Telephone Directory Rev. Mark A. Toney – Pastor, Wed. Night Bible Study ........ ‘16 ........... 241-5799

Rev. David Ingram –Feed the Hungry ................................... ‘16

Monday Night Bible Study .................. ‘16 ........... 542-8622

Brenda Riggins – Pastor’s Assistant ........................... Office ‘16

......................................................................................... Cell ’16

........... 241-5799

........... 293-8043

Regina Aaron – Bulletins ....................................................... ‘16 ........... 871-6072

Sylvester Bristol – Church Clerk ......................................... ‘16 ........... 742-1216

Shirley Acoff – Trustee Board ............................................... ‘16 .... 859-907-7175

Tony Bell – Chairperson, Men’s Day ..................................... ̀ 16 ........... 325-7129

Kim Blair – Co-Chairperson, Women’s Day ......................... ‘16 ........... 479-8946

Jackie Brown – President, Nurses’ Guild .............................. ‘16 ........... 784-1729

Juanita Brown – Assistant Superintendent, Sunday School .. ‘16 ........... 861-9297

Peggy Brown – Financial Secretary, Trustee Board ............. ‘16

Director, Vacation Bible School ................. ‘16 ........... 226-0505

Godfrey Clay – Co-Chairperson, Men’s Day ......................... ‘16 ........... 510-1928

Johnnie Clay – President, Pastor’s Aide ................................ ‘16 ........... 687-2689

Darlene Dubose – President, Mass Choir .............................. ‘16 ........... 497-0649

Geraldine Dubose – President, Missionaries .......................... ‘16 ........... 272-3585

Erlene Garrett – President, Senior Usher Board ................... ‘16 ........... 578-2467

Frank Johnson – Vice-President, Voices .............................. ‘16 ........... 674-7749

Gaye Johnson – Trustee Board .............................................. ‘16 ........... 703-4729

Hilery Johnson – Chairperson, Deacon Board ....................... ‘16 ........... 307-8667

Cynthia Jones – Chairperson, Women’s Day ........................ ‘16 ........... 377-7278

Thomas Jones –President, Voices .......................................... ‘16 ........... 550-9765

Chrissy Meadows – Vice-President, Pastor’s Aide ............... ‘16 ….310-630-9096

Barbara Oden – President, Junior Usher Board .................... ‘16 ........... 721-0833

Daisy Shears – Superintendent. Sunday School ..................... ‘16 ........... 751-6866

Jerry Thompson – Vice-President, Senior Usher Board ....... ‘16 ........... 742-8937

Carandal Toney – Youth Committee ..................................... ‘16 ........... 241-5799

NNeeww UUnniittyy BBaappttiisstt CChhuurrcchh

2124 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45219

Office: 513-241-5799 Fax: 513-241-9708 email: newunity@fuse.net website: www.newunitybc.com

Rev. Mark A. Toney

Pastor and Minister of the Word

SUNDAY

January 03, 2016

Theme: “A great commitment to the great commandments

and the great commission will build a great church”

Order of Worship

9:15a.m. ................................................................ Sunday School

9:30a.m. ............................................................Classes in Session

9:45a.m. ........................................................... General Assembly

10:30a.m. ................................................ Sunday School Dismissal

10:45a.m. .......................................................................... Devotion

11:00a.m. ................................................................. Organ Prelude

Processional of Mass Choir

*Responsive Reading

January Congregational Hymn

Hymnal #027 (Blessed Assurance)

*Lord’s Prayer

Announcements

Welcome of Visitors (Welcome Song)

Altar Call

Tithes .................................... Pledges .............................. Offerings

NO Eating or Drinking allowed in the Sanctuary — Thank You!

Lord’s Supper (3rd Sunday) / Baptism(s) (1st Sunday)

1 Corinthians 11:23-34 Matthew 28:18-20

Selection ..........................................................Voices/Youth Choir

“A” and “B” Selection ................................................. Mass Choir

*Sermon

Invitational Hymn

*Invitation to Discipleship

1:15p.m. ....................................................Doxology/Benediction

*Sorry, we will no longer be able to provide cash transactions.

