New Bethel News - New Bethel Church of God In Christ

January 2016, Volume 11
New Bethel News
New Bethel Church of God in Christ
Equipping and Empowering for Effective Ministry
Order of Services
Sunday Morning Services
8:00 am, 10:00 am,
12:00 Noon
Sunday School
9:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:00
am
Fourth Sunday
Evening Service 4:00 pm
Monday ~ Friday
Noon-Day Prayer
12:00 Noon
Monday
Mountain Moving Prayer
6:30 pm
Wednesday
Prayer & Bible Study
6:30 pm
Wednesday
Pastoral Teaching
7:20 pm
Saturday Prayer
7:30 am
Saturday IMPACT Service
6:00 pm—7:30 pm
Table of Content
The Editor’s Desk
Consecration
1
2-3
Tech Watch
4
Upcoming Events
5
Birthdays
6
New Members
6
General Information
7
Happy New Year and welcome to 2016, a
year we’ve never seen before!
God uniquely creates us with special gifts
to use for His purpose, to advance His
kingdom!
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope
and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11
On January 1st, did you resolve to lose
weight, exercise more, take charge of your
finances, learn a new skill, or pursue a new
hobby? Didn’t you do the same thing last God directs us to write our visions down
year, and the year before?
(Habakkuk 2:2). God also encour ages us
Why do we keep doing this to ourselves?
to persevere until we achieve our goals
(Hebrews 12:1-2).
If you pay attention to commercials, you
will notice an increase in fitness center and We need to prayerfully include God in each
weight loss commercials because they are step of our planning process. No matter
willing to cater to your temporary lifestyle how big we dream, God’s thoughts are alchange. By Valentines Day, the commer- ways higher than our thoughts (Isaiah
cials focus on romance and candy which is 55:9).
never healthy or diet-conscious.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them,
Do you realize the key to a successful plan and they follow Me. – John 10:27
for changing your life is contained in something you should already have at hand, your We need to listen as God guides us through
Bible.
life so that we can accomplish the purposes
He has envisioned for us before He laid the
Why don’t our New Year’s resolutions
foundations for the world (Ephesians 1:4-5,
work?
2 Timothy 1:9).
 We focus on things that never truly inIn their hearts humans plan their course,
spired us to begin with.
but the Lord establishes their steps. –
 We pursue things that God never intended for us to focus our time and at- Proverbs 16:9
tention on!
Whatever it is we pursue in life, when God
But seek first the kingdom of God and His is with us – when our plans align with
righteousness, and all these things shall be God’s – we will succeed (Genesis 39:2)!
added to you. – Matthew 6:33
Let’s measure our successes not by worldly
standards, but by God’s daily blessings.
Let’s set spiritual goals that include:
 Deepening our relationship with God. Let’s align our goals, resolutions and plans
 Learning more about God – who He is, with God’s Holy Word.
His attributes and His character, and
who we are in relationship to Him.
Reference: http://
www.faithgateway.com/plan-success-gods Increasing our sensitivity to hearing
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God’s voice and obeying His Word.
 Praying for an increased capacity to
trust God and follow where He leads.

Striving to grow, emulate, and be more
like Jesus with each passing day.
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January 2016, Volume 11
New Bethel News
Annual 21 Day Consecration
Sister Clarice Lumpkin
Type of Consecration: Complete Fast
Purpose of Consecration: The year of 2016 is the year
of perfecting our love and commitment to God. The
saints of God who will diligently pursue perfection in
God’s love will experience spiritual transformation in
their lives. This will be achieved by pursuing understanding and revelation from the word, and subsequently
demonstrating a commitment to fully applying the word
to their lives.
First Fruit Offering Scriptures:
Joshua 6:18, Deuteronomy 15:19, Deuteronomy 26:2,
and Nehemiah 10:37
Dates/Times:
Friday, January 1, 2016 (beginning at 5:00 PM)
(We will begin honoring this fast by only consuming one
meal after 5:00 PM.)
through
Friday, January 22, 2016 (ending at 5:00 PM)
We are armed with the power of God as we embrace the
truth that God loves us unconditionally. God demonstrat- Details:
Fast – No food or drink until after 5:00 PM. You may
ed His love in John 3: 16 declaring “For God so loved the
consume one meal after 5:00 PM. After the meal,
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
do not consume any food or drink until after 5:00
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
PM the next day. This process will continue
life.” He further emphasized His love and commitment to
through the fast ending date.
us in Romans 5:8 which states: “But God commandeth his
(Personal adjustments for medical reasons are
love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ
strongly encouraged. Brushing your teeth with
died for us.” The key to perfecting our love towards God
toothpaste and rinsing with Listerine twice is recis in our true acceptance of His love and our unwavering
ommended. As needed, mints may also be used to
commitment to never be content apart from Him.
freshen your breath throughout the day while interacting with others.)
