Watch Night Wednesday December 31, 2014 at Bethel AME

Watch Night Service
Bethel AME
72 Silsbee Street
Lynn, MA 01901

Doors open 10pm
10-11pm
Testimony and Devotion
11pm
Pastor Jones brings the word

Coming events:
December 31, 2014 10pm Watch Night Service at Bethel AME
January 5, 2015 7pm Community Meeting at Bethlehem Temple
January 8, 2015 7pm Meet the Candidate at Zion
January 13, 2015 7pm  vote for pastor at Zion
January 27, 2015 6:30pm Bible Study resumes

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM resumes on January 27th
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM resumes on January 27th
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday December 28, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Matthew 14:22-36)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Andre Bennett preaching
Scripture:
Luke 2: 1-10
¹In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ²(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³And everyone went to his own town to register.
⁴So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. ⁵He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. ⁶While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, ⁷and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
⁸And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ⁹An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. ¹⁰But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Isaiah 9: 6-7
⁶    For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
    And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,£ Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
⁷    Of the increase of his government and peace
    there will be no end.
    He will reign on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
    establishing and upholding it
    with justice and righteousness
    from that time on and forever.
    The zeal of the LORD Almighty
    will accomplish this.

Sermon Title: "THE GIFT that keeps on giving”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday December 21, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Luke 2:8-20)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Fourth Sunday of Advent: Love

Christmas Sunday
Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture

Luke 2:1-7
¹In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ²(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³And everyone went to his own town to register.
⁴So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. ⁵He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. ⁶While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, ⁷and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Sermon Title: “Happy Birthday Jesus”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday December 14, 2014 at Zion

Sunday December 14, 2014 at Zion
Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Psalm 95:1-7a)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Third Sunday of Advent: Joy
Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Richard M Shprecher preaching

Scripture
Isaiah 61: 1-4
¹    The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
    because the LORD has anointed me
    to preach good news to the poor.
    He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,£
²    to proclaim the year of the LORD’S favor
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
    to comfort all who mourn,
³    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
    to bestow on them a crown of beauty
    instead of ashes,
    the oil of gladness
    instead of mourning,
    and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
    They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting of the LORD
    for the display of his splendor.
⁴    They will rebuild the ancient ruins
    and restore the places long devastated;
    they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.

Sermon Title: “Let Us Make a Joyful Noise”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday December 7, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-9)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Second Sunday of Advent
Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture

Isaiah 9: 6-7
⁶    For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
    And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
⁷    Of the increase of his government and peace
    there will be no end.
    He will reign on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
    establishing and upholding it
    with justice and righteousness
    from that time on and forever.
    The zeal of the LORD Almighty
    will accomplish this.

Sermon Title: “Make Room to Be Amazed”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 30, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Isaiah 52:1, 2, 7-12)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

First Sunday of Advent
Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture

Luke 1:5-7, 26-39
⁵In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. ⁶Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commandments and regulations blamelessly. ⁷But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren; and they were both well along in years.
²⁶In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, ²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
²⁹Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. ³¹You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. ³²He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”
³⁴“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
³⁵The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called£ the Son of God. ³⁶Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. ³⁷For nothing is impossible with God.”
³⁸“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.
³⁹At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,

Sermon Title: “Why We Need Hope”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 23, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Ezekiel 47:13-23)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture

Luke 17:11-19
¹¹Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹²As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance ¹³and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
¹⁴When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
¹⁵One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
¹⁷Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

Sermon Title: “Three Great Hidden Blessings of Gratitude”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 16, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-12)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Richard M Shprecher preaching

Scripture
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
¹Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, ²for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
⁴But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. ⁵You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. ⁶So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. ⁷For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. ⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. ⁹For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁰He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. ¹¹Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Sermon Title: “let Us Be Awake”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 9, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Ezekiel 43:13-21)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture

Mark 10:13-16
¹³People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁵I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” ¹⁶And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.

Sermon Title: “Playing with God!”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday November 2, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Ezekiel 43:1-12)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture

Psalm 118:24
24 The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad.

