Mission: “Transforming Lives through the Discipleship of Jesus Christ”

Vision: "Becoming ACTIVE Disciples through our Commitment, Witness, Love, and Relationship”

Pray for our Sick and Shut-in Members

At Home Ophelia Adams

Deacon Thomas Adams Dorothy Burke

J. Faye Henderson Patricia Patterson Loretta Preston

Cherrydale Health Center Ruth Brittain

Potomac Center Ruth Garner

Virginia Hospital Center Trustee Hattie McKnight

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.

Study Schedule

Bible Study Schedule 7:00 p.m.

1st Wednesday – Corporate Prayer & Praise 2nd Wednesday – Pastor’s Bible Study

3rd Wednesday – Men & Women’s Bible Study 4th Wednesday – Young Adult Bible Study

5th Wednesday – Leadership Night

Communion Worship Service 1st Sunday

7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship Service 1st through 4th Sunday 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. 5th Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Youth and Teen Church

2nd Sunday 10:45 a.m. (Multipurpose Room)

Young Adult Directed Worship Service

2nd Sunday 10:45 a.m. (Sanctuary)

Youth Directed Worship Service

3rd Sunday 10:45 a.m. Service Only

Theme:

Do you have the right Connection? Colossians 2:6-10 (NIV)

Women’s Day Sunday, May 18, 2014

7:45 a.m. Worship Service Messenger

Minister Akisha S. Greene Associate Minister, Abundant Life Family

Fellowship Church, Oxon Hill, Maryland

Music Ministry Praise Team and Women’s Day Choir

10:45 a.m. Worship Service Messenger

Reverend Dr. Gloria Graham

First Lady, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Herndon, Virginia

Music Ministry Praise Team and Women’s Day Choir

Living Water Dance Ministry

Macedonia Baptist Church Dr. Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr., Pastor

3412 South 22nd Street, Arlington, VA 22204 (Sanctuary)

2229 South Shirlington Road, Arlington, VA 22206 (Offices)

(703) 521-7663 (office) • (703) 521-6316 (fax)

www.mbcva.ws (website)

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

Monday, May 19, 2014 7:00 p.m. – Trustee Ministry Meeting (Business Office) 7:00 p.m. – Heart and Soul Substance Abuse Support Group Meeting (Macedonian)

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 6:00 p.m. - Baptismal Counseling

(Board Room)

7:00 p.m. – Discipleship Class 2B (Henderson/Duckett) (Classroom 4) 7:00 p.m. – Discipleship Class 3B (Brown/Smith) (FLC – Upper Level) 7:00 p.m. – Heart & Soul Stage Play Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

7:00 p.m. – Associate Ministers and MIT’s Meeting with Pastor Hamlin (Multipurpose Room) 7:00 p.m. – Evangelism Ministry Meeting (Classroom 4)

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer with Pastor Hamlin

Dial–in Number: (712) 432-1212 ID Number: 373-561-388

12:00 p.m. – Noonday Hour of Power “All are Welcome” (Sanctuary)

7:00 p.m. – Men and Women’s Bible Study (Sanctuary)

Thursday, May 22, 2014 7:00 p.m. – Discipleship Class 1B (Gibson)

(Classroom 3) Friday, May 23, 2014 No activities/meetings/rehearsals scheduled Saturday, May 24, 2014 10:00 a.m. – Heart & Soul Stage Play Rehearsal (Multipurpose Room)

10:00 a.m. – Male Chorus Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

10:30 a.m. – Communications Ministry Meeting (Board Room)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Daily Devotionals for June, July and August are available for purchase at the Information Center. Sunday, July 13, 2014 Macedonia will accompany Pastor Hamlin to Keswick, VA for their Revival Worship Service. A commercial bus has been secured. Please reserve your seat by Thursday, June 5th. More information is available at the Information Center.

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Cornerstone Life Ministries News: Recreation Ministry is sponsoring a trip to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to see the hit musical “The Lion King,” on Sunday, July 20, 2014. Ticket information is available at the Information Center.

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Membership & Spiritual Development Ministry News: Sickle Cell Sabbath will be back again this year on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at Drew Model School (3500 South 23rd Street, Arlington, VA.). This worship service is in collaboration with the American Red Cross, which will accept your blood donations for sickle cell patients, who require multiple blood transfusions to control this painful disease that often results in strokes. Please sign up in the narthex after each service or sign-up online (mbcva.ws, click “Event Registration,” click “Sickle Cell Sabbath” and fill out the form.) Give life!! Appointment time for your donations will be given upon sign-ups. For further information, contact Reverend Lois Nicholson at LNicholson@mbcva.ws.

