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BBCJANUARY 2013 EDITION

M A G A Z I N E

BOULEVARD BAPTIST CHURCH

Mission Statement:To develop our spiritual lives, evangelize the widercommunity and infuence the world through Christ by organized preaching,

public and private worship, Christian education and ellowship, whileco-operating with other Christian bodies.

Issue

No.

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Journey o Success

Church ApparelSimplicity, Decency, Elegance

(The Bibles Perspective)

BILLS and Our Liestyle(Financial Education)

The Gospel o Peace

Continued Testimony o

Bro. Washbert McKnight

Ater that major accident...

The Green House Eectand Climate Change

The Mans Contribution...

Whats Her Role?(Your Counsellor)

Avoiding Sexual Temptations(Sex and The Bible)

Raising a Standard o Holiness

DANA-MARIE DICK(Youth Inspiration)

Believers Month - Theme:

G O T E L L

How do we give thanks to

God in difcult times?(Dear Preacher)


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I you should ask a group o young people about their career choices, the most likely

responses would be to become a medical doctor, a lawyer , an accountant, or an

engineer. We do not oten nd anyone choosing a career in actuarial science, and one

may wonder what this proession is all about. We interviewed a charming and bold

individual, Dana-Marie Dick, to get details on this career path and what led her into this

unusual eld.

Dana is gited in Mathematics, a subject area that is challenging or many and has been

very topical in recent times. This talent, and support rom her mother, Sis. Mary Dick,

motivated her to pursue this career. She noted that being able to do Math well is a

prerequisite to becoming an actuary. At Sagicor Lie, Danas job is to ensure that the

company has adequate unds to pay out in lie insurance claims and at the same time is

able to take care o other nancial obligations. Ultimately, her goal is to become a Fellow

o the Society o Actuaries (FSA). Dana admits that this proession oers a generous

remuneration.

At Boulevard Baptist, Dana is one o the coordinators o the Brownie Pack, which she

nds to be the most ullling part o Church ministry or her. BBC E-magazine explored

her achievements as well as amily and recorded the ollowing:

Youth Inspiration

Dana-Marie Dick

BBC E-Mag.: What do you like best about your ather (Rev. Devon Dick), Mother, Deon and

Duvaughn? Dana: My father is very fun-loving; we play sports together and do funactivities. My mother is a good listener and gives good advice. Deon is excited overour achievements and lauds our successes, and Duvaughn is very ambitious andhas great thoughts and ideas.

BBC E-Mag.: What have been your best moments together?Dana: Family vacations have been the best. Whether overseas orlocal, spending quality family time having fun together havebeen the most memorable moments.

BBC E-Mag.: What would you emulate rom your parents?

Dana: They are married for 27 years and are so much inlove stealing kisses and still dating each other.

BBC E-Mag.: What are your uture plans or marriage and amily?

Dana: I hope to be married in a few years, maybe three years,and have two to four children.

BBC E-Mag.: What have been your major achievements?

Dana:Being awarded the UWI Open Scholarship, nomineefor the Prime Ministers Youth Award and graduatingfrom UWI with a BSc. in Actuarial Science.

BBC E-Mag.: What is the ultimate thing you ever yearned or?

Dana:To fulll my purpose in all aspects of my life.


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Success

During an interview on the programme OnStage which was aired on CVM Television,

Dance Hall artiste Shabba Ranks described

a scenario where a group o ty persons,

including him, went on a journey that he

alone had the map. No one else in the group

knew the route or where the journey would

take them. He said that while on the journey,

he stopped to answer natures call. The

members o the group did not wait or him at

that point. Instead they let him in pursuance

o the journey although they did not know

their destination. However, soon they had to

stop and wait or him.

This scenario presented by Shabba Ranks

speaks much o our uture and our approach

to getting there. We are oten told that noone knows what the uture holds, but still we

make our plans o what we hope to achieve

or the years to come. Nevertheless, while

It is always ne or us to make plans, no

matter how much we may chart a journey

or success, in some cases it is all in utility.

Our uture is in Gods hands and He aloneknows the journey. As with the Shabba

Ranks scenario, Shabba alone knew where

they were going. Persistently we try to move

ahead o Gods plan or us and we become

impatient. The least challenge we encounter

on the way, we search or other options to

achieve what we want quickly. Its only ater

we meet upon a stone wall that we have to

turn back to God or him to guide us to that

right path to our destination.

When lies journey seems unsure, senseless

and even rustrating, trust God! He tells us

that his plan or us is to prosper Jeremiah

29:11. Remember that serving God and

obtaining success in whatever we set out to

do will never be easy. It will take aith inGod who will give us perseverance, strength

and endurance.

