Today is Christian Mite Sunday. The theme is “Revived and Anchored in God’s Love.” Our scripture reference is Romans 8:35-39 using the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).
Today is the last day to donate to the Church School Thanksgiving Project. Your donations help cover the cost of a Thanksgiving meal for a family in need. Church Ministries, Members and Friends, if you haven’t donated as yet, please do so today. You may give using the church’s giving options. Or you can mail your check payable to Nineteenth Street Baptist Church to the church at 4606 16th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20011. Please include on the memo line, Church School Thanksgiving Project and your envelope number.
After Worship Service today, is the Pastor’s Book Club. We are reading “White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality” written by our own church member Sister Sheryll Cashin. Please stay with us for the book club at 11:45 a.m.
Our weekly worship and prayer opportunities include Worship Service on Sundays at 10 am; Intercessory Prayer on Tuesday mornings at 6:30 for 30 minutes led by our ministers; Wednesdays at noon for 15 minutes led by our Deaconesses and Thursday evening Prayer Meeting at 6:30 led by our Deacons. We invite you to join us. Details are available on the church website, 19thstreetbc.org.
Tuesday Night Bible Study is underway. Join us for the Grace for Living Tuesday Bible Study at 7 p.m. The series title is “The Joy in Mourning: The Power of Lament in Lamentations and Psalms.” Pastor Roberts and Rev. Dr. Cheryl Coleman Hall will lead us in study, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on our YouTube channel.
The Women’s Ministry invites you to its Fall/Winter Friday Night Selah series entitled “God is Trying to Tell You Something.” Study began on October 29 and runs through February 2022. Study time is 7 p.m. on Zoom. The next session is Friday, November 19, 2021. Mark your calendar for all of the remaining Fall/Winter sessions:
Friday, December 10, 2021
Friday, January 14, 2022
Friday, February 11, 2022
Everyone is welcome.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81659707991
or Call:
301 715 8592 US
Meeting ID: 816 5970 7991
Dear Nineteenth Street Baptist Church Family, please mark your calendars for Sunday, November 21. This service will include the Ordination of our Deacons-Elect Sister Yvonne Gowdy, Brother Michael Nelson, and Brother Vernell Wooden during our Worship Service. Please join us for this Worship and Ordination Service on November 21 at 10 a.m.
Your articles, announcements, news and photographs with captions for the December issue of The Epistle are due November 24.
Toys for Tots! We are collecting donations for the Marine Foundation Toys for Tots Drive. Like last year, we ask members and friends to donate to this drive monetarily only. We invite you to use any of the church’s giving methods-Cash App, Givelify or PayPal, with the designation, Toys for Tots. If you prefer, you may donate by writing a check payable to “Toys for Tots-Marine Foundation” and on the memo line “Anacostia Division.” Donations are welcomed now through December 3, 2021. Thank you for including the Marine Foundation Toys for Tots Drive in your seasonal giving. Sponsored by the Missionary Society. Sister Pat Thomas, Chair, Toys for Tots; Sister Rosemary Massey, President, Missionary Society.
We are reminded by the late Congressman John Lewis if we see something unfair…
we must do something. Like he said, “Get into good trouble.” Renew, on their websites,
your memberships for NAACP, ASALH and NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The deadline is December 30, 2021 to enable you to receive all the benefits of your yearly dues. This message comes from the African American History Program Committee, of the Helping Hand Club, as a reminder to save the date of Sunday, February 13, 2022.
Help Boost Our Numbers – Be Part of the Challenge!
Many thanks from the Building Fund Committee to all who have signed up for the 90-Day Giving Challenge. We would love to have more join this friendly giving experience and help raise funds to complete HVAC improvements begun this spring. All that remains is to replace a steam heating boiler at an estimated cost of $93,000. If you haven’t signed up for the challenge, there is still time. The 90-Day Giving Challenge runs from October 3 –
December 31, 2021. You can help boost the number of challenge-takers. Simply sign-up today, set a personal fundraising goal, then aspire to reach that goal by giving to the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) in November and December.
Not excited about replacing a steam heating boiler? Understandable, but ensuring we have a safe and comfortable space for worship and doing good works, well that is exciting. Your gift, in any amount, will help the church complete the HVAC improvements. Sign-up and start giving today! Click here for more information and to sign-up.
Church Family, any announcements, pictorial displays or videos for Sunday Worship Service are due on Tuesdays. Please email your items for Sunday service to the church office, office@19thstreetbc.org. This allows for the Media Ministry and the Communications Ministry to have more planning time. Thank you.
A Message from the EMT. The Emergency Management Team (EMT) has been working with church leadership, staff, and ministries for a return to in-person worship. COVID-19 procedures and mandates have been developed for worshipper safety and here’s what you should know to prepare for in-person worship services:
The worship service will not be the same as it was pre-pandemic.
The church has adopted four mandates for in-person worship.
To attend, a person:
1. Must be fully vaccinated and have proof of vaccination,
2. Must wear a mask at all times and maintain a social distance,
3. Must arrive 30 minutes before service to allow time for screening and seating, including a temperature screening, and
4. If attending with family or people from the same household, may sit together, but are limited to a group of no more than six people.
We know these are significant changes, but prayerfully they will only be temporary. As it becomes safer to gather in person, the above procedures can be relaxed. The church will continue to livestream Sunday worship service.