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Missions and Outreach Ministries News: The Heart and Soul Ministry is seeking actors, singers, dancers and stagehands that would like to be a part of the upcoming life-changing play “The Shot that Saved Me.” Please contact Brother Jeff Haskins or sign up at the Information Center.

Minister Akisha S. Greene

Akisha Sharon Greene, is the

Founder of “First Friday’s”. Not

a clique, or a sorority, First

Friday’s is a movement!

Literally moving women from

where they are, to where God

has called them to be in every

area of their lives. We are

biblically based, socially

sensitive, spiritually alive and radically in love with Jesus!

There is no agenda. The mission of First Friday’s is

simple… to empower, encourage, and equip ALL

WOMEN. Through enrichment, teaching, wellness

screenings, outreach, spiritual counseling and mentoring,

we are empowering families, one woman at a time.

Akisha is the second of five children born to the late Sharon

Brown-Greene and Cornelius Levi Greene. A product of the

Prince George’s County Public School System, Akisha has a

Certificate in Paralegal Studies from Georgetown University, a

Bachelor of Science Degree from Bowie State University, and a

Master of Divinity Degree from Howard University.

She is a Managing Partner of Greene and Vaden, Inc.,

which owns and operates Washington, DC’s premier

cleaning agency, MaidPro of Capitol Hill, a residential and

commercial cleaning agency that serves over one

thousand clients and employs thirty-five full time

employees.

Akisha is also an author, having recently published her

first book entitled, Don’t Wait Until Sunday! In the book

she exclaims, “There are way too many people postponing

living a life of victory! There are no blackout dates with

God. There are no restrictions or bad service areas with

God. You have God's undivided attention today! Don’t

wait until tomorrow! Don't wait until Sunday!”

Akisha hosts annual forums for aspiring small business

owners and serves as a life coach and mentor to many.

She is one of the founding members of the Community of

Hope A.M.E. Church, in Temple Hills, MD, where the Rev.

Tony Lee is the Pastor. During her tenure at Community

of Hope, she served as the Coordinator of the Intercessory

Prayer Ministry, and the Minister to Women to over one

thousand women. Akisha is currently a member of the

Abundant Life Family Fellowship Church, where the Rev.

Lawrence Taylor is her Pastor and Covering. For she is

persuaded, that she is called for such a time as this to

EMPOWER, EQUIP AND ENCOURAGE the world… one

WOMAN at a time!`

Reverend Dr. Gloria Graham

Rev. Dr. Gloria Graham is first and foremost a child of God. She is a native of Sumter, South Carolina. After graduating from Sumter High, she attended Frances Marion University where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Education. For over 21 years, Rev. Dr. Graham traveled the world with her

husband James, as he served in the United States Military. She taught in the Department of Defense School System (DoDs), and because of her skilled and compassionate approached to teaching was nominated as DoDs Teacher of the Year, Heidelberg, Germany. With her other contributions to military communities, she was recognized on numerous occasions by Unit and Community Commanders. In 1986, Rev. Dr. Graham entered the Arlington County Public School System as a first grade teacher at the Barcroft Elementary school. While serving as teacher, she was recognized by parents, teachers and school administrators as one of the best educators in the district. She recently retired from the Arlington County Public School System, which now allows her to dedicate more of her time to her family, church and community. Rev. Dr. Graham is an active member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Herndon, Virginia where she is the First Lady, serves as advisor to the Women’s Ministry, sings with the Women’s choir and a host of other ministries. She was licensed and ordained by Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Herndon VA. Rev. Dr. Graham is a missionary who is willing to go and take the good news of Jesus to the world. She has been on several mission trips to Africa, including Kenya, Benin, and South Africa. Additionally, she has ministered in several places in the Caribbean. She has also ministered at churches and conferences in the Northern Virginia region and many other places in the United States. Rev. Dr. Graham strongly believes that we are all on assignment. She strongly believes that we are called into the field to do the work God has prepared us to do. We are, therefore, beacons of light, shining brightly to show the love of our Heavenly Father. She walks in the role of wife, mother, grandmother, friend, encourager and confidante to many. Rev. Gloria Graham and her husband, Rev. Dr. James L. Graham, Jr. have been married for over forty two years. She has two wonderful children, Andrea and James Omari; and five adorable grandchildren.