Pastor: Rev. Dr. Burchel K. Taylor Assistant Pastor: Rev Norman Mills Telephone: 926-8272/960-5658 General Office - 929-6245 - Pharmacy 929-0211 [ FAX] Office 906-9976 [FAX] Pharmacy 929-3160 Canteen 929-6979 – Clinic/Counselling

908-3120 Cyber Centre 754-6634 – Bethel Thrift Coop [BTC 1-888-429-5772 Prayer Line [Mon – Fri – 5:00 p.m – 7:00 p.m.]

Prayer line – email – bbprayerline@gmail.com E-mail bethelbaptisthwt.ja@gmail.com Website www.bethelbaptisthwt.com

THEME FOR THE CHURCH YEAR – Being God’s People in God’s World: Living the Sacrificial Life –

Giving Freely; Serving Fully: Living Faithfully

Officers on duty 7:00 a.m. E Edwards/ 10:15 a.m. M Williams/ S Henry 6:00 p.m.

M Jones

Counsellors on duty 7:00 a.m. D Forrest/ L Hardware/ K Tucker 10:15 a.m. P Savoury/ V Rowe 6:00 p.m. M Tapper/ A Gayle

SERVICE FOR TODAY –10:15 a.m.

March 26, 2017 Leader: Deacon Veronica Smith

Speaker: Rev Marvia Lawes [Public Theologian]

Musicians: Deacon Karlene Bisnott Sis Jozanne Harris

Forgive me, Lord, that I am so easily satisfied, that I should set myself such undemanding goals, and be so pleased with myself about modest achievement. Forgive me that I am so satisfied to walk, where you might reasonably expect that I should run, or fly. Fill me, Lord, with faith in your promises, that I may undaunted contemplate your high calling, and press towards the goal, the perfection which is in Jesus Christ my Lord.

[ From - More Everyday Prayers: M Walker - ]

MARCH IS EVANGELISM MONTH IN BETHEL

March 26, 2017

INTROIT The Choir

CALL TO WORSHIP

HYMN OF PRAISE – No. 1 – #226 – Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle

1. Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle, 3. Thus, with thirty years

accomplished sing the ending of the fray; went he forth

from Nazareth now above the cross, the trophy, destined, dedicate and

willing sound the loud triumphant lay; wrought his work, and met his

death tell how Christ, the world’s redeemer, like a lamb he humbly

yielded as a victim won the day. on the cross his dying

breath 2. Tell how, when at length the fullness 4. Faithful cross, the sign of

triumph of the appointed time was come, now for man, the

noblest tree he, the Word, was born of woman, none in foliage, none

in blossom left for us his Father’s home, none in fruit thy peer

may be showed to us the perfect manhood symbol of the world’s

redemption shone as light amidst the gloom. for the weight that

hung on thee 5. Unto God, be praise and glory;

to the Father, and the Son, to

the eternal Spirit, honour now

and evermore be done; praise

and glory in the highest, while

the timeless ages run.

[Venantius Fortunatus: Tune: Regent Square– 87 87 87]

PRAYER OF ADORATION & THANKSGIVING RESPONSIVE READING: - No. 676

Leader: Have mercy upon me, O God,

according to your unfailing love;

according to your great compassion

blot out my transgressions. People: Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my

sin. Leader: For I know my transgressions, and my sin is

always before me. People: Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in

your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak

and justified when you judge. Leader: Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.

People: Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a

steadfast spirit within me. Leader: Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from

me. People: Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing

spirit, to sustain me. Leader: Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and

sinners will turn back to you. People: O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Leader: You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;

You do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. ALL:

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a

broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

SONGS OF WORSHIP A. You are not a God created by human hands)

You are not a God dependent on any mortal man ) You are not a God in need of, anything we can give Rept. By your plan, that’s just the way it is. ) CHO: You are God alone from before time began You were on Your throne and you are God alone

And right now in the good times and bad You are on Your throne and you are God alone. You’re the only God whose power, none can contend You’re the only God whose name and praise will never end You’re

the only God who’s worthy of everything we can give You are God! And that’s just the way it is. Rept. Chorus Bridge: Unchangeable, unshakable, unstoppable, That’s what You are B. The splendor of the King, clothed in majesty, Let all the earth rejoice, let all the earth rejoice.

