Greater Little Zion Baptist Church 10185 Zion Drive Fairfax, VA 22032 Phone: 703-764-9111 Fax: 703-764-9162 Office Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Email: [email protected] Website: www.glzbc.org Baptism Sunday Sunday, February 5, 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 7:45 a.m. Service says I have. I can do what It says I can do. Today I will 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 Musician……………………..…………………...… Min. Keith Exum Sermon Notes Minister of Music .…...……………………… Bro. Robert Fairchild Message Notes 7:45 a.m. Scripture (s): Call to Worship ……………….……………………………………………….... Sermon Text: Invocation ..……………………......……...….………..…………... Minister Musical Selection (2) ………………….…...........… Zion Inspirational Choir The Spoken Word/Sermon …………......... Rev. Dr. James T. Murphy, Jr. Sermon Title: “Life Healing Choices” Part 4 Matthew 5:6 The Growth Choice: How Bad Do You Want It 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 10:45 a.m. Service says I have. I can do what It says I can do. Today I will 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 Musician ..……..………….………..……………… Min. Keith Exum Message Notes 10:45 a.m. Minister of Music ………………...………… Bro. Robert Fairchild Scripture (s): Sermon Text: Praise and Worship ………………..…..….………….…………………...…… Call to Worship ……………………………...………………………………….. Congregational Hymn #404…................. Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand Worshippers may enter Invocation ..…………………............................………..…...…… Minister Musical Selection ……………......…….…..….…… Zion Inspirational Choir Welcoming of Visitors ….……………….……….….....…. Greeter’s Ministry Announcements …………………………….………………………………..… Worship of Giving/ Prayer ………………….... Board of Directors/Deacons Congregational Prayer Time ……………………………………………… Baptism………………………………………………………………………….. Musical Selection ……………......….……...…...…. Zion Inspirational Choir The Spoken Word/Sermon …….................….. Rev. James T. Murphy, Jr. Sermon Title: “Life Healing Choices” Part 4 Matthew 5:6 The Growth Choice: How Bad Do You Want It Invitation to Salvation Benediction ……………………….…………….. Rev. James T. Murphy, Jr. Please do not enter or leave the Sanctuary during this time Sis. Patricia Beander, Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA (Health & Healing concerns) Sis. Ruth Garrett’s friend Col. Carolyn Broadway – Health & Healing Concerns (Rev. Estelle Chandler’s family friend) Dr. Chuck Chandler, Hospital in Atlanta – Health & Healing Concerns (Rev. Estelle Chandler’s son) Sis. Maya Chandler, Hospital in Atlanta – Health & Healing Concerns (Rev. Estelle Chandler’s granddaughter) Sis. Barbara Collins – Health & Healing Concerns Sis. Henrietta Davis, fighting cancer of the kidney (Sis. Denise Snowden’s first cousin) Sis. Janice Tate-Fawver, CA – Health & Healing Concerns (Sis. Joyce Moseley’s sister) Sis. Annette Fletcher Sis. Rosalind Gardner (Sis. Jacqueline White’s cousin) Sis. Ruth Garrett Sis. Yetta Howard - Health & Healing (Sis. Yedetta Felton’s sister) Bro. Julius Lewis – Health and Healing (Bro. Ed and Sis. Mamie James’ friend) Bro. Walter Meares (Bro. Ronald Meares’ brother) Bro. Roy Miller (Sis. Jannie Eaddy’s cousin) Bro. Luther Morrow – Health & Sickness Concerns (Dea. Don Newton’s brother-in-law) Bro. Joseph Oliver – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Ruth Garrett’s brother) Sis. Ruby Parkey – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Brenda Perkins-Johnson's aunt) Sis. Tyra Parkey – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Brenda Perkins-Johnson's cousin) Bro. George Reese (Sis. Donna Reese’s husband) Bro. Tyler Sigler – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Agnes Sorrell’s friend) Bro. John Sorrell – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Agnes Sorrell’s husband) Sis. Mary Lee Spates, Lake City, SC (Sis. Denise Snowden’s mother) Bro. Samuel Sullivan – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Doris Dunkley’s father) Bro. Bernardo Snowden – Health Concerns (Sis. Denise Snowden’s brother-in-Law) Bro. Joel Anthony Tate, Northern, CA (Sis. Joyce Moseley's brother) Bro. Joshua Thomas – Health & Sickness Concerns (Sis. Crystal Thomas’ father) Bro. John Wherry – Health & Sickness Concerns and Faith & Discernment (Sis. Frankie Brown’s brother) Bro. William White (Sis. Jacqueline White’s brother) Bro. Robert D. Williams, St. Petersburg, Florida (Sis. Carmen Holt’s brother) Bro. Tommy Williams (Sis. Annette Fletcher’s brother) Mourning the Loss of a Loved one: Sis. Ruby Harney (Death of her niece) Unit 3: The Church is Born “Re-Created to Live in Harmony” Daily Bible Readings of this week: Monday Galatians 3:1-5 Tuesday Genesis 22:15-18 Wednesday Galatians 3:15-18 Thursday 1 Corinthians 12:12-18 Friday 1 John 2:28-3:3 Saturday Colossians 3:12 -17 Sunday Galatians 3:26-4:7 Waring’s trip at the time had very little effect on her career, but it has been remarked as a major influence on her and her work as an artist. Receiving the scholarship gave her the time to evolve as an artist and, as the award was highly regarded, she also gained publicity by it. Laura Wheeler Waring (May 16, 1887 – February 3, 1948) was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans which she made during the Harlem Time in Paris (1924–1925) Renaissance. She taught art for more than 30 years at Cheyney After the end of the war, Waring returned to Paris in June 1924. Her second trip to Paris was University in Pennsylvania. regarded to be a turning point in her style as well as her career. Waring described this time as the most purely art-motivated period in her life, "This was my only period of uninterrupted life Early life: Black and white reproduction of Heirlooms, 1916 New York as an artist with an environment and associates that were a constant stimulus and Watercolor Club Exhibition inspiration." For approximately four months, Waring lived in France, absorbing French culture and lifestyle. Laura Wheeler was born May 16, 1887 in Hartford, Connecticut, the fourth child of six born to Mary (Freeman) and Reverend Robert Foster Wheeler. Her mother was a daughter of Amos She began to paint many portraits, and in October enrolled to study at the Académie de la Noë Freeman, a Presbyterian minister, and Christiana Williams Freeman, who had been Grande Chaumiére, where she studied painting. Instead of soft, pastel tones she painted a prominent in anti-slavery activities, including the Underground Railroad in Portland, Maine more vibrant and realistic method. Houses at Semur, France (1925), oil on canvas, has been and Brooklyn, New York. Laura graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1906 and noted by art historians the painting that marked Waring’s change in style. Her use of vivid studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, graduating in 1914. color, light, and atmosphere in this work is characteristic of the style she established after this trip to Europe and which she continued throughout her career. In 1906 Waring began teaching part-time in Philadelphia at Cheyney Training School for Teachers (later renamed Cheyney State Teachers College and now known as Cheyney Besides a posthumous exhibition at Howard University in 1949, Waring's paintings made in University.) She taught art and music at Cheyney until 1914 when she traveled abroad to Paris are not believed to have been exhibited and their whereabouts are unknown. In addition Europe. Her occupation at Cheyney was time consuming, as it was a boarding school and to painting, Waring wrote and illustrated a short story with close friend and novelist, Jessie she was often needed to work evenings and Sundays. This left her without much time to Redmon Fauset. Fauset accompanied Waring throughout her travels in France at this time. practice art. 1906-1914 were slow years for her artistic career as a result of this. Waring Waring wrote the short story, "Dark Algiers and White," for The Crisis magazine of the worked long hours teaching art, sometimes spending summers teaching drawing at Harvard NAACP, and it was later published. and Columbia for additional money. Personal life: After she returned from Europe, she continued to work at Cheyney and did so for over thirty Laura Wheeler married Walter Waring on June 23, 1927. He was from Philadelphia and years. In her later years at Cheyney, she was the director of the art programs. In 1914 Laura worked in the public school system as a teacher. When they first married, money was scarce, Wheeler-Waring was granted a trip to Europe by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts’ so they delayed their honeymoon for two years. In 1929, the newlyweds traveled to France, William E. Cresson Memorial Scholarship. She studied at the Académie de la Grande spending more than two months there. Chaumière in Paris, France and traveled throughout Great Britain. While living in Paris, Wheeler-Waring frequented the Jardin du Luxembourg. Art career: Waring was among the artists displayed in the country's first exhibition of African-American She painted Le Parc Du Luxembourg (1918), oil on canvas, based on a sketch she made art, held in 1927 by the William E.