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HARTFORD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
A BRIEF HISTORY
Hartford Memorial Baptist Church celebrates 97 years of loving God and serving the world community.
The Rev. Edgar Wendell Edwards served as founding pastor from 1917 to 1920 when he relocated to
Chicago. After a diligent search, the Church called the Rev. Charles A. Hill Sr., assistant to the Rev. Robert
L. Bradby Sr., of Detroit’s historic Second Baptist Church. Installed as pastor in November of 1920, he
served for 48 years until his retirement on his 75 th Birthday, April 28, 1968. During his progressive
pastorate, Dr. Hill built new church facilities on the corner of Hartford and Milford and subsequently, a
community and recreation facility. He was a strong supporter of organized labor; UAW Ford Local 600 was
organized at Hartford Church. An outspoken champion of civil rights in the difficult days before the Civil
Rights Movement, Dr. Hill was at the forefront of the struggle for equality in the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s. He
was one of the first Blacks to run for the Detroit City Council. Courageously, he opened the Hartford pulpit
to such nonconformists as W.E.B. DuBois and Paul Robeson.
On April 6, 1969, Hartford gleefully received its son, Charles Gilchrist Adams, as pastor of the church in
which he had been reared, indoctrinated, baptized, licensed, ordained and married. At that time, Dr. Adams,
an honors graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard Divinity School, had just begun his seventh
year as pastor of the historic Concord Baptist Church in Boston, New England’s largest African American
congregation. Having burned the old mortgage in 1971, Dr. Adams led Hartford into the current James
Couzens’ facilities on April 10, 1977; under his strong and vigorous leadership, this mortgage was burned in
1983, nine years ahead of time. With an ever increasing church family, Hartford has become one of the
largest church congregations in Detroit. Widely known for its music ministry, Hartford boasts of the largest
pipe organ built by a Black church. Choir loft expansions, upgraded audio/video equipment and redesigned
lighting in the Sanctuary are only part of the ongoing renovations.
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2015
Dr. Adams’ vision of community outreach led to the establishment of The AGAPE (LOVE) HOUSE for
charitable and community ministries. Formerly housed in properties purchased across the freeway on James
Couzens, The AGAPE HOUSE, now temporarily located in the Church, continues to offer needed social
services that include the Daily Senior Citizens’ Program, Hunger Task Force, Bookstore, Taping Ministry,
Scholarship and College Preparation Programs, Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous.
Hartford has purchased commercial real estate along Seven Mile Road, supporting the establishment of fast
food restaurants, such as McDonald’s, Long John Silver and Kentucky Fried Chicken and other businesses.
A Super Kmart was built on church property and employed hundreds of local residents. Today, on the same
church property, Home Depot continues to provide employment and a tax base for the city and state. On
other church properties, Hartford has established the Head Start Agency, a Tutorial Program and the
Hartford Institute for Biblical Studies.
Recently, Hartford, under the leadership of Dr. Adams, purchased 5.5 acres of land located on the former
Meyers Road campus of Lewis College of Business. The design and plans are in progress for the utilization
of this site for Hartford Village, a senior residential community, Dr. Adams’ and Hartford’s greatly
expanded vision for community outreach — an assisted living complex, gymnasiums for seniors and youth,
a performing arts auditorium and health facilities and The AGAPE HOUSE programs.
In 2007, Dr. Adams was selected as the first professor of the Practice of Ethics and of Ministry at Harvard
University. His full teaching schedule at Harvard has not prevented his weekly delivery of soul-saving
sermons at Hartford. Assisting him is his son, the Rev. Charles Christian Adams, who was unanimously
appointed as Hartford’s first Presiding Pastor, thus continuing the Adams’ pulpit legacy. We celebrate and
praise God for the ever expanding ministry of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church.
“For Hartford is the Place to Be!”
TRINITY SUNDAY
Dr. Charles G. Adams, Pastor
Rev. Charles C. Adams, Presiding Pastor
Rev. Kevin N. Taylor, Assistant Pastor
Rev. Lurecie M. Stokes, Minister of Pastoral Care
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SERVING TODAY
LOOKING AHEAD
Next Sunday will be the second Sunday after Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church.
Our scriptures are:
1 Samuel 8:4-11 (12-15) 16-20 (11:14-15). In the semi-continuous readings for this
season, we have moved in one week from the beginning to the end of the life of
Samuel, from his vocation as a youth to his old age. There he stands, responding to
the elders of Israel who have come to present him with a request. Confronting him
with the facts that he is old and his sons are unworthy to follow in his footsteps, they
ask that he appoint a king over all Israel, “a king to govern us, like other
nations” (vs. 5). The reading for the day gives the substance of the old prophet’s
response, which is clear enough—Samuel does not mince words here. But Samuel’s
speech takes on deeper significance in both its ancient import and its contemporary
implications when one considers its literary and historical contexts.
