COWDENSVILLE AME CHURCH
Arbutus MD
21227
Who we are
All Are Welcome!
The Cowdensville A.M.E. Church family would like to invite you to join us for Sunday morning worship at 11:00 A.M. either in person or virtually. Our opportunities for learning are on Sunday mornings at Church School 10:00 A.M. or Wednesday Bible Study at 6:30 P.M. Come by and experience the love of Jesus Christ!
Information on how to join us virtually can be found on our website: www.cowdensvilleame.com
The Cowdensville A.M.E. Church family would like to invite you to join us for Sunday morning worship at 11:00 A.M. either in person or virtually. Our opportunities for learning are on Sunday mornings at Church School 10:00 A.M. or Wednesday Bible Study at 6:30 P.M. Come by and experience the love of Jesus Christ!
Information on how to join us virtually can be found on our website: www.cowdensvilleame.com
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Leadership
Leader Name:
Rev. Alicia Hudnall
Leader Position:
Pastor
Leader Address:
1100 SULPHUR SPRING RD
ARBUTUS
Maryland
21227
ARBUTUS
Maryland
21227
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Leader Email:
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Leader Bio:
Alicia Hudnall also known as Lisa was born in Silver Spring Maryland to the late and great Frances A. Black. She grew up in the AME church and has held membership and served in various capacities at Bethel A.M.E. in Reidsville, North Carolina, First AME in Manassas, Virginia, and Falls Road AME in Baltimore Maryland.
In 1996 she married and committed to spend the rest of her life loving Rev. Aaron A. Hudnall, Jr. They are the proud parents of three wonderful young adults, Naomi, Aaron III, and Faith.
She is grateful for the privilege to have served as a Steward, Stewardess, Usher, Choir member, Pastor’s Aid member, Missionary Society as well as the Lay Organization. She formally served the Capital District for 8 years as the Recording Secretary and an Executive Assistant to Presiding Elder Johnny R. Calhoun.
Rev. Alicia accepted the call into ministry in October 2001, and enrolled full time at Morgan State University in January of 2002. She graduated from Morgan in December of 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. In April of 2009 she was ordained an Itinerant Deacon. In December of 2010 she completed her Master’s degree in Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and Ecumenical Institute. In April of 2011 she was ordained an Itinerant Elder in the 61st Session of Washington Annual Conference in the Second Episcopal District, by Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr. On April 16th 2021 during the 71st Session of the Washington Annual Conference she was appointed the Pastor of Cowdensville AME Church by Servant Bishop James L. Davis.
Rev. Alicia is constantly amazed and grateful for the love, mercy and grace the God has showered her family with over the years. Philippians 1:6 which states, “He who has begun a good work in you shall perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”, reminds her that God is not finished with her yet!
In 1996 she married and committed to spend the rest of her life loving Rev. Aaron A. Hudnall, Jr. They are the proud parents of three wonderful young adults, Naomi, Aaron III, and Faith.
She is grateful for the privilege to have served as a Steward, Stewardess, Usher, Choir member, Pastor’s Aid member, Missionary Society as well as the Lay Organization. She formally served the Capital District for 8 years as the Recording Secretary and an Executive Assistant to Presiding Elder Johnny R. Calhoun.
Rev. Alicia accepted the call into ministry in October 2001, and enrolled full time at Morgan State University in January of 2002. She graduated from Morgan in December of 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. In April of 2009 she was ordained an Itinerant Deacon. In December of 2010 she completed her Master’s degree in Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and Ecumenical Institute. In April of 2011 she was ordained an Itinerant Elder in the 61st Session of Washington Annual Conference in the Second Episcopal District, by Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr. On April 16th 2021 during the 71st Session of the Washington Annual Conference she was appointed the Pastor of Cowdensville AME Church by Servant Bishop James L. Davis.
Rev. Alicia is constantly amazed and grateful for the love, mercy and grace the God has showered her family with over the years. Philippians 1:6 which states, “He who has begun a good work in you shall perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”, reminds her that God is not finished with her yet!
Parking
Parking available across the street within the gates of Arbutus cemetery.
COWDENSVILLE AME CHURCH Service Times
Sunday's
10:00 AM - Church School
11:00 AM - Worship Service
Wednesday's
6:30 P.M. - Bible Study
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10:00 AM - Church School
11:00 AM - Worship Service
Wednesday's
6:30 P.M. - Bible Study
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COWDENSVILLE AME CHURCH History
COWDENSVILLE HISTORY
A small, secluded and to many, an unknown area, Cowdensville exists as a historic settlement among several African American communities. It exists today in Arbutus, Maryland near the Arbutus Memorial Park. Cowdensville AME Church is the little church on the corner, just as you turn into the Park. The time period of this settlement is sketchy, but it predates the Civil War. One of the Cowdensville natives, Adrienne Williams Jones, who, in 2019, was elected as the Speaker of the House of the Maryland Legislature, the first African American and female to hold this office in the history of the state, notes that the first blacks in Cowdensville settled about 200 years ago as farm slaves.
