Greater Little Zion Baptist Church 10185 Zion Drive Fairfax, VA 22032 Phone: 703-239-9111 Fax: 703-250-2676 Office Hours: 9:30 A.M
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Greater Little Zion Baptist Church 10185 Zion Drive Fairfax, VA 22032 Phone: 703-239-9111 Fax: 703-250-2676 Office Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Email: [email protected] Website: www.glzbc.org Sunday, September 10, 2017 2017 Theme: "The Year of Self-Worth" Proverbs 23:7a Church Vision: The vision of GLZBC is to reach the unsaved with the saving message of Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:19-20 Church Mission: The mission of GLZBC is to lead everyone to a full life of development in Christ. Luke 4:18-19 Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr., Pastor E-mail: [email protected] Worship on the Lord’s Day This is my Bible. I am what It says I am. I have what It says I have. I can do what It says I can do. Today I will 7:45 a.m. Service be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess that my mind is alert, my heart is receptive and I will never be the same. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Today’s Music Leader Sermon Notes Musicians ..….…....... Sis. Christian Davis and Min. Keith Exum Message Notes 7:45 a.m. Minister of Music .…...……………………… Bro. Robert Fairchild Scripture (s): Sermon Text: Call to Worship ……………….……………………………………………….... Invocation ..……………………......……...….………..…………... Minister Musical Selection (2) ………………….…...........… Youthful Praise of Zion The Spoken Word/Sermon …………......... Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr. Sermon Title: “A Final Word About Words” Philippians 4:1-8 Invitation to Salvation ………….…….......... Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr. Worship of Giving/Prayer …………..……...… Board of Directors/Deacons (Bring Prayer Request As Well With Offering) Welcoming of Visitors ….…...……………………………. Greeter’s Ministry Announcements ………………………………………………………………… Benediction …………………..………..…… Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr. Please do not enter or leave the Sanctuary during this time. Worship on the Lord’s Day This is my Bible. I am what It says I am. I have what It says I have. I can do what It says I can do. Today I will 10:45 a.m. Service be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess that my mind is alert, my heart is receptive and I will never be the same. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Theme: “Let Jesus be your guide” Sermon Notes Message Notes 10:45 a.m. Today’s Music Leader Scripture (s): Musicians ..…............ Sis. Christian Davis and Min. Keith Exum Sermon Text: Minister of Music .…………..………….…… Bro. Robert Fairchild Prayer and Invocation ..……................…… Bro. Marcus McGraw Praise and Worship ………………..…..… Young Adult Praise Team Welcoming of Visitors & Announcements ……... Sis. Stasia McCoy Musical Selection ………………......... Youthful Praise of Zion Choir Youth Moment …………………………….. Youth Ministry Members Worship of Giving …………..Sis. Miracle and Bro. Maceo Snowden Board of Directors/Deacons * Please submit your prayer request at this time* Scripture…………………………………..…...….. Sis. Mea Anderson Musical Selection …………….…..…...…. Young Adult Praise Team The Spoken Word/Sermon ……....... Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr. Sermon Title: “A Final Word About Words” Philippians 4:1-8 Invitation to Salvation Congregational Prayer Time …… Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr. Benediction ……………………..….. Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr. Please do not enter or leave the Sanctuary during this time Randall Robinson (born 6 July 1941) is an African-American lawyer, author and activist, noted as the Bro. James Adams, AK – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Jean Withers-Taylor’s father) founder of TransAfrica. He is known particularly for his impassioned opposition to apartheid, and for his Bro. Richard Boffman, Sr. – Health & Healing Concerns (Sis. Jerdleen Boffman’s husband) advocacy on behalf of Haitian immigrants and Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Sis. Anita Bounds – Health & Healing (Bro. Steve Hill’s step mother) Early life and education The Carter, Fisher and Henderson Family (Sis. Sylvia Fisher’s family) Robinson was born in Richmond, Virginia to Maxie Cleveland Robinson and Doris Robinson Griffin, Sis. Mary Evans – Health & Healing Concerns (Sis. Karen Talley’s mother) both teachers. The late ABC News anchorman, Max Robinson, was his elder brother. Randall Robinson Sis. Ruth Garrett - Health & Healing Concerns graduated from Virginia Union University, and earned a law degree at Harvard Law School. He also has an Sis. Yetta Howard - Health & Healing (Sis. Yedetta Felton’s sister) older sister, actress Jewel Robinson, and a younger sister, Pastor Jean Robinson. Both sisters live and work Sis. Trina Jones (Sis. Jacqueline White’s niece) in the Washington, D.C. area. He and his former wife had a daughter, Anike Robinson, and a son, Jabari Sis. Theresa Jones-McLaughlin – Health & Healing (Sis. Joyce Moseley’s Co-worker's mother) Robinson. He is married to Hazel Ross-Robinson and they have one daughter, Khalea Ross Robinson. Rev. Oscar Jordan (Bro. Jay Jordan’s father) Career Bro. Roy Miller (Sis. Jannie Eaddy’s cousin) Robinson was a civil rights attorney in Boston (1971–75) before he worked for U.S. Congressman