Sunday, December 25, 2016

Holiday Worship Services New Year’s Eve—Saturday, December 31st at 12Noon

and 6:00pm New Year’s Day—Sunday, January 1st at 7:30am,

9:30am, 11:30am, & 4:00pm Communion Service (Dedication Sunday)

Today is ALL IN Sunday!

What does that mean? It means that everyone is giving to the IMAGINE MORE Campaign. How much? You decide. As a church body, we are all supporting the

vision and doing our part to help Advance the Kingdom!

Mer r y Christmas Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. ~Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will con-ceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus. ~Matthew 1:20-25 (NIV)

Refreshments will be served after each Service

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Reminders

Wednesday in the Word and Men’s Locker Room will both resume in

January! Have a Great Holiday, see you in Worship! Men, stay con-

nected to your Playbook Brothers.

Remember Wednesday Morning Devotional Calls at 6:00am, 1-712-432-0900, Code 672527

Wednesday In The Word

Christian Ed is on HOLIDAY BREAK! However, Spring Registration is open, and classes begin/resume on Jan. 9th!! Course Descriptions as well as Registra-tion forms are available in the lobby, and on our website at: http://msbcministries.org/christian-education-winter-spring-sessions.

Each Sunday, the team will be in the

lobby between Solomon’s Corner and the Kitchen after each service to hand out bar-code tags to all members. The barcode tag will serve many Check In purposes: Church School, Children’s Discipleship (Wednesdays), Greater Praise, Wednesday in the Word and Large Group Meetings (Women In Prayer, Men’s Locker Room, Christian Ed, Diaconate, Associate Ministers, etc.)

Wait Til I Get My Money Right—A financial workshop featuring Lanier Holmes, a Financial Advisor at M&T Bank, and Nicole Crest, who is a Lawyer. They will explore ways to get and keep your money right beyond the Holiday Season, that fur coat, or a dream vacation; and provide some legal protocol to further educate you on your Financial Journey. Friday, January 6, 2017 at 6665 Security Blvd. The doors open

at 6:00pm with the Workshop beginning promptly at 7:00pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Christian Education

Many smiles as our Diaconate Ministry

coordinated a Holiday retail gift card “giveaway” throughout the months of November and December. As a result, individuals and families from the Church and Community were blessed. Thank God for their efforts and for “the smiles” in helping MSBC make a difference!

Smiles at Christmas

Barcode Tags

C.R.E.W. Financial Workshop

We celebrated our First Lady last week and we have captured some MSBC moments for us all to see. You can view them by clicking on the First Lady Carla Birthday Celebration banner on our website.

Sunday, December 25, 2016

1. Sign in to In Fellowship with your Email Address and Password

2. Click Your Giving 3. Select Individual or Household 4. Under the Year, verify it is 2016 (or 2015) 5. Click Download Statement 6. Open your document 7. Print

VOLUNTEER VIDEO EDITING and GRAPHIC DESIGN—The MSBC Marketing Ministry is looking for support for our Marketing efforts. If you can help, please contact Dr. Anthony Brown at abrown@msbcministries.org or Minister Johnnie Miller at jmiller@msbcministries.org .

Looking for Convenient, Affordable, Quality Childcare and live in the Catonsville—Randallstown—Woodlawn area? Your search is over!

The Morning Star Baptist Church Community Daycare and Learning Center

Our Community Daycare and Learning Center serves approximately 60 preschool children ages 2 to 5 years old. The Center operates year-round Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Children are placed in groups according to age and ability. The curriculum includes devotion, progressive lesson plans and age-appropriate activities. The Center serves breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks, and schedules daily rest periods on small cots for the children. Staff are trained and knowledgeable about developmental stages and the needs of pre-school children.

Schedule a tour and bring your child – we would love to meet them. Call us at (410) 744-2685 $20.00 Application Fee (non-refundable) $160.00 - 2 Years Old $150.00 - 3-5 Years Old/Non-members $140.00 - 3-5 Years Old/ MSBC members only

Department of Social Services subsidies are gladly accepted.

Year End Contribution Statements Contact Lisa Nettles at

lnettles@msbcministries.org for assistance.

View the InFellowship tutorial for assistance, register for InFellowship, or pick up instructions

in the lobby.

The concrete for the

pulpit has been poured!!!

SCRIPTURES

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Classes are held at 6665 Security Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21207

They resume on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 (6:30pm—8:00pm) in Classroom 114

Every 4th Saturday (9:00am—12:00pm) in Classroom 100. (New member’s classes for children are on Saturdays only from 11:00am—12:00pm.)

Register for your classes.

View the InFellowship tutorial.

Register for InFellowship.

Minister Lois Blue, Brother Ronald Carroll, Sister Rose Coleman, Brother Daniel Day, Jr., Sister Ida (Jean) English, Sister Christine Gray, Sister Edith Hardy, Sister Lillian Jackson, Sister Barbara Johnson, Sister Beverly Lofton, Mother Mary

Manokey, Sister Marian Marsalle, Deaconess Loray Mooring, Deaconess Annie Ray, Sister Waline Rogers, Sister Catherine Shaw, Sister Allison Simpson, Deacon Ezekiel Thornton, and Sister Aileen Wilson.