TheJourney o

By: Sophia Williams


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Being Gods people in Gods world, raising up a standard of

Holiness in a non-standard world. (Presenter: Sis. Lassom McDermott

- Bible Study texts: Timothy 3:16-17, 1 Peter 1:13-16, James 1:2)

In a riveting and soul-searching Bible Study presentation on

Thursday, July 10, 2012 during Youth week, Sis. Lassom McDermott

gave rm reminders of living a life according to Gods standards. She

challenged us to live a life separated from the world, and our standards

must be according to Gods commandments. The Bible is Gods word to

help us make the right decisions. She posited that there are so many

standards in the world today and many think it is okay to go with the

ow, such as the standard of popular opinion, or once it feels right

its okay.

Sis. Lassom afrmed that the believers standard is one of holiness,

freedom from sin, sanctity, apartness, sacredness, to hallow and to

dedicate. The crown of holiness is eternal life. She indicated thatproper conduct can be tested by one question Is it holy? We were

instructed to do what is right before God and leave the consequences

to him. When we go into the world our fragrance must affect the

environment as we are called to mirror Jesus Christ.

Challenge: To live a life separated from the World.

H O L I N E S SRaising a Standard of


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Sex&

The BibleYouth Week Panel discussion: Avoiding Sexual TemptationPanelists Sister Ruth Downie and Deacon Rohan Phillips

In declaring that she has a special calling to contribute to the development o our youth, Sis.

Ruth highlights the Youth Fellowship as an avenue or doing this. She stated that older adults

live a lie o pretence while behaving as though we have not had the same experiences that

the younger people are having now. She asked, What is Gods standard or sexual immorality?

God has provided all the tools to achieve and maintain all his standards. Genesis 8: 21 states

Never again will I curse the ground because o humans, even though every inclination o the

human heart is evil rom childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have

done. This scripture, along with others, highlights the consequences or our disobedience.

Despite this, she says that there is orgiveness.

Deacon Rohan cautioned young people to know their weaknesses and avoid certain places.

He encouraged them to avoid these temptations; urging them to have a riend they can call.

Additionally, he reminded them that there is always an alternative or any situation they might

nd themselves in. Asking the question, How do we control our thoughts?Deacon Rohanstressed the point that the rst time is viewed as an accident but the second time is based on

choice. Giving examples o tempting and appealing situations which could potentially control

our minds, Deacon Rohan warned that we should never look a second time. He advised that we

should guard against idleness which causes trouble so we should keep busy. He emphasized

his arguments by reerring to the ollowing scripture text: Romans 7 v 21: So I nd this law at

work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.


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Dear Preacher,How can I give thanks to God indifcult times?

We give thanks in everything because something is still let that we

can give thanks or. We might be knocked down with problems but not

knocked out we are not dead. Where there is lie there is hope. Nine

things are going wrong but there is one that is going well, thereore givethanks or that one. We do not give thanks or being robbed or raped

but we give thanks or being alive. Put it positively, count your blessings

one by one and give thanks - or redemption, grace, mercy, pardon,

justication and hope o heaven in Jesus Christ. The most important

things in lie are ree and we can give thanks or that. God has been

aithul to us during our diculties.

We give thanks in everything because there is a door o opportunity in

every situation. God does not waste any crisis. And we should not either.

People tend to be averse to crisis perceiving it as an unstable condition, as

in political, social, or economic aairs, involving an impending disaster.

However, perhaps we should understand a crisis the way the Greeks

understood it as a critical moment - a time to make a judgment call; it

must be resolved. A crisis is a decisive point or situation; a turning point.

Lie consists o trials, sel-inficted, or inficted by others, allowed by God

to test our mettle and strength.

Every crisis is an opportunity or God to display his power.

God will reveal his presence and power

in our hour o crisis. A crisis exposes us to

suering that tests our aith and proves the

graces, values, attitudes and competenceso people. Remember God knows best and

understands best. God not only knows best

but does best.


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Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called thesons of God.- Matthew 5:9

PEACE IS ALWAYS UNDER THREAT.

Te picture o the lion, leopard, goat, sheep,

children, poisonous snakes in harmonious

relationship would seem to be a dream that

everyone would want to share. Who really

wants to live in a community o discord,

o quarrels and ghtings, o victims and

predators? Our New estament lesson

rom Romans 12 cautions I it is possible,

as ar as depends on you, live at peace with

everyone. Let us be reminded that peace

has economic and other social implications.

ake or example Isaiahs arm.

