A Breath of Fresh Air - Ezekiel 37:1-14 #Bethanybklyn #Revlaceysaid #Dontlookback

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2020 , 2019

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR - EZEKIEL 37:1-14 #BETHANYBKLYN #REVLACEYSAID #DONTLOOKBACK

OUR KNOWN SICK AND SHUT-IN MEMBERS “I was sick and ye visited me…” Matthew 25:36

Beloved,

Cheryl, Cameryn, Matthew and I wish to say, “Thank you!”, for all your expressions of love. Indeed, your expressions show the work of God’s grace towards us and is only magnified by the underlying circumstances of which we all stand. No one could deserve the Christmas gifts, love and kindness you have shown us. Again, I say, “Thank you!”. Mrs. Virgie Baldwin – 415 Bleecker St – Apt 3E - 11237 Mrs. Erma Billue – 1417 Prospect Pl – Apt. B10 – 11213 As this year draws to a close, many are drawn to pause and reflect on the events of the Ms. Sylvia Blount – 8927 Happiness Rd. – Harrisburg, NC 28075 past 12 months. This has been a year like no other in our lifetimes. The number of Ms. Barbara Bowers – 1509 Remsen Ave. – 11236 Mr. Harold Bradley – Linden Center for Nursing & Rehab. – 2237 Linden Blvd. – Rm. 267 – 11207 transitions we have endured are so varied that it is almost staggering and defeating. In Mrs. Gloria Brown – Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) – 727 Classon Ave. – Rm. 425 – 11238 fact, this is a year that most of us would prefer to follow the advice to “Don’t Look Back”. Deacon Harvey Butler, Sr. – 578 Madison St. – 11221 Honestly, many of us just want this time to end. Yet, family, even in these times, we must Mr. William Campbell Mrs. Mary Carpenter – 1125 Halsey St. – 11207 remember God still knows what we need, when we need it, and will send it at the right Mrs. Margaret Chaplin – 656 Saratoga Ave. - #1 - 11212 time. The season of Christmastide reminds us of that with these words, “But when the Reverend Ruby Cole – Center for Nursing & Rehab. (CNR) – 727 Classon Ave. fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in Mrs. Wilma Ector – 478 MacDonough St. – 11233 Mr. Willie Edmond – Brookdale Senior Living – 251 Springtree Dr. – #310 – Columbia, SC 29223 order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as Ms. Mary Epps – 50 Westminster Rd. – Apt. 5E – 11218 children.” (Galatians 4:4-5). God is an on-time God, especially in purpose and promise! Mrs. Ella Gardner – Queens/Nassau Nursing & Rehab – 520 Beach 19th St. – Rm. 204B – Far Rkwy, NY 11691 Ms. Thelma Harris – 170 Decatur St. – Apt. 3A – 11233 Mr. Kenneth Hazell – 258 East 45th St. – 11203 Moving forward into this new season, I encourage us to not allow moments of reflection Deacon James Henry – Horizon Care Center – 64-11 Beach Channel Drive – Rm. 427B – Arverne, NY – 11692 to overwhelm us into only looking backwards. Just as there many things that we will never Mrs. Jean Jackson – 19 East 58th St. – 11203 be again, there are also many things that we have been graced to mature into - and even Mrs. Girlene Johnson-Downing – 427 Quincy Street –11221 Mr. Damon & Mrs. Harriet Kinebrew – 11 Bayside Terrace, Jersey City, NJ - 07305 greater things we are going to inherit in the future! It is my prayer that as children of God Mrs. Theresa Kilkenny – 4823 Snyder Ave. – 11203 through the Spirit of the Son, we will look forward toward the great things on the way Mrs. Chantal Lee – 633 Decatur St. – 11233 Mrs. Mona McLaughlin – 1130 Parkwood Drive, #1 – Salina, KS – 67401-6651 throughout the coming New Year! Deacon John Palmer – Hollis Park Manor Rehabilitation – 19106 Hillside Avenue – Jamaica, NY - 11423 Ms. Mildred Peoples – 653 East 53rd Street – 11203 In fact, let us start together by watching our Watchnight service at 10:45 p.m. Happy Mrs. Josephine Robinson – 1379 East 52nd St. – 11234 Mrs. Dorothy Rudisel – South Oxford Nursing & Rehab. – 144 South Oxford St. – Rm. 506 – 11217 Watchnight! Mrs. Mozelle Seabrook – Crown Heights Ctr. for Nursing & Rehab. – 810 St. Marks Ave. – Rm. 400B –11213 Deacon Alberta Scott – P.O.Box 126 – 11233 With A Shepherd’s Love, Mrs. Annie Smith – Brookhaven Rehabilitation Center – 250 Beach 17th St. – Far Rockaway, NY – 11691 Ms. Doris Williams – Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation (CNR) – 727 Classon Ave. – Rm. 543A – 11238 Mrs. Mary Williams – 1658 St. Johns Place – Apt. 2C – 11233 Pastor Lacey

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2020 MORNING SCRIPTURE THE 0RDER 0F WORSHIP PSALM 148 (NIV) 1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the WELCOME heights above. 2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly EVOCATION 3 4 hosts. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. Lord of all ages, we evoke Your eternal name in this space. As we leave the season of 5 Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Advent and enter into the season of Christmastide, we thank You for sending Your Son in Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were the fullness of time. By grace, You have redeemed us and declared as Your children. We created, 6 and he established them for ever and ever – he issued a pray that our praise for You reaches the highest heights and goes out through all the lands decree that will never pass away. 7 Praise the Lord from the earth, for all eternity. In the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen. you great sea creatures and all ocean depths 8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding, 9 you mountains PRAISE & WORSHIP

10 and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, MORNING SCRIPTURE – Reverend E. Tyrone Pittman…………………….…………Psalm 148 small creatures and flying birds, 11 kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth, 12 young men and women, old PRAYER – Brother Keith Norgriff men and children. 13 Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the HYMN OF PRAISE heavens. 14 And he has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of JOYS AND CONCERNS & STEWARDSHIP MOMENT…………………….Sister Margaret Wright all his faithful servants of Israel, the people close to his heart. Praise the Lord. SERMONIC SELECTION

THE SERMON………………………………………………………………………DON’T LOOK BACK Galatians 4:1-7

INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP SERMONIC SCRIPTURE GALATIANS 4: 1-7 (NIV) ALTAR CALL 1 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir THE BENEDICTION is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. 4 But when the set time had TO GIVE ONLINE: TEXT BETHANYBC TO 77977 OR GO TO WWW.BETHANYBKLYN.ORG fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit who calls out,

7 “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child, and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

THE SERMON………………………………………………………………………DON’T LOOK BACK Galatians 4:1-7

5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit who calls out,

7 “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child, and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

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