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Early Worship Service
Ministry
7:45 A.M. Sundays
Sunday School Hour
9:30-10:30 A.M.
Intercessory Prayer Line
Prayer Line Ministry
New Members Orientation
12:45-1:45 P.M.
Morning Worship
10:45 A.M. Sundays
Bible Study
Wednesdays
12:00 Noon & 7:00 P.M.
Prayer Service
6:00 P.M
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Revised Version Choir
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Cub Scouts
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Youth Ushers Ministry
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Min. Wives/Deaconess
Mother's Ministry
Singles Ministry
Trustee's Ministry
Young Women's Ministry
Sermon of the Day
Senior Adult Ministry
Boy Scout
12:00 Noon Mondays
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Church Choir
WEUP AM 1600 RADIO
Gospel Choir
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Laymen Brotherhood—
Men’s Bible Study
1:30 PM Sundays
Community Care
Recreation Ministry
TELEVISION MINISTRY
Women’s Bible Study
Women's Choir
Each Sunday
Cub Scouts
WAWB TV
7:00-8:00
A.M.
consulting
Comcast Cable 3 TV
8:00-9:00 P.M.
Intercessory Prayer
The Passage
Sign Ministry
Sunday School Teachers
Education Assistance
Mentor Ministry
Prayer Lines Are Open
8:00-9:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
315 Winchester Road
Huntsville, AL 35811
256.852.1150
256.851.6949 fax
OFFICE HOURS:
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
WEBSITE:
www.unionchapel-hsv.org
EMAIL:
[email protected]
O. Wendell Davis,
D.Min., Pastor
VOLUME VI
ISSUE
Monthly Ministry Meetings
WEEKLY SERVICES
Church Choir
Publication Ministry
Laymen Brotherhood
Gospel Choir
Rural Seniors
Women’s Choir
Book Club
Ushers # 2 Ministry
Wellness Ministry
Street Ministry
Community Care Outreach
Progressive Matrons
Girl Scouts
Time
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8:00 PM
9:30 AM
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WEDNESDAY
11:00 AM
5:45 PM
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5:15 PM
THURSDAY
7:00 PM
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SATURDAY
9:00 AM
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02
FEBRUARY
2009
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
this issue
Sunday School P.2
Youth Ministry P.3
Black History Month P.4
Ministry Meeting Schedule P.8
Words
the Pastor:
Content and Confident
Howfrom
to Start
the NewBeYear
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1st & 3rd
1st & 3rd
1st & 4th
2nd
This month we celebrate love, and our cultural heritage. As we
review our history, let us not overlook the contentment of our
fore-fathers and fore-mothers. They loved each other with passion and accepted whatever God provided for their lives. I believe that they survived because of the faith and love for the
Lord. And because they loved God they loved each other. As I
look back and see what they had to endure in order for us to be
where we are today, my heart is overcome with joy!
2nd
2nd
2nd
2nd
3rd
4th
12 Noon
12 Noon
7:00 PM
12 Noon
12:30
Every
Every
Every
Every
3rd
4th
1st & 4th
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd & 4th
2nd & 3rd
4th
4th
2nd
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4th
2nd & 4th
The above ministry meeting schedule does not supersede your internal ministry calendar that has been previously
posted.
The Herald is a monthly publication of Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Members are encouraged to
submit all newsworthy articles by the 10th of the month to [email protected]. All articles
are subject to editing for clarity and grammatical correctness.
We are delighted to have
you fellowship with us today
and hope that our services
will serve as an inspiration to
you during the coming week.
We hope that when you entered our doors, you felt a
“sweet, sweet spirit of
warmth and love.” Union
Chapel is the church with a
big heart of LOVE; where
everybody is somebody, and
JESUS CHRIST is the
HEAD! If you are new to our
community, a cordial invitation is extended to you to
prayerfully consider becoming a member of our church
family.
Brothers and Sisters, this is what I call contentment and confidence through faith. This will come when we believe along with
Paul, “not that I speak in respect of wants: for I have learned in
whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content” (Phil. 4:11). This is the reason those who came before us could survive and thrive in harsh and hard times.
May we continue to carry our crosses and keep the faith and love—that was passed on to us by a
people that truly loved the Lord. And we will as we learn to be content and live our lives with confidence. Because we know that, we “can do all things through Christ which strengthens us” (Phil.
4:13). It is my prayer that we all learn to live our lives with contentment, confidence, and great faith in
Jesus Christ. Amen.
