Announcements

MEMBER ALERT:

Congregational meeting after morning worship service, next Sunday March 18th to discuss options for new monitors/screens for the church building.

Scott Tope, who dedicated his life to spreading the love and message of Christ, passed away on January 15th. Please send letters of condolence and encouragement to his wife, Shara, at P.O. Box 671, Livingston TX 77351-0671, or email her at scottbotswana@gmail.com.

The church directory is available see Marian Phair for your copy! One copy per family!

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!

Spanish men looking for workers - Saturday, March 15th 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.

Men’s Bible study: Friday, March 21st , 7 p.m. at the church building facilitated by Ad White. The subject is: “Be Ye Not Just a Hearer of the Word”. Read ahead James 1:21-25. Zoom will also be available. Volunteers are needed to lead/facilitate future Bible studies. Contact Bob Greene!

Bible study for the ladies on the English-speaking side: Saturday, March 22nd at 10 a.m. via Zoom. For additional information, contact Winnie Sylvester or Rosemary Dayie.

Bible study for ladies on the Spanish-speaking side: Saturday, April 12th at 5 p.m. at the church building.

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

Spanish men evangelization and coffee with Christ - Saturday, April 12th 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.

Bilingual Youth Activity Night: For youth and young adults, on Friday, March 21st at 7 p.m. and every 3rd Friday of the month. Organized by Rubén Davila and Arnoldo Velásquez.

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).

Pray for the congregation in Ecuador, for the security of that country and for all people who are suffering through no fault of their own.

MEMORY VERSES

Deuteronomy 28:9  The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.NASB1995

PERFECTION?

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

WHEN PAUL TALKED ABOUT “PERFECTING HOLINESS IN THE FEAR OF GOD,” HE SET BEFORE US THE MAIN GOAL OF THE CHRISTIAN’S LIFE IN THIS WORLD. Having been created in God’s image, we have marred and broken that image with our sinful rebellion against Him, but in the gospel of Christ, we are offered forgiveness and the perfect restoration of God’s glory within us. “Therefore you shall be perfect,” Jesus said, “just as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). Nothing less than this will do.

To most people nowadays, “perfectionism” is a word with a bad connotation. But is being a perfectionist a bad thing or a good thing? Well, it all depends. Certainly a person who can’t accept the goodness of anything less than perfect right now is doomed to a very sad life. But we don’t have to go to that extreme to be perfectionists in the good sense. We need to be people who understand the loftiness of God’s plan and never lower our aim.

As long as we live in this world, we will never be anything more than works in progress. If we’ve obeyed the gospel, then we’ve entered a process, and we should certainly be grateful for God’s grace along the way. But the process we’ve entered is one that will eventually be completed, and we dare not cease yearning for the time when that completion will be fully ours.

Whatever happens along the way, we can’t afford to take our eyes off the goal. As we make progress toward perfect holiness, there will be intermediate satisfactions that will be quite gratifying. But if we settle down in a country that we’re only meant to be passing through, then we’re lost. We’re doomed if we ever say, “Others may want more, but I’m no perfectionist; I’m content with what I’ve already got.” The question is not at what point we are satisfied, but at what point God is satisfied. And He will not be satisfied until we have been returned to the perfectly glorious image of holiness that He had in mind when He created us.

“Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable; however, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable” (Lord Chesterfield). 

OUR ZOOM LINKS

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.