Mt. Pleasant Ministries
Children's Ministry
Our Children's Ministry has developed a Christian learning process that seeks to meet the wholistic needs of children. We have designed this Ministry to address children at their earliest level of learning. We endeavor to lead them into Christian concepts for learning and living. Participating parents also have an opportunity to enhance their Christian learning and worship patterns as they monitor or assist in this Ministry.
For more information contact:
Cindy Douglas, Director
(202) 332-5748 ext. 36
Christian Education Board (CEB)
CEB primary commitment is to maintain itself as a Bible-based, Holy Spirit empowered teaching learning endeavor that guides individuals to spiritual growth and maturity. God continues to bless this ministry with new and powerful workers and teachers. New classes have been added for Singles (The Single Minded), married persons (The Couples Class), and young adults (YAM Young Adult Ministry). Training materials have been updated and expanded for a 12-week course for new members. New members and others can take advantage of training through Christian Educational institutes at MPBC and other churches in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
CEB is active in the Baptist Educational Congress of DC and Vicinity. They sponsor Leaders' retreats, participate in several Baptist conventions, attend training sessions for librarians, musicians, preachers, and Christian educators, and any other program that helps develop its workers to win souls to Christ, develop mature saints, and spread the Word of God to all who will hear.
For more information contact:
Christian Education Board, Director
(202) 332-5748 ext. 18
Community Outreach
The goal of the Community Outreach
Ministry is to exalt the name of Christ always and everywhere and to seek
to encourage all men to accept HIM as Lord and Savior. To help us achieve
this goal, we must let brotherly love abound and exercise our faith through
good works which "reach" out into the surrounding community.
Biblical Mandate: Hebrews 13:1-3 & James 2:14-20
For more information contact:
Marion S. Williams, Director
(202) 332-5748
Information Technology Ministry
Our Spiritual Mission is to provide information technology education to
the community. The ministry has a spiritual obligation of achieving excellence
through education. We provide a spirit filled environment, that allows
our students to feel comfortable while learning the latest skills using
computer technology. In addition to giving spiritual guidance, our instructors
use their God given talents to bestow knowledge, encouragement and a great
opportunity for educational success to each of our students.
For more information contact:
Information Technology Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Church Training Union
For more information contact:
Deaconess Patricia Burwell, Director
(202) 332-5748
Culinary Ministry
The Culinary Ministry strives to serve a well-balanced and nourishing breakfast and dinner at MPBC each Sunday. This small group of dedicated workers unselfishly shop, cook, prepare, and serve food with the spirit of the Christian servant. Desserts are donated by the ministry workers from their own personal funds. Special helpers also assist the ministry workers to prepare and serve foods on special occasions such as holidays, funerals, birthdays, weddings, and other special celebrations.
For more information contact:
Janice Roberts, Director
(202) 332-5748
Employment Ministry
A ministry that assists members in finding gainful employment and helps equip them with the necessary tools to secure it. It also provides current listing of employment openings provided by the membership and other sources. Workshops and training sessions are provided for assistance in the job market.
For more information contact:
Employment Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Floral Ministry
The official greeters of our church. Our floral Ministry is responsible for arranging the flowers that adorn the sanctuary and for extending hospitality during all worship services. Its members also send correspondence to visitors who sign the guest book. Each year in the month of December, the floral ministry hosts the "Everybody's Birthday" celebration.
For more information contact:
Grace J. Lewis, Director
(202) 332-5748
Health and Fitness
For more information contact:
Health and Fitness, Director
(202) 332-5748
Housing
For more information contact:
Housing Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Laymen
This ministry engages the men of Mt. Pleasant in services and evangelistic pursuits both within the church and the community.
For more information contact:
Laymen Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Media
This ministry advertises all of the church's annual days and promotes worship service and special events within the church and the community.