Application: We must FAST, PRAY, and GIVE as we
Pray – Prayer will be held at New Bethel on Monwalk toward fulfillment of God’s promise. We know that
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays beginning at 6:30
it is imperative that we bring our bodies into subjection
PM (except on Wednesdays – prayer will begin at
through fasting. We are demonstrating our faith in God’s
7:00 PM).
willingness and ability to manifest the promise in our
Give – At any time during the fast, give a first fruits
lives through prayer. Every time the Lord’s logos (His
offering of your salary. It could be one hour, one
word) becomes rhema (revelation), we must honor the
day, one week, or one month of your annual salaLord by demonstrating our gratitude through an offering
ry.
or seed of thanksgiving.
Pastor is asking that everyone give at least one
day’s salary
Scripture References:
as a first fruit offering to the Lord.
Matthew 22:37-40 (MSG); Luke 24:45-53; Romans 8:3739; John 8:31,32; John 13:34,35; Proverbs 3:5-12 (MSG),
Continued on Page 3
Matthew 22:29, Romans 11:6 (AMP) and Isaiah 55:6-11.
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New Bethel News January 2016, Volume 11
Annual 21 Day Consecration (Continued)
Sister Clarice Lumpkin
Continued from Page 2
The following scriptures have been added to the consecration to allow further study and meditation on the Word of
God. In completing this process, each participant will obtain a deeper understanding of the purpose of the consecration and how to diligently possess God’s love.
*Example of first fruit calculations*
One hour’s first fruit – divide annual salary
amount by 2,080 hours ($50,000/2,080=$24.04
offering amount)
One workday’s first fruit - divide annual salary
amount by 264 days ($50,000/264=$189.39 offer- Please read the below scriptures during the stated weeks:
ing amount)
One work week’s first fruit – divide annual salary Week 1 (January 1-7)
amount by 52 weeks ($50,000/52=$961.54 offerEphesians 1:3-14
ing amount)
1 John 4:4-11
<Days included are only for days that would be
2 Timothy 4:3-8 (MSG)
worked in a 40 hour work week throughout the
year.>
Week 2 (January 8-14)
John 14:12-17
Romans 8:11-19
1 Corinthians 15:57,58
Important Note:
As you are managing your health and hygiene during this Week 3 (January 15-22)
consecration, a simple rule should always apply, “BE
Ephesians 2:4,5
HONEST WITH GOD!” Any spiritual benefits derived
John 15:7-17
from this consecration are only going to be realized as a
Hebrews 11:5,6
result of your character and commitment.
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January 2016, Volume 11
New Bethel News
Tech-Watch
Minister Gilbert Banks
Disable Apple Background Refresh on Apple iOS
You can disable what Apple calls Background App Refresh on an app-by-app basis, or completely with just a
few taps. To get started, go into Settings and select General, followed by Background App Refresh. Here you'll
find a switch to disable background apps altogether,
along with a list of all apps that have background app
refresh support built into them. You'll still see a location
indicator next to the switch if the app requests location
data while in the background.
How to disable, stop and uninstall Android apps running in the background
If you have an app that you think is using an unreasonaFacebook Drains Your Phone’s Battery
ble amount of processor power or seems to be running in
You can increase your battery life dramatically by disa- the background way more than it should, then you can
bling Facebook’s background refresh — but it turns out, either:
Facebook has found some sneaky way around this, and
 Disable it in your App Manager by going to Settings
it’s doing stuff in the background even when you have
> Applications > Application manager, tapping the
background refresh disabled. On Apple iOS mobile deapp, then tapping Disable.
vices, it is recommended after setting them up, to go to
 Since the Lollipop update, you can close recent apps
Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh and
easily by tapping the Recent Apps navigation button on
disable everything that doesn’t need to be updated in the
your phone (to the right of the home button), then swipbackground — which is almost everything. For the Aning left or right to close apps you ran recently.
droid see how to do this below in “How to disable, stop
and uninstall Android apps running in the background”.  Delete it from your phone by going to Settings > Applications > Application manager, tapping the app,
But many people have noticed, that Facebook seems to
then tapping Uninstall
have some way around disabling it in the background.
Or Force Stop it by going to Settings > Applications >
Facebook is supposedly working on a fix.
Application manager, swiping r ight to the Running
tab, tapping the app, then tapping Force Stop
Remember, if you have no clue what an app or service is,
Can You Do Anything to Fix It?
The fact of the matter is Facebook is just a huge battery then you probably shouldn't stop it, unless it's using up a
lot of RAM or battery, and you don't mind risking your
drain. You should definitely turn off location access
(Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> Facebook phone crashing.
-> Never) and disable backgr ound app r efr esh
Top 3 apps to boost Android system performance:
(Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh). But
1. SD Maid
that will only do so much.
