Volume 10 Issue 10 October 2012

A monthly publication for Members of Macedonia Baptist Church

Good News

Rev. Charles D. Twymon Macedonia Baptist Church

14221 Southfield Road Detroit, Michigan 48223

313-837-5040 www.macedonia-bc.com

Inside This Issue…

Announcements/Honored ............................................................................................................ 2

Sermons/New Members ................................................................................................................ 3

Teen Council: Back in Session/Macedonia Bible and Book Corner ........................................ 4

Soda: It’s Wrecking Our Health/ The “Sons of Macedonia” Come Home ............................... 5

High Price of Apples Take a Bite Out of Fall Fun in Michigan .................................................. 6

Children’s Church: Welcome Back ............................................................................................. 7

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HONORED Submitted by Wilma Parham

Family and friends gathered to congratu-late our own “Uncle Johnny” Watson and looked on as he was presented with the Con-gressional Medal of Honor by a representa-tive from the United States Marine Corps. This event was in honor

of his contribution to the outstanding military ser-vice of the Montford Point Marines. The ceremo-ny subsequently aired on Channel 7 News on September 22, 2012.

“Uncle Johnny” was among the first African-American men recruited into the Marine Corps after President Franklin D. Roosevelt established a presidential directive in 1942 that allowed Afri-can-American men to enter the Marines. As one of the Marines who received (segregated) basic training at Montford Point, Uncle Johnny perse-vered in spite of adversity, austere living condi-tions, and overt racism. His perseverance in the midst of adversity is a shining testament to his undaunted character and sacrifice--endeavors that led our nation to victory and forever pulled down racial barriers that existed in the military. While it was the intention of the Marine Corps leadership to discharge these African-American Marines after World War II and return them to civilian life, thereby leaving the Marine Corps an all-white service, it was undeniable that these men had proven themselves to be just as capa-ble as all other Marines.

This recognition was long overdue, but “better late than never.” We are so proud to have one among us who made such an impact on Ameri-can history. (Excerpts taken from “Montford Point Marine History”)

Macedonia Baptist Church will cele-brate Hallelujah Night on Wednes-day, October 31, 2012.

Hallelujah Night is a Christian alternative to

what the world calls “Halloween.” It’s free, free, free! Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the food, fun, and fellowship. Every child that comes will receive lots of candy and win prizes by playing the various games we have to offer.

Bible Study, led by

Rev. Moncrief, meets

at 7:00 p.m. every

Wednesday in Fellow-

ship Hall. All mem-

bers and guests are

encouraged to attend.

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SERMONS CDs and DVDs are available through the Audio Ministry.

Pastor Charles D. Twymon

September 2, 2012 8 & 11:00 a.m.

"A Water Pitcher, a Basin, and a

Towel," John 13:2-5

Pastor Charles Twymon

September 9, 2012 8:00 a.m.

"The Found Book"

2 Chronicles 34:14-19

Rev. Anthony King "

September 9, 2012 11:00 a.m.

"God Blocked It"

Acts 12:6-11

Rev. Raymond Willis

September 16, 2012 8 & 11:00 a.m.

"Jacked Up, Passed Up, and

Patched Up," Luke 10:25-29

Pastor Charles Twymon

September 23, 2012 8 & 11:00 a.m.

"Fighting the Good Fight"

1 Timothy 6:6-12

Pastor Charles Twymon

NEW MEMBERS We welcome our new members who joined in September.

Sermons….cont’d

September 30, 2012 8:00 a.m.

"It’s A Good Thing To Know Where

Your Strength Comes From"

Psalm 118:13-14

Pastor James Jones

September 30, 2012 11:00 a.m.

"Make Me Wanna Holler, Throw Up

Both My Hands," Psalm 118:13-14

Pastor Claude A. May

Timarra Beard

Jaden Wilson

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MACEDONIA

Bible and Book Corner

Did you know that God's Holy Spirit is as close as your next breath? Best known for her books on prayer, now Stormie Omartian introduces readers to the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in every area of life. Learn to rec-ognize His voice speaking to your heart and your life will never be the same again! Readers can walk in the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in every area of life. With a sure hand, Stormie helps readers to see that the Holy Spirit wants those who know Him to hear His gentle leading when He speaks to their heart, soul, and spirit. He wants to help believ-ers enter into the relationship with God they yearn for, the wholeness and free-dom God has for them, and the fulfill-ment of God's promises to them. He wants to lead them. As readers trust in the Holy Spirit and His great love for them, they will be filled with His mind, knowledge, wisdom, un-derstand their special calling, and sense His guidance in the way they should go.

Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake. —Martin Luther

Teen Council is a fun, safe environ-ment where teen-ager’s ages 13-19 can come and converse with oth-er teens and adult

counselors about the challenges that teenag-ers face in today’s society. Teen Council also gives teens a place to vent their feelings in a non-judgmental environment. After discussing the lesson for the night, teens have a chance to play pool, X-Box 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, basketball or to just socialize with peers.

Teen Council also sponsors trips to bowling

alleys, movies, teen workshops, miniature golf, arcade, and Cedar Point during the summer and also in October which is known as Hallow-weekends. Teen Council is not only a place for the teens of Macedonia Baptist Church, but is open to teens from other churches and in the neighborhood. Teen Council is held every Fri-day, from October through June, 6:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. A typical Teen Council Friday starts with the teens conversing, praise ser-vice, lesson for the night, prayer requests, end-ing prayer and back to teens conversing.

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SODA: IT’S WRECKING

OUR HEALTH Sugary Soda (and Diet Too) is Toxic

Submitted by Wendell Smitherman Studies associating soda with se-rious health problems have made headlines in recent months. Soda has been tied to increases in dan-gerous liver fat deposits, and heart attack and stroke risk in adults, as well as later-in-life heart disease for children who drink it now. None of this comes as a surprise to Dr. David Brownstein, who has been encouraging patients and Newsmax Health readers to stop

drinking soda for years. A big problem with soda is the high fructose corn syrup in it, notes Dr. Brownstein, a board-certified family physician and medical director for the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, Mich. The sweeten-er can be contaminated with toxic mercury, which is associated with numerous health problems, including cancers and Alzheimer’s and Parkin-son’s diseases, he has said.

“Besides possible contamination with mercu-

ry, high fructose corn syrup is just much too much of a sugar load coming into the body that we are not prepared to deal with,” Dr. Brownstein tells Newsmax Health. “And it’s leading to the obesity epidemic, where two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, and the freight train of patients suffering from diabetes.”

Opting for diet soda instead is no better for

our bodies because of the artificial sweeteners they contain, he says.

“The artificial sweeteners are a disaster in

their own right, and they’re known to cause neu-rologic problems, autoimmune disorders, and probably cancer,” he says. “Those should be avoided. But neither (soda nor diet soda is) a good choice. The better choice is to drink water.”

THE “SONS OF MACEDONIA” COME HOME

TO CELEBRATE MACEDONIA’S 92nd

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY

By Gwendolynne Howell Macedonia Baptist Church celebrated its 92nd

Church Anniversary during the month of Septem-ber. The celebration ended on September 30, 2012, when two of the “Sons of Macedonia” came home to preach during the 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services. The Macedonia Mass Choir per-formed at both services.

Rev. James Jones preached at the 8:00 a.m. service. He is the Pastor of the First Glory Mission-ary Baptist Church. He delivered a very “Pow, Pow, Pow, Powerful” sermon on the topic, “It’s a Good Thing to Know Where Your Strength Comes From” (Psalms 118:13-14) Rev. Twymon refers to Rev. Jones as “Mr. Excitement” and as his young-est son because he will soon celebrate his first an-niversary as pastor of his church. Previously, Rev. Jones was the Youth Pastor at Macedonia Baptist Church.

After the 8:00 a.m. service, the congregation was treated to a wonderful fried chicken and waffle breakfast. Before breakfast was served, Rev. Moncrief presented the Sunday School lesson. As usual, the kitchen committee prepared a very big and tasty breakfast. Thank you Kitchen Committee for a wonderful breakfast.

