S UNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2016

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1 S UNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2016 #B ETHANY B KLYN #L ACEYSAID #G OD A LWAYS A NSWERS #P RAYERSOF R ESTORATION

2 Beloved, As we continue this sermon series, God Always Answers and we change the Pastor s Pen into congregational testimonies, I pray for two things: 1) you are encouraged by our testimonies and 2) you come to realize the diversity in the meaning of answers. The following is the testimony of Juanita Randolph: Many years ago, I entered the hospital for a simple surgery, I thought. I learned no surgery is simple. My supposedly uncomplicated surgery extended from one surgery to two surgeries and some other procedures. Due to various complications, my hospital stay was seven weeks instead of one week. My family, the Bethany family and friends prayed for my recovery. At times, I know I was not the most cooperative patient, and my faith and prayers sometimes wavered. With each step forward, there seemed to have been another setback. I felt my recovery was getting further and further in the distance. I had entered the hospital weighing 130 pounds, but when I exited the hospital I was weighing a little over 100 pounds. I was 5 feet 9 inches. You can imagine how I looked; skin and bones. Even upon my release from the hospital, the doctors weren t sure I would live or die. To me, it was a slow recovery. However, through God s grace, I returned to work three months after my release from the hospital weighing almost 120 pounds. God answers the prayers of others, as well as, your prayers even when your faith sometimes wavers... J. Randolph As we move past Thanksgiving, and head towards Christmas, this Sunday marks the beginning of the season Advent. It is a season, by definition and tradition is filled with expectations. So let us stay steadfast, excited and expectant about the changes in the church worship services (no 7:45 am) and all the prayers that God will still answer. (Lacey) This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask we know that we have what we asked of him. (1 st John 5:14-15) Reflection: Sometimes God s response is different than what you expect, but it is ALWAYS the best answer. With a Shepherd s Love, Pastor Lacey

3 ORDER OF WORSHIP 7:45 A.M. & 10:45 A.M. PRAISE & WORSHIP **THE CALL TO WORSHIP Let us rejoice in the Lord that is the source of restoration. Hallelujah, for God shows us mercy and grace through it all. Holy Spirit, create in us a pure heart and a renewed steadfast spirit. Restore to us the joy of your salvation and grant us a willing spirit. As God has saved us from so many things, let our tongues sing of God s righteousness. O Lord we open our lips and our mouths to declare your praise. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. **THE EVOCATION (In Unison) Holy Spirit as we ask that you restore to us everything that may have been taken or destroyed. Just as you promised healing to Zion, we ask that you renew us as your people. May restoration and increase be our portion. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. **THE HYMN OF PRAISE Come, Ye Thankful People **MORNING SCRIPTURE Jeremiah 30:12-17 **CHORAL CALL TO PRAYER.....Give Thanks *** SELECTION Remnant Praise **RECOGNITION OF VISITORS (Fellowship Time) SERMONIC SELECTION Remnant Praise THE SERMON..PRAYERS OF RESTORATION I SAMUEL 1:9-17 **HYMN OF INVITATION Selected **ALTAR CALL JOYS & CONCERNS THE DOXOLOGY AND BENEDICTION **THE ORGAN POSTLUDE **CONGREGATION STANDING ***SEATING INTERVAL

4 SERMON SERIES GOD ALWAYS ANSWERS Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. ~ Jeremiah 33:3 NOVEMBER 27 PRAYERS OF RESTORATION I SAMUEL 1:9-17 DECEMBER 4 PRAYERS OF LOVE JOHN 3:16-21 DECEMBER 11 PRAYERS OF AFFIRMATION LUKE 1:5-13 DECEMBER 18 PRAYERS OF CELEBRATION LUKE 1:46-55 DECEMBER 25 PRAYERS OF TRANSFORMATION MATTHEW 2:1-12 MORNING SCRIPTURE ~ JEREMIAH 30:12-17 (NIV) 12 This is what the LORD says: Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing. 13 There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you. 14 All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many. 15 Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you. 16 But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil. 17 But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares. SERMONIC SCRIPTURE ~ I SAMUEL 1:9-17 (NIV) 9 Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the LORD s house. 10 In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly. 11 And she made a vow, saying, LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head. 12 As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. 13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk 14 and said to her, How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine. 15 Not so, my lord, Hannah replied, I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD. 16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief. 17 Eli answered, Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.

