Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR JANUARY 18, 2025

Welcome to Berea Temple this Sabbath In-Person, Zoom, and YouTube for another church service that will bring an impact on this Blessed Sabbath Day of 2025. God has blessed us to see the end of another week and today our minds should be giving God the Praise. As the Holy Spirit fills each one of us with God’s presence, let each of us stay faithful to our Savior.

Our Theme for 2025 is: “Being About My Father’s Business”. The preaching topic for JANUARY is - “Prayer Is Still The Answer”. As we work towards Evangelism, let each one of us work to get some souls in the church for Evangelism.

REMEMBER: We, as a church, in the month of January and a few days afterwards, are going through “Book 14 - 40 Days-Prayer and Devotions on the Assurance of Salvation”. We are asking the entire church family and inviting your family members and friends each night at 7:00pm from Sunday-Friday to come on Berea Temple Zoom or Dial In on the Telephone: ZOOM MEETING ID: 771 796 432-NO PASSWORD or ZOOM TELEPHONE: 1-301-715-8592-MEETING ID: 771 796 432#. On Sabbath Morning during Divine Worship and stay at the church for 2:00pm Meeting for another topic. Let’s spend time with God through study and prayer. Bring your food on Sabbath. The church will provide some snacks.

Another Prayer Time is with the North America Division and the General Conference that began on January 8 for the next 10 days at 9:00pm each night for Pentecost 2025 Prayer Meeting. You must Register at North American Division Website.

Every Monday this year of 2025, from 6:00am-12:00pm, let each member fast, asking God to give us strength to help hasten His coming, that we won’t get tired and weary, win souls for the kingdom, have right approach to witness for our family members and friends, Christian Personal Relationship with God, Renew Commitment and more engaging with God, Health Challenges, remove excuses of serving Him with all our heart, and the list can go on. If you have Health Challenges, abstain from one favorite item. We all can Fast and Pray!!

A SURVEY from BJA that was passed out right after Sabbath School needs to be filled out today and turned in to the Pastor or Dr/Elder Kerry Kerr today. It is also on the Church Website.

WEARING MASKS are OPTIONAL at Berea Temple Church. No more Registration at this time. Temperature check may still be required. The air purifiers will continue to be on. If there is a spike in COVID, then we will go back to what we are doing now. Thanks to all for your commitment and faithfulness. If you have any concerns, please let the Pastor know.

• Berea Temple Digital QR CODE for Sabbath Services, Announcements, and Other Information. Please SCAN the QR CODE with your Cellphone Camera.
• Tithes and Offerings, many of us are faithful in Tithes, but our Offering is lacking. Please continue to put our church funds in Combined Budget, where the needs of our church repairs, and Local Obligations are supported by each one of us. We asked that we work toward 5% or half of what we give in Tithes be in Combined Budget. Example: If Tithes is $1000.00, at least for Combined Budget is $500.00, which totals to $1500.00. Any other ministry is Extra Giving, not taking away from our Combined Budget.
• The Church Board voted that we support the Church Building Fund Offering with extra giving. Do Not Take Away from Tithes and Offering. We are working towards replacing 6 Air Conditioner Units-that cost over $67,000 and getting a Church Sign that cost $23,000. We will do the Air Conditioners first, then later purchase the Church Sign. You can name where you want your funds to go by marking your envelope Air Conditioners or Church Sign. Thanks for supporting these two projects.

Total Raised To Date-Air Conditioner: $17, 493.89/Church Signs: $17,901.91

• Every child that is BJA age should be at our school. Before January 1, 2025, we want to turn our enrollment around. Any person who has a child, or know of a child that may not be at our school, we want you! See Pastor Taylor, Elder Cynthia Privette, Felicia Moton, or Kecia Hitch with the name, and they will see what arrangements can be made to get your child in our school as you do your part.
• BJA Movie Night(The Forge)-January 18, 2025-6:30pm-9:00pm at the school-3006 W. Coldspring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21215. Food for Sale -Celebrating 110 Years!!- Sponsored by BJANAA-See Flyer
• BJA Skating-February 9, 2025-3:00pm-5:00pm-Skateland Putty Hill, 8019 Belair Rd, Nottingham, MD 21236-Celebrating 110 Years!!-Sponsored by BJANAA-See Flyer
• Prayer Meeting is every Wednesday at 7:00pm on Berea Temple Zoom.
• The Music Ministry Committee – 1st Sabbath of every month.
• Community Service Meeting is the 1^st Sunday of every month on their Zoom at 9:00am.
• Men Ministries Meeting is every month on the 1st and 4th Sundays at 10:00am. Zoom ID:371 409 2265.
• Women’s Ministries is the 4th Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm.

