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We look forward to bringing in the new year with a special musical event entitled New Year Sing. It will feature three of Saginaw’s singing preachers: Rev. Willie Casey (New Hope M.B Church), Rev. Joyce Redfearn (St. Luke C.M.E Church), and Rev. Dennis Laffoon (Bethel A.M.E Church). We will also have a combined choir that we are inviting you to participate in. Rehearsals will be Monday, November 19th at 6:30pm and Monday, December 10th at 6:30pm. Participants from all three churches and the greater Saginaw community are welcome to join us.

The Steward Board will meet on Thursday, November 8th at 6:00 p.m.; The Trustee Board will meet on Thursday, November 15th at 7:00 p.m. and the Official Board will meet on Thursday, November 29th at 6:00 p.m.(due to Thanksgiving holiday)

 Will meet on Saturday, November 17th at 10:00 a.m. Your attendance and participation is required as we begin this new Conference year. All class leaders who were consecrated in September should contact the pastor. Don’t forget, all reports are due.

Michigan Conference Lay Directory is being composed. Please submit your information on MCLO form before November 30, 2018. Forms are available in the mall area or from local lay member. The cost is $10.00. Waunita Pettiford, President

Will help present POWER PLAY! It will be Saturday, November 10th at the Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum, 315 W. Genesee Avenue from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Come and enjoy the following: Be A Heart Hero, The Fastest Way to Healthy Eating, Tooth-Tastic fun, and fitness with Harge. This event is for children 10 years old and under! All children must be accompanied by their parent. With a ticket is free admission! Without a ticket, general admission is $7.50. Please get your free ticket from Mrs. Brenda Vinson. Come and enjoy the fun!

 Will be discussed at the Quality of Life Support Ministry of Zion Baptist Church on Tuesday, November 6th from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 Noon in the Austin Fellowship Hall. The Speaker will be Allie Martinez of the Mid Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force. Various types of human trafficking will be discussed along with who is at risk, impact on the victims and resources available.

 Is pleased to announce the availability of $700,000 in scholarships for students attending college (undergraduate or graduate) or vocational school in the Fall of 2019. The application opens on November 1st and the deadline is February 15, 2019. In addition to the usual scholarships, we are proud to offer scholarships for non-traditional students who have been out of school for more than two semesters or those that have never attended college and have decided to better their lives by getting a certificate or degree to improve their employment skills in the future. Apply online at www.saginawfoundation.org

THANK YOU: The family of Bro. Milton McDonald would like to thank you for a great service and all the kindness shown during our difficult time. The McDonald Family THANK YOU: I would like to thank Pastor Laffoon and the Bethel Family for the love and support given to me during my surgery. Your prayers and thoughts were the warmth and joy to me. Bro. Alvin & Sis. Verlean Wilson THANK YOU: Thank you Bethel family and friends for your generous donation of $1040.75 for support of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Also, a special thank you to Read More …

11/5 Contemplate the courage of St. Stephen Acts 7:51-60 11/6 Learn from Jesus how to be humble Philippians 2:5-18 11/7 Be vigilant and ready for the return of Jesus 1 Thess. 5:1-11 11/8 In this life, nothing lasts forever Eccles. 3:1-8 11/9 The wonder of the cosmos is nothing compared to God Isaiah 40:17 11/10 Abraham is your father Isaiah 51:1-2 11/11 When you feel unable to pray, ask Jesus Matthew 9:1-8

 The scriptures for this week’s study are: Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22); Jeremiah 31:7-9, Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 10:46-52.