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THE DUPONT PARK ORATORIO SOCIETY

presents excerpts from George Friedrich Handel’s

Josepha R. Hammond,

Conductor

Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist Church

3985 Massachusetts Avenue, SE ♦ Washington, DC 20019

Dr. Marcus E. Harris, Senior Pastor ♦ Dewaine Frazer, Associate Pastor

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hank you, Dupont Park, for once again making this year’s

presentation of Handel’s Messiah possible. As I have told you, I

pass four churches (Takoma Park, Sligo, Metropolitan, and First

Church) which are ten to fifteen minutes closer to me, to come to you.

Though I am sure I would receive a blessing at these sister churches,

they are not you, and I can’t imagine a Sabbath without being with

you. I am what I am because of Dupont Park. As Barry Black, Chaplain

of the United States Senate, said in a recent sermon, “Dupont Park has

always been a church of renown, a church with a rich spiritual legacy.”

It is your generosity that makes today’s presentation of Handel’s

Messiah come “alive.” So you are welcome to enjoy what you have

made possible in our beautifully decorated church. As we await our

Messiah’s second coming, have a wonderful, deserved Christmas

holiday.

Connie Mitchell, Administrative Coordinator

elcome to the Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist Church’s annual holiday presentation

of George Friedrich Handel’s Messiah. This Oratorio is a scripturally based musical

composition of soloists, orchestra, and choir proclaiming the good news that the “Promised One”

indeed had come. Traditionally performed during the Christmas season, the Messiah is a

narrative of Jesus Christ from the Nativity, the Passion, Resurrection, and Triumphal Ascension

as the one who overcame sin and the world and is rightly praised and honored in what could be

called the Christian anthem, the “Hallelujah Chorus.” This presentation comes at the right time.

In light of recent global events, we need a message of hope and the blessed assurance of a

sovereign God.

Our prayer and desire is that you will be lifted spiritually

and your faith renewed through this presentation and

that the words of the angel’s song will always ring true in

your heart –

“Glory to God in the highest,

And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

Luke 2:14

Dr. Marcus E. Harris, Senior Pastor

Dewaine Frazer, Associate Pastor

Greetings

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The Church at Study

December 12, 2015

Theme: O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord

Teachers’ Meeting 8:30—9:10 AM

Facilitator David Chandler, Sr.

Programme

9:15 AM—10:35 AM

Associate Superintendent Cindy Ettinger

Pianist Norlin Washington

Song Service Marlene Greenleaf

Opening Prayer Wanda Chandler

Mission Spotlight Focus on Botswana Video: The Lord is With Us

Investment Sabbath Yvonne Pitt

Memory Text:

“ ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the people of

Israel and with the people of Judah’” (Jeremiah 31:31, NIV).

Welcome of Visitors Joyce James

Special Music Lorraine Walden

Community Outreach Robin Guion

Personal Ministries Courtney Hodges

Closing Prayer Courtney Hodges

Deacons on Duty: Thomas Donovan and Johnathan Smith

Sunset Today—4:46 PM Sunset Next Friday—4:48 PM

Sabbath School

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THE DUPONT PARK ORATORIO SOCIETY

Presents excerpts from George Friedrich Handel’s

Josepha R. Hammond, Conductor

Sheri Jackson, Soprano

Monique Holmes, Mezzo-Soprano

Lloyd Harrod III, Tenor

Alvy Powell, Baritone

Margaret Richardson, Guest Soloist

Everett P. Williams, Jr., Guest Organist

The Festival Orchestra of Washington

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George Friedrich Handel’s Messiah was composed originally as an Easter

oratorio. Its debut occurred before a rapt audience in Dublin, Ireland on

April 13, 1742. Subsequent performances in London drew a somewhat tepid

response, with controversy over the venue of a theatre and the use of secular

musical artists to perform a sacred work. Over the course of time, Handel’s

Messiah became his most loved and best known composition, as well as a

Christmas season staple.

Handel was born on February 23, 1685 in Halle, Germany, only a few weeks before Johann

Sebastian Bach. Although contemporaries and fellow countrymen, the two never personally met.

Handel’s father was a respected surgeon who harbored aspirations for his son to study law.

George’s gift as a musical prodigy, however, drew public attention as well as an adept

composition teacher to expand his instrumental skill set. A trained performer on multiple

instruments, Handel completed his first opera by age 18 and found ready employment as a

musician, composer and conductor.

