Pray for our Sick & Shut-In Members

At Home
Ophelia Adams Ersell Mangum
Deacon Thomas Adams Trustee Hattie McKnight
Dorothy Burke Patricia Patterson

Cherrydale Health and Rehabilitation Center
Ruth Brittain

INOVA Alexandria Hospital
J. Faye Henderson

Potomac Center
Ruth Garner

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.

Worship Schedule

Baptism Worship Service - 4
th
Sunday
10:45 a.m. Service Only

Bible Study Schedule - 7:00 p.m.
1
st
Wednesday Corporate Prayer & Praise
2
nd
Wednesday Pastors Bible Study
3
rd
Wednesday Men and Womens Bible Study
4
th
Wednesday Young Adult Bible Study
5
th
Wednesday Leadership Night

Communion Worship Service - 1
st
Sunday
7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

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

Young Adult Directed Worship Service - 2
nd
Sunday
10:45 a.m. (Sanctuary)

Youth and Teen Church - 2
nd
Sunday
10:45 a.m. (Multipurpose Room)

Youth Directed Worship Service - 3
rd
Sunday
10:45 a.m. Service Only



Mission: Transforming Lives through the Discipleship of Jesus Christ

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


2014 Theme: Generosity Transforming Your Faith (The Faith of the Disciple)




Ministry Thematic Sunday
Worship, Music & Arts Ministries
Community Outreach & Ministry Relationships

Sunday, August 10, 2014
9:30 a.m.


Todays Messenger
Minister Constance R. Cheeks
Shiloh Baptist Church, McLean, Virginia

Music Ministry
Judah Choral Choir


Macedonia Baptist Church
Dr. Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr., Pastor
3412 South 22
nd
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)
MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

Monday, August 11, 2014
7:00 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
7:00 p.m. Heart & Soul Substance Abuse Ministry Meeting (The Macedonian)
7:00 p.m. Trustee Ministry Meeting (Business Office)

Tuesday, August 12, 2014
6:00 p.m. Power of Movement Exercise Class (FLC - Lower Level)
7:00 p.m. Generation Now Sunday Morning Meeting w/Youth (Board Room)
7:00 p.m. Ministers In Training Meeting (The Macedonian)

Wednesday, August 13, 2014
7:00 a.m. Morning Prayer with Pastor Hamlin
Dialin Number: (712) 432-1212 // ID Number: 373-561-388

Thursday, August 14, 2014
6:00 p.m. Power of Movement Exercise Class (FLC - Lower Level)

Friday, August 15, 2014
No activities/meetings/rehearsals scheduled

Saturday, August 16, 2014
9:30 a.m. Usher Ministry Meeting (Sanctuary
12:00 p.m. MBC Picnic Lake Accotink Park
7500 Accotink Park Road, Springfield, VA 22150

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MBC Summer Worship Schedule

A U G U S T
One worship service at 9:30 a.m. Casual dress (no shorts or tank tops)

MBC Ministry Thematic Month
All Ministries will be promoting their ministry on designated Sundays

Sunday, August 17, 2014
Generation Now

Sunday, August 24, 2014
Support Ministries

Sunday, August 31, 2014
Christian Education Ministries
Missions & Outreach Ministries
ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued)

S E P T E M B E R
One service at 9:30 a.m. for the first two Sundays
Casual dress (no shorts or tank tops)

Homecoming Weekend
Theme: Community Awareness and Fellowship
Scripture: What we have seen and heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may realize
and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And this fellowship that we have is
with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:3 (AMP)

Saturday, September 13, 2014
Church Bazaar and Community Affair
10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.
(More information available at the Information Center)

Sunday, September 14, 2014
Homecoming Service at 9:30 a.m.
(Communion will be served)
Wakefield High School, 1325 S. Dinwiddie Street, Arlington, VA

* * * * * *

Christian Education Ministries
Discipleship Class Facilitators
Class Facilitators are needed for the upcoming September 2014 classes.
Interested persons must have previously graduated from the discipleship
program, is a seasoned leader or member who is able to teach. This will
require a three-year commitment, one night per week. All interested persons
please see or contact Deacon Gifford and Sister Karen Brown @
tiasgiff@comcast.net, or Minister Tonia Heggs, no later than August 31, 2014.

Discipleship Registration 2014
Calling all returning and new Disciples! Registration for the Fall 2014 classes
is through Sunday, September 21, 2014. Classes begin the week of
September 14
th
. Please register in the Narthex at the Information Center or
online at www.mbcva.ws. Please see or contact Deacon Gifford and Sister
Karen Brown, tiasgiff@comcast.net, or Minister Tonia Heggs for more
information.








Minister Constance R. Cheeks

Minister Constance R. Cheeks, Shilohs Leading
Lady, was a military child born in Dugway, Utah, yet
considers herself a native of Fayetteville, North
Carolina.

In 1997, Minister Cheeks came into full knowledge
of Jesus Christ while under the leadership of Pastor
Leonard Hamlin, Sr. of the Macedonia Baptist
Church in Arlington, Virginia. While there, she
served as a Deaconess and in various other
capacities through the years. Additionally, she and her husband started a
Couples Ministry with just a few couples that later grew into many.

Having been thoroughly equipped and prepared for the work of the ministry,
she plays an extremely supportive and active role in ministry while under her
husbands leadership at the Shiloh Baptist Church in McLean, Virginia. She
is highly involved in the life and growth of Shiloh. She served as a Deaconess,
and is currently the Servant-Leader of the Womens Ministry. Prior to leading
the Womens Ministry, she started a monthly womens bible study and
fellowship known as the Women of Worship (W.O.W.). She started and
developed leaders of a Young Ladies Ministry named Kingdom Pearls, and
the Martha & Mary Ministry (A Womens Support Group).

God has chosen to use her to minister the Word of God individually and jointly
along side of her husband. Over the past four years, she has been invited as
a keynote speaker for various Womens Conferences, a Young Adult
Conference and other womens-geared ministry moments.

In August, 2009, she yielded and accepted the call to preach the gospel of
Jesus Christ. She was later licensed in October, 2011 as the first ever female
Associate Minister at Shiloh Baptist Church. To further equip for the call, she
is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity Degree at the Wesley Theological
Seminary in Washington, D.C.


over

She earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Social
Work from Fayetteville State University in 1992. Her current organization
affiliation is with the National Council of Negro Women.

God truly blessed and sustained Minister Cheeks to build a career at KeyBank
Real Estate Capital in Washington, D.C. as an Assistant Vice President,
where she has been employed for the past five years.

Since October 9, 1999, Minister Cheeks has been happily, happily married to
Rev. Dr. Robert F. Cheeks, Jr. The both of them share a strong passion and
love for God, His people and for one another. They joyfully work together to
empower and uplift those seeking to achieve Gods purpose for their lives.
Both truly feel that they have been called and united to serve, not to be served.

One of her favorite scriptures is Galatians 1:10, Obviously, Im not trying to
win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I
would not be Christs servant.