Psalm 138. This psalm may be subdivided into thr ee par ts. Ver ses 1-3 thank and praise God; verses 4-6
extol the grace and glory of God and their impact on the rulers of the world; and verses 7-8 express trust in
God.
The general tone of the psalm clearly identifies it as a thanksgiving. It differs, however, from most
thanksgiving psalms in two ways: (1) there is no description of the trouble or the distress from which the
person was rescued and (2) the psalm is addressed directly to the Diety throughout whereas most
thanksgivings are addressed to a human audience.
Mark 3:20-35. Mar k will be our Gospel r eading next week and for the following six weeks, and we will
return to John. This passage registers how vital was the activity of the Holy Spirit in the early church and
issues a frightening warning to those who attribute that activity to Satan.
In Mark, the geographical context is Jesus’ home (3:19b). The phrase can also mean “in a house,” probably a
better rendering, for the text says that Jesus’ family came to the place where he was to get him. Of course,
Jesus could have had a home away from his family. The literary context places the event immediately after
the appointment of the twelve disciples. Our lesson itself is a combination of two stories: Jesus’ relation to
his family and the scribes’ charge that Jesus works in the name of Satan. In Matthew and Luke, the charge
follows an exorcism (Matthew 12:12 and Luke 11:14), and quite naturally so, for the accusation has to do
with casting out demons. But in Mark the charge by the scribes not only follows the arrival of Jesus’ family to
seize him but is inextricably tied to the family’s attempt to take Jesus away. In a pattern typical of Mark, one
story (3:22-30) is inserted between two parts of another story (3:20-21, 31-35). Mark divides the account
about Jesus’ family and sets the accusation about Satanic exorcisms within it.
2 Corinthians 4:13—5:1. Paul is able to speak, both in the sense of pr oclaiming the gospel and edifying
his churches through his teaching. Worth noting here is the strong connection between faith and
proclamation: what one speaks, especially what one speaks with conviction, stems directly from the
convictions of the heart, what one believes.
At the center of Paul’s faith was the conviction that the God who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead would
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MALE CHORUS
Dr. Joanne Clark
Minister of Pipe Organ
Dr. Stanley Waldon
Director
Alvin Waddles
Hammond Organ/Pianist
Joseph Hayden
Bassist
Matthew Lemons
Percussionist
USHERS:
Combined Usher Ministries
IZANDLA
INTERPRETERS:
Reichelle Tucker **
John Harvey
Nina White
** Interpreting Sermon
MINISTERS ANOINTING
TEAM:
Robyn Moore, Captain
Stephanye Fauntleroy
Jeff Jackson
Natalie Cherry
Billie Beverly
Farrell Downey
Edie Worthy
Theresa McDonald
DEACONESSES:
Angeline Brown, On Duty
Dorothy Welch, Team Leader
Linda Hathorne, 1st Asst.
Daisy Bryant Aaron, 2nd Asst.
Kathryn Cotton
Marjorie Dickson
Jackie Lurry
Dorothy Marbury
Rochelle Mitchell
Lurine Moncrease
Gwen Moore
Paulette Turner
Dorothy J. Ward
Carol Williams
Shirley Woods
DEACONS:
Thomas R. Williams, Chairman
Thomas Williams, Chairman
Johnny Northern, On Duty
Sheryl Brown, Capt.
Jimmy Johnson, Co-Capt.
Helen Beckon
Vernita Beverly
Cornelius Brown
Randolph Butler
Edmon C. Carmichael
Remonia Chapman
Stanley Clifford
Ruben Davidson
Mildred E. Dixon
Barbara Gates
Geneva Goods
Jason H. Harrison
Larry Hathorne
Yaminah Hollifield
Dorothy (Dee) Jones
Justine Lofton
David Mitchell
John B. Mitchell
James C. Price
Annette Robinson
Robert Thornton
Robert L. Welch
TRUSTEES:
Nora Sharpley Ferguson, Capt.
Artistine Taylor, Co-Capt.
Flo Clark, Co-Capt.