Your Servant Leader,
O. Wendell Davis
Welcome
New
Members
Desiree L. Adams
Jasmine J. Adams
Patricia L. Bolden
Allen L. Coleman
Lisa L. Fikes
Jasmine F. King
Siobhan S. Lauderdale
Gregory Lee
Sharda’ M. Lofton
Aretha A. Morris
Nate Morris
Ebony K. Moses
Shaela M. Phillips
Brandon M. Terrell
Nathan E. White
New Members Orientation immediately after
the 7:45 a.m. service.
Adult Class
Family Life Center
Room 3
Youth Class
Basement Room 5
Bible Study
Join us for our weekly Bible
Studies.
WEDNESDAYS:
Youth Bible Study
6:00 p.m.
(Downstairs Basement)
Prayer Service
6:30 p.m.
Bible Study
12:00 noon
7:00 p.m.
Collegiate Bible Study
7:00 p.m.
(Library)
Membership
Update Request
Sunday School
Lesson
Members in
the News
People of Commitment
in the Old Testament
February 1
Commitment to God’s Messenger
II Kings 4:8-17
February 8
Commitment to Confront
II Samuel 12:1-7a, 13-15
February 15
Risky Commitments
Esther 4:1-3, 9-17
February 22
A Commitment to Change
Isaiah 6:1-8
Plan of Salvation
Steps to Peace with God
• God’s Purpose: Peace and Life
Gods loves you and wants you to experience peace and life-abundant and eternal.
Romans 5:1;John 3:16;John 10:10
• The Problem: Our Separation
He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him. We chose to
disobey God and go our own willful way.
We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God.
Romans 3:23;6:23;Proverbs 14:12;
Isaiah 59:2
• God’s Bridge: The Cross
Jesus Christ Died on the Cross and rose
from the grave. He paid the penalty for
our sin and bridged the gap between God
and People.
I Timothy 2:5; I Peter 3:18; Romans 5:8
• Our Response: Receive Christ
We must trust Jesus Christ as Lord and
Savior and Receive Him by personal invitation.
Revelation 3:20; John 1:12;
Romans 10:9
Here is how you can receive
Christ:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Admit your need (I am a sinner).
Be willing to turn from your
sins (repent).
Believe that Jesus Christ died
for you on the
Cross and rose
from the grave.
Through prayer,
invite Jesus
Christ to come
in and control
your life through
the Holy Spirit.
(Receive Him as Lord and
Savior.)
How to Pray:
Dear Lord Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner and
need Your forgiveness. I believe
that You died for my sins. I want
to turn from my sins. I now invite You to come into my heart
and life. I want to trust and follow You as Lord and Savior.
In Jesus' name. Amen.
God's Assurance: His Word
Bro. Bakari Jordan gave the Youth Challenge
speech at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Martin Luther
King, Jr. Unity Breakfast held on January 19,
2009. He spoke about his personal challenges
and how he will not let various problems he face
stop him from achieving his goals. Bakari is a senior at Madison County High School where he is an
honor roll student and he is lettered in football.
He also was presented at the 2008 Beautillion Ball
sponsored by the Fun Set Social and Charity
Club. Bakari is the son of Derron and Dione Jordan and the brother of Cassie.
If you prayed this prayer,
"Everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved." Romans
10:13
Guess Speaker: Donna Green-Goodman, MPH
Author of "Somethin' To Shout About!"
Light refreshments will be served.
For further information please contact the church office or email [email protected].
Did you sincerely ask
Jesus Christ to come
into your life? Where is
He right now? What
has He given you?
Receiving Christ, we are born into
God's family through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit who
indwells every believer. This is
called regeneration, or the "new
birth."
Bro. Charles Ray, Jr. received one of the 2009 Unity
Awards at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Martin Luther
King, Jr. Unity Breakfast held on January 19, 2009.
The Unity Award, sponsored by Delta Theta Lambda
Education Foundation and Delta Theta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., recognizes individuals who exemplify ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Bro. Ray was recognized for his service to the
community as an educator, community leader and
former Redstone Arsenal equal employment officer for
30 years. May God bless Bro. Ray for his achievements and service to the Huntsville community.
Union Chapel Cancer Support Group Kick –Off Session
Saturday, February 7, 2009
11:00 a.m.
The Bible says...
"For it is by grace you
have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is
the gift of God--not by works, so
that no one can boast." Ephesians
2:8,9
The following members are asked
to update your
membership information.
This Month at Union Chapel
February 1
Baptism and Holy Communion
7:45 a.m. and 10:45 worship services
February 2
Serving the City as One Mission Project
Interest Meeting
6:30 p.m.
February 9
Stitch in Time
February 13
Union Chapel Christian Academy
Black History Program
2:30 p.m.