Sermon Title: “Letting Ourselves Rejoice in God’s New Day”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday October 26, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Job 42:1-10)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture

Mark 10:46-52
⁴⁶Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. ⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
⁴⁸Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
⁴⁹Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” ⁵⁰Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
⁵¹“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.
The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”
⁵²“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Sermon Title: “Speaking Up for What You Need”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday October 19, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Job 24:1, 9-12, 19-25)

Annual Woman's Day Celebration

Theme:
Divas: Delivered, Inspired, Victorious, Anointed Sisters

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Testimonies:
Sister Antoinette Thomas, Sister Cherish Casey, Sister Yolanda Harris, Sister Christina Moody, Sister Cheryl Scott, and Sister Jackie Ellis

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday October 12, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Job 19:1-7, 23-29)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Richard M. Shprecher preaching
Scripture:
1 Kings 3:5-12
⁵At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”
⁶Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
⁷“Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. ⁸Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. ⁹So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
¹⁰The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. ¹¹So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, ¹²I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.

Sermon Title: "The Dreams of Kings”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday October 5, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1-5; 3:17-19)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture

John 6: 8-14
⁸Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ⁹“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. ¹¹Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
¹²When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” ¹³So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
¹⁴After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Sermon Title: "Little Becoming Much”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday September 28, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Jeremiah 33:1-11)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Andre Bennett preaching
Scripture:
Luke 8: 43-48
⁴³And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. ⁴⁴She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
⁴⁵“Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”
⁴⁶But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”
⁴⁷Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. ⁴⁸Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
Galatians 6:9
 ⁹Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Sermon Title: "Keep Going”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday September 21, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture: Jeremiah 32:1-9, 14, 15)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture:
John 3:1-9
¹Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. ²He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
³In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
⁴“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!”
⁵Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. ⁶Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit£ gives birth to spirit. ⁷You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You£ must be born again.’ ⁸The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
⁹“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

Sermon Title: "A Beautiful Impossible Possibility”

Annual Usher Day Service 3:30pm

Preacher: Minister Gillian Thomas
                     Morning Star Baptist Church

Scripture:
Proverbs 3:6-9
6    in all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make your paths straight.
7    Do not be wise in your own eyes;
    fear the LORD and shun evil.
8    This will bring health to your body
    and nourishment to your bones.
9    Honor the LORD with your wealth,
    with the first fruits of all your crops;

Theme:
“Thou will keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in the Lord forever”.

“For a day in thy courts is better than a  thousand.
I had rather be A doorkeeper in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness”.
                                                      Psalm 84.10

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday September 14, 2014 at Zion

Homecoming Sunday
-bring family and friends

Sunday School 9:30am
(Scripture Jeremiah 31:31-37)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am (note new time)

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching
Scripture:
1 John 4:16

¹⁶And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Sermon Title: "Coming Home To God's Love”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday September 7, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue next Sunday, September 14th

Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday August 31, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September
Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Minister Karina Fontanez-Joe preaching

Scripture:
Jonah: 1:3,17, 2:10
1 ³But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.
¹⁷But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.
2 ¹⁰And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Sermon Title: "From the Belly of the Fish”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday August 24, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September
Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture:
Isaiah 40:28-31
²⁸Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
²⁹He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
³¹but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Sermon Title: "Get On Up” (part 3)
Series: "God's Enduring Strength"

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday August 17, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture:
Isaiah 40:28-31
²⁸Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
²⁹He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
³¹but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Sermon Title: "Get On Up” (part 2)

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday August 10, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture:
Isaiah 40:28-31
²⁸Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
²⁹He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
³¹but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Sermon Title: "Get On Up”

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study Tuesday night 6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting Tuesday night 7:30 PM
Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday August 3, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Reverend Richard M Shprecher preaching

Scripture:
2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2
5:¹⁴For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. ¹⁵And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
¹⁶So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. ¹⁷Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! ¹⁸All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: ¹⁹that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. ²⁰We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. ²¹God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
6: ¹As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. ²For he says,
    “In the time of my favor I heard you,
    and in the day of salvation I helped you.”
I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

Sermon Title: "Getting There Now”

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday July 27, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture:
Matthew 11:28-30
²⁸“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Sermon Title: "Three Great Things That Make Life Lighter”

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday July 20, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture:
John 5:1-9
¹Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. ²Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. ³Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. ⁵One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. ⁶When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
⁷“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
⁸Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” ⁹At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The day on which this took place was a Sabbath.

Sermon Title: “Being Alert for a Divine Breakthrough”

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday July 13, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Minister Ebonie Aghahowa preaching

Scripture:
Acts 28:1-6
¹Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. ²The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. ³Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. ⁴When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.” ⁵But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. ⁶The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

Sermon Title: “Still Standing”

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday July 6, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September
Note Summer Worship  times

Praise and Worship 9:45am

Sunday Service 10:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday June 29, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday June 22, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Andre Bennett preaching

Scripture:
John 8:1-11
¹But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ²At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. ³The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group ⁴and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” ⁶They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. ⁷When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
⁹At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. ¹⁰Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
¹¹“No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Sermon Title: "Grace Happens Here "

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday June 15, 2014 at Zion

Father's Day Service

Sunday School will continue in September

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture:
Psalm 46:10
¹⁰ He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

Sermon Title: "My Morning BREW "

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Adult Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday June 8, 2014 at Zion

Youth Sunday

Theme: “Remember The Lord When You Are Young”

Sunday School will continue in September.

Today Sunday School Breakfast will be served at 9:30 am.

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Terrence J.  Young, M.I.T
Kingdom Worship Center Church in Philadelphia
preaching

Other opportunities to be transformed by God's Word

6:30-7:30PM   Tuesday night           Joint Adult Bible Study
7:30PM               Tuesday night          Prayer Meeting
6:30PM            Wednesday night     New Members Class

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday June 1, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

(Sunday School Scripture:
Haggai 1:1-11)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture:
Psalm 23
¹ The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
³ He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
⁵ Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Sermon Title: "Too Blessed to Complain "

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday May 25, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

(Sunday School Scripture:
Leviticus 19:18
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Mark 12:28-34)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Richard Shprecher preaching

Scripture
Acts 17:22-31
 ²²Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. ²³For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.
²⁴“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. ²⁵And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. ²⁶From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. ²⁷God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. ²⁸‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
²⁹“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone — an image made by man’s design and skill. ³⁰In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. ³¹For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.”

Sermon Title: "Gone Fishing in the Agora"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday May 18, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Sunday School Scripture:
(Matthew 15:1-11, 15-20)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Annual Men’s Day Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture:
John 20: 21-22
²¹Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” ²²And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit."

I John 4:4
⁴You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Sermon Title: “What’s in You is Greater than What’s Against You”

Sermon Topic:
The sermon will offer encouragement for living more intentionally and joyfully in God's Spirit.

3:30pm Men of Zion Service
Rev Momolue Diggs Guest Preacher
"Putting Love into Action"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday May 11, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

(Sunday School Scripture:
Isaiah 61:1-3
Luke 4:14-21)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones and Sister Mary Brown Jones preaching

Scripture:
Isaiah 66:13
¹³As a mother comforts her child,
    so will I comfort you;
    and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

Sermon Title: "A Mighty Love "

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday May 4, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

(Sunday School Scripture:
Deuteronomy 6:13-16
Matthew 4:1-12)

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture

John 21:1-14
¹Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias.£ It happened this way: ²Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. ³“I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
⁴Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
⁵He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”
“No,” they answered.
⁶He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
⁷Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. ⁸The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. ⁹When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.
¹⁰Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”
¹¹Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ¹²Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. ¹⁴This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Sermon Title: "The Resurrection of Community "

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

From the Interim Pastor

GRACE CHANGE: Enjoying the Challenge of Transformation

How Jesus came back to life matters almost as much as the fact that he did.