Other historic black settlements in Baltimore County were established in the same manner. Consequently, it is logically possible that Arbutus, with its large farms, close proximity to the Patapsco River and the harbor at Elkridge Landing, and a climate that is conducive to the growing of tobacco was home to many slaves who used to grow and transport tobacco. One of the major transport routes to ship tobacco in and out to England is what we call Rolling Road today.
As slavery ended, there were many newly freed blacks that remained in Cowdensville. Their community was already established. Their church was established in 1857. They named it the Cowdensville Chapel.
It is said that no one knew how the name “Cowdensville” came into being. However, according to a Sun newspaper article of September 20, 1991 documentation was provided by Evelyn Revels, a Cowdensville homeowner that gives an indication of its origins. Back in the eighteenth century, the late Enoch Pratt deeded a grant of land in the area of Shelbourne and Sulphur Spring Road, then known as Arrow Spike, to George Hawkins, who worked for him at the time. When Mr. Hawkins passed away he left the property to his daughter, Alice and her husband, Thomas Tyler, who sold sections of the upper end of the land to various neighbors of the village, which was called Cowdensville. The lower end of the land was sold to the late Scott family and on part of this property in 1857 the original edifice of the Cowdensville Chapel was built. Along with this edifice, there was a burial ground adjacent to it. This area is now called Garrett Avenue. The burial ground has since been abandoned and the few tombstones that were left have been demolished by vandals. During the early days of Cowdensville Chapel, the construction was used as a school with children coming from Halethorpe, Avalon, and Winan’s Row to seek an education. In 1906, the church members purchased the land at Sulphur Spring and Shelbourne Roads and built the current structure that we worship in today. Its first worship service in the current erection was in May of 1907 and it exists as the oldest area church today. Among the pastors who served this congregation are Reverends: L.M. Bowie, Charlotte Michelle Langston, Delores Prioleau, Suzette Haynes, Marlene Mitchell, and Brenda McClain. Its current Pastor is the Reverend Ashley M. Davis.
A small, secluded and to many, an unknown area, Cowdensville exists as a historic settlement among several African American communities. It exists today in Arbutus, Maryland near the Arbutus Memorial Park. Cowdensville AME Church is the little church on the corner, just as you turn into the Park. The time period of this settlement is sketchy, but it predates the Civil War. One of the Cowdensville natives, Adrienne Williams Jones, who, in 2019, was elected as the Speaker of the House of the Maryland Legislature, the first African American and female to hold this office in the history of the state, notes that the first blacks in Cowdensville settled about 200 years ago as farm slaves.
Other historic black settlements in Baltimore County were established in the same manner. Consequently, it is logically possible that Arbutus, with its large farms, close proximity to the Patapsco River and the harbor at Elkridge Landing, and a climate that is conducive to the growing of tobacco was home to many slaves who used to grow and transport tobacco. One of the major transport routes to ship tobacco in and out to England is what we call Rolling Road today.
It is said that no one knew how the name “Cowdensville” came into being. However, according to a Sun newspaper article of September 20, 1991 documentation was provided by Evelyn Revels, a Cowdensville homeowner that gives an indication of its origins. Back in the eighteenth century, the late Enoch Pratt deeded a grant of land in the area of Shelbourne and Sulphur Spring Road, then known as Arrow Spike, to George Hawkins, who worked for him at the time. When Mr. Hawkins passed away he left the property to his daughter, Alice and her husband, Thomas Tyler, who sold sections of the upper end of the land to various neighbors of the village, which was called Cowdensville. The lower end of the land was sold to the late Scott family and on part of this property in 1857 the original edifice of the Cowdensville Chapel was built. Along with this edifice, there was a burial ground adjacent to it. This area is now called Garrett Avenue. The burial ground has since been abandoned and the few tombstones that were left have been demolished by vandals. During the early days of Cowdensville Chapel, the construction was used as a school with children coming from Halethorpe, Avalon, and Winan’s Row to seek an education. In 1906, the church members purchased the land at Sulphur Spring and Shelbourne Roads and built the current structure that we worship in today. Its first worship service in the current erection was in May of 1907 and it exists as the oldest area church today. Among the pastors who served this congregation are Reverends: L.M. Bowie, Charlotte Michelle Langston, Delores Prioleau, Suzette Haynes, Marlene Mitchell, and Brenda McClain. Its current Pastor is the Reverend Ashley M. Davis.
"As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray."Martin Luther
COWDENSVILLE AME CHURCH listing was last updated on the 19th of September, 2021