He wraps Himself in light and darkness tries to hide;

It trembles at His voice, it trembles at His voice. How great is our God! Sing with me, ‘How great is our God’!

And all will see how great, how great is our God! Age to age He stands, and time is in His hands;

Beginning and the End, Beginning and the End.

The Godhead, three in one, Father, Spirit, Son The

Lion and the Lamb, the Lion and the Lamb. How great is our God! Sing with me, ‘How great is our God!’

And all will see how great, how great is our God! Bridge: Name above all names, [you are] worthy of all praise;

[And] my heart will sing, ‘How great is our God! TESTIMONY [Evangelism Month]

[Children 10 years and under leave for Junior Church]

[Brief Period of Silence] [Sung Prayerfully]

He is here, hallelujah; he is here, Amen He is here, holy, holy, I will bless His name again. He is here, listen closely; hear Him calling out my name He

is here, you can touch Him; you will never be the same .

PRAYER OF CONFESSION & INTERCESSION [Response] Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, O Lord; take not thy Holy Spirit from me

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and renew a right spirit within me WELCOME GREETINGS [St Andrew Flower Arrangement & Garden Club] ANNOUNCEMENTS ACT OF FELLOWSHIP TITHES/ OFFERING DOXOLOGY

SCRIPTURE READING [OT] Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 [NT] 2Cor. 6: 16-18

HYMN OF MEDITATION – No. 2 - #521 – Be thou my vision 1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart, Be all else but nothing except what thou art

Be thou my best thought in the day and the night

Both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light. 2. Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word; Be thou ever with me, and I with thee, Lord;

Be thou my great Father, and I thy true son; Be

thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one. 3. Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight; Be thou my whole armour, be thou my true might;

Be thou my soul’s shelter, be thou my strong tower; O

raise thou me heavenward, great power of my power. 4. Be thou my true riches, not man’s empty praise; Be thou mine inheritance,

now and always; Be thou and thou only the first in my heart; O sovereign

of heaven, my treasure thou art. 5. High King of heaven, thou heaven’s bright sun, O grant me its joys, after victory is won;

Great heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

Still be thou my vision, O ruler of all.

[E Hull – 1935: Tune SLANE] SPECIAL ITEM The Choir MESSAGE Rev Marvia Lawes HYMN OF RESPONSE – No. 3 - I am thine, O Lord

1, I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice 3. O the pure delight of a single hour And it told thy love to me that before thy throne I spend

But I long to rise in the arms of faith When I kneel in pray;r and with thee

And be closer drawn to Thee. My God, I commune as friend with friend. REF: Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord To the cross where Thou has died; Draw ne nearer, nearer, blessed Lord To thy precious, bleeding side. 2. Consecrate me now to thy service, 4. There are depths of love that I Lord, cannot know By thy pow’r of grace divine; Till I cross the narrow sea;

Let my soul look up with a There are heights of joy that

steadfast hope, I may not reach And my will be lost in thine. Till I rest in peace with thee.

[Fanny J Crosby: 1915 ]

PRAYER BENEDICTION

March 26, 2017

6:00 a.m. Christ for Today Broadcast, RJR – 94 FM 7:00 a.m. First Worship Service – Leader: Deacon Michelle Smith Speaker: Rev Denzil Jack

[Pastor –Bethel Baptist Circuit of Churches – Bog Walk] 8:45 a.m. Sunday School / New Members’ Classes [for all ages] 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. LIBRARY SERVICES [for all ages] 10:00 a.m. Second Worship Service

Leader: Deacon Veronica Smith Speaker: Rev Marvia Lawes

10:30 am. Junior Church – [children 10 years and under] 4:00 p.m. Visitation to Home-bound/hospitalized members/friends 6:00 p.m. Third Worship Service –Special Evangelism Presentation – led by the Youth Related Ministries [YRM]– Bethel Baptist Church ‘ REPPING’ YOUR TRUE COLOUR – A Call to Christianity Leader: Sis Rochelle Hemmings

Speaker: Sis Shauna Malcolm

From the Sunday School Department….. Calling all our members and friends ……. MARCH is being observed as Take your friend to Church and Sunday School Month. At the end of the month, the class with the highest number of visitors/class which has added a minimum of five

(5) new members to their class will receive a special prize. Each class is being urged to participate.