5 SERMON NOTES Give Thanks Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His son (repeat) And now let the weak say I am strong Let the poor say I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for us (repeat) Give thanks. TO GIVE ONLINE: Text BethanyBC to or Go to

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7 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2016 T O DA Y S M I N I STRY ME E T I N G S J O I N T B O A R D O F U S H E R S L I B R A R Y MARK YOUR CALENDAR PASTOR LACEY S BIBLE STUDY CANCELLED FOR THE DURATION OF 2016 Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Join Us For A Screening & Discussion Of A Compelling Documentary by Ava DuVernay 13TH 12 Noon & 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Bethany Baptist Church CUBA TRIP LAST DAY TO SIGN UP WILL BE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 TH BOY SCOUT PACK & TROOP 197 SCOUTING FOR FOOD PROGRAM TODAY - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 TH, 2016 PLEASE DONATE NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS ONLY! RECEPTACLES IN FELLOWSHIP HALL

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9 OUR KNOWN SICK AND SHUT-IN MEMBERS I was sick and ye visited me Matthew 25:36 Mrs. Annie Anderson Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehab Ctr. 835 Herkimer St. Rm. 711D Mrs. Erma Billue 1417 Prospect Pl Apt. B Ms. Sylvia Blount 8927 Happiness Rd. Harrisburg, NC Ms. Esther Boyce 375 Putnam Ave. # Mrs. Gloria Brown Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) 727 Classon Ave. Rm Deaconess Mabel Burroughs Kingsbrook Jewish Med. Ctr. 585 Schenectady Ave. Rm Mrs. Edith L. Carson 3515 Caine Drive Naperville, IL Mr. Lester Cotton 3677 Nostrand Avenue Apt. 5E Ms. Theresa Daughtry 295 Clinton Ave. Apt. C Mrs. Mary Davis Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) 727 Classon Ave. Rm Mrs. Irene Davis 984 Troy Ave Mrs. Wilma Ector 478 MacDonough St Deacon George Ellis 5124 Avenue H Apt. # Mrs. Ethel Folk 67 Manhattan Ave. Apt. 19C Ms. Grace Ford 300 Dumont Ave. Apt. 12C Mrs. Ellen Franklin 579 Madison St Mrs. Ella Gardner Queens/Nassau Nursing & Rehab 520 Beach 19 th St. Rm. 204B Far Rkwy, NY Ms. Thelma Harris 170 Decatur St. Apt. 3A Deacon James Henry Horizon Care Center Beach Channel Drive Rm. 427B - Arverne, NY Mr. Thomas Hill - Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) 727 Classon Ave. Rm. 220A Mrs. Amanda Jackson 714 Van Siclen Ave Mrs. Jean Jackson 19 East 58th St Ms. Mabel Jenkins Saratoga Ave. Apt. 7H Mrs. Dorothy Johnson 482 Quincy Street Mrs. Theresa Kilkenny 4823 Snyder Ave Mrs. Bernice Lanes th Rd. Cambria Heights, NY Mrs. Chantal Lee 633 Decatur St Deacon Joseph Mariner Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) 727 Classon Ave. Rm Trustee Clarence McDonald Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) 727 Classon Ave. Rm. 537A Mrs. Mona McLaughlin 1130 Parkwood Drive #1 Salina, KS Mr. Ambrose McMillan 720 Macon Street Mrs. Eula Mortimer 2020 East 41 st St. #2E Mrs. Hermilita Neblett 626 Schenectady Ave Mr. Robert Nivens Hopkins Nursing Home 155 Dean St. Rm Mr. Herbert Oestricher 1720 Bedford Ave., #C 11D Mr. Sidney Oestricher 100 Payan Avenue #315 Valley Stream, NY Ms. Mildred Peoples 653 East 53 rd Street Rev. Dr. Jasper E. Peyton 508 Fourqurean Lane Richmond, VA Mr. Lee Riddick Caton Park Nursing Home 1312 Caton Ave Mrs. Josephine Robinson 1379 East 52 nd St Mrs. Dorothy Rudisel 1305 Delmar Loop #4D Mrs. Mozelle Seabrook Crown Heights Ctr. for Nursing & Rehab. 810 St. Marks Ave. Rm. W Ms. Levon Twitty 495 Sterling Pl. #2B Ms. Doris Williams Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation (CNR) 727 Classon Ave. Rm. 543A Mrs. Mary Williams 1658 St. Johns Place Apt. 2C Mrs. Thelma E. Williams Brookside Nursing Ctr Woodland Rd. Room 127 Roslyn, PA (Please notify the Church Office when there is a change in status.)

10 S UNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2016 #B ETHANY B KLYN #L ACEYSAID #G OD A LWAYS A NSWERS #P RAYERSOF R ESTORATION