Jesus Christ, Chief Cornerstone and Shepherd

Rt. Rev. Gregory G.M. Ingram Bishop Rev. Herbert L. Eddy Presiding Elder Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond Pastor Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond Co-Pastor Rev. Robert Gray Assistant Pastor Rev. Daryl Lobban Youth & Family Pastor

Lic. Rashad McPherson Minister of Music Ministers The Entire Bethel Church Family

Sanctuary: 38 Walk Hill Street

Administrative Offices: 40 Walk Hill Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

617 524 7900 x 301 www.bethelame.org

Carla@bethelame.org

Sunday, May 11, 2014 4th Sunday in Easter

Mother’s Day

Order of Worship WE PREPARE THE SANCTUARY FOR WORSHIP

WE WORSHIP GOD WITH OUR PRAISE

Doxology

Litany

Invocation*

Opening Hymn

Concert Of Praise**

WE WORSHIP GOD THROUGH THE PREACHED WORD

Welcome of Visitors (Dear Visitor: Please complete your Visitor’s Card and place it in the offering bas-ket or return it to a greeter. Thank you.)

Video Presentation

Youth and Children’s Ministry Presentation

Recognition of “Mothers” (including Grandmothers, Godmothers, Aunts, Big Sisters, and others)

Tithes and Offering (11:00 AM only)

Sermonic Selection

Sermon

Invitation*

WE WORSHIP GOD IN THE WORLD Tithes and Offering (8:00 AM only)

Announcements Benediction *To minimize the distraction to others, please stop all walking (unless you are re-sponding to the Invitation) during the Invocation and Invitation. Thank you for your consideration. **During the Concert of Praise please remain at the back of the Sanctuary or if using the Walk Hill entrance, along the sidewall, follow the direction of the Greeters and they will seat you during a break in the songs. Thank you for your patience.

Litany Leader: Mothers come in many different forms, and today we celebrate them all! All: Thank God for mothers! Leader: Everyone here is either a son or a daughter. All: Thank God for my mother! Leader: For those women who have joined God in Heaven and whom we miss

dearly here on earth. All: Thank God for the mothers of the past. Leader: For every woman who is working day and night to raise her children right

now. All: Thank God for the mothers of today. Leader: For all the women who are expecting, but aren’t quite mothers yet! All: Thank God for the soon-to-be-mothers. Leader: For the women who took in others’ children through adoption and foster

care. All: Thank God for the mothers with hearts so big. Leader: For those women who have lost a child to death and must carry on. All: Thank God for the mothers who are so strong. Leader: For all the women who wanted to have children of their own, but chose

instead to mother everyone else. All: Thank God for the mothers in spirit. We thank you, Lord, for the women

who have influenced our lives in so many ways. We pray that we will honor them in everything we do. Amen.

After my 40-Day Spiritual Journey to A More Generous Life book became an unexpected bestseller, I was contacted by NBC to do a TV news story. When the TV reporter interviewed me, she asked, "So, you think God wants everyone to be rich?" "No," I replied, "I don't believe that." The reporter was a little surprised by my answer. "Well, what do you believe?" "I believe that everyone needs to learn to become more generous with whatever God has given them." She then asked, "Well, didn't your bestselling book make you rich?" "No," I replied, "it helped me become more generous! The truth is that everyone of us in America is rich when you compare us to the rest of the world. What each of us needs to learn is how to become more generous with whatever God entrusted to us."

The Genius of Generosity A True Story by Brian Kluth, www.GiveWithJoy.org

Could it be that God wants to increase your standard of living so you can increase your standard of giving?

BETHEL’S UPCOMING EVENTS

FUTURE EVENTS

Evangelism Ministry Prayer Schedule 2014 (all services are in the Fellowship Hall from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM and will have 2 host ministries for each month.) 5/23(Stephen Ministry and Small groups), 6/27(Stewards and Audio Ministry), 7/25(Sign and Bethel Green ministry), 8/24(Lay and Church School Ministry), 9/26(Christina R. Gray and Daughters of Anna Ministry), 10/24(Healing Service, Allied Health), 11/21(Marriage & Family Ministry and GBIO), 12/19(YPD and Youth Ministry)

TODAY. join us as Rev. Eustace Payne brings the Word at St Joseph’s Nursing Home. For further information contact Rev. Jumi Onatunde (617-515-0902).

Empowering Women through Self-Defense: Now that we have Shattered the Silence, let's get empowered through self-defense! The Boston Police, Area E-13 Community Service Office is joining our women's ministry to offer a self-defense program entitled Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.). Join us, right here at Bethel to learn realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. This is a FREE four course series. Classes are from 6-9pm on, Monday, 5/12; Tuesday, 5/13; Monday, 5/19; and Tuesday, 5/20. You must attend all four classes to partici-pate. Please contact Sis. Shavonne Moore, sjmoore10@gmail.com or Pastor Gloria White-Hammond, pastorgloria@bethelboston.org to sign up!