Parents/Guardians – we remind you that the NURSERY [located on the ground floor of the Administration Block – opposite to the

CYBER CENTRE] - for children 0-4 years is available for your use during the period – 7:00 a.m – the close of the 10:15 a.m service.

ASSISTANCE TO HAITI

Members, friends, you can still give your financial support to the Church’s HAITI Fund through the Church, which will be sent to

the JBU as is our custom.

Tuesday, March 28

7:00 p.m. House Prayer Fellowship Wednesday, March 29 7:00 p.m. Prayer/Praise/Singspiration

[Coordinated by the MARCH birthmonth group]

Thursday, March 30

5:30 p.m. Games Evening 7:00 p.m. The Choir Rehearsal

Friday, March 31 5:30 p.m. Youth Chorale rehearsal Saturday, April 1

8:00 a.m. C O P E Market 10:00 a.m. LEGAL AID Clinic**

[Attorney-on-duty –Mr André Earle] 5:30 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal

BLI Management Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 29 at 6:00 p.m. All members are asked to be in attendance.

BIRTHMONTH GROUP MEETINGS – MARCH – Group members are reminded of the social to Port Royal on Sat. April 1st. Departure time for the social is 12 noon – group

members, please confirm your attendance with your leaders. FEBRUARY and JUNE – All group members are invited to attend a very important meeting on Wednesday, March 29th – 5:30 p.m. Please

make every effort to be there.

Sun. March 26 Radical!

Mon March 27 Power in Jesus’ name Ephesians 6: 10-24 Tues. March 28 Under attack! Psalm 56 Wed. March 29 Trust issues Joshua 7: 1-9 Thur. March 30 Jesus equals everything Joshua 7: 10-26 Fri. March 31 Man with a plan Joshua 8: 1-17 Sat. April 1 Holy patience Joshua 8: 18 - 29 For further reflection/prayer – ‘Jesus, give me greater, deeper faith to know and trust that you are everything I need’. Amen

ON OUR PRAYER LIST *Remember that our PRAYER LINE is available to anyone seeking prayers. Please call us at 1-888-429-5772 Monday - Friday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Prayer

partners are reminded to check the Roster and make alternate arrangements if you are unable to keep your schedule.* Please use our specially

designated e-mail address to submit your prayer requests – bbprayerline@gmail.com –at any time! We ask that you remember the

following persons/families in your prayers during this week.- Our Shut-In/Home Bound members and their respective Care-givers. We ask for your prayerful support for the following members and their respective family members. *Sis Mable Mullings is now back at home. Contact No. for her daughter, Lorna – 832-5139. Do support with your prayers and visit.

*As a church, we ask for your prayers for the family of Bro Percival McDonald who passed on last week, following a brief period of illness. Funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, April 1st at 10:00 a.m here at Bethel. *Sis Eileen Johnson and family wish to inform that the funeral service for her two sisters who died recently will be today, Sunday March 26th – 11:00 a.m at the Church of Christ, Middlesex, St Catherine. *Sis Genis Dawkins has advised of the passing of a daughter, Ms Daphne Ewing, this week. Funeral service will be advised. Do continue to remember them in your prayers. *Sis Laurel Gordon-Brown and family ask for prayers, following the death of her mother recently. The funeral service is scheduled for

Saturday, April 1st – 11:00 a..m at the Grace Baptist Church, Oracabessa, St Mary. Transportation arrangements are being co-ordinated by

Deacon Clifton Hibbert for persons who might wish to attend the service – his contact information – 806-2051.

THURSDAY PRAYER DAY – Let us pray today for all those who will be baptized on Good Friday and those who will be joining the

fellowship by way of transfer. Ask the Lord to help us to receive them unconditionally.

