Announcements

MEMBER ALERT:

Mark your calendar for June 18 – 22, 2025, the dates for our Vacation Bible School (VBS)! There’s a work day at the building on March 22nd starting at 11 a.m. for planning and collaborating on ideals. Come out to support VBS so our yearly success is continued!

VBS registration forms are in the foyer! To ensure that enough supplies and/or materials are acquired, everyone participating in VBS must complete a registration form and return it to Kim Bramble or Arnoldo Velásquez as soon as possible! Parents and/or guardians, please complete a separate registration form for each child participating!

Sign-up sheets are on the bulletin board for hall monitors, Sunday morning greeters, meal contact persons and Bible class substitutes and assistants on Sundays and Wednesdays.

Bible class teachers and assistants are needed, see Arnoldo Velásquez or one of the elders if you desire to serve in this capacity

Pray for our shepherds and the flock (our congregation): that we may all submit to the Lord's will and His design for His Church that He purchased with His own blood (Acts 20:28, 31; 1 Thessalonians 5:11-24; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 5:1-21; Titus 1:6-15; 1 Peter 5:1-11).

Bible study for ladies on the Spanish-speaking side: THIS Saturday, May 10th at 5 p.m. at the church building.

Bible study for the ladies on the English-speaking side: THIS Saturday, May 10th at 10 a.m. via Zoom. For additional information, contact Winnie Sylvester or Rosemary Dayie.

Spanish men evangelization and coffee with Christ: THIS Saturday, May 10th at 8:30 a.m. and monthly every 2nd Saturday at Panera Bread, 6633 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie, MD 21061. This is a Bible study to strengthen and encourage men spiritually as men, as husbands, and to prepare them as servants of God. Rubén Davila and Arnoldo Velásquez are organizers of the activities

Men’s Bible study: Friday, May 16th, and every third Friday of the month, 7 p.m. at the church building facilitated by Kwaku Dayie. Subject: “How Can We Stay Fired Up for Christ?" Read ahead Matthew 28:18-20. Zoom will also be available. Volunteers are needed to lead/facilitate future Bible studies. Contact Bob Greene!

Spanish men, “Looking for Workers”- Saturday, May 17th at 8:30 a.m. and monthly every 3rd Saturday at the church building. This meeting is designed to prepare and encourage men to work and be ready to work in the ministries of the church and the needs that exist. See Rubén Davila and Arnoldo Velásquez for additional information.

Bilingual Youth Activity Night (youth and young adults) Friday, May 30th! at 7 pm and the last Friday of each month at the home of Arnoldo Velásquez. Rubén Davila and Arnoldo Velásquez oversee organizing the activities.

Thank you for supporting Sharra Tope by covering the credit card debt left by Scott. We collected $27,550. She asked for $21,674, and a check has been issued to her in the requested amount. Your love and support are appreciated

MEMORY VERSES

2 Corinthians 7:1 - Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

We Should Not Participate In The Sins That Are Around Us In The World

Jesus prayed on behalf of His disciples not that they should be taken out of the world, but that they might not be of the world (Jn. 17:15,16). He prayed that His followers might resist the devil. That means that although we cannot totally isolate ourselves from worldly influences, we should not participate in the sins that are around us in the world. We should live on a higher plane of purity than the world.

God calls us to be holy. Peter wrote, “But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’ And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile” (1 Pt. 1:15-17). Holiness means being distinctive, special, reserved solely for God’s use. It requires us to be different.

There is no point in being different just to be different, of course. Being unlike others has no inherent value. But if the principles, values, character, and conduct of those around us is out of sync with the virtues of godliness, then being godly requires being different. There is no way around it.

We are to be mindful that we are the temple of God: “For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, ‘I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty'” (2 Cor. 6:16-18).

Remaining uncontaminated by the world should not involve selfrighteousness on our part. The idea is not that we should look down our noses at those whom we consider morally inferior to us. But while maintaining a proper humility, we should still strive to keep clear of the sins for which the world is noted. Paul wrote that we should “cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God” (2 Cor. 7:1). Let’s make this a week of thinking about “bringing holiness to completion.”

1. English worship services and Bible study:

https://zoom.us/j/99914262031?pwd=STZLR3dUcEl3QW1uSTUzWjBqZXdB QT09

Meeting ID: 999 1426 203

Passcode: 139492

2. Ladies on the English-speaking side Bible Study:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84044172346?pwd=MEIzeTEvY3dRTmtYZjFWUH JaVll4UT09

Meeting ID: 840 4417 234

Passcode: 547209

3. Spanish Bible Study:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87486845973?pwd=bXdkY2Mwc25SWCtYaVVyR WVxdkRuUT09

Meeting ID: 874 8684 5973

Passcode: Iglesia.