For more information contact:
Media Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Men's Enrichment
This ministry prepares men for major roles in the development of our church. Leadership potential is identified and training is provided for men who will then assume key positions in the management and guidance of the many groups and ministries at MPBC.
For more information contact:
Minister Julian Slaughter, Director
(202) 332-5748
The basic plan of action for the ministry includes but is not limited to the following: Sharing the Gospel with the unsaved; Participation in the Evangelistic Prison and Homeless Outreach Ministering to the bereaved/sick and shut-in families; Institutional Outreach (Hospital, Nursing Home and Shelter); Social Services Aid and Emergency Assistance; Mission Services; Foreign Mission Outreach; and Support of other mission efforts: Mt. Bethel Baptist Association, Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. (PNBC), Lot Carey Foreign Mission Convention, Baptist Convention of DC AND Vicinity.
For more information contact:
Patricia Kent, Director
(202) 332-5748
Music Ministry
Encourages adoration of God and enhances personal and corporate praise and worship within the congregation. This ministry provides edification, exhortation, and comfort to worshipers.
For more information contact:
Sam Kendrick, Director
(202) 332-5748
New Member Orientation
For more information contact:
New Member Orientation, Director
(202) 332-5748
Newsletter Ministry
The newsletter is a quarterly publication of the volunteer staff and provides members and non-members with news and other information about Mt. Pleasants congregation and events. The newsletter strives to contain material for the edification of its readers as well as communicating the Gospel of our Lord.
For more information contact:
Newsletter Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Nurses
This ministry provides first aid, emergency and temporary medical attention. Our nurses also disseminate information on health related issues, and assists members in the application of preventive health measures. In emergency cases our nurses use information, which they maintain, regarding the special health problems of members.
For more information contact:
Nurses Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Nursery
Nursery staff provide a Christian learning environment that addresses the needs of children from newborns to 12 months old. This ministry is dedicated to nurturing infants in a way that will reinforce their sense of belonging within a Christian church family. We offer parents an opportunity to enjoy Sunday service while their infants are in our care.
For more information contact:
Nursery Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Pastoral
For more information contact:
Pastoral Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Recruitment
The recruitment ministry provides information on the many opportunities members have to use their spiritual and vocational gifts within the church and in support of the surrounding community.
For more information contact:
Recruitment Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Robert Anderson Scholarship
Robert Anderson Scholarship Ministry is a church-wide ministry that encourages and promotes members to take advantage of every opportunity for training and advancement. Financial scholarships and career development workshops are given for active members of MPBC. RASM was organized in 1967 by the late Pastor Sidney T. Yancey in honor of the late Rev. Robert Anderson, founder and pastor of MPBC. RASM celebrates its annual day the third Sunday in March, fulfilling their mission with the rewarding of scholarships and adding a blessing to the church's members by linking their spiritual lives to their work. RASM works to stir up the gifts and talents God has given each of us by challenging persons to continue to grow and learn, and then direct them to use those skills for positive growth and productive gain for God's Kingdom.
Scheduled meeting date: Last Friday of each month, except August.
For more information contact:
RASM, Director
(202) 332-5748
Scouting Program
For more information contact:
Scouting Program, Director
(202) 332-5748
Senior Citizens
This ministry administers programs and sponsors activities for the general welfare as well as the special needs of senior citizens within the Mt. Pleasant church family and the community at large. We promote and encourage the participation of senior citizens in all of the church's ministries to enhance and maintain their spiritual, physical, and emotional well being, and to do so in ways that are consistent with biblical principles. We also support senior citizens who wish to use their wisdom and gifts to edify others.
For more information contact:
Senior Citizens' Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Singles Ministry
Single-Minded Ministry: email single-minded@onebox.com
Summer Day Camp
SUMMER IS APPROACHING...DO YOU KNOW
WHERE YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE?
The Annual Summer Christian Day Camp will begin in June.
