SPBC Bulletin 020914 - St. Paul`s Baptist Church

Bulletin
Sunday, February 9, 2014
THE CHURCH ON THE HILL, NEAR THE CROSS, IN THE WORD, AND ON THE MOVE FOR CHRIST.
MATTHEW 5:14
“The Lord is in His holy temple…”
Please enter the sanctuary in reverence.
Order of Worship
Sunday, February 9, 2014 – 10:45 A.M.
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Sister Sheila Cassidy
Minister of Music
Minister Maurice Hosendorf
Worship Leader
Praise and Worship
The Call to Worship
The Hymn of Invocation
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The Prayer of Invocation
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The Hymn of Consecration
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“Lift Every Voice And Sing”
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Greeting Our Visitors . . . . . . . . Sister Dawn Harper-Smith
Response to Welcome . . (Frederick Douglass) . . Brother Stacey Daniels
Pastoral Emphasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Croft, Sr.
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Prayer of Intercession
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Deacon-In-Training Vaughn Jennings
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Prayer Response
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Ministry In Music . . . . . . . . . . . Inspirational Choir
Hymn of Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“He is Lord, He is Lord, He is risen from the dead and He is Lord.
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.”
The Ministry of Preaching
The Rev. Dr. Wayne E. Croft, Sr.
Preparing For Battle
II Chronicles 20:1-26
The Call to Discipleship
The Ministry of Giving
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Offertory Prayer Trustees
Receiving of Tithes and Offerings
“We give thee but thine own. Whate’re the gift may be.
All that we have is Thine alone. A trust O Lord from Thee.” Amen
Recessional . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clergy and Deacons
Doxology
“Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below.
Praise Him above ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.”
A-men, A-men
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Please Stand.
Ushers May Seat Worshippers.
Congregation Be Seated.
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In Nursing Homes and Hospitals
Cadia Silverside
3322 Silverside Road ~ Wilmington, DE 19810 {302-416-3611}
Sister Alice Watson ~ Room 172A
Fairview Care Center
184 Bethlehem Pike ~ Philadelphia, PA 19118 {215-753-2281}
Sister Bernice Boyd ~ Room 131D
Franciscan Care Center at Brackenville
100 Saint Claire Drive ~ Hockessin, DE 19707 {302-234-5420}
Deaconess Frances Fisher
Pocopson Nursing Home
1695 Lenape Road ~ West Chester, PA 19382 {610-793-1212}
Sister Betty Marie Grant ~ Room 405
St. Martha Manor
470 Manor Avenue ~ Downingtown, PA 19335 {610-873-5845}
Sister Beatrice Willings ~ Room 214A
Sister Lucille DeBerry ~ Room 501
Sunrise of Exton
200 Sunrise Blvd. ~ Exton, PA 19341 {484-947-8001}
Brother Harold Cochran ~ Room 106
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street ~ Philadelphia, PA 19104 {215-662-4842}
Brother Leon Thomas ~ Room 1171A
Wellington at Hershey’s Mills
1361 Boot Road ~ West Chester, PA 19382 {484-653-4169}
Sister Doris Garnett ~ Room 129A
Trustee Orlando Lawrence ~ Room 131A
Our Members Convalescing At Home
[Please let us know when names should be removed from or added to the list]
Sister Theresa Battaglia 701 School Lind Drive, King of Prussia, PA 19406 [610.265.8921]
Deacon Jesse Craig
416 Prescott Drive, Chester Springs, PA 19425 [610.458.1615]
Sister Rebecca Fitzgerald 1009 Anthem Way, Chalfont, PA 18914 [215.479.4287]
Friends and Relatives Convalescing
Chester Valley Rehab
283 E. Lancaster Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355
Ms. Elizabeth Thompson ~ Room 303 (Mother of Sister Maxine Thomas and
Cousin to Deaconess Frances Fisher)
Mrs. Alice M. Covert ~ Room 110 (Mother of Sister Janet Fowlkes)
Life Care Center
400 E. Marshall Street, West Chester, PA 19382
Ms. Beverly Brown ~ Room 3208 (Daughter of Sister Loretta Brown)
Pembrooke
1130 West Chester Pike, West Chester, PA 19382
Mrs. Clara Mitchell ~ Room 300 (Mother of Deaconess Phyllis Stewart)
At Home
217 N. New Street, West Chester, PA 19382
Mr. Maurice Loper (Grandson of Sister Eleanor Forte)
Church Office Hours
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Monday-Friday
DVD’s & CD’s of Sunday Service now available [$7.00]
Radio re-broadcast Sunday 10:00 A.M. - WCHE 1520 A.M.
Please turn off all pagers and cell phones before entering the sanctuary
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Music Ministry Rehearsal………..
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Children’s Choir
11:15 AM
(During Children’s Church for ages 5-12)
Inspirational Choir 7:00 PM
Young Adult Choir 11:00 AM
The Nursery is located on the second floor and is available at 9:30 A.M.
 To all Department Chairperson and Ministry Leaders please check your
mailbox weekly for mail.