If you or anyone in your family are sick, desire prayer, sick visit, or Communion visit, please call the church office at (410) 747-3417 so that we may be available to you and your family. Also please call if there is death of a family member.

New Members

Sick and Shut In

It is not too late for you to submit your pledge as we IMAGINE MORE for our new building. Fill out a pledge card located in the pew holders to make your pledge. After pledging, you can honor your pledge in service with cash, check, or credit card, or you can give at anytime through InFellowship or Txt2Give.

The Office of Marketing has implemented a NEW series on our website called What I’ve Learned. MSBC Members and Friends are invited to share some of their “life lessons” in an array of are-as. The goal is to inspire, encourage, and challenge readers to think and reflect as they navigate the journey The Lord has de-signed for them. We welcome your brief responses regarding what you’ve learned in a number of areas. Please keep in mind all submissions will be reviewed and ultimately posted on our website. When submitting your information to abrown@msbcministries.org please attach a photograph and a brief 2-3 sentence bio regarding who you are! Also, feel free to add a category or two. Submissions are available on the website now!

Sunday, December 25, 2016

365 Days of Prayer

The High Priest By Dennis Hoyle

Hebrews 4: 14-16 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weak-nesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (NIV) One thing that every man, woman and child has in common - weakness. We were born weak, flawed. Our weakness makes our “right walk” in God vulnerable to temptation. Similarly, something else common to all mankind - failure. None of us, no matter how strong, has passed every test. We all have fallen to tempta-tion. But unlike the Old Testament Hebrews we don’t need to have someone else take our sacrifices before God in a request for forgiveness. We have our own personal high priest in Jesus Christ. Our high priest knows about our weakness. He knows the pull and draw of temptation. But he also served as an example of how He has already overcome temptation. Place the word in your heart. Nurture it. Make it comfortable. Feed it with acts of faith that are seeded into it. Overcome one temptation at a time. When we fail, Our High Priest walks with us to the throne of grace. Verse 16 assures us that God knows. We can approach Him boldly with the assurance of forgiveness and the free flow of God's mercy and grace to cover us when next we need to overcome. Get up, dust off, refix your focus, ask for forgiveness and move on. But move on. Be mindful of this - God only wants you guilty until you are ready to give that sin over to the Guiltless One who will cleanse you fully. Put your head up and come to God. Then march back into battle a stronger sol-dier. Focus verse: Hebrews 4: 16 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

365 Days of Prayer focus for December is “The Gift of Prayers” “Pray without ceasing” (NKJV) —1 Thessalonians 5:17

Sunday, December 25, 2016

365 Days of Prayer

Proverbs 3:5-6 - “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.“ (NIV)

Philippians 4:13 - “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.“ (NIV)

Elsie Thompson

Proverbs 15:22 - “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” (NIV)

Matthew 6:10—”Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven

Father, we request that Your Kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven for the vision to construct the Morning Star Baptist Church Campus. We believe that You will make our thoughts agreeable to Your will, so that the plans for this vision may be established and successful. Your Word, Father, declares that for lack of advice, plans go wrong; but with many advisers there is success. Therefore, we confess that we will seek the counsel of the godly as we proceed with this project. We declare that we will write the vi-sion for this new project plainly so that those involved can run and carry the correct message to others. Fa-ther, we expect You to call forth competent and skilled laborers for this project, just as You called forth the artisans for the building of the tabernacle. We confess that they will be filled with the Spirit of wisdom, un-derstanding and knowledge in all manner of workmanship. We proclaim that all who are involved in the fulfillment of this vision will focus their attention and efforts so that they can successfully complete their as-signments and bring glory and honor to Your Name. Father, we are confident that the new facility will be completed, because You have begun this good work. Lord, I commit to praying without ceasing for this pro-ject. Father, please stir up the faith in me so that I will walk by faith and not by sight and give to this vision. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.

Naimah Anderson

A Mystery—Unfold It A Journey—Walk It Painful—Endure It Beautiful—See It

A Joke—Laugh At It A Song—Sing It A Flower—Smell It Wonderful—Enjoy It

A Candle—Light It Precious—Don’t Waste It A Gift—Open It Unlimited—Go For It

Light—Shine On It

Isaiah 43:2 - “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk

through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” (NIV)

Lord, I thank you for your hand of protection upon us. Thank you for keeping us safe from seen and unseen danger. Please protect us wherever we go. Lord, we thank you for being our rock, our fortress, our deliverer, our shield, our stronghold, and our strength. In Jesus’ Name, I pray. Amen.

Corrine Bobian

365 Days of Prayer focus for December is “The Gift of Prayers” “Pray without ceasing” (NKJV) —1 Thessalonians 5:17