Pray for our Sick & Shut-In Members

Worship Schedule

At Home
Dorothy Burke
Deacon Thomas Adams
Patricia Patterson

Baptism Worship Service - 4th Sunday

10:45 a.m. Service Only

Burke Health and Rehabilitation Center

Ophelia Adams
Cherrydale Health and Rehabilitation Center
Ruth Brittain
Michelle Pearson
Envoy Rehabilitation
J. Faye Henderson (no visitors)
Potomac Center
Ruth Garner

Bible Study Schedule - 7:00 p.m.

1st Wednesday Corporate Prayer & Praise
2nd Wednesday Pastors Bible Study
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3 Wednesday Men and Womens Bible Study
4th Wednesday Young Adult Bible Study
5th Wednesday Leadership Night

Celebrating 18 Years of Leadership!

Communion Worship Service - 1st Sunday

7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship Services
1st through 4th Sunday - 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
5th Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Young Adult Directed Worship Service - 2nd Sunday
10:45 a.m. (Sanctuary)

The Jefferson
Ersell Mangum
Woodbine Rehabilitation Center
Irene Lewis
Evelyn Townes
Macedonia Members: Please call or have someone to
contact the church office if you desire prayer, hospital
visit, and /or communion during an extended illness or for
a family member. Once the office receives your request,
a tribal leader will contact you.

Youth and Teen Church - 2nd Sunday

10:45 a.m. (Multipurpose Room)

Dr. Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr.

Youth Directed Worship Service - 3rd Sunday

10:45 a.m. Service Only

Macedonia Baptist Church

Dr. Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr., Pastor
3412 South 22nd Street, Arlington, VA 22204 (Sanctuary)
2229 South Shirlington Road, Arlington, VA 22206 (Office)
(703) 521-7663 (office) (703) 521-6316 (fax) www.mbcva.ws (website)
Vision: "Becoming ACTIVE Disciples through our Commitment, Witness, Love, and Relationship
Mission: Transforming Lives through the Discipleship of Jesus Christ
2014 Theme: Generosity Transforming your Witness (The Actions of the Disciple)

Sunday Worship Services

November 9, 2014
7:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Theme: Celebrating 18 Years of Dedicated Service to our Pastor

Scripture Reference: Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit
has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
Acts 20:28 (NET Bible)

A LETTER FROM OUR PASTOR

We have been blessed by God to enter in the final quarter of
this year 2014. God has not only kept us, God has blessed us!
Gods generosity toward us is beyond measure and his love for
us is outside our comprehension. Yet, we should at this time
express our appreciation. God has blessed the Macedonia
Baptist Church with 106 years of ministry and I am thankful to
have been privileged to share in eighteen of these years. I invite
you to join me in this season of Thanksgiving by declaring, To
God be the Glory for the things God has done. From very
humble beginnings God has done marvelous things. I have
great delight as we rejoice in the knowledge that God has
indeed brought us from a mighty long way.
This is a time of reflection, celebration and expectation. Looking
back as well as forward allows us the opportunity to see the
victories and consider possibilities. It is important that we see what God has done. When we
look at God, we can walk in faith and declare as we look forward, that all things are possible.
Lives have been transformed and a powerful witness has been given and we are thankful for
those who labored in the name of Jesus. The many names written both in the history pages
and the greater list of names documented within the Lambs book of life have participated in
the work of the Kingdom here at the Macedonia Baptist Church and assisted in helping others
to know that we serve a mighty God.
God is positioning the Church in the midst of a transforming world to lift the witness of an ever
present and loving God. There should be a reflection on where we have been, a celebration
about where we are today, and we should give witness with expectation for the great things
God has in store. I am once again thankful for what God has provided throughout these years
and remain in great anticipation for what God is unfolding before us. Let us give God our best
in all things. Our mission is to take the Gospel message to the community and to the utter
most parts of the earth. I am appreciative of the servants who has embraced this challenge
with faith! The future is bright as we walk with God and together, let us look forward to
worshipping, witnessing, discipling and transforming lives through the power of God!
Forever in Gods Service,

Dr. Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr.

Pastor

MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

Monday, November 10, 2014
6:30 p.m. Special Events Committee Meeting (Board Room)
7:00 p.m. Heart and Soul Substance Abuse Support Group Meeting
Group Topic: Manipulation (Macedonian)
7:00 p.m. Trustee Ministry Meeting (Business Office)
7:00 p.m. Living Water Dance Ministry Rehearsal (FLC-Upper Level)
7:00 p.m. Male Chorus Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 (Veterans Day)
12:00 p.m. Forerunners Fellowship (Multipurpose Room)
7:00 p.m. Generation Now Sunday Morning Meeting w/Youth (Board Room)
7:00 p.m. Ministers in Training (MITs) Meeting (Macedonian)
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
7:00 a.m. Morning Prayer with Pastor Hamlin
Dialin Number: (712) 432-1212 // ID Number: 373-561-388
7:00 p.m. Anniversary Revival Service
Guest Revivalist: Archbishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr., D.Min., Pastor,
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church, Washington, DC
Thursday, November 13, 2014
6:30 p.m. Special Events Committee Meetings (Sanctuary & Multipurpose Room)
Friday, November 14, 2014
6:30 p.m. Special Events Committee Meetings (Church & FLC)
7:00 p.m. Living Water Dance Ministry Rehearsal (FLC-Upper Level)
Saturday, November 15, 2013
9:30 a.m. Usher Ministry Meeting (Sanctuary)
12:00 p.m. Gospel Chorus Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
12:30 p.m. Bells of Joy Choir Rehearsal (Classroom 4)
1:00 p.m. YCC Choir Rehearsal (Classroom 4)
4:00 p.m. Church and Pastors Anniversary Celebration (Church & FLC)

ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Daily Devotionals for September, October and November are now available at the Information Center.
Saturday, November 15, 2014 Church and Pastors Anniversary Celebration
(4:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.) Spread the word! Activities and games have been planned for
everyone for this Celebration. Please sign up at the Information Center.