Handel moved to London in 1710 and busied himself writing

secular operas. In the 1730’s, his interests switched to sacred

oratorios. His fortunes proved volatile, and by 1741 he was

deeply in debt and greatly discouraged. Following what Handel

believed to be his retirement concert, a wealthy friend gave

Handel a libretto on the life of Christ based entirely on the

Bible. This gift coincided with a financial commission to

compose music for a benefit performance in Dublin, Ireland.

Handel settled down to work on August 22, 1741. He wrote day and night, not leaving his

London house until the composition was finished. Twenty-four days later, 260 pages of a new

manuscript were completed, simply entitled Messiah. Musical scores were written for a four part

chorus, featuring respective solos for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. The entire orchestral

accompaniment was completed in two days. Handel’s feverish creative output is considered one

of the greatest feats in the history of musical composition. A devout Christian, Handel died the

day before Easter in 1759 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Prior to his death, he

commissioned a statue depicting himself holding the manuscript for the solo that opens part

three—I Know that My Redeemer Liveth.

A History of Handel's Messiah

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December 12, 2015

Eleven o’clock in the Morning

Musical Prelude

#Introit

#Processional

#Call to Worship

#Invocation

#Hymn of Adoration

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Welcome

Intercessory Prayer

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Tithe and Offerings

Offertory

#Scripture

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Dedication

The Proclaimed Word

Slumber Song

Arr. Carter

Jesus, the Light of the World

Angels from the Realms of Glory

Luke 2:1-14

An Oratorio by

George Friedrich Handel

Earnest Hargrove, Organist

Platform

Dupont Park Oratorio Society

Davion Percy

Davion Percy

Media Screen

Pastor Dewaine Frazer

Pastor Marcus E. Harris

Vinnette Leslie

Earl Hargrove, Pianist


Sinie M. Evans

Charles Brown


Invitation to Discipleship

Song of Faith



We Shall Behold Him

Margaret Richardson, Soloist

Josepha R. Hammond, Conductor

Everett P. Williams, Jr. and Earnest Hargrove, Accompanists

Benediction

Choral Response

Recessional

Postlude Good Christian Men, Rejoice!





Please remain seated until formally ushered from the sanctuary.

# Congregation Stands *** Worshippers May Enter

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OVERTURE [No. 1, p. 3 Schirmer Edition]

RECITATIVE (Tenor) [No. 2, p. 7] (Isaiah 40:4)

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry

unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The voice of him that

crieth in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for

our God.

AIR (Tenor) [No. 3, p.10] (Isaiah 40:4)

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and the

rough places plain.

CHORUS [No. 4, p. 16] (Isaiah 40:5)

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the

Lord hath spoken it.

RECITATIVE (Bass) [No. 5, p.24] (Haggai 2:6, 7; Malachi 3:1)

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet once a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth,

the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come.

The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant,

whom ye delight in; Behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

AIR (Bass) [No. 6, p. 27] (Malachi 3:2)

But who may abide the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth? For He is

like a refiner's fire.

CHORUS [No. 7, p. 36] (Malachi 3:3)

And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in

righteousness.

RECITATIVE (Alto) [No. 8, p.47] (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23)

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name EMMANUEL; God with us.

AIR (Alto) [No. 9, p. 47] and CHORUS [p. 54] (Isaiah 40:9, 60:1)

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest

good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the

cities of Judah, Behold your God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is

risen upon thee.

W e have provided the Biblical references upon which the

oratorio is based along with the index notations of the G.

Schirmer edition vocal score. We sincerely hope this will prompt

the listener to a greater appreciation of the oratorio and assist with

one’s ability to follow the performance. Please remain respectful

of the musicians and listening audience by refraining from

conversation and silencing your cellular phone.

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RECITATIVE (Bass) [No. 10, p. 60] (Isaiah 60:2, 3)

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise

upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee, and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and

kings to the brightness of thy rising.

AIR (Bass) [No. 11, p. 62] (Isaiah 9:2)

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; and they that dwell in the land of the

shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.


For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoul-

der; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Fa-

ther, The Prince of Peace.

PASTORAL SYMPHONY [No. 13, p. 77]

RECITATIVE (Soprano) [No. 14, p. 79] (Luke 2:8, 9)

There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo! The

angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they

were sore afraid.

