50th Annual Women’s Day -...

Sunday, October 25, 2015

11:00 A M

The Grace Memorial Baptist Church 1100 North Eden Street - Baltimore, MD 21213 Sis. Sylvia Mason, Women’s Day Chairperson

Rev. Irvin Pope, Pastor Emeritus

Rev. Marshall L. Barnes, Pastor

Theme: “Christian Women Being Steadfast in the Work

of the Lord.” - I Corinthians 15:58

“For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God,

and Him only you shall serve.’” - Luke 4:8

50th Annual Women’s Day


Theme: “Women of Grace Being Steadfast in the

Work of the Lord.” - I Corinthians 15:58

Morning Worship

Devotions Praise Team 10:40 A. M.

~ Presiding ~

Sis. Sylvia Mason

*Processional………………..……….….……....... ….11:00 A. M.

*Call to Worship and Invocation…………....…..Sis. Sylvia Mason

*Opening Hymn (Insert)………………...…...…...“No, Not One!”

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O T. Reading (Ruth 1:16-22)……….....……..........Sis. Lisa Wilson

N. T. Reading (I Corinthians 15:57-58)…............Sis. Betty Tanner

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Selection………………..……..…....…....…...Women’s Day Choir

Morning Prayer and Chant……...………....…..Sis. Wanda Garrett **

Welcome to Visitors………………..…........……Sis. Shelley Jones

Response to Welcome

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Selection……………….……......……........…Women’s Day Choir

Children’s Hour…………………........................…..Sis. Tia Lucas

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Selection………………………….......…....…Women’s Day Choir

Memorial for the Deceased

~ Offering ~

*Offertory Prayer…………………...……..…Trustee Norma Pope

Mission Offering *Tithes and Gifts of Love

Sis. Kayla Davis Deaconess Janine Withers

*Response of Thanksgiving…………...………....….Congregation

Introduction of Guest Preacher…...................…Sis. Eliza Jennings

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Selection…………………..…….....................Women’s Day Choir

Sermonic Meditation..……………..……...........…....Organ Speaks

Message……………….…...….....................Rev. Sheila Claiborne, Associate Minister, Soul Harvest

Church and Ministries

*Invitation to Christian Discipleship……......Rev. Marshall Barnes

*Altar Call………………..……..............…..Rev. Marshall Barnes

*Benediction……………....…..............….…Rev. Marshall Barnes

*Recessional……………….......…………..…Women’s Day Choir

*Standing **Seating Worshippers

Emergency Notices

All emergency situations are to be

reported immediately to the Pastor

Reverend Marshall L. Barnes e.g., death, hospital emergency, etc.

The Deacon and Deaconess Ministry

The following Deacons and Deaconess are available to assist

members of our Church with prayer and offering of a helping hand

whenever assistance is needed and subsequently requested:

During the period of October 12 through November 8 contact the

following:

Deacon James Jones, 443-762-1097

Deacon Luke Montgomery Sr., 443-629-7297

Deaconess Charmaine Cook, 410-298-6133

Deaconess Hilton Patrick, 410-367-0573

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Reverend Irvin Pope, Pastor Emeritus

Reverend Marshall L. Barnes, Pastor

Reverend Frank Bell, Associate Pastor

Minister Terry Harris, Associate Minister

Deacon James Jones, Deacon Ministry Chairman

Trustee Sharen Williams, Trustee Ministry Chairperson

Sister Carolyn Moorehead, Secretary

Church Office: 410-563-2355

Fax No.: 410-563-7857

Web-Site Address: http://www.gracememorialbaptist.org

Facebook Address: Grace Memorial Baltimore, Maryland

Twitter Address: GraceMemorial1

Words of Wisdom

“If you shirk today’s tasks,

you increase tomorrow’s burdens.”

http://www.gracememorialbaptist.org/

Sermon Notes


LISTEN to the message from God’s Word. USE this sheet to

make some personal notes. GO back over them through the com-

ing week. LET God crystallize these truths in YOUR life.

Sermon title:___________________________________________

Biblical text:___________________________________________

Main idea of sermon:____________________________________

1.____________________________________________

2.____________________________________________

3.____________________________________________

4.____________________________________________

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Illustration I want to remember:____________________________

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What should I do as a result of hearing this sermon?