February 15
Sunday of Hope– St. Jude Hospital
February 16
Union Chapel Child Development Center
Black History Program
9:30 a.m.
February 22
Stitch of Love Display in honor of Black History Month
Page 2 Antonio Acklin
Rena M. Alexander
Teresa M. Atkins
Jarvis Ayers
Sharon D. Baker
Harold Bentley Sr.
Sherman N. Boddie
Tasha R. Bonner
Herbert E. Boyd
Vetrea S. Brewton
Allen Huckaby
Gregory Caffie
Robyn C. Clemons
Lonnie D. Conerly
Margaret F. Corbitt
Derrica S. Counts
Courtney R. Davis
Roderick R. Dixon
Aleisha T. Dobbins
Stephanie Davis Draper
PerTarsha K. Echols
Terrance D. Fletcher
Gail Battle-Gamble
Terone Harris Jr.
Cassandra L. Holley
Valencia Lewis-Hopkins
Alvin Thomas House
John C. Johnson
Tiffany L. Jones
Kimily M. Kelly
Laura M. Love
Franika J. Lowery
Gladys L. McGill
Kimbereley R. McNeil
Dara Marshall
Cynthia A. Minnitt
Erin P. Murph
Jessica S. Nicholas
Destiny L. Payton
Angela Petty
Sonya R. Phipps
Mark A. Pride
Kondra L. Philon
Janice M. Samuel
Marlyss J. Smiley
Lynnis K. Steger
Penelope A. Strickland
Arneesha M. Taylor
Kristie R. Taylor
Vernina L. Taylor
Aisha R. Thomas
Denia C. Washington
Jean E. Williams
Please email Minister Gosa at
[email protected] with
updated information.
Page 7 Union Chapel
Host Annual
HBCU
College Fair
February 21st
Kid’s Corner
Youth Ministry
This Month’s
Technology Tip
How to Protect your
Wireless Network
The Education Assistance Minis-
Welcome to the Real
CTU
Question…
are you bored?
try will be sponsoring its annual
HBCU Day. Approximately
twenty-one Colleges and Universities have accepted the invitation to participate. All parents/
guardians and high school students are invited to visit college exhibits in the Family Life
Center. The representatives will
be available from 10 a.m. 1 p.m. High school seniors are
encouraged to talk with representatives about available scholarships. You may contact
Wilbert Brown or Sandra Beckard or any member of the Education Assistance Ministry for
more information.
Page 6 By Preston Gralla
September 25, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Bad guys don't
target just big, corporate networks. If you have a Wi-Fi
network at home or in a small office, intruders may be
after you, such as casual "war drivers" who troll city
streets, looking for unprotected wireless networks.
(Want to know more? See "Why you need wireless protection.") It may not just be malicious attackers who
cause problems. If you don't change the defaults of your
wireless network, a neighbor with the same router make
and model might accidentally connect to your network,
stealing your bandwidth or reconfiguring your router and
network without your knowledge.
Fear not, though. There's plenty you can do to protect
yourself. In this article, I'll show you how.
Change your administrator password:
Before you do anything else, change the administrator
password on your router. Every model of router comes
preconfigured with a standard password, and hackers
know this. So it's exceedingly easy for someone to hop
onto your network, gain full control over its Stop broad-
casting your network's SSID -- and change its name
Your service set identifier (SSID) is your network's
name, and if people know what your SSID is, it's
easier for them to find your network and connect to
it. Your router broadcasts its SSID, and that broadcast tells passersby there's a network there. It also
gives out the name.
Use encryption:
If you take only one step to protect your home or
small office network, it should be this: Use encryption. Wi-Fi networks are incredibly convenient -- and
incredibly easy to spy upon. All that data going out
over the air among your PCs and between your PCs
and the Internet can easily be snooped on by anyone nearby using simple, off-the-shelf software such
as packet sniffers.
A full copy of the article can be found at http://
www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?
command=viewArticleBasic&
articleId=9037321
Welcome to the Real CTU Question...are you bored? Do you wake
up and sometimes wonder how
you will be able to bring some excitement into your life? If so, I don't
think you're alone. Back in the day
folks filled the hours with now forgotten things like 'the outdoors'
and a really novel concept called a
'book'. But now we have 5000+
channels of comedy-animal planetdiscovery-food-home shoppingMTV-you can learn Japanese in 30
days type stuff going on. If that's
not enough, you can pretty much
enfold hours of entertainment with
compelling text message sessions
that go like this:
?4U SUP? WRUD? NMU GG L8R
Or...you can spend hours on Facebook while also checking your
MySpace while downloading tunes
and seeing what other movies
Robert Pattison has been in. Like I
asked...are you bored? Maybe
that's why the smash hit TV show
24 is now in its 7 th season?
