Sunday, November 16, 2025
Liturgist: Sis. Mayleen Frederick
Media Team: Tynisa Caesar, Sanville Vernon, Barnet Moriah
Praise Team: Alana Chang, LaTanya Davis, Hugh Fletcher
Organist: L. Daniel Jean /Drummer: Maurice Facey
Pastor: Dr. Andrea Smith
PRELUDE: Organist Daniel Jean
WELCOME: Sis. Mayleen Frederick
*CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: Celebrate and rejoice, all you people of Christ,
Women: For the Lord our God is doing a new thing!
Men: The old order is gone,
All: Everything is new!
L: Illness, disease, crying, and mourning,
Women: Shall be as a distant memory!
Men: Hatred and war shall cease from the earth,
All: For Christ has risen! Death is defeated!
Hallelujah! Jesus lives!
Hallelujah! Amen.
OPENING HYMN: “This is the Day the Lord Hath Made” UMH # 658
OPENING PRAYER:
O God, we are more like the vision in Luke than the vision of Isaiah. We see wars, hatred, and violence everywhere, yet despair of ever stopping them. We see oppression, injustice, and persecution, but fail to raise our voices in prophetic protest. We have become a pessimistic people. Help us believe—really believe—
in Isaiah’s vision of the peaceable kin-dom, in your promise of a new heaven and new earth. Let your cry be our cry: “They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain.” Amen.
PRAISE and WORSHIP: “The Lord is Blessing Me, You deserve the Glory, and When I think about the Lord”
WELCOME OF VISITORS AND PASSING THE PEACE:
CHURCH NOTICES
HAPPY BIRTHDAY/WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
MISSION STATEMENT:
As Disciples of Jesus Christ, our Mission is to be:
Demonstrators of His Love,
Messengers of His Gospel,
and Sharers of His Teachings.
A SPOKEN WORD: Minister Alton Treadwell
TIME OF GIVING:
We welcome your Tithes and Offerings today as we honor the Lord through our giving. Offerings can be given through various ways: give to an Usher, deposit in the offering basket, drop off in the church mailbox, or through PayPal or Zelle. If you are using Zelle please enter bethanyunitedbklyn@gmail.com to find us.
OFFERTORY: (MARCHING) Follow the Ushers’ directions.
OFFERTORY HYMN: “We are climbing Jacob’s Ladder” UMH# 418
DOXOLOGY: “Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart”
PRAYER OF DEDICATION:
Lord of peace and serenity, receive the gifts we bring this day as we present them in thankfulness and joy. We bring ourselves as our offering, that in living lives of truth, justice, honor, and excellence, we might please you and be worthy of your never-failing love and presence with us. Grateful that Christ and the Holy Spirit might dwell in us, we pray in Jesus’ holy name. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READINGS: Zachery Gordon
Old Testament: Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV)
New Testament: Luke 2:9-11 (NKJV)
The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
GLORIA PATRI: “Thank you, Lord” UMH# 84
SOLO: “Worthy” Sis. LaTanya Davis
SERMON: “Jesus Synonymous with Joy” Minister Alton Treadwell
SELECTION: “O Happy Day”
PASTORAL PRAYER: Minister Alton Treadwell
CLOSING HYMN: “Come, Christians, Join to Sing” UMH# 158
BENEDICTION:
Go forth into a world that needs new visions. Bring the message of hope and love,
of justice and peace, to all you meet. Live the dream. Make it a reality. Celebrate endings and new beginnings, challenges and promises. Live the new creation. Amen.
Liturgical Scriptures Reading for the Week:
Announcements
United Women In Faith would like to thank all who supported them
On the trip to Huntington Field Playhouse.
Save Our Street (SOS) will be having a Thanksgiving Dinner
Here at Bethany, for the community on Friday, November 21st, beginning at
5 p.m.
As the Holidays are not happy times for everyone, we will have a Night of
Remembrance sponsored by S.O.S on Friday, December 5th.
Time for our Youth to prepare themselves for confirmation. Parents, please see Deaconess Monica, Sis. Sharone or Bro. Thayne, concerning your child/children. We will begin classes in February. Please sign up early so proper preparations can be made for each person.
The Church office will be closed the week of Thanksgiving. (11/24-28)
Toys for Tots Donation Drive 2025
Help us bring joy to children and families this Christmas season!
We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children from newborn to 18 years old.
Donation Deadline: Thursday, December 4, 2025
🎉 Community Toy Giveaway: Saturday, December 6, 2025
Drop-Off Locations:
• Place toys in the Christmas stockings or Toy Donation Box located in the Pastor’s Office.
• Gift cards (Target, Walmart, Amazon, Visa, etc.) are highly recommended for older youth and can be given directly to Sister Nicole Douglas.
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” — Acts 20:35 (NRSV)
We invite you to our Advent Meditations. 30 days of celebrating the Presence of God. Beginning on December 1-January 16th, from 7:00-7:30 am on the Conference Prayer Line
The nursery needs to be cleaned up. Please remove all items that don’t belong in there. It is no longer a storage space.
It’s that time of year again, to purchase your calendars from Sis. Norma Grant. This year, she is starting early, and there will be catalogs on the table in the narthex.
From the Pastor’s Desk: Our annual Lay Leadership Training will be taking place via Zoom on Saturday, February 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This is a MANDATORY TRAINING for all chairpersons and co-chairpersons (committee members are welcome). Please save the date.
Quest for Christ Fridays has resumed meetings from 6 pm to 8 pm. This is our Youth program for ages 13-18. All youth are welcome (from the church and the community).
Bible Study has resumed on Wednesdays with day and evening groups. For the Fall, we will be using the book “The Lord’s Prayer” by Mary Lou Redding. The Zoom info: Meeting ID# 84334206486 & Passcode: 099590
To call in, dial: 646 931 3860. Copies of Week 2 are available. Please see the Pastor.
Sunday School had resumed for children of ALL ages. Sunday School begins at 10 am.
The Children’s Saturday Program has begun. All children are welcome. The program begins at 10 am.
Bethany’s Support Group will be available for support.
Join us for prayers and conversation on the 2nd and 4th Sundays after church.
Please meet with them at the front of the Sanctuary.
Let’s Pray Together. Join us every Wednesday Morning at 6:00 am on the Conference Call. Tel # 267-807-9601 Access code 843974659#
Sick and Shut-In List
| Name |
| Clemen Holder |
| Thelma Martin |
| Emily Isles |
| Eastlyn Welch |
| Pauline Osborne |
| Grace Gyimah |
| Sandra Dubois |
| Jean Best |
| Amelia Cooper |
| Hilda Dyce |
| Pinkney Headley |
| Julita Jermin |
| Joyce Thompson |
| Sydney Campbell |
| Queenie Power |
| Una Wickham |
| Silvine Moore |
| Reginald Lawrence |
| Carmen Headley |
| Veronica Jackson |
| Cynthia Strachan |
| Winsome Johnson |
| Nevel Burnett |