Pray for our Sick & Shut-In Members

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

Cherrydale Health and Rehabilitation Center
Ruth Brittain

Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center - ICU
J. Faye Henderson (No Visitors)

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


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)
Macedonia Baptist Church
Homecoming Communion
Worship Service
Theme: Community Awareness & Fellowship

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 fellowship that we have is with the Father and
with His Son Jesus Christ. 1John 1:3(AMP)








Sunday, September 14, 2014
9:30 a.m.
at
Wakefield High School
1325 S. Dinwiddie Street, Arlington, VA

Todays Messenger
Dr. Leonard L. Hamlin, Sr., Pastor

Worship, Music and Arts Ministry
Praise Team, Homecoming Choir & Living Water Liturgical Dance Ministry

MINISTRY SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

Monday, September 15, 2014
7:00 p.m. Deacon In Training Ministry Meeting (Sanctuary)
7:00 p.m. Heart & Soul Substance Abuse Ministry (Macedonian)
7:00 p.m. Living Water Dance Ministry Rehearsal (FLC - Upper Level)
7:00 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal (Classroom 4)

Tuesday, September 16, 2014
6:00 p.m. Power of Movement Exercise Class (FLC Lower Level)
7:00 p.m. Baptismal Counseling (Board Room)
7:00 p.m. Evangelism Ministry Meeting (Classroom 4)
7:30 p.m. Pastor Hamlin @ Shiloh Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
7:00 a.m. Morning Prayer with Pastor Hamlin
Dialin Number: (712) 432-1212 // ID Number: 373-561-388#
12:00 p.m. Hour of Power All Are Welcome! (Sanctuary)
6:30 p.m. Womens Ministry Meeting (FLC Upper Level)
7:00 p.m. Men and Womens Bible Study (Sanctuary)

Thursday, September 18, 2014
6:00 p.m. Power of Movement Exercise Class (FLC Lower Level)
7:00 p.m. Nursing Home Ministry Meeting (Board Room)
7:00 p.m. Foreign Mission Ministry Meeting (Classroom 3)
7:00 p.m. Gospel Chorus Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

Friday, September 19, 2014
7:00 p.m. Living Water Liturgical Dance Ministry Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

Saturday, September 20, 2014
9:30 a.m. Usher Ministry Meeting (Sanctuary)
10:00 a.m. Male Chorus Rehearsal (Classroom 4)
11:00 a.m. New Members Ministry Monthly Meeting (Board Room)
12:00 p.m. Bells of Joy Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
1:00 p.m. YCC Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
2:00 p.m. Judah Choral Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)


ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Daily Devotionals for September, October and November are now available at the
Information Center.


Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7:30 p.m. Pastor Hamlin will deliver the Revival
Sermon at the Shiloh Baptist Church, 1401 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA. He has been
asked to bring a choir, ushers, leaders and members. There will be no bus transportation
to this service.

Sunday, September 21, 2014, 3:00 p.m. Deacon Ordination Service. Guest preacher,
Reverend Dr. James E. Victor, Jr., Pastor, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Arlington, VA.

Christian Education Ministries
Discipleship Registration 2014
Calling all returning and new Disciples! Registration for the Fall 2014 classes will
continue through Sunday, September 21, 2014. Please register in the Narthex at the
Information Center or online at www.mbcva.ws. Please see or contact Deacon Gifford
Brown, Sister Karen Brown or Minister Tonia Heggs at the church office for more
information. In order to be on one accord with Pastors engagement of Tuesday,
September 16
th
, Discipleship classes will resume the week of September 21, 2014.

Saturday, September 27, 2014, 3:00 p.m. 13
th
Discipleship Graduation. Join us for
post-graduation food, fun, and fellowship in the Multipurpose Room.

Sunday, September 28, 2014: Reverend Dr. Robert F. Cheeks, Jr., Pastor, Shiloh
Baptist Church, McLean, VA will be the guest preacher for our 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Worship Services.

Missions and Outreach
Prayer Ministry
Intercessory Prayer Workshop, Saturday, October 18, 2014, 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
(Continental Breakfast will be served)



CHURCH COVENANT

Pastor: By what common and gracious experiences do we enter into spiritual covenant with
God and with one another?

Congregation: Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus
Christ as our Savior; and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the
Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now in the presence of God, angels and this
assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.

Pastor: What is the great bond of our union with God and each other?

Congregation: We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian
love.

Pastor: What are our great privileges and duties in this, our own Church?

Congregation: To strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge and holiness; to give
it a place in our affections, prayers, and services above every organization of human origin; to
sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrine.

Pastor: What vow do we gladly make as stewards of that which God has entrusted to us?

Congregation: To contribute cheerfully and regularly, as God has prospered us, towards its
expenses, for the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel throughout the world.