Margaret Betts
Maxine Borders
Florasine Clark
Karen Cross
Melvin Cross
Edward B. Darnell
Mildred E. Dixon
Dexter Fields
Joann Drake Gambrell
Charmaine Johnson
David Kern
Diana Kennedy
Margaret Patterson-Bailey
Felix Seldon
Jacqueline Shelton
Candice Turner
Craig Vanderburg
Vivian Cook-Welcome
Tyra Williams
NURSES:
Elnora Boston
Sheryl Brown
Lydia Douglas
Rebecca Hayes
Gloria Howard
Helen Lucas
Betty Mapp
Janice McCrary
Dora McDonald
Pam Parker
Brenda Slack
Pearl Stokes
Joe Thomas
Regina Thomas
Dorothy Weeks
CHURCH CLERKS
Donna Lewis, Vice Clerk
Regina Holmes
Sharon Jones
Denise Madlock
Eleanor Spears
Venetta Watt-Tucker
Dorothy Weeks
ANNOUNCEMENT CLERKS
7:30 AM
Rosalind Denning
11:00 AM
Charise Turner
SPEARS-WATSON
BOOKSTORE
Cherokee Cole
Dolores Spencer
Andrea Whitfield
Mark White
GREETERS
7:30 AM
Shirley Battle
Ellen Jakhel
Lydia Smith
11:00 AM
Carol Anderson
Velora Grace
Lydia Smith
Elree Watkins
Kathryn Watson
Jalaya Word
Oneita Whitfield
CHURCH OFFICE—HARTFORD INSTITUTE BUILDING
18900 James Couzens Highway—Detroit, Michigan 48235
Administrative Offices—9:00 AM—5:00 PM Monday thru Friday
313-861-1285 / 313-861-1300 — Fax 313-861-0265
SPEARS-WATSON BOOKSTORE
Open Sunday after 7:30 AM Service and 11:00 AM Service, and Wednesdays 11:30 AM - 6:30 PM.
Bookstore’s direct line —313-864-3404
HARTFORD AGAPE HOUSE
18700 James Couzens Highway—Detroit, Michigan 48235
313-861-1200 — Fax 313-861-7896
Hunger Task Force & Free Shop Mission….. 313-861-1202
The Staff Minister on call is Rev. Kevin Taylor. He can be contacted for any emergencies or urgent matters
313-861-1285 or 313-475-0316 — Email: ktaylor@hartfordchurchdetroit.org
BEREAVEMENT NOTICES
Please keep in prayer the families who have lost loved ones. We have received the following names:
DECEASED
RELATIVES
LOCATION
Rev. Ortheia BarnesKennerly
Sam Northern
Pastor Robert Kennerly Sr.
HMBC
Deacon Johnny Northern
Deaconess Donna Northern
Judge Harold Hood
Rev. Lottie Jones Hood
Karen Hood
Keith Hood
Kenneth Hood
Kevin Hood
Alva Greene
Fairhaven SDA
Church
Flint, MI
HMBC
Genoria Wright
Beatrice Williams
Lovey Godboldo
HMBC
Dorothy Williams
Bettie Boyd
Min. Penny GodboldoBrooks
Maryanne Godboldo
Ambyr Brooks
Ariana Godboldo
Louis Wilson
Patricia Wilson
Willie Shaw
HMBC
HMBC
DATE
TIME
Tuesday
05/26/2015
Friday
05/29/2015
FH-11:00 AM
Svc-12:00 PM
Svc-1:00 PM
Saturday
05/30/2015
FH-9:00 AM
Svc-10:00 AM
Monday
06/01/2015
Monday
06/01/2015
Tuesday
06/02/2015
FH-10:00 AM
Svc-11:00 AM
FH-12:30 PM
Svc-1:30 PM
FH-10:00 AM
Svc-11:00 AM
also raise those who shared the Easter faith. This, for Paul, was a matter of existential knowledge. The
resurrected life that the Lord Jesus had already experienced would eventually be that which all those “in
Christ” would experience. Paul thus stresses his own solidarity with his readers: “will bring us with you into
his presence”. The work of God through Christ, as well as Paul’s own apostolic work, was for their sake.
Through the spread of the gospel, God’s grace would be extended to more people, and as this happened,
prayers of thanksgiving to God would also increase to the glory of God.
Love ya,
C.G.A.
SERMON NOTES
Cole Funeral Home
Tuesday
FH-10:30 AM
Detroit, MI
06/02/2015 Svc-11:00 AM
Shiloh Baptist
Saturday
FH-10:00 AM
Rev. Leroy Shaw
Church
06/06/2015 Svc-11:00 AM
Arcadia FL
For additional information on these names and others, please see the notices as posted on the bulletin
board in the north corridor, or call the Church Office.