2. Greenify
It’s probably better to get rid of the app, and save a Face- 3. Android Assistant
book bookmark to your home screen so you can access it
in a browser instead. Or just get rid of Facebook entirely,
if you can.
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Upcoming Events
January
Friday, January 15
Saturday, January 16
Lady Murphy@ Empowering Word
Jurisdictional AIM Rally (#1)
Sunday, January 17
Monday, January 18-21
Sunday, January 24
Sunday, January 31
Mt. Zion COGIC
National Leadership Conference
The Harvest Church
District Fellowship
Wadesboro, NC (5:00pm)
New St. Delight COGIC, Bethel, NC (12
noon)
Camp Green
Albuquerque, New Mexico
7429 Tuckaseegee Rd., Charlotte, NC (5pm)
New Bethel Church
E.C. Cannon District Conference
NC#1 NC#2 & SC Youth Revival
Biblical Portrait of Marriage
Youth Prayer Breakfast
Annual Church Meeting
Vessels of Honor Conference
New Bethel COGIC
Location TBA (1:00pm)
NBC
New Bethel Church
New Bethel Church
New Bethel Church
February
Wednesday, February 3-7
Saturday, February 6
Friday, February 12
Saturday, February 13
Monday, February 22
Friday, February 26-27
January Birthdays
Sidney Gonzalez
Willie Green, III
Latasha Williams
Mathias Hampton
Ernestine Mackey
Nadiya Colon
Elijah Timothy
Kendall Baskerville
Melissa Diggs
Martha Ann Odum
Brandon Davis
Lou Jackson
Elias Boger
Anndell Taylor
Marsha Massie
1/1
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1/3
1/3
1/6
1/6
1/8
1/8
1/11
1/11
1/11
1/12
1/13
1/14
Aqueilla Terry
Vanessa Walker
Erica Grier
Valeria Allen
Courtney Darden
Kayla Houston
Kimberly Artis
Cheryl Perry
Linda Cooper
Bethany Johnson
Roszon Ward
Jonquil Whitley
Tomeshia Brown
Isaiah Crockett
Nicki Daily
1/14
1/14
1/15
1/17
1/17
1/17
1/18
1/19
1/20
1/21
1/21
1/21
1/22
1/22
1/22
Charles Hampton
Royce Spratling
Akeitha Williams
Robert Bell, Jr.
Brittanie Adams
Kathryn Carew
Missionary Shirley Land
David Fore
Veandra Short
Theresa Stevenson
Cleophus Coates
Deaconess Betty Miller
Stephon Richardson
Damorion Cooper
1/22
1/23
1/23
1/24
1/27
1/27
1/27
1/28
1/28
1/28
1/30
1/30
1/30
1/31
Please join Superintendent and First Lady Murphy
in welcoming our new members!
Praising God, and having favour
with all the people.
And the Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved.
Acts 2:47
New Members (11/22/15-12/28/15)
Theonnie Caldwell
Jurnee Caldwell
Jairus Caldwell
Evangelist Esther Williams
Chanel Shakylia Dixon
Marilynn Killiam Johnson
Veatrice Smith
New Bethel News Staff
Superintendent Tommie A. Murphy ~ Pastor/Staff Writer “Words to Live By”
First Lady Doris Murphy ~ Staff Writer “Woman of Wisdom”
Sister Rosalind Gathers ~ Editor
Minister Gilbert Banks ~ Staff Writer “ Tech Watch”
Deacon Cornelius Gathers ~ Staff Writer “Home Repairs”
Missionary Joyce Martin ~ Staff Writer “Healthier Alternatives”
New Bethel Church of God in Christ
Missionary Lisa Murphy ~ Staff Writer
Sister Clarice Lumpkin ~ Staff Writer “Birthdays & New Members”
Evangelist Sallie Caldwell ~ Staff Writer “Seniors of Distinction”
Our purpose is to
“Inspire” readers to seek a
closer and more meaningful
relationship with the Lord.
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Lastly, Our purpose is to
“Invite” our readers to
participate in the mighty move of
God going on at New Bethel.
Our purpose is to also
“Inform” readers of
activities and events going
on at the church.
The Church of God in Christ, Inc
Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr.
International Presiding Prelate
Greater North Carolina Jurisdiction
E.C. Cannon Memorial District
Bishop Leroy Jackson Woolard
Superintendent Tommie A. Murphy
Jurisdictional Presiding Prelate
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New Bethel is a church committed to the saving of souls for
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New Bethel is a Bible believing
church, preaching and teaching Jesus Christ and Him
crucified. We endeavor to share the Word of God with
those who might not hear it otherwise and to show genuine
kindness to all, especially those in need of something more.
New Bethel is a church that focuses on a holistic approach
to ministry. It encourages the development of the whole
man, encompassing both spiritual and natural. This is
accomplished through not only teaching and sharing insight
from the Word of God, but also firmly encouraging
application of Bible based principles.
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