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Pastors Letter...

April 2012

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Members and Friends of Tremont Temple Baptist Church!

Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! This is the Easter greeting proclaimed around the world. On Easter Sunday morning, Christians worldwide will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. What does the resurrection mean to you? Is it merely the fact that a man was dead and was now alive? Modern medicine repeats such near death experiences all the time. The resurrection is more than that! Indeed the resurrection is Gods confirmation to the world that in fact Jesus Christ is Lord! The resurrection is the turning point of history. It is the end of the old covenant of sacrifices. It is the end of the Law and the Temple. Now in Jesus Christ, a new freedom and a new covenant between God and man have been established. No longer must we wander not knowing who God is, or where he is, or how I relate to him! In Jesus Christ we meet the triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit...Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. The Apostle Paul reminds us that if Christ be not risen - then our hope is in vain. Do you have hope? Do you live every day in the hope of Christs coming? When you pray, when you work, when you play, when you are with friends, never forget that it is Christ that makes all things new! It is Christ that turns sorrow into joy and pain into healing. It is Christ who awakens our dreary soul to a new hope for tomorrow. For that reason Christ has come...to give us life and life more abundantly! The reason the Church exists is to communicate this new life to all of humanity, to society generally and to every person individually. It is for that reason that we have Worship and Bible Study and Prayer Meetings. Please make a real effort to come to our Holy Week services of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter morning. What a wonderful time to have fellowship with one another! Thats why we will again have hot cross buns and a continental breakfast on Easter Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. Come and share the joy of new life in Christ! Bring a friend to our Easter celebration. Live in expectant hope of what God in Christ has prepared for you, your family and friends....and for the whole world. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! My prayer for you this Easter is that it will be a time for you to renew your faith in the eternal and risen Christ and give you power to be witnesses to this abundant life and hope! Come, celebrate Easter with your Tremont Temple family! In the Joy of Christ,
Denton Lotz, Pastor

Sunday, April 1st PALM SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00am ~ Converse Hall (2nd fl.) Thursday, April 5th MAUNDY THURSDAY COMMUNION SERVICE 6:00pm ~ Lorimer Hall (lower level) Friday, April 6th GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 12:00pm ~ Converse Hall (2nd fl.)

HE AROSE !
Sunday, April 8th EASTER SUNDAY ! CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 9:00am ~ Chipman Hall (6th fl) EASTER SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00am ~ Converse Hall (2nd fl.)

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Mens Ministry News Invitation for all Men of TTBC, Every FIRST Saturday of each month, the Mens Bible Study group has been hosting a Breakfast for the men of the Church. This consists , usually, of eggs, bacon, sausage, pastries, orange juice and coffee. We would really like YOU to join us on the first Saturday of April (April 7th), beginning at 9 am in Friendship House, 7th floor. At 10 am, we will have a brief BIBLE STUDY and discussion ending at 10:45 am. Join us to nourish your body and feed on GODs HOLY WORD ! God bless you,

Dear TTBC family, TABCOMs (The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts) 44th Annual Gathering will be held on the weekend of April 27th and 28th in South Hadley, MA . We are putting together our FIRST Regional Choir consisting of anyone who wants to sing with us from any of our Baptist Churches of TABCOM. All Choir members and anyone else from Tremont Temple who would want to participate in this wonderful Annual event is welcome to join us ! The Choir will be singing three Gospel songs: I Love the Lord (recorded by the late Whitney Houston, with a wonderful choral response), Weve Come To Praise Him, and

Rev Geoffrey Hicks

O Give Thanks Unto the Lord, for the afternoon service on Saturday, April 28th. We will rehearse earlier that morning and will be joined by various members from other churches in the area (So. Hadley). Please pass this invitation to any church members who may be interested in singing as we are hoping for a Choir of fifty. If interested, you may respond, as soon as possible, to Tremont Temples Church Office . Thank you for helping to recruit for this very special event!
God bless you,

Rev Geoffrey Hicks

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FRIDAY NIGHT FELLOWSHIP STUDENTS & YOUNG ADULTS

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April 1st Vantha Bun April 2nd - Ruth Gonnella April 6th - Dwayne Dasher April 11th - Elizabeth (Betty) Harris April 12th - Rev. Geoffrey Hicks Vincent Kenny Lai April 25th - Nick Gallanaro

BIRTHDAYS
April 27th - Rev JP Robins Jamarr Dukes April 29th - Arme Gallanaro Mobolaji Olurinde Richard (Dick) Mann April 30th - Peter An

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Womens Round-table Report~ Missionary Letters

This will be Report # 8 from our Missionary Letters.. This months Capsule Report will be from three of our long - standing missionary couples. According to a TTBC bulletin dated August 14, 1988, the following missionary couples were listed along with forty four others supported then all over the world.: USA, Cuba, Africa, Italy, Autria, Canada, Taiwan, Peru, Indonesia, Japan, Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico City, the Netherlands, India, Tanzania, Florida, Philippines, Benin, W. Africa, and Bangladesh. Thats our history! Our first couple is: Richard & Sally Johnson. They currently serve in Hong Kong. Prior to this, they have served in Zaire where they saw twenty two churches started. After civil unrest there, they were assigned to Hong Kong where they have been working with fifteen Baptist churches for twenty one years. Rich has served as Chaplain for the Mainland students at Hong Kong Baptist University. They will be home this summer and looking to retirementsad in ways, but exciting to see what the Lord next has for us. Pray for Rich and Sally! 2) Drs. Edwin & Carolyn Kerr work with Latin American Mission. They worked for many years in Spain, but are currently in the USA (Indiana). Edwin delves into math and physics of creation and cosmology and has found errors in Stephen Hawking publications disputing the fact that the Universe has always existed! Carolyn has a book ready for publication (both in English and Spanish) titled: Lift Up Your Head; Joy In the Face of Shame. Prayer is requested for both of them and their work for the Lord. 3) Gordon & Caryl Saunders work with Greater Europe Mission. They currently live and work in Monument, CO leading the Wheaton discipleship multiplication training event for pastors and church leaders, who will serve all over North America and Europe. They are preparing a website for participants providing media resources and access to conversations with people all over the world who are multiplying disciples. Gordon will be in Dublin, Ireland on April 19th, putting on the finishing touches before the seminar starts on April 24th. Prayer is requested that all will be done before then. With Easter fast approaching, let us all remember the price Jesus paid for our salvation and give HIM all praise and thanks! May God bless as we seek to follow where HE leads each one of us. Lois Crosby, Missions Letter Writing leader

WORSHIP & FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT TREMONT TEMPLE. SUNDAY MORNING 8:15am ADULT PRAYER TIME Friendship House, 7th floor 9:30 am SUNDAY BIBLE HOUR ARISE - STUDENTS & YOUNG ADULTS ~ Quiet Room, 5th floor ADULTS - Friendship House, 7th floor MEN - Study Room, 1st floor CHILDREN/YOUTH - 5th floor WEDNESDAY 5:30 pm FELLOWSHIP Chipman Hall, 6th floor 6:30pm PRAYER GATHERING & BIBLE STUDY - CHAPEL (Last Wed.) Contemporary Prayer Meeting - Lorimer Hall (lower level)