R. C. Wilson
IN THE HOSPITAL/REHABILITATION CENTERS
MCLAREN HOSPITAL, PONTIAC, MI
James Ray Days
WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL, ROYAL OAK, MI
Frenchie McCall
ATLANTA GA HOSPITAL
Laura Love
HENRY FORD HOSPITAL, DETROIT, MI
Jewel Siebert
OAKLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SOUTHFIELD, MI
Florence Tabb
HEARTLAND REHABILITATION CENTER,
GROSS POINTE, MI
Mary Davis
EVERGREEN HEALTH & LIVING CENTER,
SOUTHFIELD, MI
Opralee Beatty
REGENCY AT BLUFFS PARK, ANN ARBOR, MI
Minister Tommie Latimer Jr.
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HARTFORD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
PRESENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Douglas/Taylor Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that Isaiah William Hawkins, Marcellus
Keith Mitchell, Malik Sankofa, Destane Turner and Aria Williams are this year’s recipients of a $1,000.00
scholarship. The recipients will receive their scholarships Sunday, June 21, 2015, at the 7:30 AM Service.
The Sarah Haygood Scholarship Committee seeks exemplary students that stand out in their Christian
character and Christian service. You may obtain an application at the Church Office, Hartford website or
Hartford Institute. The deadline to submit an application is June 19, 2015. For additional information, contact
Denise Henderson at 313-333-0875.
In Concert
Save the date for Hartford’s Boy Scouts & Cub Scouts 20th annual Family Skate Night at Northland Roller
Rink, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Tickets will be on sale beginning today through the Sunday before the event.
Please see the Scouts for more details and come out and support our boys!
The 2015 Hartford Junior Golf Program is about to begin. We will start our lessons on Wednesday, July 8 th, at
5:30 PM at Rouge Park and will run every Wednesday through August 5th. Lessons end at 8:00 p.m. Not only
do we teach our children about the basics of the game: putting, chipping and full swing; we also provide them
with discussions on golf etiquette and Christian principles of life. All equipment and golf balls are provided.
The program ends with our annual William (Bill) Morgan Golf Outing where we take the children out to play a
round of golf. The donation for the lessons is only $60.00. Enrollment applications are in the Hartford
Business Office or in the church business office on Sundays. For additional information, contact Deacon Larry
Mathews at 248-345-0640 or Deacon Michael Fleming at 313-318-5772.
“PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR
OF GOD, THAT YE MAY BE ABLE
TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF
THE DEVIL.”
EPHESIANS 6:11 (KJV)
Bible Lessons
Food
Crafts
Games
Fun
HELP US TO UPDATE CHURCH RECORDS
Please help us to keep your address information current. Take the time to fill out the information including your email address, and give it to
an usher or leave it in the Church Office. Thank you.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
SANCTUARY CELEBRATION
TRINITY SUNDAY
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2015 — 7:30 AM & 11:00 AM
ORDER OF SERVICE
Get that Midweek Boost! J oin us for “Hour of Power ” Ser vice each Wednesday, in the Chapel, at 12:00
Noon to 12:30 PM. Lunch is served after the Service in the Fellowship Hall. Be connected!
Prayer Service: Wednesdays fr om 7-8 PM, in the Chapel. The Theme for the Month is Gentleness. Deacons
and Ministers will anoint and offer comforting intercessory prayer. "Prayer is the key, but faith unlocks the
door."
LAST CHANCE!!! This is the last date to have individual pictur es taken by the Har tfor d
Membership Photographers. They will be available TODAY between Services. Please don’t miss
this opportunity to be represented in Hartford’s publication and to be a part of history.
The Announcement Clerk Ministry needs three or four adult Announcement Clerks, Female or Male. We also
need youth announcers between the ages of 10-17. If you are interested please contact Deacon Mildred E.
Dixon at: medixon1010@gmail.com for details. The ones that are interested must have email access. Thank
you.
Devotional & Pastoral Advisements
Prelude
“Ciacona” - Buxtehude
Choral Introit
“Alleluia” - Unknown
Opening Praise Sentences
Rev. Charles C. Adams
Processional Hymn #8
“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
Prayer of Invocation
Rev. Charles C. Adams
Glory Be To The Father #
Organ Interlude
“Nocturne” - Tailleferre
Anthem
“Wade In the Water” - arr. Mark Hayes
Hartford Church Nursing Ministry is looking for car ing Chr istians to ser ve in this ver y impor tant
ministry. The only talent or gift you need is a desire to care for God's "Special People". For additional
information, please contact Regina Thomas – President- 313-721-3718 or Emily Kilpatrick 313- 930-5633.