RECITATIVE (Soprano) [No. 15, p. 80] (Luke 2:10, 11)

And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which

shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ

the Lord.

RECITATIVE (Soprano) [No. 16, p. 81] (Luke 2:13)

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying:

CHORUS [No. 17, p. 82] (Luke 2:14)

Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will toward men.

AIR (Soprano) [No. 18, p. 87] (Zechariah 9:9, 10)

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Behold, thy King cometh

unto thee. He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.

RECITATIVE (Alto) [No. 19, p. 94] (Isaiah 35:5, 6)

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame

man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.

AIR (Alto) [No. 20, p. 94] (Isaiah 40:11)

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry

them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

AIR (Soprano) [No. 20, p. 96] (Matthew 11:28, 29)

Come unto Him, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He shall give you rest. Take His

yoke upon you, and learn of Him; for He is meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto

your souls.

CHORUS [No. 21, p. 98] (Matt 11:30)

His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light.

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Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; He was wounded for our transgressions;

He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.

AIR (Alto) [No. 33, p. 108] (Isaiah 53:3)

He was despised and rejected of men: a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

CHORUS [No. 33, p. 144] (Psalm 24:7-10)

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory

shall come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall

come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of glory.

AIR (Soprano) [No. 38, p. 167] (Romans 10:15)

How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good

things.

AIR (Bass) [No. 40, p. 174] (Psalm 2:1, 2)

Why do the nations so furiously rage together? [and] why do the people imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against

His Anointed.

RECITATIVE (Tenor) [No. 42, p. 189] (Psalm 2:4)

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn.

AIR (Tenor) [No. 43, p. 189] (Psalm 2:9)

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt dash them in pieces, like a potter's vessel.

CHORUS [No. 44, p. 193] (Revelation 19:6, 11:15, 19:16)

Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the

kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever. King of Kings, and

Lord of Lords. HALLELUJAH!

Congratulations to the following Oratorio Society Members

for their many years of dedicated service:

Alita Dixon and Paul A. Green

Laura and William Terrell Danley

Edward Jackson and Esther Wroten

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JOSEPHA R. HAMMOND, lyric soprano, conductor, composer/arranger and

choral clinician, is a native Washingtonian and a product of the District of

Columbia Public School System. Ms. Hammond currently serves as the

Minister of Music at the Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, where

she also serves as the Co-director of the Chancel Choir and Coordinator of

the Dupont Park Oratorio Society’s annual presentation of Messiah by G.F.

Handel.

Her choral experience includes: Director of the Voices of Praize Ensemble at

Plymouth Congregational Church, Director of the Senior Choir at Hughes

Memorial United Methodist Church, former Chief Artist in Residence of the

La Bella Vocé Ensemble, Soprano Section Leader and Assistant to the

Director of the Howard University Rankin Memorial Chapel Choir, Soprano Section Leader/

Choral Clinician of the John Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Church Cathedral Choir, former

Music Teacher at the Dupont Park Adventist School and Junior Academy, former Director of the

Children’s and Youth Choirs of Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, former Director of

the Children’s Choir of the Zion Baptist Church, former Gospel Choir Director of the First Baptist

Church of Georgetown, founder and former Director of the DC Youth Chorale Eboni Ensemble.

Her music administrative experience includes: Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director

of the DC Youth Chorale Program and Assistant Minister of Music at Dupont Park Seventh-day

Adventist Church.

Ms. Hammond is a soprano and has been featured as guest soloist at churches and special

functions in and around the DC Metropolitan area, Atlanta, Florida, Mexico and the Bahamas.

Her performance accomplishments include: soprano soloist in Schubert’s Mass In G and Mass in

A Flat, soprano soloist and alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah. In June 2012, Ms. Hammond was

the featured conductor of Schubert’s Mass in G at the St. Augustine Catholic Church Chorale’s

Annual Concert. She has studied voice with Mr. Edward Jackson, who is also her music mentor

and advisor.

