The next chapter for Rev. Heber Brown, III? Pastor.
It is with great excitement that I share good news related to the next phase of my service to God and community. I have recently been called to serve as the Pastor of the Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. (430 E. Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, 21212) Pleasant Hope is a loving congregation situated not far from the intersection of Belvedere Avenue and York Road in North Baltimore City.
I am truly thankful to God for this opportunity to serve God’s people and the broader community in this way.
All are invited to attend my first Sunday at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church which will actually be this Sunday, June 1, 2008. Sunday School begins at 9:30AM and morning worship begins at 11:00AM. As we are anticipating a crowd, I invite you to get there a bit early if you do plan on coming.
For those who are unable to come, I certainly solicit your prayers for me and my family. I’ve had the distinct privilege of serving alongside many of you as we advocated for justice for Isaiah Simmons, III, the removal of liquor stores from Park Heights, a quality education for Baltimore City public school students, a peaceful remedy for the people of Darfur, Sudan, engaging in civil disobedience at the gates of the White House in reference to the American invasion and military occupation of Iraq, and so many other important issues. Now more than ever I need your support as I have become an heir to a great tradition in my family and community. The Black Church, in my estimation, is the most valuable institution in the African American community and I will strive to honor the legacy of the Great Ancestors and Elders who have gone before me. With your prayers and God’s guidance, I will be successful in my quest.
Let’s continue to work together in an effort to usher in the realization of the Beloved Community in this world - starting right here in Baltimore City!
May God’s Peace be yours,
Pastor-Elect Heber M. Brown, III
Pleasant Hope Baptist Church
Baltimore, MD
May 29th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Heb, I’m soooo proud of you! I wish I could be there this Sunday….
But it is not possible, so be sure that I will be thinking of you wishing you the best!
Take care,
Leti
May 29th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Congratulations, Heber! That’s an awesome calling - My prayers will be with you & your family this Sunday.
God Bless,
~Kareema
May 29th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Congratulations ::tear:: ii know that you will do great and wonderful things and you know that my prayers are always with you and the fam…::tear:: oh how ii am going to miss my HebHeb.
Love Yah Always
Your lil sis,
Tanae’
May 29th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Congrats my brother! I will not be able to attend the first service of yours, but I do plan of coming and checking out your new church. God’s plan for you is coming into focus! Continue to stay focused on him…….I’ll holla.
Big Mike
May 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Congratulations to Pleasant Hope!
One definition of hope reads like this, ‘hope is confident expectation’. Pleasant Hope can confidently expect that great things will occur in its future; my only hope is that they will be able to keep up with a living and breathing dynamo.
Pleasant Hope will be blessed to have a rising star shepherding them, one who clearly understands both the spiritual and social dimension of Christ’s ministry.
One caveat, be careful what you preach (no damning of America) for you never know whether or not you or one of your parishioners might be running for the office of President of the United States some day <(-:!
Peace & grace
May 29th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Congrats, Heber!! I will be praying for you and your family as you embark on this journey with God.
May 29th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
My Brother we have only talked via your blog, but I thank GOD for calling you to sevre
May God bless you and I wish you well. Preach and Sevre my Brother! My Prayers go out for you!
May 30th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Congratulations Heber!
June 1st, 2008 at 9:05 am
Congratulations Heber! Man, I am Godly-proud just to be connected with you. Keep fighting the good fight.
June 1st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I trust you received the material I dropped off today. I look forward to meeting and working with you.
Keep Up God’s Work
June 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF IGNORANCE
by: David W. Johnson, Jr.
How can we really expect our children to be smart if adults are not?
Today’s adults have very little respect for themselves or each other
To show respect to our women and children, men has all but forgot
They have forgot how to treat Women as a Sisters or men as Brothers
Ignoring the English Language; instead, every other word is cruse words
Thinking it makes them look big when cursing or disrespecting one another
Instead of being like men and women, we are acting more like cattle in herds
Preparing children for the real world, adults seem to get farther and farther
Just recently, a prime example of bad, Detroit’s Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick
Such leaders are suppose to set positive example for our young people to follow
Instead, such phonies can be considered no more than the devil’s walking stick
We set bad examples but when our children commit crimes, we hoop and holler
In Gary, Indiana a mother shot and her thirteen-month of baby killed for a car
Tell me, just what kind of world are we living in and why are we not concerned
Let me assure you, if things are to get better we must do more than talk, by far
We start showing children love and support, love and support will be returned
Listen to male co-workers I am discussed by their lack of respect for women
If they have no respect for women, more than likely their son’s will have none
For guidance and leadership there was a time young boys could count on men
Today’s men teach young boys how to be criminals instead of how to have fun
Brothers and Sisters, is it so difficult to understand we are destroying ourselves?
Our enemies laid the trap for us to destroy one another and we fell right into it
They saw they could use us to kill us so they would not have to do it themselves
If children are to have a future, turning their lives around adults had better commit
This concerned writer is at a lost to understand why we are reluctant to help children
If we work together, on our children’s future adults could have more real influence
To turn their negatives into positive, give children someone on whom they can depend
Children will be destroyed if they continue “Following In The Footsteps Of Ignorance
Change These Faces… …To These Faces…
June 1st, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Rev.,
I don’t have a church home though one of my closeset friends is a minister. I like what you do on this site and would very much like to attend one of your services. Could you e-mail me your sunday service schedule as I work most Sundays. Best of luck to you young warrior!!!!
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:40 am
Hello everyone. I just wanted to thank each of you for your prayers and support during this season of transition. We had a great day yesterday and many family/friends/loved ones came out to help celebrate the great things that God is about to unfold at Pleasant Hope. Though we only have one service on Sundays (11AM); I am feeling it this morning! (smile)
Please continue to keep me and my family in your prayers.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Preach black man!!! I am sorry that’s somebody else tag-line! Congrats and be blessed!
October 11th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
FILLING GRAVES AND RAISING RATINGS
by: David W. Johnson, Jr.
What is wrong with children’s parents and families today?
Everyday we are loosing more and more young children
Adults are just standing by letting our children go astray
We are not just loosing children but also grandchildren
Think the media and our communities would be fighting
The media relishes while the communities does nothing
With those attitudes, the scum of the earth we are inviting
When we do not help children their lives we are afflicting
We fight for more casinos but not for children’s safety
Playing lottery all day and night but not attending PTSA
Things we could do to help children, there is a variety!
Wakeup adults, our children have all but lost their way
Children will shoot and kill adults without any thought
Usually it is their initiation into a particular street gang
When no one offers alternatives, gangs are their resort
No longer positive to say, “they went out with a bang”
We need to know where our children are at all times
Even when on the computer, know what they are doing
Today, computers are also offering young children crimes
Education not sex is what children need to be pursuing
How will they know these things unless they are taught?
Many of today’s parents are nothing more than children
About how to raise children, they do not have a thought
One child getting another child pregnant, which is truly a sin
It is pass time we start holding visuals, rallies and marches
Attending PTSA Meetings and local political proceedings
We have to fight until once again children’s lives flourishes
Right now children are “Filling Graves and Raising Ratings”
When Will We Say, Enough Is Enough