Rev. Claude May of Oasis of Hope Christian Church delivered the 11:00 sermon on the topic, “Make Me Want to Holler & Throw Up Both My Hands” (Psalms 118:13-14) which took us back to the 1970’s old school values and reminded us of the goodness of God. Rev. Twymon refers to Rev. May as the oldest son of Macedonia because he has been pastor of his own church for 17 years. He also previously served as Youth Pastor at Macedo-nia.

Both Rev. Jones and Rev. May praised Pastor Twymon for his leadership, guidance, and teach-ings which helped them to become successful pas-tors in their own churches.

Thank you Pastor Twymon for your leadership and vision during your 32 years of pastoring Mace-donia Baptist Church and for continuing the vision that was started by those that came before you.

Congratulations Macedonia!

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HIGH APPLE PRICES TAKE A BITE OUT OF ALL

FUN IN MICHIGAN Submitted by Gloria Crawford

Bitten hard by an unprecedented apple shortage, area orchards and cider mills are going to un-

foreseen lengths to keep Michigan's annual apple cider-and-doughnuts tradition alive this fall.

The orchards, many of them family-owned and operated, are absorbing a lot of the price in-creases, while adding new attractions such as a haunted paintball safari at one orchard and U-pick vegetables at others.

Pricing their apples and cider is a tough call for the orchards, which do most of their business from mid-September through the end of October. Their aim this fall is to eke out enough profit to stay in business, while keeping their customers happy enough that they will come back next year.

With 90% of Michigan's apple crop wiped out by the weather, orchards and cider mills are pay-ing two and three times the normal price to get enough apples to meet customer demand for produce and cider.

"We're not raising prices anywhere near that. The market's not going to bear it," said Abby Ja-cobson, owner of Westview Orchards. The Romeo farm will celebrate 200 years in the same family in 2013.

Prices will vary, but consumers can expect fresh apple prices to be about 30% to 50% higher than last year, according to Bob Tritten, Michigan State University Extension Service fruit educator for southeast Michigan. Cider prices are up about 50%.

Last year's Michigan apple crop was about 26 million bushels, said Dawn Drake, manager of the Michigan Processing Apple Growers Division, a branch of the Michigan Farm Bureau. But early warm weather forced the apple blossoms out early, and that was followed by several days of freezes, which killed most of the tender young blooms. "This year they'll be lucky to have 2 (million bushels)," Drake said.

But the autumn trip to the cider mill is hard for Michiganders to give up, even for one year.

"To keep customers happy, Westview has added more attractions, including a maze with an anti-bullying theme, and school groups are coming for U-pick pumpkins instead of apples,” Jacobson said.

Most farmers knew the apple crop was lost in April, so they also planted more U-pick vegeta-bles.

Ashton Orchards in Ortonville paid $200 for an 18-20 bushel bin this year, up from about $100 last year.

"There's not that many to be found, either," owner Dennis Ashton said of apples. He's charging $7.75 for a gallon of cider, up from $6.50 last year.

Many of Ashton's customers are reacting to the price hike by buying less this year--a half gallon of cider instead of a gallon, for example.

Source: Detroit Free Press

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CHILDREN’S CHURCH

Macedonia Baptist Children’s Church is a program designed for children who

are 5 years of age and enrolled in school through age 12. Children’s Church is in

session 1st through 4th Sundays at 11:00 a.m. On 5th Sundays it is suspended.

Children’s Church for the 2012-2013 will resume on Sunday, October 7.

Our program is designed to energize, motivate and encourage children. Our

department desires that everything we do for children promote Christian growth. We

use creative ways to reach our children and make learning God’s word exciting. Our

curriculum is a combination of Bible lessons on basic Baptist doctrine, learning the

books of the Bible, characters and heroes of the Bible, Christian character and val-

ues, Bible drills, games, activities, gym time and treats. Using all of the above, our

ultimate goal is for children to learn about God and make the decision to invite Him

into their hearts and to live for Him.

Children’s Church can always use the assistance of additional helpers and

workers. If you are interested in assisting in any capacity please contact Sister

Dansby at (248) 443-1266 or Sister Suber at (313) 837-5677.

Macedonia Baptist Church 14221 Southfield Road, Detroit, Michigan 48223

"Come over into Macedonia and help us.” ACTS 16:9

Wednesday October 31, 2012

6:00-8:00 p.m.

Sunday

November 4, 2012