Meet the ArtistsJosepha R. Hammond, Conductor

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SHERI JACKSON, soprano, is described by Peter Jacobi of the Herald

Times as “… a voice of ravishing cream …” Sheri Jackson, a native of the

Washington, DC metropolitan area, began singing at an early age at

Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist Church. She attended Dupont Park

Adventist School, Takoma Academy and gained a solid foundation at

Oakwood University, formerly Oakwood College, in Huntsville, Alabama

where she decided to pursue a career in classical singing under the strict

tutelage of Dr. Ginger Beazley. Dr. Beazley steered her to Indiana

University where she received her Master’s of Music and studies with

Virginia Zeani and Patricia Wise. She has also worked with American

tenors George Shirley and Paul Sperry and under the batons of David

Baker, Thomas Baldner, David Effron, Anton Coppola and Leslie Dunner.

Sheri Jackson has been a soloist with the Aspen Music Festival; Sofia, Bulgaria with the Sofia

National Opera Company, Annapolis Opera Company, Inter-Cities Opera Company, the Maryland

Opera Society, Manhattan Lyric Opera and Opera Ebony. She has performed major roles in

several operas including Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Poulanc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, Bellini’s

La Sonnambula, Verdi’s La Traviata, Puccini’s La Boheme, Lehar’s Merry Widow and Strauss’ Die

Fledermaus. Ms. Jackson is the Grand Prize winner of the 2006 Marie Crump International Vocal

Competition, Grand Prize and Audience Choice winner of the 2003 Annapolis Opera Vocal

Competition and the 2002 Paul Robeson Vocal Competition and Finalist of the Altamura/Caruso

International Vocal Competition. Ms. Jackson currently studies with Jean Carter.

ALVY POWELL has won acclaim for his performances at home and abroad,

earning a reputation as one of the world’s best known interpreters of the

role of Porgy. Performing the role over 2,500 times, Powell has portrayed

Porgy with such companies as La Scala (Milan, Italy, New York City Opera,

Live at Lincoln Center, San Francisco Opera, Cape Town Opera, The

Sydney Opera House, and Houston Grad Opera.) Describing his

performances, The USA Today wrote, “Incredibly magnetic...the center of

gravity.” Il Giornale commented, “A triumph at La Scala, Alvy Powell is

Porgy, a perfect interpreter.” Il Sole opined, “The Porgy of Alvy Powell was

intense, human and vibrant...A triumph.” Mr. Powell’s interpretation is

featured on a recording of Porgy and Bess with the Nashville Symphony on

the DECCA label.

An accomplished interpreter of other operatic roles, Mr. Powell has appeared as Bartolo from

LeNozze di Figaro, with The Virginia Opera; Sharpless from Madame Butterfly, with the

Connecticut Opera; Coline in La Boheme, with the Tulsa Opera and Opera Pacific; Timur in

Turandot, with Opera Carolina, Opera Grand Rapids, and The Cleveland Opera. Mr. Powell made

his film debut as Balthazar in the BBC’s production of Amahl and the Night Visitors. He made his

Carnegie Hall debut in June 2008 singing the role of Joe in the concert production of Show Boat.

He returned to Carnegie Hall in January 2009 to sing a concert production of Porgy and Bess.

Alvy Powell was bass soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the Rome Opera sponsored by the Vatican

to commemorate the centennial of the death of Giuseppe Verdi. In 2007, Mr. Powell made his

debut with the Choral Arts Society of Washington, DC, performing Porgy and Bess and was

showcased for the annual Kennedy Center Christmas Holiday Gala conducted by Norman

Scribner. Powell’s vast oratorio repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth

Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, and Brahm’s Requiem.

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LLOYD (TRÉS) WILSON HARROD III began his music career singing

Handel’s Messiah at the age of three when he was overcome with the joy of

hearing The Hallelujah Chorus. He sang “loudly and on key” as Mr. Hunt

directed the choir at Dupont Park Church. At the age of six, Lloyd directed

the Children’s Choir and began taking piano lessons with Sharon Strange.

At thirteen, he gave his life completely to Jesus and was baptized. His first

public solo was Midnight Cry, one of his favorite songs. Since then he has

sung many solos at Dupont, including the tenor solo for Handel’s Messiah.

His interest and love of music was supported as he attended Dupont Park

Adventist School. While there, he sang with the Boy’s choir under the

leadership of Ann Foster. The highlight was singing for Nelson Mandela at

the State Department and the DC Convention Center shortly after Mandela’s prison release. He

also participated in the Quaker Oats Choir Competition under the leadership of Antoinette Hicks.