For more information contact:
Summer Camp Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
The mission statement of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Sunday Church school is based upon scriptural references found in Deuteronomy 31:12-13. It reads as such, “Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land which you crossed the Jordan to possess” (NKJV).
For more information contact:
Sherrese Holder, Interim Superintendent
(202) 332-5748 ext. 38
Tape
We record audio and visual tapes of Sunday services and other special occasions. We operate all of the microphones. All are invited to order tapes from all morning services and special events immediately after worship in the Tape Ministry Office or by calling (202)-332-5748 during the week. Please give the office the date and time of the tape desired.
Transportation
The Mt. Pleasant Transportation ministry
provides transportation to and from both the 7:45am and 10:45am Sunday
Church services and many special Church events.
The Transportation ministry is in need of drivers. If there is anyone
interested in being a part of this ministry, contact Deacon Anthony Carter
at 202-332-0461.
Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is
the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
The Tutorial Ministry is one of the many Outreach Ministries of the Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church. Our mission is to provide students an opportunity
to be tutored in academic areas that are challenging and/or difficult.
Our goal is to strengthen academic performance in basic areas, as well
as specialized coursework. We believe that positive reinforcement, very
small groups, and a Christian environment significantly augments family
and school involvement in the intellectual development of the child.
For more information contact:
Beverly Dancy, Director
(202) 332-5748
Ushers
Scripture Mandates the Ushers' Ministry
"For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." Psalms 84:10
The Ushers' Ministry is a ministry of HELPS. The duties of ushers encompass more than just escorting the congregation to the pews. As doorkeepers in the house of God, ushers are charged with the responsibility for meeting and greeting each individual entering the sanctuary. The mannerisms exhibited by every usher can impact the frame of mind of worshippers and influence how individuals receive the preacher's message. Before the service begins, they make certain that Bibles, church literature, offering envelopes and other items that need to be distributed are in their proper places. One of the most important duties of ushers is to ensure that everyone is greeted with a smile and met with a joyful spirit as they enter into worship.
The Ushers' Ministry is always in need of faithful servants at least eight years of age or older.
Ushers' Motto:
"Ready to serve knowing that of the Lord Ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for Ye, serve the Lord Christ." Colossians 3:24
For more information contact:
Grace Fort, President
(202) 332-5748
Women of Mt. Pleasant (WOMP)
Vision Statement:
The Women of Mount Pleasant (WOMP) are a community
of Spirit-filled, loving women who are maximizing their God-given potential and positively
impacting the world for Christ.
Mission Statement:
To help bring women to maturity and fulfillment in Christ through a holistic woman-to-woman
ministry. [Ephesians 4:14-16]
The mission of the Women's Ministry of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church is to bring women together
to encourage and strengthen one another and to grow in the knowledge and grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ. WOMP seeks to meet the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of the women at
MPBC and strengthen intimate friendships with other women in our community and to provide
opportunities to serve and reach our community for Christ.
For more information contact:
Deaconess Sherl Streeter, Director
(202) 332-5748
Women's Enrichment
This ministry prepares women for major
roles in the development of our church. Leadership potential is identified
and training is provided for women who will then assume key positions
in the management and guidance of the many groups and ministries at MPBC.
The Month of May is Women’s Month. So, come and join in with other
believers as we lift up one another in intercessory prayer, share testimonies
of God’s faithfulness, and hear the preached word.
For more information contact:
Women's Enrichment Ministry, Director
(202) 332-5748
Young Adult Ministry
The Young Adult Ministry (YAM) promotes spiritual growth and community involvement, relational development and fellowship through ministering to young adults 18-40 years old.
For more information contact:
Minister Mark Tatum, Director
(202) 332-5748
Youth Ministry
We are a holistic ministry committed to the edification of young people in accordance with the biblical design of Luke 2:52. This involves evangelism, discipleship, Christian education, and leadership training through the Word of God.
For more information contact:
Minister LaWanza Spears, Director
(202) 332-5748 ext. 34