 "The Children of Promise" You’re invited to share your gifts in a ministry
that works with children to build relationships through reading, art and many
other fun and exciting ways. We meet at Kindred House weekly on Tuesdays
and Thursdays; 9:15-10:15am. Saturday schedules have not been put in
place.
If you believe your gift is working with children ages 3 - 12 prayerfully
consider joining us. Contact: Min. Karen L. Johnson church office: 610-692244
 We Need Your Help…….St. Paul’s is now registered at Swiss Farms. You
can make purchases and receive a 5% discount. At the end of each month
the church will receive a 3% check for all purchases made for that month.
Please see any Arts and Craft Ministry member to get a card to use when
purchasing from Swiss Farms. Proceeds will support the Scholarship and
Mission Ministries.
 If you have any suggestions or plans of action for the betterment of St. Paul’s,
please complete a suggestion form that is located in the suggestion box in the
atrium.
Family Empowerment Ministry…… We look forward to empowering families
in our community through parenting classes at St. Paul's beginning February
13, 2014. We need additional facilitators for the parent classes, children's class
(for school-age children), and pre-school child care. For more information
contact: [email protected].
The Church Business Meeting is scheduled for today immediately after
Morning Worship. This meeting will be on finance and light refreshments will
be served in the Fellowship Hall.
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 The Installation of Church Officers will take place on Sunday, February 16th
during morning worship. All Church Officers please plan to attend.
 The Visitor’s Ministry will meet on Sunday, February 16th immediately after
service in the Fellowship Hall.
 The Good Samaritan Ushers will meet on Sunday, February 16th immediately
after morning service in the 3rd floor conference room.
 We talk to our children all the time and our heavenly Father wants to talk us
too. Please join the Yada Yada Book Club as we start the first book of the new
year, How To Hear from God, Learn to Know His Voice and Make Right
Decisions by Joyce Meyers.. The discussion will be held in the Fellowship Hall
on Friday April 4th at 6:30 pm. Books available for $12.00. Please contact
Petal Miller @ [email protected] or 610-738-4472 for more information.
Baptism Service is the first Sunday of each month if there are candidates
to be baptized. The next service is Sunday, March 2, 2014 and will begin
at 10:30 AM. Please govern yourself accordingly in order to be admitted
to the sanctuary in a timely manner.
EVANGELISM POINTS OF POWER – February 2014
DARE to be a Disciple of Jesus!
Doing the work of evangelism can – at times, be a daunting task. So why do we do it?
God’s Word – the Bible, and our love for one another, because we love God. In Matthew
28:16-20, Jesus gave four, distinct commands: Go, Make Disciples, Baptize, and Teach.
There are so many ways to do evangelism, but one of the easiest to do, is to let your life
speak for you: be the example. As you follow Jesus, and people see what you say and
do throughout the ups and downs of life, someone will want to know how they can have
the joy and peace that you have, which opens the door for you to further share your
faith. Doing the work of evangelism shows God’s love. Dare to be a Disciple of Jesus!
John 13:35 says, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one
to another.”
~The Evangelism Ministry
TAKE THE CHALLENGE!
Six months remain in our challenge for each of us to lead one person to Christ by
August 2014. If you have lead someone to Christ since August 2013, the Evangelism
Ministry wants to share your story! Please e-mail your information to:
[email protected]. Include your name, your phone number, your
church affiliation, the date you lead this person to Christ, their age and indicate whether
male or female. You can also provide your information by phone to Sis. Rebecca
Fitzgerald, by calling 215-479-4287. Proverbs 11:30 says, “The fruit of the righteous is a
tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.”
~The Evangelism Ministry
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T.G.I.W.
[Thank God It’s Wednesday]
6:00 P.M. - Prayer Meeting
7:00 P.M. - Bible Study
WELCOME TO EVERYONE
HOUR OF PRAYER
EVERY TUESDAY MORNING
7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.
IN THE PRAYER ROOM
Prayer Meeting Wednesday
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Please join Rev. Dr. Wayne E. Croft, Sr.
Guest Preacher
and St. Paul’s Inspirational Choir
Sunday, February 23, 2014
3:30 PM
Tabernacle Baptist Church
819 Coates Street
Coatesville, PA 19320
Inclement Weather….Please check the church web site, your email or call the church
office to check if services will be canceled due to inclement weather.
Parking….St. Paul’s will run a shuttle to and from the upper level parking lot of ANRO
(the company at Matlack and route 202) each Sunday until 11:30 AM and for 30 minutes
after worship. We are asking that the congregation be courteous and not block in other
vehicles or park in the Omni Cable Company driveway. Thank you for your assistance,
The Safety & Security Ministry.
Wanted Van Drivers: If you would like to serve with the Transportation Ministry as a
van driver please contact the church office at 610-692-2446.
Have you lost your bible, coat, sweater, eyeglasses, keys, etc.??? Please check
for these items in the area located near the elevator. Unretrieved items will be
donated to the Salvation Army.
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 The Deaconess Ministry extends a heartfelt THANK YOU for your contributions
given last month towards the “Food for Our Neighbors” initiative at St. Paul’s
Baptist Church. During February, we are collecting Fruit Juice to give to the West
Chester Food Cupboard in West Chester, PA. Our goal is 100 lbs, and in
order to reach it, we truly need your help! Additionally, your generosity will go a
tremendous way towards helping individuals and families have access to these
products.