He has sung throughout most of the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Bermuda,

and Poland. He sang at the White House, with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra and with the

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. In addition, Lloyd sang for former DC Mayor, Sharon

Pratt Kelly, the National Baptist Convention, for Dr. Margaret Pleasant Dourox, Rosalyn Lynch

and the Gospel Music Workshop of America. He has sung in world renowned choirs including The

Children of the Gospel, The Morgan State University Choir and the Oakwood College Aeolians

(Huntsville, Alabama), who were recently inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. In

2004, Lloyd appeared in his first musical, Ragtime, with Independent Music Productions in

Huntsville, Alabama. Lloyd has made several TV appearances including Good Morning America,

the Breath of Life Telecast, the Earnest P. White Show, and the 3ABN Network. He has also

participated in several recordings with the Shoals Praise and Worship Choir, “Total Praise” and

“Live at Round Island Baptist Church.” He was a featured soloist with the “Real Truth”

Evangelistic Crusade of Washington, DC. He has taught voice and piano in Washington, DC at

the Back to Basics School of Music. He has shared the stage with many artists including Yolanda

Adams, Kirk Franklin, Tramaine Hawkins, Richard Smallwood, Debbie Steele-Hall, Stephanie

Mills, Wintley Phipps, Eddie James, Thomas Young (of Three Mo’ Tenors), Walter Hawkins, and

opera diva Kathleen Battle. He spent nine years as featured soloist with the Shoals Praise and

Worship Choir of Florence, Alabama. Currently he serves as a vocal coach and teacher.

DR. MONIQUE HOLMES, currently teaching at Duke Ellington School of

the Arts. A mezzo-soprano, Monique Holmes completed her Doctoral

degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Michigan. As a classical

singer, she has toured as a performer in Germany, Italy, Trinidad, and

Barbados. She has been heard as, “La Haine” in Armide, “Marcellina” in Le

Nozze di Figaro, “Olga” in Eugene Onegin, “Ma” in The Tenderland and

“Florence Pike” in Albert Herring along with other principle roles.

Active as a dancer and choreographer, she teaches movement for singers at

Duke Ellington as well as vocal technique classes, a diction class and is the

new director of the renowned Show Choir.

She received her Bachelor degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education from the University

of Northern Iowa and her Masters degree from the University of Michigan. Currently a resident of

Washington, DC, Monique Holmes hails originally from Buffalo, NY.

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MARGARET E. HUMPHREY-RICHARDSON, was born in Nashville,

Tennessee, but reared in New York where she attended Northeastern

Academy. Later she studied at Oakwood College (now Oakwood

University) in Huntsville, Alabama and Andrews University in Berrien

Springs, Michigan, where she achieved her Master’s Degree in Home

Economics. Margie is a soloist, a highly motivated teacher, artist,

illustrator, a vegetarian cuisine instructor as well as a fine seamstress.

When Margie was three, she sang her first public solo before a large crowd.

Her mother was her teacher and accompanist. She also sang with her sister

and brothers throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Margie

was a soloist for the Northeastern Academy Choir and continued on to

Oakwood College, singing solos and choral music with the nationally renowned Aeolians under

the direction of Dr. Alma M. Blackmon. Margie was also a member of the New Birth Quartet,

which traveled at the behest of the college for recruitment purposes. Her love for music has taken

Margie across the nation, into Central America, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and Europe.

For several years she has been the guest soprano soloist for the Mormon Choir of Nashville’s

Christmas presentation of Handel’s Messiah, as well as soloist for Let Freedom Sing! — A Tribute

to Martin Luther King, Jr. at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. She has performed for

the Greater Bay Area Music Festival in San Francisco, the annual Celebration of Excellence at the

Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and at General Conference of Seventh-day

Adventists Conventions. She appeared on the internationally broadcasted production “Experience

the Power” featuring Walter L. Pearson, Jr., and she is currently seen on various programs

recorded for the Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN). Margie is a Praise Team member, a

Chorister, Choral director, and a member of several singing groups. Her vocal talents include a

wide range of genres, including songs from classical, spiritual, old time gospel, contemporary

gospel, pop and smooth jazz. She and her college sweetheart and husband of thirty years, Pastor

Stephen A. L. Richardson, currently reside in Pine Forge, PA. They have three adult age children:

Marquita, Shelton and Shelbourne.