Pastor: For the sake of our homes and loved ones, what gracious tasks do we humbly assume?

Congregation: We also engage to maintain family and secret devotion; to study diligently the
word of God; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and
acquaintance.

Pastor: For the sake of the unsaved for whom our Saviour died, to what manner of life and
conversation are we solemnly pledged?

Congregation: To walk circumspectly in the world; to be kind and just to those in our employ,
and faithful in the service we promise others; endeavoring in the purity of heart and good will
towards all men to exemplify and commend our holy faith. In case of difference of opinion in the
church, we unanimously agree, we will cheerfully recognize the right of the majority to govern.

Pastor: Since one is our Master, even Christ, and all we are brethren, by what fraternal ministries
are we to strengthen each other and adorn the teachings of our Lord and Saviour?




Congregation: We further engage to watch over, to pray for, to exhort and stir up each other
unto every good word and work; to guard each others reputation, not needlessly exposing the
infirmities of others; to participate in each others joys, and with tender sympathy bear one
anothers burdens and sorrows; to cultivate Christian courtesy; to be slow to give or take offense
but always ready for reconciliation, being mindful of the rules of the savior in the eighteenth
chapter of Matthew, to secure it without delay; and through life, amid evil report, and good report,
to seek to live to the glory of God, who hath called us out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Pastor and Congregation: Humbly confessing our past sins, we pray for grace and strength
to keep these, our holy vows, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

* * * * * * * *
Weve Come This Far by Faith
lyrics and music by Albert A. Goodman

Refrain:
Weve come this far by faith, leaning on the Lord;
Trusting in His Holy Word, Hes never failed me yet.
Oh, oh - -, oh - - cant turn around - -
Weve come this far by faith.

Refrain:

Verse 1:
Dont be discouraged, when troubles in your life.
Hell bear your burdens, and move all misery and strife.
Thank God we've

Refrain:

Verse 2
Just the other day I heard a man say
He didnt believe in Gods word.
But I can truly say that God has made a way.
And Hes never failed me yet.
Thats why weve

Refrain:
CHURCH COVENANT

Pastor: By what common and gracious experiences do we enter into spiritual covenant with
God and with one another?

Congregation: Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus
Christ as our Savior; and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the
Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now in the presence of God, angels and this
assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.

Pastor: What is the great bond of our union with God and each other?

Congregation: We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian
love.

Pastor: What are our great privileges and duties in this, our own Church?

Congregation: To strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge and holiness; to give
it a place in our affections, prayers, and services above every organization of human origin; to
sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrine.

Pastor: What vow do we gladly make as stewards of that which God has entrusted to us?

Congregation: To contribute cheerfully and regularly, as God has prospered us, towards its
expenses, for the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel throughout the world.

Pastor: For the sake of our homes and loved ones, what gracious tasks do we humbly assume?

Congregation: We also engage to maintain family and secret devotion; to study diligently the
word of God; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and
acquaintance.

Pastor: For the sake of the unsaved for whom our Saviour died, to what manner of life and
conversation are we solemnly pledged?

Congregation: To walk circumspectly in the world; to be kind and just to those in our employ,
and faithful in the service we promise others; endeavoring in the purity of heart and good will
towards all men to exemplify and commend our holy faith. In case of difference of opinion in the
church, we unanimously agree, we will cheerfully recognize the right of the majority to govern.

Pastor: Since one is our Master, even Christ, and all we are brethren, by what fraternal ministries
are we to strengthen each other and adorn the teachings of our Lord and Saviour?




Congregation: We further engage to watch over, to pray for, to exhort and stir up each other
unto every good word and work; to guard each others reputation, not needlessly exposing the
infirmities of others; to participate in each others joys, and with tender sympathy bear one
anothers burdens and sorrows; to cultivate Christian courtesy; to be slow to give or take offense
but always ready for reconciliation, being mindful of the rules of the savior in the eighteenth
chapter of Matthew, to secure it without delay; and through life, amid evil report, and good report,
to seek to live to the glory of God, who hath called us out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Pastor and Congregation: Humbly confessing our past sins, we pray for grace and strength
to keep these, our holy vows, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

* * * * * * * *
Weve Come This Far by Faith
lyrics and music by Albert A. Goodman

Refrain:
Weve come this far by faith, leaning on the Lord;
Trusting in His Holy Word, Hes never failed me yet.
Oh, oh - -, oh - - cant turn around - -
Weve come this far by faith.

Refrain:

Verse 1:
Dont be discouraged, when troubles in your life.
Hell bear your burdens, and move all misery and strife.
Thank God we've

Refrain:

Verse 2
Just the other day I heard a man say
He didnt believe in Gods word.
But I can truly say that God has made a way.
And Hes never failed me yet.
Thats why weve

Refrain: