Berclair Baptist Newsletter June 10, 2020
4584 Summer Ave., Memphis TN 38122 (901) 683-3585
www.berclairbaptist.org
Greetings to each of you from your pastor and staff!
You have had a long time this spring with limited or no visitation to you due to COVID-19. Ruth and I miss you more than you miss us! I pray that in the absence of visitors that God has become more real to you. When no one else is around, God is there. Last week my mother went to be with the Lord. Up until her final week, she opened her Bible and read the Scriptures and then talked with God. She died with her eyes open wide looking to her eternal home.
Wouldn’t you feel sorry for someone who never had burdens, trials or tribulations? How could that person grow strong to meet the storms of life? Such a person might be likened to a marshmallow. How does an oak tree grow strong? Bending in the wind day by day, it develops resistance against the storms that beat on it. Deuteronomy 33:25, “As your days, so shall your strength be.” We are taught to live one day at a time and leave the yesterdays and tomorrows in the hands of the God of love.
“Day by day,” the promise reads,
Daily strength for daily needs.
Cast foreboding fears away;
Take the manna of today.
Thou my daily task shalt give;
Day by day to Thee I live.
So shall added years fulfill,
Not my own, my Father’s will.
Joseph Conder
Bro David
June Birthdays
June 15 Katy Leech
June 18 Jere Finch
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Reminder:
You may give securely online, any day of the week.
The Bible Is Your Infallible Authority for Life
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Isaiah 40:8
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THROUGH THE BIBLE WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS
June 15-20 June 22-27
Morning Evening Morning Evening
Monday Ezra 1-3 Romans 2 Nehemiah 10-11 Romans 7
Tuesday Ezra 4-6 Romans 3 Nehemiah 12-13 Romans 8
Wednesday Ezra 7-10 Romans 4 Esther 1-3 Romans 9
Thursday Nehemiah 1-3 Romans 5 Esther 4-6 Romans 10
Friday Nehemiah 4-6 Romans 6 Esther 7-8 Romans 11
Saturday Nehemiah 7-9 S.S. Lesson Esther 9-10 S.S. Lesson
NOTE: These newsletters will be coming every two weeks.
GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SERVICES:
THANKS TO THE BERCLAIR CHURCH FAMILY:
I have heard many reports of financial suffering during COVID-19. I want to thank our church family for your faithfulness to God in your tithes and offerings. Our offerings were more than $5,000.00 over our expenses in April. Praise The Lord! God will continue to bless you as you are faithful to Him. Please let us know if you have spiritual or other needs.
4584 Summer Ave., Memphis TN 38122 (901) 683-3585
www.berclairbaptist.org
Greetings to each of you from your pastor and staff!
You have had a long time this spring with limited or no visitation to you due to COVID-19. Ruth and I miss you more than you miss us! I pray that in the absence of visitors that God has become more real to you. When no one else is around, God is there. Last week my mother went to be with the Lord. Up until her final week, she opened her Bible and read the Scriptures and then talked with God. She died with her eyes open wide looking to her eternal home.
Wouldn’t you feel sorry for someone who never had burdens, trials or tribulations? How could that person grow strong to meet the storms of life? Such a person might be likened to a marshmallow. How does an oak tree grow strong? Bending in the wind day by day, it develops resistance against the storms that beat on it. Deuteronomy 33:25, “As your days, so shall your strength be.” We are taught to live one day at a time and leave the yesterdays and tomorrows in the hands of the God of love.
“Day by day,” the promise reads,
Daily strength for daily needs.
Cast foreboding fears away;
Take the manna of today.
Thou my daily task shalt give;
Day by day to Thee I live.
So shall added years fulfill,
Not my own, my Father’s will.
Joseph Conder
Bro David
June Birthdays
June 15 Katy Leech
June 18 Jere Finch
**********************************************
Reminder:
You may give securely online, any day of the week.
The Bible Is Your Infallible Authority for Life
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Isaiah 40:8
_________________________________________________________________________________________
THROUGH THE BIBLE WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS
June 15-20 June 22-27
Morning Evening Morning Evening
Monday Ezra 1-3 Romans 2 Nehemiah 10-11 Romans 7
Tuesday Ezra 4-6 Romans 3 Nehemiah 12-13 Romans 8
Wednesday Ezra 7-10 Romans 4 Esther 1-3 Romans 9
Thursday Nehemiah 1-3 Romans 5 Esther 4-6 Romans 10
Friday Nehemiah 4-6 Romans 6 Esther 7-8 Romans 11
Saturday Nehemiah 7-9 S.S. Lesson Esther 9-10 S.S. Lesson
NOTE: These newsletters will be coming every two weeks.
GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SERVICES:
- You may wear face coverings but they a
- All door handles, both outside and inside, will be wiped completely. This includes class rooms and bathrooms.
- All seat backs and arm rests will be cleaned.
- All other normal cleaning, vacuuming, restroom cleaning, dusting, has been done weekly. Those items will be done this weekend.
- Sanitizers will be available as you enter the church.
THANKS TO THE BERCLAIR CHURCH FAMILY:
I have heard many reports of financial suffering during COVID-19. I want to thank our church family for your faithfulness to God in your tithes and offerings. Our offerings were more than $5,000.00 over our expenses in April. Praise The Lord! God will continue to bless you as you are faithful to Him. Please let us know if you have spiritual or other needs.