EVERETT P. WILLIAMS, JR., organist, hails from Yakima, Washington

and was educated in the public schools in California. He received his

bachelor and master’s degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in

Ohio. This pianist, organist, choral director and composer has been a

music educator for more than 35 years. He is retired from the public school

system and presently works as a piano instructor at Bowie State University

(Maryland) and is the Director of Music and Liturgical Arts at the Asbury

United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. He has composed an opera

entitled Martin Luther King, Jr., and his fine arts chorale, The E.P.

Williams Ensemble, was founded by him in the early 1980s. Everett’s

church music ministry began more than 50 years ago when he was

appointed director of the gospel choir at the St. Paul AME Church in

Berkeley, California where his father was senior minister at the time. Among his earliest

employment opportunities were being a performer with VOICES INC. THEATER REPERTOIRE

COMPANY based out of Harlem, New York and chairman of the music department as well as

choral director at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Williams is a free-lance

performer in the Washington Metropolitan area and around the nation. He does concerts and

recitals, and he especially enjoys improvising at the keyboard on the great hymns of the church.

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Dottie Akinleye

Olubukola Akinleye

Paula Akinleye

Bryana Bright

Vivian Clark

Sylvia Danley-Smith

Patricia DePollar

Phyllis P. Edmonds

Denise Garett

Sherrie Green

Greta Kirby

Karen LeCounte

Antoinette McNeil

Joan Middleton

Marjorie Taylor

Charlene Wright

Esther Wroten

SOPRANOS

TENORS

ALTOS

BASSES

Olayide Akinleye

Frances Banks

Krystina Booker

Anna Buchanan

Harriett Byrd

Viviette Christian

Iris Craig

Laura Danley

Cherie Davis

Maria Hammond

Pamela Holmes

Wilma Jardine

Patricia Jones

Helena Marable

Vivian Owens

Gloria Singleton

Leda Starks

Shirlene Thompson

W. Terrell Danley, Jr.

W. Terrell Danley, Sr.

Alita Dixon

Jonathan Holley

J. Frank Jackson

Kevin Josey

Geraldine Mack

Thoko Moffat

Eugene Thomas

Audrey Watson

Adebisi Akinleye

Bruce Banks

JaVonn Bright

David Chandler

Frederick Craig

Robert W. Gill, Sr.

Kevin Green

Paul A. Green

Lloyd Harrod, Jr.

Julian Winston

1st VIOLIN

Robert Bannister

Jeneane Jones

2nd VIOLIN

Lerna May-Frandson

Cindy Shoates

VIOLA

Leslie Delaine

Gerard Battle

CELLO

Linda Kapusciarz

Kattie Chambers

BASS

Kim Johnson

OBOE

Zoila Holtzer

TRUMPETS

Wayne Estrada

Dereck Scott

TYMPANI

Roberta Washington

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BENEFACTORS

Mr. Lamont and Mrs. Beverly Bailey Mr. Wm. Terrell and Mrs. Laura Danley

Ms. Frances Banks Ms. Marshell Davis

Dupont Park Basketball Ministry Mrs. Alita Dixon

Ms. Ruby Blake Mr. Darryl and Mrs. Karon Dixon

Mr. Christopher Bock Mrs. Cindy Ettinger

Mr. Clinton Borland Mrs. Denyce Follette

Pastor Colin and Mrs. Jeanne Brathwaite Ms. Jean Gillis

Mr. Charles and Dr. Robyn J. Brooks Mr. Barry and Dr. Sherrie Green

Mr. Bronson and Dr. Gina Brown Young Maestro, Ms. Josepha Hammond,

Minister of Music Dr. Bronson and Mrs. Gloria Brown

First Elder, Mr. Charles and Mrs. Donna Brown Mr. Melvin and Mrs. Shirley Harrell

Mr. John Cartwright Mr. Richard and Mrs. Audrey Hogart

Mr. Reuben Cartwright Dr. Willie and Mrs. Kathleen Hucks

Mr. Michael Catoe Mrs. Sharon Hutchins

Mr. David and Mrs. Wanda Chandler Maestro, Mr. Edward and Mrs. Hermione

Jackson Ms. Celeste Chisholm

Ms. Viviette Christian Ms. Doris Johnson

Mr. Wayne Cole and Mrs. Denise Brandon-Cole

and son, Dewayne

Mrs. Vinnette Leslie

Mrs. Geraldine Mack

Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Gwendolyn Coleman Mr. Andrew Marley