When Jesus came back to life, he took his time to lovingly greet Mary, casually walk with two persons who thought he was a stranger on the Emmaus Road, gracefully address Thomas's doubts, and gently encourage and reassure Peter. There is excitement in his return, but no hurry or strain. His resurrection is dripping with grace as much as it is with glorious new possibility.

The patient grace with which Jesus lived his transformation is a model for how we may live ours. In a culture characterized by doing as much as we can as fast as we can, to the point of stressing out ourselves and those around us, how soul-easing it is to know that personal transformation can have as much patience and grace in it as challenge. Change filled with grace is in the spirit of the words attributed to Jesus in Matthew 11:28-29:

Come to me, all you that are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest in your souls.

Paul reflects this notion of change at the pace of grace when he encourages us in Romans 6:4 not to sprint or strive in the newness of life, but to "walk in the newness of life.” As we walk in the newness of life, we are more likely to stick to our transformation, to be less demanding and judgmental of ourselves and others, and to savor and enjoy the change process as much as the change result. 

If we are willing, God is willing to transform us at the pace of grace.

Prayer: God,  As I suspect leaves and flowers enjoy their budding before full bloom, inspire me to more fully notice, embrace, and enjoy Your unrushed sacred grace change in me. Amen.

Rev Dr Kirk B Jones

Sunday April 27, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture

Romans  6:4
⁴We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Sermon Title: "Daring to Live a New Life"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Easter Sunday April 20, 2014 at Zion

He is Risen!

Children's Easter Program  9:30 am

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture
Matthew 28:16-20
¹⁶Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. ¹⁷When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. ¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Sermon Title: "A Person, A Plan and A Promise"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Good Friday April 18, 2014

12 noon to 3pm
Seven Last Words Service
at
Washington Street Baptist Church
256 Washington St.
Lynn, MA 01902

Preachers will include :
Rev Dr Kirk B Jones
Rev Dr Anita Farber-Robertson
Rev Eric Nelson

Liturgists will include:
Rev Richard M Shprecher
Rev Viola Morris-Buchanan

Sunday April 13, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Palm Sunday
Annual Diaconate Day
Theme: “Encouraging Others As We Follow Christ"

Sunday Service 11:00am

Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones preaching

Scripture
Matthew 21:1-3
¹As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, ²saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. ³If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

Philippians 2:3-4
³Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. ⁴Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Sermon Title: "Can I Help Somebody As I Pass Along"

And come to the:
Annual Choir Spring Music Festival at 4pm
Evangelist Johnnie Shelton- Living Elevated Church, Brocton- Mistress of Ceremony
and seven choirs will lift their voices to praise the Lord

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Rev. Dr. Everette W. Frye Sr. (1932 - 2014)

Calling hours
Thursday, Apr. 10, 2014
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Bethlehem Baptist Community Church
304 Elm Street
Holyoke, MA

Funeral service
Friday, Apr. 11, 2014
10:00 AM
Bethlehem Baptist Community Church
304 Elm Street
Holyoke, MA

Sunday April 6, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:45am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Please come and welcome our new interim minister this Sunday
the Reverend Dr. Kirk B. Jones who will be preaching

Scripture
Matthew 4:18-20

¹⁸As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” ²⁰At once they left their nets and followed him.

Sermon Title: "The Best Invitation of All"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday March 30, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Jerrell Riggins preaching

Scripture
Colossians 3:12-17

¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,gentleness and patience. ¹³ Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ¹⁴ And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.¹⁶ Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. ¹⁷ And whatever you do,whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Sermon Title: "New Clothes"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday March 23, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister DiOnetta Jones Crayton preaching                                                              Associate Minister, Morning Star Baptist Church

Scripture
1 Samuel 16:7
⁷But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Sermon Title: “Look Beyond the Mask”
Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday March 16, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Ebonie Aghahowa preaching

Scripture
Luke 15: 11-18
¹¹Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. ¹²The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
¹³“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. ¹⁴After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
¹⁷“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! ¹⁸I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Sermon Title: Tell the Devil I’ve Reconsidered”

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday March 9, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Nathan B. Ferguson 
Bethel Baptist Church, Roxbury  preaching

Scripture
Exodus  14:15b
^14b"Tell the Israelites to go forward."

