NEXT SERVICE – SUNDAY
March 26, 2023 @ 10:45 AM
Worshipers are always welcome in our Sanctuary if you can’t attend Stream on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram
Rev. Dr. Willie Bodrick, II – Senior Pastor | Rev. Jeffrey Brown Associate Pastor
Dr. Arthur T. Gerald, Jr., Pastor Emeritus – Bro. Jonathan W. Singleton Minister of Music
Ministers in Residence: Min. Shirley Adams – Min. Elizabeth Crockton
Min. Rachel Idowu Gray – Rev. Bernard Spencer – Min. Jeremi Taitt
Seminarian Intern, Harvard Divinity School, Min. Isaiah Briggs
>> E V E N T N O T I C E S <<LENTEN THEME: “RETURN AND RESTORE”
Meditation Monday – Intercession Tuesday – Log Off Wednesday
(NO) Takeout Thursday – Faithful Friday – Service Saturday
Sabbath Sunday
Important Dates
- National Kidney Month
- National Women’s History Month
- Social Workers Month
- Red Cross Month
- March 22, 2023 – New Members Reception – 7:00 PM
- Thrift Shop Is Open
- ZOOM TRAINING CLASSES – Register through Central Office 617.442.7855
- April 2, 2023 – Palm Sunday Worship and Communion Service – 10:45 AM
- April 6, 2023 – Maundy (Holy) Thursday Worship and Holy Communion – 7:00 PM
- April 7, 2023 – Good Friday – Seven Last Words – 7:00 PM
- April 9, 2023 – Resurrection – Sunrise Service – Sunday 7:00 AM
- April 9, 2023 – Resurrection Service – Sunday 10:45 AM
“COOKIE – COOKIE – COOKIE”
It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time – ORDER NOW !
MENTAL HEALTH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITYLearn More

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCH SENIORS
3/2 Violet Britton / 3/6 Jean Haynes / 3/6 Sandra Strother / 3/8 Willie Franklin
3/10 Pauline D. Thomas / 3/13 Luisa Byron / 3/15 Naomi Jackson / 3/15 Wilma A. Knight
3/15 Gwendolyn Lewis / 3/16 Ida Speller / 3/19 Jeffrey Jackman / 3/19 Janice Jenkins
3/20 James Pinckney / 3/22 Lynn Mitchell / 3/22 Carol Savory / 3/25 Sylvia L. Brown
3/28 Eslyn Williams / 3/29 Min. Shirley Adams / 3/29 Margaret L. Hill / 3/29 Olga Morency

DAILY DIAL IN PRAYER: Throughout the Pandemic on our Prayer Line:
Dial 267-807-9495 | then enter Meeting ID 470-706-869 | then press#
– Monday-Saturday: 12:15pm – 12:45pm,
– Thursday: 6:00am -7:00am, Fridays 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Thank you, I pray your safety as well as God’s blessings upon you and yours! Pastor, Willie Bodrick, II
SICK & SHUT IN UPDATES
SEE WHOLE LIST

- Marcus Nobles
- Carol Savory
- Anna Ekpenyong
- Monica Wright
- Erin Cromartie
- Sylvester Killings
- Laura Carey
- Richie Pitter
- Thelma Nelson
- Delsie Hodgson
- Cora McCain & her father
- Martha Taylor
- Naomi Jackson
- Anthony Johnson
- Aiiwa Lewis (daughter of Mary Lois Smith)
- Judith Pralour
- Lee Thurston
- Mr. Jeremy Beatty (son of Sis. Carol Walker)
- Todd Gibbs (son of Sis. Barbara Gibbs)
- Holley, Linda and Paulette Haynes (Sisters of Valarie Jean Brown-Johnson)
BEREAVED FAMILY CONDOLENCES
Condolences to the Denise & Sidney Burton Family – on the passing of Portia L. (Pittman) McFarlin the mother of Sister Denise (Sidney) Burton. Funeral March 30, 2023 @ Charles Street AME Church Dorchester, MA

TUESDAY – “SCHOOL OF THE BIBLE”:
Tuesdays 7:00pm – 8:30pm – School of the Bible ZOOM LINK
ID 851 1613 0524 password 016606.
FRIDAY “HOUR OF POWER” PRAYER SERVICE:
Our Friday Evening Prayer Service will now be available on Zoom 7:00pm – 8:00pm
ID 861 3042 5423 password 927285. – ZOOM LINK
If you wish to call in the telephone number is 1-929-205-6099. passcode 927285
Schedule and facilitators
SUNDAY SCHOOL: – “FOR EVERYONE”
9:30am – 10:15am – Sunday School ZOOM LINK
With Leaders Elizabeth Crockton, and Karen Weir
ID 838 0799 8006 Passcode 740285
9:30am – 10:15am – ADULT MEN AND WOMEN
With Min. Rachel Idowu Gray, Sundays 9:30-10:15 A.M. Adult Sunday School Zoom Link
ID 847 2223 5972 password 632546
If you wish to call in the telephone number is 1-929-205-6099.

