Zechariah 4:6-10. Powered by the Spirit. Social Media Corner.. Our Purpose... Our Vision... Where we want to go! Our Core Values... How we do it!

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1 Our Purpose... Our Vision... Where we want to go! Our vision is to engage in relevant ministry that empowers individuals and Why we exist! To God be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:21 Our Mission What we do! Our mission is to offer Christ-centered fellowship, and holistic ministry that meets the needs of the whole person: spiritually, mentally, and physically. We intentionally seek to love our neighbor as ourselves, save souls, and transform lives by proclaiming gospel truth to power and providing purpose driven programs. Social Media Corner.. Here are our hashtags for this week: #Laceysaid #BethanyBklyn #NotWithoutYourSpirit #PoweredbytheSpirit responds to the needs of the diverse community in which we live. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord s favor. Luke 4:18-19 Our Core Values... How we do it! 460 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Brooklyn, New York Reverend Adolphus C. Lacey, PhD Senior Pastor www. bethanybklyn.org In life we can be in many places, good or bad; difficult or easy; alone or surrounded. This sermon series reminds us to never be in anyplace without the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God will sustain us in the ups and downs of life s journeys. Don t leave home without God s Spirit. We value excellence: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men..colossians 3:23 We value growth: But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18. We value unity: Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers and sisters to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1 We value hospitality: And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded. Matthew 10:42 We value diversity: We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. Romans 12:6 We value sacrifice: And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice. Romans 12:1 We value creativity: Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Isaiah 43:18-19 We value social justice: But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5:24 We value our heritage: One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts. Psalms 145:4 Powered by the Spirit Zechariah 4:6-10

2 Beloved Summertime is here once again! For those of us who live where we actually experience the four seasons with all of various changes in temperature and precipitation, summer is quite a welcome relief as the warmth of God s creation surrounds us. I just wanted to take a few moments to encourage you to continue to be faithful in your giving during the summer months. While vacations are enjoyed by so many of our church family, and rightfully so I might add, the ministries of the church continue to move forward as lives are changed, marriages healed, and God is glorified through it all. Stewardship of the resources God places in our hands extends so much further than even finances, as prayers are also needed for our various ministries, including the general overall health of our church body. If you are one of those who will be vacationing this year, would you be sure to lift us up in prayer at various times during your break? You can also experience worship online at So, I trust you will receive this pen as more of an encouragement to continue to just do the right things, and you will find God s presence in so many ways as you continue to steward God s blessings in your life. I also trust I will see you here at Bethany on a regular basis during the summer if you aren t away. With a Shepherd s Love, Pastor Lacey

3 **THE CALL TO WORSHIP SUNDAY, JULY 5, :45 A.M. & 10:45 A.M. PRAISE & WORSHIP The Lord is righteous in all God does, merciful in all God s acts. God is near to those who call to God, who call to God with sincerity. God supplies the needs of those who honor God. God hears their cries and saves them. I will always praise the Lord. Let all God s creatures praise God s holy name. Blessed be the name of the Lord! **THE EVOCATION (In Unison) Lord, the road ahead seems long; the task before us is overwhelming. In our discouragement, we turn to you. Speak to us through your Spirit that we may hear again those comforting and reassuring words: "You are not alone, for lo, I am with you always." Fired by your Spirit, we will again be able to go forth to do your work in the world, knowing we are not alone. Thanks be to you, O God. Amen. **THE HYMN OF PRAISE Battle Hymn of the Republic **MORNING SCRIPTURE. Haggai 1:2-15 **CHORAL CALL TO PRAYER Spirit of the Living God/I Will Do A New Thing **MORNING PRAYER *** SELECTION Remnant Praise **RECOGNITION OF VISITORS (Fellowship Time) *** SERMONIC SELECTION Remnant Praise THE SERMON..... POWERED BY THE SPIRIT ZECHARIAH 4:6-10 **HYMN OF INVITATION Selected **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 Sunday ~ July 5~ 2015 NOT WITHOUT YOUR SPIRIT ~ SERMON SERIES JULY 5 TH POWERED BY THE SPIRIT ZECHARIAH 4:6-10 JULY 12 TH QUENCH NOT THE SPIRIT I THESSALONIANS 5:16-22 JULY 19 TH A DIFFERENT SPIRIT NUMBERS 14:20-25 JULY 26 TH SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED EPHESIANS 1:11-14 MORNING SCRIPTURE ~ HAGGAI 1:2-15 (NIV) 2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: These people say, The time has not yet come to rebuild the LORD s house. 3 Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 4 Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin? 5 Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: Give careful thought to your ways. 6 You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it. 7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: Give careful thought to your ways. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD. 9 You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD Almighty. Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house. 10 Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. 11 I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands. 12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD. 13 Then Haggai, the LORD s messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the people: I am with you, declares the LORD. 14 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the LORD Almighty, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. SERMONIC SCRIPTURE ~ ZECHARIAH 4: So he said to me, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD Almighty. 7 What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of God bless it! God bless it! 8 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you. 10 Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the LORD that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?