Weekly Church Activities

Sunday: Sunday School .............................................. 9:30am

New Members Class .................................... 9:30a–10:30a

Pastor’s Aide Meeting .................... 4th

week 1:30pm

Monday: Prayer Band – Sick Visitation ...................... 10:00a–12:00p

Bible Study ................................................... 5:30p– 7:00p

Health and Wellness ..................................... 7:30p– 8:30p

Tuesday: Voices of New Unity ........... 2nd

& 4th

weeks 6:00pm

Missionary Society .............. 2nd

& 4th

weeks 6:00pm

Youth/Young Adults Choir 1st/3

rd/5

th weeks 6:00pm

Begins Feb Homework/Study Session ................. weekly 6:00p– 8:00p

Mass Choir Rehearsal ....................... weekly 7:00pm

Wednesday: Media Ministry Meeting ............................... 6:00p

Bible Study ................................................... 6:30p– 7:30p

Mid-Week Service (begins 16-Sep-2015) ......... 7:30p– 8:30p

Thursday: Prayer Band – Sick Visitation ...................... 5:30p– 8:30p

Begins Feb Homework/Study Session ................. weekly 6:00p– 8:00p

Friday: Drill Team Meeting ........................... weekly 6:30pm

Health and Wellness (Zumba) ...................... 6:00p– 7:00p

Saturday: Feed the Hungry .............................. 4th

week 4:00a– 8:00a

Men’s Day Breakfast Fellowship .... 1st week 9:30a–11:00a

May – October Men’s Day Car Wash ...................... 1st week 10:00a– 4:00p

Women of Excellence ..................... 3rd

week 10:00a – 2:00p

Usher Board Meeting ...................... 1st week 11:00a–12:30p

Nurses’ Guild Meeting .................... 1st week 12:00pm

The Place of Humiliation! And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but

if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. [Mark 9:22]

After every time of exaltation, we are brought down with a sudden

rush into things as they really are, where it is neither beautiful, poetic, nor

thrilling. The height of the mountaintop is measured by the dismal

drudgery of the valley, but it is in the valley that we have to live for the

glory of God. We see His glory on the mountain, but we never live for

His glory there. It is in the place of humiliation that we find our true

worth to God — that is where our faithfulness is revealed. Most of us can

do things if we are always at some heroic level of intensity, simply

because of the natural selfishness of our own hearts. But God wants us to

be at the drab everyday level, where we live in the valley according to our

personal relationship with Him. Peter thought it would be a wonderful

thing for them to remain on the mountain, but Jesus Christ took the

disciples down from the mountain and into the valley, where the true

meaning of the vision was explained (Mark 9:5-6 , Mark 9:14-23).

“If you can do anything...” It takes the valley of humiliation to

remove the skepticism from us. Look back at your own experience and

you will find that until you learned who Jesus really was, you were a

skillful skeptic about His power. When you were on the mountaintop you

could believe anything, but what about when you were faced with the

facts of the valley? You may be able to give a testimony regarding your

sanctification, but what about the thing that is a humiliation to you right

now? The last time you were on the mountain with God, you saw that all

the power in heaven and on earth belonged to Jesus — will you be

skeptical now, simply because you are in the valley of humiliation?

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23

Upcoming Activities

Responsive Reading

ISAIAH 42:8-12

MINISTER: I am the LORD: that is My name: and My

glory will I not give to another, neither My

praise to graven images.

CONGREGATION: Behold, the former things are come to pass,

and new things do I declare: before they

spring forth I tell you of them.

MINISTER: Sing unto the LORD a new song, and His

praise from the end of the earth, ye that go

down to the sea, and all that is therein; the

isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

CONGREGATION: Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift

up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth

inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing,

let them shout from the top of the

mountains.

ALL: Let them give glory unto the LORD, and

declare His praise in the islands.

Prayer List “...The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

Sis. Reba Allen ( ? ) Sis. Donisha Lewis ( H )

Sis. Sandra Bell ( H ) Sis. Carol McClair-Thomas ( H )

Bro. Greg Brown (DrH) Sis. Princella Mills ( U )

Sis. Calberta Burch (CHC) Bro. Larry Mixon ( H )

Bro. Jimmy Burkes Columbus Fam. LaKeisha Moore ( H )

Bro. Phillip Dawson (GNH) Fam. Barbara Reid ( H )

Bro. Timothy Dubose ( H ) Sis. Rose Roberts (GNH)

Sis. Beverly Galloway ( H ) Sis. Gala Rogers ( H )

Sis. Carla Gatewood Kentucky Bro. Gerald Schmidt Wisconsin

Sis. Emily Gooden (Ch ) Rev. Rose Slade ( H )

Sis. Jody Green ( ? ) Sis. Lataska Ulmer ( H )

Bro. Curtis Haley ( H ) Sis. Helen Wallace (DH)

Rev. Mack Jackson ( J ) Fam. Terry Williams ( H )