Help us to reach or even exceed our goal by bringing your donation of fruit juice
to St. Paul’s by February 28. Collection points are as follows: hallway directly
behind the Church Office on the 1st floor, (north) door adjacent to the Church
Office, and beside the elevator on the 1st floor.
Thank you so much for your active support! The Deaconess Ministry – St.
Paul’s Baptist Church
 Members interested in making a donation to the library, please contact Sister
Desiree Threadgill email: [email protected] or Brother William James
email: [email protected] for information on policies and procedures on
accepting donated books and media items.
 Members interested in serving our church congregation by becoming a member
of the library ministry, please contact Deaconess Irene H. Wilson email:
[email protected].
 The library will be open on Sundays after church service.
St. Paul’s extends sincere sympathy to the following families…Ashley and
Andrews Henry at the loss of their father, Keith Henry and Rev. Ingrid Gales at the loss
of her mother Ruby Z. Dawson.
FREE Professional Development and Financial Workshops at Chester County OIC!
 How to Craft a Powerful Resume – Wednesday, February 12th – 10:30am –
12:00pm
Presented by Cynthia Ericson, Owner of Ericson Strategic
Marketing Solution and Past President of the Greater West Chester Sunrise
Rotary
 Please contact 610-692-2344 to register: Location 790 E. Market Street, West
Chester
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“Church School Corner”
SHOW YOUR FAITH BY YOUR WORKS
James 2:14-26
DAILY BIBLE READINGS
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The Work of Faith with Power (2 Thessalonians 1:3-12)
Faith Distracted by Loving Money (1 Timothy 6:6-12)
Completing What’s Lacking in Faith (1 Thessalonians 3:4-13)
An Example of Great Faith (Luke 7:1-10)
A Faith that Saves (Luke 7:36-50)
Living Your Life in Christ (Colossians 2:1-7)
Faith Demonstrated through Works (James 2:14-26)
CHURCH
SCHOOL YOUTH RECOGNITION
The St. Paul’s Baptist Church School Ministry is dedicated to the spiritual growth of our youth.
Therefore, we are excited to announce a Church School Recognition program that celebrates their
journey through the bible and spiritual strides in learning the following:
The Lord’s Prayer
The Ten Commandments
The Beatitudes
The Books of the Bible
The Church Covenant
It is important to have your child in attendance at Church School on Sunday mornings (9:30am to
10:45am) and during Children’s Church Service (2nd and 3rd Sundays during worship service) so
that they can commit these principles to heart and be recognized accordingly. If you have any
questions, please see Bro. Vaughn I. Jennings (Church School Superintendent) or Sis. Yolanda
Allen (Youth Ministry Director). Be Blessed!
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February 9, 2014
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Psalm 112:1-9
Isaiah 58:1-9Aa
1 Corinthians 2:1-12
Matthew 5:13-20
Good morning St. Paulians and God bless you all. This is a beautiful morning our Father is giving
us. Let us be glad and rejoice in it.
Please get right with God and do it now tomorrow may be too late.
Ask the Savior to help you, He will gladly show you how.
Come to that fountain so rich and free, cast your sins at Jesus’ feet, and be saved to sin no more.
Dear dying lamb, thy precious blood never lose its power tell all the ransomed church of God be
saved to sin no more.
Dear St. Paulians and Friends,
Have you found that fountain filled with blood? Do you believe Jesus died for your sins? Do you
believe that Jesus is coming back to take His children home?
Jesus is calling, calling today, asking his children to turn from their wicked ways and follow Him.
John 14:1 – Let not your hearts be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. Matthew 4:19 –
and he saith unto them follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Jesus is still calling today and for ever more. “Follow me!”
He gave us the sermon on the mount and the beatitudes, telling us to rejoice and be glad for great
is our reward in heaven.
Matthew 5:12 – Rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven, for so
persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
We the children of God need to fall down on our knees and pray, “Crying Lord have mercy on us, a
sinner, for Jesus sake.”
We have all sinned and have come short of your glory. We need to pray until the answer comes.
America, this whole wide world need to and must come back to God. God is the answer. Our
Heavenly Father is only asking a very little of us all. “Trust and obey!”
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and
turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sins, and will heal their land.
15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attend unto the prayer that is made in this place.
2 Chronicles 7:14-15
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust
ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. Isaiah 26:3-4
Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus! We love you Dear Father. Amen Amen Amen
Members from the Prayer Ministries will be
available Sunday mornings after worship service
in the Prayer Chapel for anyone who desires
prayer for self or others.
Ye Olde Tract Rack
St. Paul’s Baptist Church
Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza
One Hagerty Boulevard
West Chester, PA 19382
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Get Checked in 2014
The Health and Wellness Ministry
February Is Women Heart Health
Awareness Month
Go Red
Make It Your Mission to Fight
Heart Disease for Women
Please consider joining us in
wearing RED to show support for
women to fight heart disease.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
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