Zoom ID: 981 407 3781/Password: 999131

• Youth Day is the second Sabbath of every month.
• Elders Meeting is Second Tuesday of every month at 6:00pm.
• Treasury/Finance Meeting is the Second Thursday of every month at 6:00pm.
• Church Board Meeting is the 3^rd Sunday of every month at 10:00am on Berea Temple Zoom.-January 19 at 9:00am on Berea Temple Zoom.
• Berea Temple Community Outreach - 3^rd Sabbath every month. – Will Resume in 2025
• Berea Temple Children’s Church-3^rd Sabbath of each month at 11:30am in person.
• CONNECT: Friday Night Live-Text (443)-201-1391 or Follow Connect Baltimore on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for more Details.
• The Great Controversy Bible Study-Dinner & Study The Word-Every 3^rd Sabbath from 3:00pm- 5:00pm in the Berea Temple Fellowship Hall. Zoom ID: 818 3862 6133/Password: 003509
• Fifty Plus Meeting, 1^st Sunday of every month at 11:00am-Zoom ID: 961 611 4701/Passcode: Berea1901.
• Fifty Plus Assn Friday Night Vespers-Every Friday at 7:00pm-Call: 612-421-0952/Passcode: 342417

·Fifty Plus Trip-SAVE THE DATE- JULY 30, 2025-Sight and Sound-NOAH-$180.00-(Lunch at the New and Improved Hershey Farms)-SEE FLYER FOR DETAILS and Payment Plan.

• AEC 2025 Youth Congress-FOUNDATIONS-Faith, Fulfillment, Fortitude-January 24-26, 2025- See Flyer.
• All Elders will be doing Home Visitations on the 2^nd Sabbaths right after Divine Service. Please open your homes to a visit that will bless your heart as well as theirs. They will call first unless your phone number is out of order or not listed in the Church Directory. Then, you will get a surprise visit.
• Message Magazine Subscription has begun. Once you receive your subscriptions in the mail, pay for them and mail back to the address where it is supposed to go. If you want to order New Subscriptions for the first time, see the Personal Ministry Leader, Elder Glenn Edwards, or the Pastor.
• Funeral Information: The arrangements for Glenford Hardy, brother of Walter Hardy and Family, are:

Public Viewing: Monday, January 27, 2025-5:00pm-8:00pm Wylie Funeral Home-9200 Liberty Road, Randallstown, MD 21133 Wake: Tuesday, January 28, 2025-10:30am/Service: 11:00am

New Psalmist Baptist Church-6020 Marian Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215

Interment-Following Funeral: Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery-11501 Garrison Forest Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117.

·ANNOUNCEMENTS/VIDEOS for Church Service, ETC, must be submitted by Tuesday, 8:30pm in order for it to be included on the upcoming Sabbath. No Exceptions. Thank You.

• Keep our sick members and friends, and those who have lost loved ones in prayer. Those we have so far are:
• ~Chaplain Barry Black
• ~Anna Timpson
• ~Phyllis Purnell – Health Challenges

• ~McCanner Perry – Health Challenges
• ~Unell Dawson-Health Challenges/Surgery
• ~Carolyn Davis and Morris Davis - Health Challenges
• ~Pamela Evans - Health Challenges
• ~Diane (Annie) Baker - Health Challenges
• ~Towanda Anderson’s Mother, Sister Miller - Health Challenges
• ~Kenny Brown Jr. - Health Challenges
• ~William Love - Health Challenges
• ~Raymond and Doretha Bennett - Health Challenges/Family and Friends/Brothers for Health Challenges and Soul Salvation
• ~Theodore and Norma Sauls - Health Challenges
• ~Joyce Pearson - Health Challenges
• ~Jane Cox - Health Challenges
• ~Denise Smith - Health Challenges
• ~Michael Smith – Health Challenges
• ~Joyce Brown - Health Challenges
• ~Michelle Davis – Health Challenges
• ~Timothy Golder - Health Challenges
• ~Gwendolyn Whiting and her sister, Eleanor – Health Challenges
• ~Gwendolyn Witherspoon - Health Challenges
• ~Polly Baker in Prayer and Her sister, Flora-Health Challenges
• ~Saundra Washington daughters, nephew.
• ~Janice Mayfield’s nephew, Michael Johnson Jr.- Health Challenges
• ~Anita Daniels – Health Challenges
• ~Elise Brown and Family – Health Challenges
• ~Sharon McCullough’s Husband – Health Challenges
• ~Lester Black – Health Challenges
• ~Cheryl Goddard – Health Challenges
• ~Edith Brooks – Health Challenges
• ~Barbara Jones and Raymond Bennet’s Sisters-Sheila Lee and Jean Bennet – Health Challenges
• ~Lillian Edwards
• ~Amber Stackhouse-Special Prayer for her and her family, and especially her mother, Betsy Bracey.
• ~Chelsea Nance
• ~Jasmine Davis and Jerrell Davis
• ~Gwendolyn Valsamaki Friends-Christopher Colkey-Health Challenges/Christly Colkey-Housing and Health Challenges
• ~Deacon Arvin Turner-Healing from Major Surgery.
• ~LaTonya Ingram – Health Challanges
• ~Tavonia Stackhouse-Special Prayer for her family.
• ~Deacon Freddie Roberts-Keep the family in prayer in the loss of his father.
• ~Those who have lost loved ones.
• ~All New Baptized Members
• Continue to pray for those on the front lines or first responders during this coronavirus pandemic.
• War between Russia and Ukraine
• War between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian Militant Group
• Pray for all the schools, and especially BJA and Hillside that are in our Ministerium. Thanks for your prayers and financial support to the students and all you do for the schools.
• Remember to do your corporate prayer each day at 12:00 noon and another prayer 3 times a day for healing from this coronavirus pandemic.
• Don’t forget to use the Allegheny East Conference Website (visitaec.org) to receive information from the conference.