Te need or encing no longer exists. Te

need or ropes to constrain disappears.

Te requirement or special acilities tosegregate animals vanishes. Somebody is

going to sell less wire, somebody is going to

make less board, and somebody is going to

sell less rope. Cessation o war is bad news

or weapons manuacturers.

Harmony in communities threatens the

viability o security rms. Peacemakers

in the church obstruct the hand o the

powerul, ignore the roar o the dominant

and protect the bleat o the weak. It means

that peacemaking must naturally ace and

conront opposition. Perhaps that is why

they are BLESSED.

Tey are blessed because they stand

between chaos and tranquility. Tey are

blessed because they demonstrate the

dierence between what is and what ought

to be. Class, race, social status, educational

competence and adherence to statements o

belie have become tools or segregation and

divisiveness among peoples. Te Gospel opeace transorms but there are those who

are determined to resist out o ear, greed

or blatant sel-centeredness. Peacemaking

is not a call to lie o ease but a struggle

against evil.

The transformative Powerof the Gospel of Peace

Excerpts (Assembly 2012 - Sermon by Glendon Brown)


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Church Apparel.Simplicity, Decency and Elegance

The Bibles Perspective

On Topical Issues: By: Sophia Williams

In continuing the Bible Study presentation

on the topic: Does It matter what you wear

to Church?, Rev. Dick made reerence

to 1 Tim. 2:9, explaining that we should

appear in apparel suitable to the place and

the occasion. He posited that the world,

as God has made it, is ull o beauty, andhe has shown in each fower that he is

not opposed to true ornament. The word

modest properly relates to ornament, or

decoration, and means that which is well-

ordered, decorous, becoming and well put

together.

It signies that which is clean, neat, and

decent, yea, beautiul and ornamental;

[See Ps. 45: 9] It does not, properly, mean

modest in the sense o being opposed to

that which is immodest, or which tends to

excite improper passions and desires, but

that which is becoming or appropriate. He

argued that it is not a call to inattention to

personal appearance, looking like heng

pan nail or as i we went through World War

II. It is about excess and going overboard

or doing it to impress people we do not

like by buying things we cannot aord. Inemphasizing this point, Rev. Dick stated

that the true line is passed when more is

thought o this external adorning than o the

ornament o the heart. Costly array is what

we can ill aord; unnecessary expense or

expenditure is such that it prevents the

carrying out o duties to children who lack

ood and educational opportunities. He said

outward appearance should be marked by

simplicity, decency and elegance.


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FINANCIAL EDUCATION MINISTRY

Bills and Our LifestyleDo you agree that biblical stewardshipneeds eective goal setting underGods guidance? I you do not knowwhere you are going, any road willget you there, is a popular saying atwhich we chuckle. It is true. Daily,olks spend recklessly, have children

carelessly, incur debt needlessly andthen complain that their bills aredrowning them. Tey travel without amap, goal, plan or budget and theyget lost. People say being unable to paybills is the main issue acing Jamaicanstoday. Te prevailing sentiment is thatwe need more income. Really? What

are bills? Bills result rom liestyledecisions, smart or dumb, good orbad, prayerul or impulsive.

Mull overLuke 14:28. Speaking aboutdiscipleship, this Bible verse tells us to

count the cost beore building a tower.Surely, we should sit down, reect andbudget available resources under Jesusguidance. How else will we be able toknow his allocation o his resourceso time, talents and money that hepresents to us?

FinallyHebrews 13:8 reminds us thatJesus is the same yesterday, today andorever. We can trust him to do whathe says. We can rely on him to provideor us when we seek rst his kingdomand his righteousness (Matthew6:33). When he shows us his goal, we

can believe him. However, we mustunderstand that we do not see lie ashe sees it. Tereore, our experiencesmight dier rom our expectations.Will you trust Jesus to supplyyour needs?

Brother Hugh Reid

Chairman, Financial Education Ministry and

President of Scotia Jamaica Life Insurance


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Believers Month

GO TELL!Telling and meditative could best describe the presentations

delivered by Rev. Stephen Smith during Believers month,

October, as he expounded on the theme Go tell, with the

selected text or the month, relating to the Great Commission,

Go make disciples o all nations, baptizing them in

the name o the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.. -Matthew 28: 16-20. Rev. Smith ensured that everyone received

and ully understood the commands to GO , to MAKE and to

BAPTIZE with live demonstrations.

He underscored the act that based on instructions in the Great

Commission in Mat thew 28, i we are not doing accordingly, weare acting in disobedience. He stated that it is the duty o every

believer, no matter his/her status in the church, to go and tell

the unsaved about Christ. He explained that in witnessing and

making disciples or Christ, our lives as seen by others should

be a true example o Him.

