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03.01.2019

VABC

WALKING IN THE LIGHT
Reverend Dr. John J. Cox, Pastor

Vermont Avenue Baptist Church + 1630 Vermont Ave NW WDC 20009 + 202-667-1078

In1866, seven freedmen gathered for the purpose of MARK YOUR CALENDAR
forming a church. Receiving the necessary certification
from the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, these former
slaves set themselves apart and formed the Fifth Baptist APRIL
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Church of Washington, DC. They called as their pastor Wednesday, April 3 7:00PM
the Reverend John Henry Brooks, a former Union army We visit Gethsemane Baptist Church
wagon driver.
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Friday, April 12 7:00PM
Over the past one hundred fifty-two years, the Fifth Easter Cantata
Baptist Church has done some growing and some
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changing. We have grown in number and we have Sunday, April 14 - Palm Sunday
changed many things, including our name to Vermont Services 7:30AM & 10:45AM
Avenue Baptist Church. In the midst of the astonishing
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growth and change, some things have remained Thursday, April 18 - Maundy Thursday
persistently the same. Communion 12Noon & 7:00PM

Through God’s grace and mercy, we continue to be a Friday, April 14 – Good Friday
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church led by the spirit, directed and focused on the will We visit
of God and committed to the cause of lifting the name of Trinidad Baptist Church 12Noon
Jesus. Praising God for the gift of constancy that has kept Metropolitan Baptist Church 7:00PM
our light burning, as a city set on a hill, guiding the lost,
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the disinherited and those in search of salvation to Him. Saturday, April 20
Pre-Easter Prayer Breakfast
We have so much for which to be thankful!
Sun, April 21 – Resurrection Sunday
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Services 7:30AM & 10:45AM
CONTENTS Sunday School Presentation 9:15AM
Message From Our Pastor………………...……Page 2
Guest Article……………...………………………Page 3 Saturday, April 27
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Youth Corner………………… …………..……Page 4-5 Bring Back The Choir 10AM
Hymn History…………………………………...…Page 6 Jazz Under The Stars 1PM
Women’s History Month……………………..….Page 7
Special Announcements………………………Page 8 MAY
Recommended Reading……………………...Page 8 Sunday, May 5
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Founder’s Day 10AM

Sunday, May 19
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Women’s Day 10AM