Lt. Col. Ronald Coleman Ms. Lauren Marley

Ms. Linda Crockett Mr. William and Mrs. Dolores Miller

In Memory of Mrs. Ada Crowder (The Harrells) Ms. Constance Mitchell

Dr. Wilbur and Mrs. Kathy Daniels Ms. I. V. Mitchell

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BENEFACTORS, CONTINUED

Deaconess Chair, Mrs. Louberta Moseley Mr. William and Mrs. Diane Anderson

Mr. Granville and Mrs. Brenda Peterson Mr. Wade Bishop

Ms. Judith B. Pitt, Treasurer Mrs. Anna Mae Buchanan

Dr. Marsha Plater Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Lucille Christian

Ms. Robbie D. Roberts Mrs. Odell Chunn

Mr. Felipe and Mrs. Robin Rubio Mrs. Bessie Clark

Mrs. Sylvia Saunders Mrs. Mary Cofield

Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Leilani Scott Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham

Ms. Yvonne Simmons Dupont Park Deacons

Mr. Lawrence Simms and Mrs. Beverly

Brandon-Simms

Dupont Park Junior Deacons

Mrs. Sinie Evans

Mr. Alvin and Mrs. Gloria Singleton Mr. Wayne Freeman and Mrs. Valerie

Register-Freeman Ms. Virginia Smith

Mr. John and Mrs. Marjorie Taylor Mrs. Marlene Greenleaf

Ms. Sherry Thorpe Mr. Paul Isom

Mrs. Diana Tolliver Mrs. Dorothy Jackson

Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Diedra Tramel Mr. Edward Jackson III

Dr. Timekee Turner Deacon M. Jeffries

Mrs. Terea Vines Mr. Carlton and Mrs. Donnetta Jones

Mr. Trent and Mrs. Gloria Walker Mr. David and Mrs. Barbara Jones

Mrs. Genevieve Washington Mrs. Ruth Matlock

Mrs. Audrey Watson Ms. Jerri McLean

Ms. Natasha Watts Mr. Castellia and Mrs. Antoinette McNeil

Mr. Charles Webster Miss North

Mr. Howard Williams Mr. Bobby and Mrs. Barbara Ravenell

Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Tammy Woodfork Ms. Sandra Smith

Mrs. Charlene Wright Ms. Diane Taylor

Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Marianne Wright Mrs. Dorothy Thorn

SUSTAINERS

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SUSTAINERS, CONTINUED

to all of our contributors!

Mr. LaFayette and Mrs. Renee Washington Mrs. Patricia Stephens

Mr. Clarence and Mrs. Valanthea Washington Mrs. Eva Stokes

Mr. Darnell and Mrs. Carol Watts Ms. Minnie J. Turner

Ms. Joan Weekes Ms. Marjorie Zellars

Ms. Courtney Brathwaite

Mr. Archie and Mrs. Harriett Byrd

ANGELS SUPPORTERS

Pastor James Clements

Mr. Larry and Mrs. Gwendolyn Coleman

Mrs. Margaret Corum

Ms. Retha Dixon

Ms. Phyllis Edmonds

Mr. James and Mrs. Valerie Emerson

Ms. Doris Jones

Ms. Denise V. Malone

Mrs. Helena Mabry Marable

Ms. Cynthia McNeil

Deacon Chair, Mr. Clarence Moseley

Ms. Marsha O’Mara

Ms. Yvonne Pitt

Mr. William Pitt

Mr. Larry and Mrs. Shirley Randall

Mrs. Robbie A. Roberts

Mr. Bernard Smith

Ms. Taunya Smith

Mrs. Leda Starks

Ms. Patricia Engrum

Dr. Holly Fisher Hickman

Mrs. Ann Levy

Dr. Nancy Link

Mrs. Esther Smith

Mrs. Annie Ruth Thomas

Ms. Ruth Thompson

Ms. Michelle Donatien Washington

Ms. Peggy Wilkins

SUPPORTERS, CONTINUED

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DATE EVENT LOCATION

Dec. 12 Interest Ministry (after worship) Community

Dec. 13 Board of Elders Meeting 9:00 a.m. Dining Room

Dec. 13 Communications Meeting 10:00 a.m. Classroom 201

Dec. 13 Finance Committee Meeting 11:30 a.m. CANCELLED

Dec. 19 Prison Ministry/Family Life 2:30 p.m. Classroom 202

Dec. 19 Adventurers 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Fellowship Hall

