flooded with a renewed sense of freedom.

Acknowledgement/Announcement……..Diakona Terrence Williams Appeal...............................................................Jubilee Commission

We should make it our aim to allow Christ Jesus to set the direction, the pace, and the goal in our life. Amen

Choir Selection………………………..……………………… Gideon’s Army Bishop Wm. LaRue Dillard, Preaching

Until He Comes, I Am Serving Christ Joyfully, Bishop Dr. Wm. LaRue Dillard Parish Under-shepherd

“YAHWEH AS THE DEW UNTO THE SAINTS!” (Hosea 14:5) 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”