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES:
Several of our ministries are in need of additional members. Why not consider joining one – Dorcas Partnership see Sis. Flossie Pearson; Senior or Junior Ushers see Sis. Frances Glenn- Chalmers; A-V Ministry see Bro. Sidney Burton.
NEW MEMBERS PREPARATION CLASS:
There is a Zoom Membership Preparation Class on
Wednesday nights 7:30 P.M. Call Central Office for details
LET’S TALK LONG COVID – “Fireside Chat” – Are you or someone you know: Still getting symptoms more than 4 weeks after having Covid-19? – Losing sense of smell and taste” – Felling tired, finding it hard to concentrate, and having brain fog? Getting out of breath more than usual? – Having mood changes, like feeling more anxious or depressed? – Coughing, losing hair, having trouble sleeping, chest pain… and more? Join the medical experts as they discuss Long Covid and available support.

LEARN ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINATION
“Fireside Chat”with Dr Chidi Akusobi, Harvard PhD in Infections Diseases
more “Please Subscribe to our YouTube Channel” –
Whether you have been vaccinated or not find out more...

“STAY SAFE” – HEALTH TIPS REGARDING COVID-19 DISEASE:
Avoid close contact with people who are sick;
avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth; stay home when you are sick; cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash; clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household spray or wipe; wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after going to the bathroom; before eating, and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.

–WATCH – “LIVING INTENTIONALLY IN THE NEW NORM” –
Based on Ephesians 5:15-21 – From the Men’s Weekend Zoom Workshop with 4 Dynamic Speakers: Darryl Simpson “Knowing the Landscape” – Rev. Bernard Spencer “The Best Course for Success” – “Rev. Jeffrey Brown “Breathing Fresh Air With The Right Posture – Rev. Willie Bodrick, II “Unity: The Unbreakable Chain” – Hosted by Sidney Burton Jr.

“IF MY PEOPLE, WHICH ARE CALLED BY MY NAME
shall humble themselves, and pray,
and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.” II Chronicles 7:14
ACTIVE DUTY
Carols Idiokitas and Dejuan O’Neal
WATCH THE PREVIOUS SUNDAY’S SERVICE ON BOSTON COMMUNITY ACCESS TV
WATCH OVER 310 – TBC SERVICES ON – YOUTUBE
“Any Time 24 hours a day – Channel “Twelfth Baptist Church”
Sunday Evenings – Boston Community Access Cable Channel A-23 – or their web @ – BNNTV.org
Please Check Out streaming

OUR MISSION STATEMENT
In view of the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ
(Matthew 28:18-20),
in thanksgiving for His great love for us,
and in obedience to the Word of God,
the mission of Twelfth Baptist Church is:
To extend the love of God to others
through proclaiming the Good News
and providing Christ-centered ministries
to meet the temporal needs of the people whom God loves;
To build up the body of Christ
through prayer, fellowship, teaching
and exercising our faith; and
To worship God in our corporate and individual lives.
OUR MINISTRIES
After School Program – American Sign Language – Audio-Visual – Black History Committee – Bookshelf – Chancel Chorale – Choral Ensemble – Christian Preschool – Clothes Rack/Thrift Store – Computer Center – Dorcas Ministry – Food Pantry Ministry – Girl Scouts Ministry – Grant Writing – Intercessory Prayer Ministry – Junior Church Ministry – King Solomon Ministry – Kitchen Ministry – Literary Club – Liturgical Dance Ministry – Nurses’ Ministry – P.A.M. – Prison Ministry – S.A.M.H. Housing – Security Team – Shepherding Ministry – Sunday Bible School
Telephone Ministry – Transportation Ministry – Ushers’ Ministry – Visitors’ Welcome
Youth Choir- ZOOMERS
CHURCH FELLOWSHIPS
Churchwomen’s Fellowship – Distinguished Brotherhood of Senior Men –
Men’s Fellowship – Senior Citizen’s “Swingers” Fellowship – Youth Fellowship
OUR VETERANS
Clarence W. Bell, Jr. – John (Jack) Cooper – Allen G. Craddock,
Charles E. Dawson, – Mollie Dawson, – Isiah Floyd, – Donalexander Goss, – Jimmy Humphrey,
Dorothy Johnson, – Anthony Lopez, III, – Hozel E. Murray, – Maurice Nobles, Jr.,
Raymond Nobles, – Dynne Raines – Sheila Raines-Alcide – Rev. Bernard Spencer,
Khephren O’Neal – Donna Vass – Rodrick Newsome