Rev. Smith spoke o the compulsion to baptize. He asserted that

we are compelled to baptize those who proess the aith. We are

compelled as it is God at work, never man at work, in the acto baptism. No one should decide on behal o others who must

be baptized John 3:22-23. He emphasized the points that

baptism is a command by the savior, Jesus the Christ; baptism

is a sign o salvation; baptism is a sacred solemn moment.

It is identiying with Christ as a child o God and, o great

importance, it is the work o the Holy Spirit.


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THE TESTIMONY CONTINUES FOR

Brother Washbert McKnight

After thatmajor accident

(the vision rom his grandather)Afer that, he told me to read Proverbs

8 and to draw closer to God. I started

to read rom Proverbs 1-31 and

developed more wisdom and love

or God. However, despite all o that

teaching, I did not give my lie to God.

I knew God was great and true as I

have proved him over and over again.

Nevertheless, I sometimes orgot some

o his goodness to me.

On November 22, 2009 at

approximately 11:30 am, I was on my

way to Westmoreland rom work when

the rear lef tyre o my car blew outalong a section o the Clarendon leg

o Highway 2000. I lost control o the

vehicle which overturned in a ditch. I

was not wearing my seat belt so I was

thrown out o the car and it ell on top

o me. My pelvic bones were broken,

leaving my lower body dead. I elt like

I was crippled and the tears owed. Ihad to undergo major surgery at the St.

Josephs Hospital or six hours.

Te surgeon used pins to x my pelvic

bones, and I was told that I would not

be able to walk properly again.

It took me a year to recover until I

could walk properly and was able to

go back to work. o God be the glory!

It was afer that major accident that I

really proved Gods undying love or

me and I gave Him ull control o my

lie to demonstrate how much I love

Him. In closing, no matter what you

are going through, God will never ailyou. Just give Him a chance in your lie

-- that is all He asks.


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The Greenhouse Effect And Climate Change

GREEN ATTITUDES

What is the greenhouse efect?

Te greenhouse eect is an increasein temperature rom the heat andlight o the sun which is trappedin the atmosphere o the earth,similarly to heat trapped in a car.Te heat rom the sun gets intothe car through the windows, andcannot escape rom the inside thecar. Tis kind o scenario explainswhat the greenhouse eect doesto the earth. Te temperature othe earth rises when the heat andlight rom the sun penetrate the

atmosphere and is unable to get out.

Te evidence based on scienticdata has shown that or thousandso years, increases in temperaturehave closely been tracked withatmospheric CO2 concentrations.Tis CO2 is largely responsible

or recent warming trends. Te

Industrial Revolution has accountedor about 500 billion tons o carbondioxide, and approximately hal o itremains in the atmosphere. Tis isas a result o the burning o naturalgas, coal and oil.

Climate change reers to seasonalchanges over a long period o timeranging rom decades to thousandso years. Tis is as a result owarmer global temperatures in theatmosphere and oceans. Climatechange aects droughts, rainall

patterns, humidity, storms, growingseasons and sea level. Climate changetakes place at the local, regionaland continental levels, while globalwarming is planet-wide. Given theact that the warming trend is global,the impact it has on dierent areasaround the world varies with their

local plants, animals and people.

By: Sophia Williams


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Your Counsellor

The Mans contribution

What is her role? (Part 2) By: Sophia Williams

Let us now look at the role o the woman and her obligations in marriage.

Te woman has a duty to take care o her husband. In our Jamaican

culture, it is the role o the woman to manage the home. She ensures

that there is adequate ood, the house is organized and the needs o herman are met, among other things. Sex orms a very integral part o the

marriage or the man. Men are usually reerred to as sex maniacs, and

this is something that a woman entering into a marital relationship must

condition hersel or, and be excited about.

Withdrawing can create serious problems or the marriage. She must

always be prepared both physically and mentally or any eventuality as

it relates to sex. Men like spontaneity, so it is important that the woman

responds positively, as the man is almost always in the mood or sex,

whether it is morning, noon and/or night. As the Bible instructs, the

woman must submit hersel to her husband . so whenever the man is

ready the woman, most times, must be ready, barring certain realities.

Additionally, it is important that the woman appears neat and clean in

the home. She must be creative when it comes to the bedroom. Men canget bored too, and may look or something diferent and creative outside

the marriage. Unortunately, the man may not communicate this to the

woman. Finally, acknowledge God in all your sexual activities knowing

that it is the most beautiul and wonderul act He created or this holy

institution.


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