SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017

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1 SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017 #BETHANYBKLYN #LACEYSAID #THIRSTY4GOD #JOYSOFFATHERHOOD

2 Beloved, Here at Bethany, many people think of Africa Day as the only day we celebrate our core value of heritage. I offer to you that there are others days that we celebrate heritage as well. Today, we are celebrating and encouraging fatherhood as a heritage from God. I say Happy Father s Day to all who are involved in the various kinds of fatherhood. One of the things I am most sensitive about is someone giving me a gift or reward that turns into an assignment. Ironically, fatherhood has turned out to be one of the best responsibilities I have been involved in, because it is a reward from God. Psalm 127:3 (NIV) uses the words heritage and reward to describe children as coming from God. While I recognize that no one in attendance has ever had a perfect father, or in fact, has never been a perfect father, it is still of vital importance that we take the time to applaud and encourage those who are endeavoring to bring their children up in a way that honors God. Perhaps you re here today, and your children have all grown, but the heritage of being a father never lessens. What a privilege it is to have an eternal reward from the Lord in this great journey of life! One of the ways that fatherhood changed me was to increase my thirst for a closer relationship with God. In turn, I pray that I can continue to share this thirst with those that view me as a father, either biologically or spiritually. Next week we will continue in the I Am Thirsty sermon series, as we grow closer and deeper with the Lord. Still thirsty and loving it. With a Fatherly Shepherd s love, Pastor Lacey

3 THE ORDER OF WORSHIP 7:45 A.M. & 10:45 A.M. PRAISE & WORSHIP **THE CALL TO WORSHIP The Lord welcomes you to this house. Peace be unto this house in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We gather together to ask the Lord s blessing upon our fathers whose labors and care cannot be measured. We commit ourselves to a more genuine appreciation of our fathers and a deeper love for our Father who is in Heaven. be the name of the Lord. Blessed **THE EVOCATION (In Unison) Our Father who is in Heaven, descend anew to our earth, yes, into this place of worship. Empower us with a faith that lives, a grace that heals, and a love that shares. As we thirst for you, keep us alive to the beauties of your world, and to the joys in our world of human relationships through Jesus Christ, our Lord. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen. **THE HYMN OF PRAISE God of Our Fathers **MORNING SCRIPTURE Ephesians 6:1-4 **CHORAL CALL TO PRAYER...As The Deer *MORNING PRAYER *** SELECTION Women of Worship Chorale **RECOGNITION OF VISITORS (Fellowship Time) *** INFANT DEDICATION SERMONIC SELECTION Women of Worship Chorale THE SERMON THE JOYS OF FATHERHOOD PSALM 127:3-5 **ALTAR CALL WORSHIP IN GIVING Malachi 3:10, II Corinthians 9:6-7 JOYS & CONCERNS THE DOXOLOGY AND BENEDICTION **THE ORGAN POSTLUDE **CONGREGATION STANDING ***SEATING INTERVAL

4 SERMON SERIES ~ I AM THIRSTY but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. John 4:13 6/18 The Joys of Fatherhood Psalm 127:3-5 7/2 Thirsty for Righteousness Matthew 5:3-12 7/9 Thirsty for Communication Jeremiah 33:1-3 7/16 Thirsty for Navigation Psalm 37: /23 Thirsty for Protection Psalms 91:1-8 7/30 Thirsty for Completion Philippians 1:3-6 MORNING SCRIPTURE Ephesians 6:1-4 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise 3 so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth. 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. SERMONIC SCRIPTURE Psalm 127:3-5 3 Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him. 4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one s youth. 5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court. CHORAL CALL TO PRAYER As the Deer As the deer panteth for the water, So my soul longeth after Thee You alone are my heart's desire, And I long to worship Thee You alone are my strength, my shield, To You alone does my spirit yield You alone are my heart's desire, And I long to worship Thee

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6 SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017 Happy Father s Day 130 TH Sunday School Anniversary Sister Temeshia Frooks Superintendent Blood Pressure Screening FOLLOWING BOTH SERVICES IN ROOM 102 TODAY S MEETINGS M I S S I O N A R Y M I N I S T R Y - CHAPE L Family & Friends Reunion Picnic Meeting Following the 10:45 a.m. Service in the Rear Sanctuary. PURCHASE YOUR BANQUET TICKETS TODAY! SUPPORT OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING STUDENTS BY PURCHASING YOUR BANQUET TICKETS TODAY IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL TODAY!! MEET THE 2017 GRADUATES NEXT SUNDAY 134 TH Church Anniversary Guest Celebrant: Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall-Turman Assistant Professor, Theology & African American Religion Yale University, New Haven CT

7 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE 2017 GRADUATES KAYLEE WYNTER FROM PS 243 PRE-K TO PS 243 KINDERGARTEN SKYLAR JACKSON FROM EXCELLENCE GIRLS MIDDLE ACADEMY TO: UNCOMMON HIGH SCHOOL ZORA MYERS FROM: BOREUM HILL SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL STUDIES TO: ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL JASON FAGAN FROM: BARUCH COLLEGE RECEIVED: B.A. (BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE) MALIK CANTY FROM LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY RECEIVED: M.S. (MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) CHANEL CLINTON FROM: PACE UNIVERSITY (ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW RECEIVED: JURIS DOCTOR SHIRLEY SCIPIO FROM: ST. JOHN S UNIVERSITY RECEIVED: M. S. (MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION) HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES MARVELOUS ANINYE FROM: HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO: CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK JADA BURKE FROM: MILLENNIUM BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL TO: SUNY AT NEW PALTZ DHARYA CAMPBELL FROM: WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL TO: VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY KOHL ELIE FROM: MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL TO: BROOKLYN COLLEGE

8 OUR KNOWN SICK AND SHUT-IN MEMBERS I was sick and ye visited me Matthew 25:36 Mrs. Annie Anderson 25 East 92 nd 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 Mrs. Edith L. Carson 3515 Caine Drive Naperville, IL Mr. Lester Cotten 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. # 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 Mr. Kenneth Hazell 258 East 45 th St 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 58 th St Ms. Mabel Jenkins Saratoga Ave. Apt. 7H Mrs. Dorothy Johnson 482 Quincy Street Mrs. Girlene Johnson-Downing 427 Quincy Street Mrs. Rosa Key Kingsbrook Jewish Med. Ctr. 585 Schenectady Ave. Rm. 438B Mrs. Theresa Kilkenny 4823 Snyder Ave Mrs. Bernice Lanes th Rd. Cambria Heights, NY Mrs. Greer Lauriano Oxford Nursing Home 144 S. Oxford St. Rm. 104A Brooklyn, 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 Rev. Dr. Thomas McKellar Kingsbrook Jewish Med. Ctr. 585 Schenectady Ave. Bldg DMRI Mrs. Mona McLaughlin 1130 Parkwood Drive #1 Salina, KS Ms. Frances McNeal Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehab Ctr. 835 Herkimer St. Rm Mrs. Eula Mortimer 2020 East 41 st St. #2E Mrs. Hermilita Neblett Kingsbrook Jewish Med. Ctr. 585 Schenectady Ave. Rm 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 Atrium Center for Rehab and Nursing 611 East 103 rd St. Rm. 313B 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 (Please notify the Church Office when there is a change in status.)

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