Sermon Title: “Move Forward”

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday March 2, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Rev. Richard M. Shprecher preaching

Scripture

Matthew 5:13-20
¹³“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
¹⁴“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
¹⁷“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. ¹⁸I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. ¹⁹Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Sermon Title: “You Are the Light of the World”

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday February 23, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Gillian Thomas preaching

Scripture
Daniel 10:12-14

¹²Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. ¹³But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. ¹⁴Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future, for the vision concerns a time yet to come.”

Sermon Title: “It’s on the Way”

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Tuesday February 18, 2014 at Zion

THE EVENING PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND THE CHURCH IS CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS

Sunday February 16, 2014 at Zion

CHURCH CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Jerrell Riggins preaching

Scripture
Acts 20: 7-12

⁷On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. ⁸There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. ⁹Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. ¹⁰Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!” ¹¹Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. ¹²The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.

Sermon Title: "Who Is In The Window"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday February 9, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Rev Annie Belmer preaching

Scripture
Exodus 13: 17-22

¹⁷When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” ¹⁸So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt armed for battle.
¹⁹Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”
²⁰After leaving Succoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. ²¹By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. ²²Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

Sermon Title: "Never Would Have Made It"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday February 2, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Rev Richard M Shprecher preaching

Scripture
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
¹⁸For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” ²⁰Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. ²²For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, ²³but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, ²⁴but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. ²⁶Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ²⁸God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, ²⁹so that no one might boast in the presence of God. ³⁰He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, ³¹in order that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Sermon Title: "God's Wisdom"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday January 26, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Minister Andre Bennett preaching

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Tuesday January 21, 2014 at Zion

THE EVENING PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND THE CHURCH IS CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS

Sunday January 19, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Rev Michael D. Bailey preaching

Scripture
Luke 10:1-12;16-20.
¹ After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. ² He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. ³ Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. ⁴ Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

⁵ “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ ⁶ If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. ⁷ Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

⁸ “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. ⁹ Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰ But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, ¹¹ ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹² I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

¹⁶ “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

¹⁷ The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

¹⁸ He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹ I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. ²⁰ However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Sermon Title: "The Believer's Authority"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday January 12, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Rev Steve A. Robinson preaching

Scripture
Jeremiah 8:20-22.
²⁰ “The harvest is past,
    the summer has ended,
    and we are not saved.”
²¹ Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;
    I mourn, and horror grips me.
²² Is there no balm in Gilead?
    Is there no physician there?
  Why then is there no healing
    for the wound of my people?

Sermon Title: "Dealing with Hurt"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.

Sunday January 5, 2014 at Zion

Sunday School 9:30 am for all ages

Praise and Worship 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am

Rev Richard M Shprecher preaching

Scripture
Isaiah 60: 1-6
1    “Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
2    See, darkness covers the earth
    and thick darkness is over the peoples,
    but the LORD rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.
3    Nations will come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
4    “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble and come to you;
    your sons come from afar,
    and your daughters are carried on the arm.
5    Then you will look and be radiant,
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;
    the wealth on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
6    Herds of camels will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian and Ephah.
    And all from Sheba will come,
    bearing gold and incense
    and proclaiming the praise of the LORD.

Micah 5: 2-5a
2    “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    though you are small among the clans of Judah,
    out of you will come for me
    one who will be ruler over Israel,
    whose origins are from of old,
    from ancient times.”
3    Therefore Israel will be abandoned
    until the time when she who is in labor gives birth
    and the rest of his brothers return
    to join the Israelites.
4    He will stand and shepherd his flock
    in the strength of the LORD,
    in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.
    And they will live securely, for then his greatness
    will reach to the ends of the earth.
5    And he will be their peace.

Sermon Title: "Epiphany"

Other opportunities  to be transformed by God's Word
Women's Bible Study             Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Men's Bible Study                  Tuesday night                  6:30- 7:30 PM
Prayer meeting                      Tuesday night                        7:30 PM

Let us worship and celebrate the Lord together.