Sis. Merl Jackson ( H ) Sis. Tina Williams California

Sis. Annie Mae Johnson ( H ) Bro. Larry Wise (GSH)

BN = Bethesda North Hospital ( H ) = Home

( C ) = Christ Hospital ( J ) = Jewish Hospital

CHC =Clovernook Health Care Pavilion JCH = Jewish Center Hospital

Ch = Children’s Hospital M/W = Mercy West (North Bend Road)

CH = Cincinnati Hospice OPN = Oak Pavilion Nursing Rehab

DH = Deupree House SSC = Seasons Senior Living Community

DrH = Drake Hospital ( U ) = University Hospital

GNH = Glencare Nursing Home VAH =Veterans Administration Hospital

GSH = Good Samaritan Hospital

Prayer Requests

PRAISE THE LORD! For those that have a more personal or special prayer

request, please print your name, telephone number (optional), and the trial, situation,

storm, or circumstance below; tear off at the perforation and place in the Prayer Box.

Pastor Toney’s Corner

Are Your Christmas Lights On?

Each year Christmas is one my favorite times of the year. When

my children were younger and even now. We like to ride around

and look for Christmas lights around the neighborhood.

When Jesus was born, his birth was like no other baby ever born.

The Angels announced the Virgin Birth of Mary (Luke 1).

The Shepherds abiding in the fields keeping their flocks by night

and the glory of the Lord Shone (shined) round about them with

Angels announcing good tidings of great joy. And, lo, the angel of

the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round

about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto

them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,

which shall be to all people. (Luke 2:9-10).

Can you tell the story about the true meaning of Christmas? This

is the time of year when even unbelievers will hear the Story. So do

like Jesus said Let your light so shine before men, that they may

see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven

(Matthew 5:16).

Tell the GOOD NEWS that Jesus Christ was born and let’s make

sure your Lights are on.

Today’s Scripture

Visitor’s Welcome Song

Chorus: Verse:

Welcome into this place, Creation declares Your Glory,

Welcome into this broken vessel. And the universe declares Your

You desire to abide in the praises Majesty;

of Your people; Yet You choose to abide in the

So we lift our hands, and we lift praises of Your people,

our hearts, So we offer up this praise unto

As we offer up this praise unto

Your Name.

This Week in Black History

Meadowlark Lemon…

One of the most recognizable members of the Harlem

Globetrotters traveling basketball troupe, died last Sunday at

the age of 83. Lemon was best known for his amazing ball-

handling skills, over-the-top court antics and his infamous

water bucket prank among other acts.

Born Meadow George Lemon III on April 25, 1932 in Wilmington,

NC, the future hoops icon briefly attended Florida A&M University

before being drafted into the Army. In 1955 at the age of 23, he made the

Globetrotters squad and began a long and fruitful career of thrilling fans

around the world.

Lemon left the squad for the first time in 1980, playing for a series of

Globetrotter-like exhibition squads before returning to the troupe in 1994,

although he was a member of his own “Meadowlark Lemon’s Harlem

All-Stars” squad. He played 50 games in his final year with the

Globetrotters, and claimed he played around 16,000 games during his

five-decade career.

Over that period, Lemon became a household name. His natural

charisma led to television appearances in commercials along with a

cartoon series and live-action series with fellow famed Globetrotter

Fred “Curly” Neal.

In 1986, Lemon became an ordained minister, establishing his

Meadowlark Lemon Ministries in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Mr. Lemon is survived by his wife Dr. Cynthia Lemon and his 10

children.

(Source: www.blackamericaweb.com)

2016: Commit to Good Health, one day at a time! JANUARY Family Fit Lifestyle Month.

Thought for the Week The most important work we will ever do is within the walls of our own home!

(Harold B. Lee)

FAMILY FIT LIFESTYLE MONTH! Thinking of New Year’s Resolutions? Here are five simple things the whole family can do.

1. Exercise 30 minutes most days of the week. Aim for 5 days.

2. Decrease stress by practicing relaxation breathing while listening to soft music 10 minutes daily.

3. Eat more fruits and veggies. Aim for “5 a day” -- 2 fruits and 3 vegetable servings.

4. Spend more time with family. Eat dinner together; exercise together.

5. Be grateful every day!

(Source: N/A)

Van Passengers If you are NOT riding the Church Van on Sunday, please notify by Saturday Evening:

HOME CELL

Latora Gooden 324-1635

Thomas Jones 681-0789 807-6286

Sharon Taylor 721-2230 328-5858

Please do NOT telephone Sundays BEFORE church…thank you!