You still have time to join the Church School team. Classes will run until June 1st. -301 Servant Leadership will not meet until September 2014 -The current 101 New Members class will now move to 201- Christian Identity in room 201 in the youth center. -We will begin a new, New Members class in room 101. -Healthy Relationships has moved to a larger room in the basement of the youth center. -Four Corners of Grace is still meeting in the Match School and still growing! -Reading Through Hebrews is in the youth center on the second floor in a larger room. -20 Something for young adults is still looking for additional students; meeting in the basement of the youth center. ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH CLASSES ARE STILL GOING STRONG! HALELUJAH TO HIS NAME BETHEL, GOD IS BLESSING OUR CHURCH SCHOOL AND THERE IS A BLESSING HERE FOR YOU.

Sat, May 17, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Boston Shines Day (rescheduled date from April)

Tue, May 27, 6:30 PM. First Quarterly Conference. Reports are due in the office, Thu, May 22. First quarter covers, Jan 1 to Mar 31.

SPECIAL NOTICES

July 14-18th, Vacation Bible School for adults, children and youth.

June 8, 2014 - Pentecost Sunday - Power Sunday - Pray for One Sunday June 8 is, of course, Pentecost Sunday--the Birthday of the Church, the day on which the Holy Spirit baptized Jesus's disciples; It's also the day on which our own Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram has challenged the entire First Episcopal Dis-trict to observe Power Sunday. It's a day on which we invite friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and classmates to join us in worship, especially those who are open to hearing more about Jesus. In preparation for that Power Sunday, I'm inspired by the example of a NH church which asked each of their members to Pray for One. Likewise, I'm asking you to pray for one person who will accept your invitation to come on Power Sunday. (God bless you if more than one comes, but let's make our goal at least one). Can you join me in doing that--praying for one person whose life will be transformed by the Lord as they come to know Him on Power Sunday. God bless you.

Fri, May 30, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM - Significant Woman Celebration. Join us at Bethel to celebrate the completion of the nine month spiritual journey that started in September 2013. Bring a friend and share in our fellowship! We will also have a registration table for sisters interested in joining a Significant Woman Small Group that will start in September 2014.

Jun 28, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM - Corporate prayer time. Please plan to join us for a prayer breakfast. Let us come together as a church and pray for our church.

Jun 7 - Church School convention will be in New Haven, CT. Adult, children and youth are invited to attend. See Rev. Sabrina for more information.

Albert Brown “Bridge the Gap” Scholarship for 2014 - The Albert Brown “Bridge the Gap” Scholarship Fund is pleased to announce the start of the schol-arship application process for the 2014-2015 academic year. Albert Brown was endowed with a boundless capacity for giving and an abiding faith that sustained him. The amount and number of the scholarships awarded is up to the discretion of the scholarship’s Board of Directors. However, over the past three years scholarships up to $3,000 have been awarded to recipients. Though open to all eligible students, those students who are interested in pursuing degrees in math, science, and engineering especially encouraged to apply as are previous scholarship recipients. Submit your completed application and all sup-porting documents no later than May 15, 2014 online at www.albrownbridgethegap.org where you can also review the eligibility require-ments.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man (or woman) is powerful and effective. James 5:16 (NIV)

Prayer Ministry 05/11/14

Morning prayer: Tuesday & Thursday, 6:00 AM Evening Prayer: Wednesday, 6:00 PM

Anyone who would like to be added to Bethel’s prayer list, please call the main office. (617) 524-7900 x301

General Prayer List • John Aki Duval (possible back surgery) • Cammie Browne & Family (death of her uncle) • Rebecca Whiten (find peace) • Brian Martin (find peace/healing of mental health issues) • Brandon G. (healing and protection) • The crisis in Crimea & the Ukraine • Arleigh Prelow (death of mother)

Prayers for Specific Healing • John Donohue (ALS type illness) • Doug Matthews (cancer, surgery) • Luke Crosby (18 month old with seizures and hypertonic) • Willard Stewart (brain cancer) • Donald Scherzer (multiple physical conditions) • Marie & Donald Tucker (parents of James Williams, Alzheimer's and fragility) • Richard Frederick (cancer, homelessness) • Julie O’Connor (cancer) • Willie Brown (medical concerns) • Former Mayor, Thomas Menino (cancer)

Prayers of Thanksgiving • Cammie Browne (employment) • New Members (Maya Smith, Hamel Husbands, Kenya Wordlaw, Magee Bryant, Chaunte McCoy, Sakeenah Chapman, Regina Seale, Myra Cooper)

Meditative thought - May prayer focus: Our time, talents and our tithe - Living the life that is truly life.

Prayer request forms are now available above the black box next to the church bulletin boards. If you have a prayer request, please fill out the form and place it in the secured box.

Ministry Schedule Sunday

8:00 AM 1st worship service 9:45 AM Church school 11:00 AM 2nd Worship service 12:00 PM Toiletries Collection (2nd Sun)

Tuesday and Thursday 6:00 AM Early Morning Prayer

Wednesday 6:00 PM Midweek Prayer 7:00 PM Bible Study

Saturday 9:00 AM Daughters of Anna (3rd Sat) 9:30 AM Christiana R. Gray Missionary Society (2nd Sat) 10:00 AM Allied Health (3rd Sat)

Sermon Notes Taking notes is one way of making sure that

we don’t allow any of God’s Word to fall to the ground. Scriptures: Title: Outline of the Main Points: 1. 2. 3. What is God saying specifically to me? What must I do to get closer to Christ?