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Hymn of Praise

“No, Not One!”

1

There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus —

No, not one! no, not one!

None else could heal all our soul’s diseases


Refrain: Jesus knows all about our struggles,

He will guide till the day is done;

There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus


2

No friend like him is so high and holy —


And yet no friend is so meek and lowly






3

There’s not an hour that He is not near us,


No night so dark but His love can cheer us,






The Proclaimer Morning Worship Service

Rev. Sheila Claiborne

R ev. Sheila Claiborne is an emerging prophetic preacher in the

Kingdom of God for person seeking Jesus Christ. Being rooted in

the AME Zion Church since childhood, she came to know Jesus as her

personal Lord and Savior at an early age. She is a woman chosen and

called by God to preach her trial sermon on April 30, 2003 under the

leadership of Rev. Dr. Michael O. Thomas at Payne Memorial AME

Church. Sheila was ordained a itinerate deacon in 2006 in the African

Methodist Episcopal Church. She now sits under the dynamic teaching of

Rev. Merrill R. Griffin at Soul Harvest Church & Ministries where she

serves as Minister to Women.

Sheila helped birth several ministries such as Restoration Ministry and

Set Free Prison Ministry. Her main devotion is to minister to those

who are caught up in addictions, incarcerated offenders, ex-offenders,

and their family. Under her leadership Set Free Ministry has birth a

transportation service for family member of individuals who are

incarcerated at MCI-J and MCI-W at no cost to the families. Sheila also

participates in Kairos Prison Ministry in which she served as chaplain

on a four day retreat at the Women’s Prison in Jessup in 2008. She

also works in partnership with Toys for Tots Baltimore and Angel Tree

serving the children of Baltimore during the Christmas Season. Sheila is

a woman of God who believes her favorite scriptures: “Delight yourself

in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart” - Psalm 37:4

(NIV) and “Being confident of this, that He who began a good work

in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” -

Philippians 1:6 (NIV).

Sheila is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. She is a graduate of Paul

Lawrence Dunbar Senior High School and Coppin State University with

a BS in Psychology and Substance Abuse. Sheila is the wife of Minister

Bryant Claiborne and together they have seven children. She has a heart

for the Lord and she loves to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ wherever

she goes.

Greetings From Our Pastor

Rev. Marshall Lee Barnes

To The Wonderful Women of The Grace Memorial Baptist Church:

I want you to know how much we appreciate your service in church

ministry here at the Grace Memorial Baptist Church. You have

been such a blessing to your church family and all those with whom

you work.

It takes all of us to effectively serve and meet the needs of our

church family and others in our community. God is faithful as He

gifts and equips us to serve Him and those around us according to

His purposes and their needs.

We are grateful that God has placed you in our fellowship, and we

are blessed by your work for Him. May God continue to bless and

guide you.

Yours in Christ,

Rev. Marshall Lee Barnes, Pastor

Wednesday Night Bible Teachers

October 7th

Deaconess

Janine Withers

October 21st

Deaconess

Charmaine Cook

October 14th

Deaconess

Beverly Wilson

Women's Emphasis Month October

Ants and Elephant Seals

“Awake to righteousness, and do not sin;

for some do not have the knowledge of God.”

I Corinthians 15:34

E lephant seals spend most of their lives sleeping. Science News

magazine reports, “Male elephant seals measure 16 feet from trunk-

like nose to flipper, and they weigh about 3 tons. Occasionally, a seal

will use a front flipper — incredibly tiny for such a massive creature —

to scratch itself or flip sun-shielding sand on its body.” Otherwise these

huge animals are basically motionless.

The article goes on to state that because they don’t eat while on land

during the breeding season, they sleep most of the time. Besides scratch-

ing, dirt-flipping, or rolling over, these ponderous animals seldom move.

By contrast, the little ants seems tireless as it goes about its industrious

work of storing up food for the colony. The writer of Proverbs

commends the diligence of the ant, citing her active ways as a model for

people who would live wisely.

There’s a spiritual lesson here. Christians who pattern their service

after the ant get things done for the Lord. But others, like the elephant

seal, scarcely move. They seem to be barely alive spiritually, as if they

are conserving their energy for some huge effort later on. But the time

to get busy for Christ is now, even though our talents may seem insig-

nificant.

Imitate the ant, not the elephant seal. — Dave Egner

Lord Christ, we humbly ask

Of Thee the power and will

With fear and meekness every task

Of duty to fulfill. — Montgomery

“Many Christians do nothing,

but no Christian has nothing to do.”

“The Power of Prayer” Lesson: Acts 12:1-11

GOLDEN TEXT:

“Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of

the church unto God for him” (Acts 12:5).

TODAY’S AIM:

“To understand the power of God available through prayer.”

INTRODUCING THE LESSON:

We all know the importance and the power of prayer, but sometimes we fall

into a ho-hum approach to prayer. We go through the motions and say the right

words, but we may not pray with a confidence that God will answer those

prayers.

One way to encourage us to pray is to hear testimonies of answered prayer.

Take a few minutes to share some recent ways in which God answered prayer.

We can see that prayer is powerful and that God does indeed answer prayer. In

today’s lesson we will look at a testimony of the power of prayer from our study

in Acts 12.

PRACTICAL POINTS: 1. Rulers often are motivated by political power when they begin persecuting

the church (Acts 12:1-3).

2. The church should pray together like a family when one of its members is in

trouble (Acts 12:4-5).

3. Knowing that God is in control, a believer can rest in the midst of trouble

(Acts 12:6).

4. Prayer is powerful because it is directed to an omnipotent God who often

does more than we could ever ask or think (Acts 12:7-10).

5. God sends His angels to serve His people, but believers may not realize it

until later (Acts 12:11).

CONCLUDING THE LESSON:

God is all-powerful and demonstrates His power in response to prayer.

Sometimes we pray with little confidence (as some in the church in Jerusalem

apparently did - Acts 12:12-16). What will help us pray with a greater sense of

the power of God in prayer?

We can have a greater sense of the power of God in prayer by remembering

how God has powerfully answered prayer in the past. We can also remind

ourselves of several Scripture passages that assure us that God answers prayer

(John 14:14; 15:7). We can also give more thought to the fact that we are talking

directly to the omnipotent God of the universe.

For: Sunday, November 1, 2015

Sick and Shut-Ins Pastor Emeritus, Rev. Irvin Pope, 6816 Eastridge Rd., 21207 and Deaconess Jean Pope, 6816 Eastridge Rd., 21207 (NO Visitors)

Trustee William Atkinson, 1088 Cameron Rd., 21212

*Sis. Audrey Bell, C/O Futurecare Canton Harbor, 1300 S. Ellwood Ave., Room 106, Bed 2, 21224 Sis. Emma Brown, 1639 Holbrook St., 21202

Sis. Paula Jones, 1316 Cedarcroft Rd., 21239

Deaconess Marion Leach, C/O Patapsco Valley Center,

9109 Liberty Rd, Room 247A, Randallstown, MD 21133-3521

Bro. Chris Miller, C/O Brintonwood of Frankford,

5009 Frankford Ave., Room 5, 21206, Cell, 443-800-7123

*Deacon Luke Montgomery, Sr., Johns Hopkins Hospital, Zayed-Tower Building, 12th Floor, Room 47

Sis. Ila Scott, 1631 W. Lexington St., 21223 (410-233-2626)

Deaconess Helen Stewart, C/O Long Green Center, 115 E. Melrose Ave., 21212

Bro. Eddie Withers, C/O Serenity Manor, Inc., 1802 Eutaw Place, 21217

Special Prayer Requests Rev. Marshall L. Barnes' mother, Sis. Evelyn (Missie) Short

Sis. Audrey Bell’s sisters, Sis. Sophronia Goode and Sis. Lucy Hawkins

Sis. Geraldine Davis’ husband, Bro. Ricky Davis

Sis. Ethel Eubanks’ son and Deaconess

Charmaine Cook’s brother, Bro. James Eubanks

Sis. Cynthia Franklin's father, Bro. James Lawrence

and aunt, Sis. Mable Stancil

Sis. Wanda Garrett’s sister, Sis. Jane McCleod and niece, Sis. Kayla James

Sis. Patricia Ghee’s father, Bro. George Molloy

Minister Terry Harris’ wife, Sis. Frances Harris

Sis. Sandra Hawkins’ granddaughter, Sis. Brianna Speller

Sis. Eliza Jennings’ son, Bro. Robert Jennings, Jr. and

grandson, Bro. Robert Jennings III

Sis. Paula Jones’ children, Bro. Derron, and

Sis. Sharna Wilson, Bro. Da`jelle Miller and Bro. David Bell

Sis. Anndell Lawrence’s mother, Sis. Carrie Lawrence

and friend, Bro. Troy Fenwick & Family

Sis. Kim McDonald’s children, Bro. Correll Wilson, Bro. Tayo

Daniels Jr., Bro. Theodore Wilson, and Sis. Ta`Brielle Daniels

Sis. Brenda Mitchell’s sister-in-law, Sis. Barbara Brookins

Deacon Luke Montgomery, Sr.’s wife, Sis. Gloria Montgomery

Deaconess Hilton Patrick’s sisters, Sisters Yvonne, Willie Mae and Inez Smith

Deaconess Beverly Wilson’s son, Bro. Daryl Wilson,

daughter, Sis. Chareese Brogden and neighbor, Bro. Paul Brown

Sis. Lisa Wilson’s co-worker, Sis. Sonia Johnson Branch

Deaconess Janine Withers’ son, Bro. Sir Jai Taylor

and brothers: Robert and Michael Moore

Bro. Eddie Withers’ mother, Sis. Willie Mae Withers

*New information

“ High Standards and High Expectations for the Glory of God.”

Church News

ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS

Sunday, November 1 all newly elected officers names for the year 2016 are to be turned in to Pastor Barnes.

USHERS MINISTRY ANNIVERSARY

Sunday, November 15 at 3:30 p.m. More information forthcoming.

THANKSGIVING SERVICE

The annual community-wide Thanksgiving Service will be held at

Grace Memorial Thursday, November 25 at 10:00 a.m. The guest

preacher will be the Rev. Calvin E. Keene, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church.

Don’t Forget !

SOUP KITCHEN

Open Tuesday, October 27 from 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.

PRAYER SERVICE/BIBLE STUDY

Wednesday, October 28. The women of Grace will be in charge of

the devotional period and Bible Study. Everyone is encouraged to

attend including men.

Women’s Day Committee

~ Chairperson ~

Sis. Sylvia Mason

~ Secretary ~ ~ Treasurer ~

Sis. Angela Ross Trustee Norma Pope

~ Activities ~

Sis. Cynthia Franklin, Chairperson

Sis. Shirley Eldridge

Sis. Tana Hicks

Sis. Paula Jones

Sis. Carolyn Moorehead

~ Program ~

Deaconess Charmaine Cook, Chairperson

~ Program Booklets ~

Sis. Carolyn Moorehead & Deaconess Norma Pope

~Ushers Ministry ~

Sis. Shirley Eldridge, Senior Ushers President

~ Cuisine ~

Sis. Brenda Mitchell, Coordinator

Sis. Shelley Jones

Sis. Lisa Wilson

~ Music ~

Bro. Sean Powell, Organist

Minister Anita McConnell, Choir Director

Greetings From The Women’s Day Chairperson

Sis. Sylvia Mason

Greetings, My Sisters in Christ!

What can I say about what God is doing with the women of

The Grace Memorial Baptist Church. To God be the glory! I am

humble and grateful to the Lord for all He has done. I continue in

my belief that the Lord will move miraculously and mighty in the

life of the women of Grace if we remain “steadfast in the work of

the Lord.”

It was my pleasure to serve as the chairperson this season. I thank

God for this opportunity to help me bond with my sisters. It’s my

prayer that each of you will remain steadfast, not turning aside.

Be firm, strong, confident in the faith, be not shaken or agitated

with the strifes, the temptations, and the cares of life.

Finally, I want to thank each of you for your love and support

that you gave me during this season and I praise God for Pastor

Barnes who is always there to lead us.

In His service,

Sylvia Mason

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