Prayer of Intercession &
Song of Inspiration
Welcome To The Visitors
“God Is Truly Amazing” - GMWA
Hartford Women United presents “A Renaissance of Fashions”. Fashion Show/luncheon on Satur day,
June 20, 2015 from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, in the Charles G. Adams Fellowship Hall. Deacon Alexis Kerr will
be the commentator and Rick Love will provide the music. Tickets ($25.00 each) can be purchased in
Fellowship Hall following the 7:30 AM Service. Deacon Karen Harlan, Fashion Show Chairwoman.
Health Talk
The Michigan Progressive Baptist Convention, Inc. Women's Division - Mass Media Unit presents the 35th
Annual Unsung Heroes' Luncheon on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 11:00 AM in the Charles G.
Adams Fellowship Hall. One of the Honorees for this year will be Rev. Kevin Taylor, Assistant Pastor of
Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. Tickets are $12.00, and will be available in the Fellowship Hall between
Services. Mrs. Callie Scott, Luncheon Chairperson.
The Pastor's Courtesy Guild Ministry is sponsoring a theatre outing. Tickets for the play "White Ash Falling"
to be held on June 27th at the Detroit Repertory Theatre are available for sale on Sundays after the 7:30 AM
service in Fellowship Hall. Deacon Artelia Griggs, President.
As a service to the Hartford Family, the Hartford Business Ministry will be posting job openings. If you know
of any available jobs, send the information to the Church Office, attention Min. Curtis Kilpatrick or email:
curtishbk@hartfordchurchdetroit.org.
Following the loss of a loved one can be a very difficult time. You may experience all kinds of difficult and
surprising emotions, such as shock, anger and guilt. A Bereavement Support Counseling Group is being held
each 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, in Room 307 at 6:00 PM. Through a setting that embraces
confidentiality, participants may: gain insight from others regarding coping strategies to begin to "live again";
share experiences and feelings that keep memories alive; restore relationships when forgiveness is needed;
gain wisdom regarding lifestyle changes; and strengthen our spiritual well-being. Please contact the Church
Office to register at 313-861-1285 x 429, and begin the journey to healing.
Hartford Members and Friends: You can set up recurring donations to the Church. Contact the
Accounting Office at 313-861-1285 x411 to learn how it can be done.
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Rev. Charles C. Adams
The Tithes & Offertory Period
Luke 6:38; Matthew 6:19-21 (NRSV)
Offertory Sentences
Leader: Give and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over will
be put into your lap.
People: For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.
Leader: Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves
break in and steal.
People: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust consume and where
thieves do not break in and steal.
Unison: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
“Think of His Goodness” - GMWA
Offertory Selection
Malcolm Davis, soloist
Rev. Charles C. Adams
The Prayer of Dedication
Hymn of Preparation
“Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove”
The Written Word
Acts 2:1-4
Preached Word
“A DEMONSTRATION OF PENTECOST”
Dr. Charles G. Adams, Pastor
Invitation To Christian Discipleship
Hymn of Invitation
“I Thank You Jesus, I Thank You Lord”
Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Right Hand of Fellowship
Recessional #258
“Take the Name of Jesus With You”
Choral Benediction
“As You Go, Tell the World” - V. Foster/D. Vails
Postlude
“Trumpet Voluntary” - Purcell
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STEPHEN MINISTRY
“Christ Caring For People through People”
STEPHEN MINISTERS CARE FOR PEOPLE FACING TOUGH TIMES and are ready to provide
the emotional and spiritual help needed with crisis that include:
Loss of a loved one
Terminal Illness/Chronic Illness
Divorce or Separation
Unemployment/Job Crisis
Loneliness/ Discouragement
…and more
STEPHEN MINISTRY IS A CONFIDENTIAL MINISTRY and are trained volunteers ready to provide
you with one-on-one care. To Contact a Stephen Minister Call (313) 341-2302
MEMBERS’ ORIENTATION GRADUATE
Congratulations to Connie Bush Greene for successfully completing the six Members’ Orientation Classes.
ALL 2015 HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE GRADUATES
Baccalaureate Sunday Service is Sunday, June 14, 2015, at 11:00 AM. If you are
interested in participating, please submit the registration slip to the Church Office by
Sunday, June 7, 2015. Note: All entries after the due date may not appear in the
publication.
PLEASE PRINT
High School Graduates:
Name ____________________________________High School___________________________
College You Plan to Attend ________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________ Phone ______________________
College Graduates:
Name ____________________________________ College/University _____________________
Art By SEWD is now available in the Spears/Watson Bookstore. Glass tile r epr oductions of the
artist’s work as well as the SEWD Jewelry Line. Stop in and find a great gift for yourself or a friend/
family members. (SEWD are the initials of the artist, Sharon E. Williams-Dean.)
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Degree Received ________________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________ Phone ______________________
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