Bill Clay Bro. James Murphy, Sr. – Health & Healing (Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr.’s father) (1975) and as administrative assistant to Congressman Charles Diggs (1976). He was a Ford fellow. Bro. Joseph Oliver – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Ruth Garrett’s brother) Robinson founded the TransAfrica Forum in 1977, which-according to its mission statement-serves as a Bro. Paul Patton: In ICU @ Fairfax Inova Hospital "major research, educational and organizing institution for the African-American community, offering Hospital Sis. Ruby Parkey – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Brenda Perkins-Johnson's aunt) constructive analysis concerning U.S. policy as it affects Africa and the African Diaspora (African-Americans Sis. Tyra Parkey – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Brenda Perkins-Johnson's cousin) and West Indians who can trace their heritage back to the dispersion of Africans that occurred as a result of Bro. Hosea Pickett’s father – Health & Sickness Concerns the Transatlantic slave trade) in the Caribbean and Latin America." He served in the capacity as TransAfrica's Bro. Kenneth Riley – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Brenda Perkins-Johnson's uncle) president until 2001. Bro. Karl Roberson– Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Renee Purcell’s father) During that period he gained visibility for his political activism, organizing sits-in at the South African Bro. Bradford Roper – Health concerns (Deacon Ned & Sis. Cynthia Roper’s son) embassy in order to protest the Afrikaner government's racial policy of discrimination against black South Bro. James Self – Health & Healing Concerns (Sis. Craigery Marshall-Self’s husband) Africans, a personal hunger strike aimed at pressuring the United States government into restoring Jean- Bro. Bernardo Snowden – Health Concerns (Sis. Denise Snowden’s brother-in-Law) Bertrand Aristide to power after the short-lived coup by General Raoul Cédras, and dumping crates filled with Sis. Mary Lee Spates, Lake City, SC (Sis. Denise Snowden’s mother) bananas onto the steps of the United States Trade Representative in order to protest what he views as Sis. Edith Swan – (Sis. Betty Meares’ friend) discriminatory trade policies aimed at Caribbean nations, such as protective tariffs and import quotas. Bro. Joshua Thomas – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Crystal Thomas’ father) In 2001, he authored a book "The Debt: What America Owes To Blacks", which presented an in-depth outline Sis. Christina Williams – Health & Healing (Bro. Larry Pyos’ mother) regarding his belief that wide-scale reparations should be offered to African-Americans as a means of Bro. Tommy Williams (Sis. Annette Fletcher’s brother) redressing what he perceives as centuries of discrimination and oppression directed at the group. The book Sis. Sheila Yeary – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Brenda Perkins-Johnson's cousin) argues for the enactment of race-based reparation programs as restitution for the continued social and Praying for our Nation economic issues in the African-American community, such as a high proportion of incarcerated black citizens and the differential in cumulative wealth between white and black Americans. Although some reviewers Mourning the Loss of a Loved one: praised Robinson for delving into a controversial topic that had not been addressed in the mainstream media, Sis. Dottie Henson (Death of her brother) others criticized him for reverse racism, and asserted that his own personal success contradicted the dire portrait he portrayed of the conditions faced by African-Americans living in the United States. In 2003 Robinson turned down an honorary degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Unit 1: Signs of God’s Covenants “Circumcision” Robinson began teaching at The Pennsylvania State University — Dickinson School of Law in the fall of 2008. Daily Bible Readings of this week: Exile In 2001, Robinson quit his position as head of TransAfrica and decided to emigrate to St. Kitts - where his Monday Genesis 17:15-17 wife, who is a member of a prominent Kittitian family, was born - a decision chronicled in his book, "Quitting Tuesday Genesis 17:20-22 America: The Departure of a Black Man from his Native Land." Robinson's self-imposed exile was caused Wednesday by what he describes as his antipathy towards America's domestic policies and foreign policy, both of Genesis 17:23-27 which he believes exploit minorities and the poor. Thursday Acts 7:1-8 Friday Post exile work Romans 4:13-25 Robinson is currently serving as Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Pennsylvania State University Saturday Dickinson School of Law. Hebrews 8:1-8 Sunday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Robinson Genesis 17:1-14 Church Clerk Needed for Greater Little Zion Baptist Church (GLZBC) Ministry Description: The Greater Little Zion Baptist Church is currently in search of an individual to serve as the Church Clerk. The Church Clerk must be a CSTM Presents Healthy Habits for the Month of September member in good standing at GLZBC. This position is elected annually as the Church Incorporate meditation into your daily routine Clerk is the clerical officer of the church. This individual is responsible for keeping Too much stress can impair muscle recovery, making leg day even worse.