Todays Messengers
7:45 a.m. - Reverend Courtney Miller, Pastor
Norbeck Community Church, Silver Spring, MD
10:45 a.m. - Dr. Gerald Folson, Associate Minister
Community of Hope AME Church, Hillcrest Heights, MD
Worship Music & Arts Ministry
Praise Team and Judah Choral Choir

Anniversary Revival Services

ORDER OF SERVICE

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 7:00 p.m.

Guest Revivalist: Archbishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr., D.Min., Pastor, Greater Mount
Calvary Holy Church, Washington, DC
Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Guest Revivalist: Bishop Heber M. Brown, II, Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church of
Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
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Christian Education Ministries

Discipleship classes are on break for the month of November. Classes will resume in
December.
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Membership & Spiritual Development Ministries
Flu Shots at Macedonia
Rite Aid will be at Macedonia to administer flu shots immediately after the 10:45 am
service next Sunday, November 16, 2014. Rite Aid will accept insurance coverage,
so don't forget to bring your insurance cards. Anyone (adult or child) who does not
have insurance, the cost will be $32. Flu season is upon us and it is important to
prevent this illness.

Call to Worship
Invocation
Praise and Worship
Prayer
Prayer Chant
Scripture
Welcome
Announcement(s)
Reflections
Offering
Offering/Sermonic Selection
Sermon
Invitation to Discipleship
Closing Selection
Benediction

DR. GERALD FOLSOM

REVEREND CORTENAY L. MILLER

Gerald Folsom, son of Mary Nell and late George Thomas Folsom, is
originally from Quitman, Georgia and is employed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation as a Senior Transportation Specialist in
Washington, D.C. He currently serves on the ministerial staff of
Community of Hope AME Church under the direction of Rev. Tony Lee
in Hillcrest Heights, MD. He serves as ministry leader of Community
of Hopes Social Justice Ministry and assistant Mens Ministry leader.
On Friday, April 11, 2014, Gerald was ordained as an itinerant elder in
the AME Church at the Washington Annual AME Conference.

Our Senior Pastor and Visionary is the Reverend Courtenay L. Miller, a

native of Chicago, Illinois, and the son of late Reverend Clarence Earl
Miller and Ann Lee Miller. Rev. Miller is married to the former Brenda
Rhodes Miller.

Gerald attended Clark College (now Clark-Atlanta University) in Atlanta, GA. He holds the
following academic degrees: Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from Howard University
in Washington, D.C., Master of Divinity from Howard University, M.A. in Organizational
Communication from Bowie State University in Bowie, MD and B.S. in Liberal Arts from
Excelsior College in Albany, NY.

Rev. Miller participated as the Chair of the Advisory Board of the Washington Hospital
Centers Teen Alliance to Prevent Pregnancy (TAAP), member of the County Executives and
the Dr. Martin Luther Kings Memorial Commission, the National Baptist Congress of the
Christian Education, USA, Inc. and the National Capitol Region of Congress of Christian
Education.

Gerald was initiated into Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. on November 20, 1982 at Beta Psi
Chapter, Clark College (now Clark-Atlanta University). He is a life member of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc. and currently serves as the Second District Chaplain, overseeing the spiritual
needs of Omega men in Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania and
is also an active member of Gamma Pi Chapter in Prince Georges County, MD.

Reverend Miller accepted his calling as Pastor in 1998 at Norbeck Community Church in Silver
Spring, MD, a member of the International Council of Community Churches.

Gerald served as the Co-Chairman of the Public Engagement Committee on the Transition
Team for the Honorable Rushern L. Baker III, County Executive, Prince Georges County, MD.
On November 7, 2012, he was appointed by the Prince Georges County Executive as a
Commissioner on the Countys Human Relations Commission (Countys Civil Rights Agency).
He is married to Joyce Folsom and they reside in Upper Marlboro, MD.

Rev. Miller received his Bachelors of Business Administration and

Master of Divinity from Howard University in Washington, D.C. He was
licensed to preach by Friendship Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois and
ordained at Mt. Airy Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.

Under Pastor Miller's Leadership...

Church membership has grown;

NCC has partnered with other Christian ministries from different cultural backgrounds
including ICCC , NBC USA, Inc., and Aspen Hill Clergy;

The ministry base has expanded holistically; sharing in partnership with Alcoholics and
Narcotics Anonymous; Fitness & Health Ministry; and

Missions Ministry expanded nationally and internationally including sending

missionaries to Haiti, Liberia, Guyana, and Swaziland