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

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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 COMMUNITY
Learn 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

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Sunday Evenings – Boston Community Access Cable Channel A-23 – or their web @ – BNNTV.org

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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