5 SERMON NOTES

6 OUR KNOWN SICK AND SHUT-IN MEMBERS Mrs. Annie Anderson 25 East 92 nd St Deaconess Linda Bascombe 1522 Union St Mrs. Erma Billue 1417 Prospect Pl Apt. B Ms. Sylvia Blount 8927 Happiness Rd. Harrisburg, NC Ms. Esther Boyce 375 Putnam Ave. # Mrs. Verlie Brown nd St. Rosedale, NY Deaconess Mabel Burroughs Kingsbrook Jewish Med. Ctr. 585 Schenectady Ave. Rm Mr. James Burrell, Jr. 143 Hull St. #3L Mrs. Edith L. Carson 284 Ocean Road Portsmouth, NH Mrs. Lucille Charles 1715 Hedgelawn Drive Apt. 126 Charlotte, NC Mr. Lester Cotton Ditmas Park Rehabilitation Center 2107 Ditmas Ave Mrs. Sarah Cox 333 Lafayette Ave. #18F Mrs. Mary Davis 130 Humbolt Street - #4D Mrs. Irene Davis 984 Troy Ave Mrs. Wilma Ector 478 MacDonough St Mrs. Ethel Folk 67 Manhattan Ave. Apt. 19C Ms. Grace Ford 300 Dumont Ave. Apt. 12C Mrs. Ellen Franklin 579 Madison St Mr. John Gardner 586 Hancock St Mrs. Audrey Gore 301 East 23 rd St. #4C Ms. Thelma Harris 170 Decatur St. Apt. 4A Mr. Kenneth Hazell Deacon James Henry Holliswood Care Center Woodhull Ave. Hollis, NY Mr. Thomas Hill - Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) 727 Classon Ave Mrs. Amanda Jackson 714 Van Siclen Ave Mrs. Jean Jackson - 19 East 58th St Mrs. Dorothy Johnson Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) 727 Classon Ave Mrs. Theresa Kilkenny 4823 Snyder Ave Mrs. Harriet Kinebrew 383 MacDonough St Mrs. Bernice Lanes th Rd. Cambria Heights, N.Y Mrs. Chantal Lee 633 Decatur St Deacon Joseph Mariner Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) 727 Classon Ave. Rm 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 Mr. Sidney Oestricher 100 Payan Avenue # 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 Center for Nursing & Rehab. 810 St. Marks Ave. Rm. W Mrs. Azie Smith Deaconess Lula Turner 489 Thatford Ave Ms. Levon Twitty 495 Sterling Pl. #2B Ms. Ann Wiggins Four Seasons Nursing & Rehab Ctr Rockaway Pkwy Room 318A 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 I was sick and ye visited me Matthew 25:36 (Please notify the Church Office when there is a change in status.)

7 Sunday~July 5~2015 MARK YOUR CALENDAR BETHANY S GOT TALENT POSTPONED NEW DATE TBD NEXT, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2015 PREACHING AT THE 10:45 A.M. SERVICE REVEREND MICHAEL C. HARRIS PASTOR, ACTS OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH STONE MOUNTAIN, GA New York Ministry Anniversary VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Monday, July 13 th - Friday, July 17 th 5:30 p.m. ~ Lite Supper 7:00 P.M. ~ CLASSES CLASSES FOR ALL AGES! REGISTER TODAY!!! In the Fellowship Hall Following Both Services. AUGUST 2015 PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION Monday, August 2 nd DALLAS, TEXAS ~ Friday, August 7 th For further Information Visit: OR PICK UP AN INFORMATION PACKET IN THE CHURCH OFFICE PLEASE NOTE TO RECEIVE BETHANY TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS/UPDATES VIA YOUR CELL PHONE TEXT BBCBK TO

8 Our Purpose... Our Vision... Where we want to go! Our vision is to engage in relevant ministry that empowers individuals and Why we exist! To God be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:21 Our Mission What we do! Our mission is to offer Christ-centered fellowship, and holistic ministry that meets the needs of the whole person: spiritually, mentally, and physically. We intentionally seek to love our neighbor as ourselves, save souls, and transform lives by proclaiming gospel truth to power and providing purpose driven programs. Social Media Corner.. Here are our hashtags for this week: #Laceysaid #BethanyBklyn #NotWithoutYourSpirit #PoweredbytheSpirit responds to the needs of the diverse community in which we live. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord s favor. Luke 4:18-19 Our Core Values... How we do it! 460 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Brooklyn, New York Reverend Adolphus C. Lacey, PhD Senior Pastor www. bethanybklyn.org In life we can be in many places, good or bad; difficult or easy; alone or surrounded. This sermon series reminds us to never be in anyplace without the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God will sustain us in the ups and downs of life s journeys. Don t leave home without God s Spirit. We value excellence: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men..colossians 3:23 We value growth: But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18. We value unity: Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers and sisters to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1 We value hospitality: And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded. Matthew 10:42 We value diversity: We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. Romans 12:6 We value sacrifice: And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice. Romans 12:1 We value creativity: Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Isaiah 43:18-19 We value social justice: But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5:24 We value our heritage: One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts. Psalms 145:4 Powered by the Spirit Zechariah 4:6-10