Dec. 19 Pathfinders 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. Room 100

Dec. 20 Trustee Board Meeting 9:00 a.m. Classroom 203

Dec. 20 Church Aid Society 12:30 p.m. Dining Room

BALANCING MY PRIORITIES

e make time for that which is important to us. A rational person will

always choose to make time for the thing which he or she sees to be

more important and relevant to their interest. That leads to the question,

"where do our interest lie, and should they lie where they do?" Do we cry, "I

don't have enough time," because our outside interests are crowding out the

time for service to God? It may be sports, it may be social events, it may be our

work or our careers, it may be TV programs or videogames, but whatever that

thing may be, are we making it more important than God? The question may

also be asked of Church work: "Are we making church work more important

than God's work?" I know that Sabbath is often the busiest day of the week for

me, so I have to ask myself the question, Is church work more important than

spending time with God Himself?" Where our hearts lie, there our priorities

will also lie.

Dynamic Steward Magazine; Vol.16, page 10.

Let us remember the special offering for our HVAC system next

Sabbath, December 19th.

Ministry Events

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Welcome to Dupont Park!

We pray that your soul will be uplifted as we worship God together.

1. Please join Dupont Park Adventist School as they present their annual Christmas play

on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist

Church, 3985 Massachusetts Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20019. This year’s performance

is entitled, We Three Spies. Celebrate the season with us as we lift up the name of Jesus in

drama and song.

2. The Dupont Park Church Social Committee cordially invites you to join us at Camelot by

Martin’s, for a night of music and fun as we bring in the New Year. This is a black tie event.

The date is December 31, 2015, and the time is 9:00 p.m.—1:00 a.m. Come out and join us

as we bring in the New Year.

3. Pray, Pray, Pray! Needed and Wanted!! 1)Vacation Bible School Leader and 2) Earliteen/

Youth Division Leader. Feeling motivated to serve? Call the church office and leave your

contact information.

4. With just a few weeks left in 2015, Personal Ministries wants to make a valiant effort to

reach those in need and in darkness with truth, hope and light through your earnest

contributions of clothing, hygiene and monetary gifts for physical food and spiritual food to

uplift and inspire 'the least of these', most downtrodden in this holiday season. Help us bless

others, and God will bless you.

5. Tis the Season. The AYS Council invites you to join in helping spread Jesus’ love and

Holiday cheer as we provide puzzles and games for all ages, as well as gently used clothing

to the young people and families living at Sasha Bruce Youthwork. Collection bins are in

the church foyer for your convenience. Additionally, if you are looking to donate furniture

to a good cause, Sasha Bruce Youthwork will arrange for pickup. Please see Kenisha Ford,

Natasha Kamara, or Whitney Hucks for more information regarding furniture pick-up.

Thank you.

6. Overcoming Generational Curses – Sabbath, December 12, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. in the Dupont

Park Dining Hall. Come learn the will of God and live according to your Divine Purpose.

Bake Sale to follow in support of the Adventurers.

7. Year-End Giving 2015— As we approach the end of the year please keep the following

deadlines in mind to ensure your contributions are reported for 2015. If you are issuing

a check, cash, or credit card contribution to the church, please make sure your 2015

contributions are received in the Treasury Department by Sabbath, December 26th

. If you

are unable to meet that date you may make your contribution through Online

Giving until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, December 31st. Any contributions received after

December 31st will be reported as 2016 contributions. Thank you. Treasury Department

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Marcus Harris, Senior Pastor

202-580-9898 ● [email protected]

Dewaine Frazer, Associate Pastor


Charles Brown, First Elder


Valanthea Washington, Admin. Assistant


Clarence Moseley, Head Deacon


Louberta Moseley, Head Deaconess

202-584-7329

Tammy Woodfork, Church Clerk


Dupont Park School

Dr. George E. Thornton, Sr., Principal


Judith B. Pitt, Treasurer


Josepha R. Hammond, Minister of Music


William Pitt, Community Services Leader


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Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist Church is a ministry founded on Biblical principles. Our passion for God

excites us to serve the community with compassion, excellence, and integrity. We seek to make mature followers of

Christ who will be prepared to meet Him at His imminent return.

Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist Church

3985 Massachusetts Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20019-2904

Office: 202-583-7416 Fax: 202-581-5007

Dupontpark.org

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