WELCOME – Thank you for choosing to worship with us today! Special Guests at the 10:15 a.m service are representatives of the St

Andrew Flower Arrangement & Garden Club, at the beginning of a new year of service for this committee members. Please turn off your cellular telephones during the periods of worship, so that you and your neighbour will benefit fully from the

experience being offered! We are asking all persons to cooperate with the security personnel on duty in the respective parking areas, i.e. Church premises and

NCB Parking Lot, {4 Hope Road}, as they seek to assist you in parking appropriately in the spaces provided. Also, do remember where

you might have parked so that you do not inconvenience any others who might want to leave immediately following the worship

services. We also wish to remind all our members and friends that additional parking facilities are available at JAMAICA NATIONAL

BUILDING SOCIETY premises at 2 Constant Spring Road. Entrance on Constant Spring Road. A reminder to our members and friends that mid-day reflections are held each Wednesday [12:00 – 1:15 p.m.] at the Webster Memorial United Church, Half Way Tree Road – [These are sponsored by the Half Way Tree Ministers’ Fraternal] This week

Wednesday, March 29th , the meditations will be led by members of the RICHMOND PK CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Church

fellowship..

Renewable Energy Project REMINDING all our members and friends that PLEDGE forms for our Energy Project are still available from our ushers or

the Church office – your support is important.

The Discipleship and Evangelism Committee of the Jamaica Baptist Union Mission Agency (JBUMA) will be hosting a Residential School

of Evangelism, at the Baptist Conference Centre, Duncans, Trelawny, from 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,

April 22, 2017. Participation is open to Church Leaders and other members of the JBU and other churches. The main aims of the school

are to (a) foster spiritual development of Baptists and non-Baptists and (b) highlight the individual’s responsibilities in evangelizing. The theme for this year is “Bold Evangelism in Today’s Dynamic Society: Responding to the Challenges”. The cost will be, Seven

Thousand Dollars (JM$7,000.00) per person. This will include; Accommodation, Meals and Workshop Material. For Further information, please contact the JBU Mission Agency Office at 969-2223/969-9835, ext. 233 (landlines), 322-5387 (LIME)/869-

7381 (Digicel), 924-6296 (fax) or email, jbumissionagency@gmail.com. Visit our website at www.jbuma.org to register online.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION….

*Church Council Half-year Retreat – Saturday, April 8th – Department leaders are reminded to submit their reports to the Church Administrator by Friday, March 31st, 2017 * Baptismal Service – Good Friday, April 14th – 9:30 a.m./ Reception on Easter

Sunday, April 16th – 10:15 a.m *Church Members’ meeting - Monday, April 24th

From the Social Worker’s Desk….

A two-bedroom house in the ELTHAM community, St Catherine is available for rent . Contact 873-2422 – Monday – Friday.

FROM THE DESK OF THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT OFFICER [YEO] 1. BYSEP application forms now available until Wednesday April 5th between the hours of 10am and 5pm. from the YEO or the

church office. 2. Rehearsals for the Children Production 2017 has begun. Rehearsals are held after Sunday School, contact Dea. Betty Edwards

for more details

Bethel Baptist Church Thrift Cooperative Society Ltd.

(BTC)

ADVISES

The 9% p.a. Loan Interest Rate Continues

Take hold of this opportunity, Consolidate your Loans!!

- Conditions Apply -

Visit the BTC Office to speak with a Rep Call 754-6634 or e-mail btcsociety@gmail.com

JAMAICA BAPTIST UNION

YOUTH DEPARTMENT 2B WASHINGTON BOULEVARD

inviting you to attend THE 11th Caribbean Baptist Youth Festival I

Stand for Jesus”. in

San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago July 19 – 23, 2017

THEME 2015 - 2017: “Living the sacrificiaL Life – speak

it, beLieve it, Live it” We are seeking sponsors to assist some of our youth members to attend this Festival. The Cost is US$1,200.00 each Any contribution that you can offer will be appreciated – leave your donations in a marked envelope with the Officer on duty

in the Church Office-

Healthcare Marketing (Jamaica) Limited will conduct marketing/ tasting of their Cranberry Drink on March 31, 2017 between the

hours 11:00 am to 12:00 noon. at the Church’s Pharmacy.. Please feel free to support this activity and get your glucose [sugar] testing

done, free of cost!

THANK YOU… Sis Sonia Hibbert extends her thanks and appreciation to members and friends for the support that she has received during her period of illness. She continues to recuperate at home and asks for your continued prayers.

Bro. Lloyd, Michael and Sis Peta-Gaye Samuda, and all other family members wish to express their profound thanks and appreciation to the Pastors, members and friends for the overwhelming support that they have received and continue to receive, during the period of the illness and subsequent passing of Sis Jennifer. A special word of thanks for the choirs whose ministries contributed so much to the

service of thanksgiving.