Watching Jack Bauer and company throw down terrorists and
save the nation seems to never get
old - and it seems to be the way a
lot of people spice up their lives.
And of course there's nothing
wrong with that. Unless of course
you are sitting on the sidelines
bogged down in a swamp of self
entertainment when you actually
should be carrying out one of your
callings in life. What calling? Well
to be honest, it's a lot like the recently disbanded CTU (Counter
Terrorism Unit) in the show 24 .
Here's the way it is described:
For we are not fighting against
flesh-and-blood enemies, but
against evil rulers and authorities of
the unseen world, against mighty
powers in this dark world, and
against evil spirits in the heavenly
places (Ephesians 6:12 ).
Sound like terrorism to you? The
'Evil rulers' and 'mighty powers'
mentioned in this verse are demons
who are serious about taking spiritual terrorism to a whole new level.
They aren't satisfied with destroying
physical life, they want to claim
eternal souls to join them in eternal
torment. And like Jack Bauer and
the other former members of CTU
that have banded together outside
any official government agency to
continue the fight against an impending terrorist attack, we all have
a critical part to play in this battle.
We can't afford to have anyone
sitting out on the battle at hand.
That's why we were given these
orders:
Be strong in the Lord and in his
mighty power. Put on all of God's
armor so that you will be able to
stand firm against all strategies of
the devil (Ephesians 6:10 -11).
We are human, but we don't wage
war as humans do. We use God's
mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds
of human reasoning and to destroy
false arguments. We destroy every
proud obstacle that keeps people
from knowing God. We capture their
rebellious thoughts and teach them
to obey Christ (2 Corinthians 10:35). Can you see what's going on
here? Part of the reason God left us
on this earth after we trusted Christ
was to take on the terrorism of Satan and his band of spiritual
'insurgents.' And you really don't
need to look around much to see the
damage they inflict every day. Poverty, homelessness, injustice, broken
relationships and hatred in the human heart are just of few of his
weapons. But we can fight back. And
we need to fight back. The problem
is that we are often more concerned
about updating our status than we
are about the status of hurting and
enslaved people all around us. My
encouragement to you is to get active in the battle for eternal souls.
Pray each day for victory in your life
through the Holy Spirit. Put on God's
armor for protection, then go out and
boldly go where few Christians have
gone before. And remember, one of
your most effective weapons is the
gospel message of Jesus. The good
news that people can be set free
from sin and secure a place in
heaven simply by trusting in Jesus
Christ alone is the equivalent of an
air strike on Satan's Kingdom. Remember also - being effective in the
spiritual battle is a moment-by moment practice of living according to
God's Word, in His power, confidently facing an enemy already defeated by the Lord of Lords and King
of Kings, and fearlessly sharing the
gospel no matter what the cost. If
this becomes the pattern for your
life, I absolutely guarantee the word
boredom will never enter your vocabulary again!
Page 3 "The Struggle: A Fight for Freedom"
Yes We Can
Page 4 Yes We Can Over Come
Thought fighting for this country
A man who believed in change
Our ancestors
was a way to be free
Decided to step out in the
Worked the cotton fields,
But they keep on praying for
open range
Dreaming of freedom
a little equality
Barack Obama
With aching backs worn
Yes We Can
Yes we can
hands and feet
The Underground Railroad
Cross the fields
Sang songs likes
Created some hope of
And walk free in this land
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
breaking free
Yes We Can
Hold on Just a Little While Longer
So they ran and ran and ran
Do anything if we only try
And We Shall Over Come
Running to be free of the
So don’t just stand around
Our men chained shackled
master’s hand
and pout nor cry
Beaten and whipped
Yes We Can
Yes We Can
Worked from sun up to sun down
Then one day a dreamer
Live in Unity with our
Prayed softly while no one
came to town
brothers and sisters
was around
Dr. Martin Luther King
Black and white
Yes We Can
He walked the streets and
Obama ran and won
Placed on auction blocks
fought for our rights
an unbelievable fight
And kicked like pebbles on
Was locked up in Birmingham’s
The proof was shown on
the ground
jail all night
that incredible November night
Taken away from their families
His vision and voice rang out
Yes We Can
to be sold
across the land
Cause they were getting a
He was the hope the man with
little too old
the bible in his hand
Yes We Can
Yes We Can
The Buffalo Soldiers
Some may have forgotten but
Once were slaves
the dream never faded away
Losing their soul is what
For it can be seen in our
they gave
lives today
©Charlotte Ackers-Garrett
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