Worship for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost and Holy Communion Sunday, starts tomorrow at 10 am in the sanctuary and live streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
We encourage your presence this week in Church school on Sundays at 8:30am; Morning Meditations with Metropolitan at 7 am Monday through Friday; and the Men's Prayer Call at 7:30 am on Monday. Please note: NoonDay and Pastor's Study is on sabbatical for the month of August.
Engage in ministry with us this fall - SAMs Annual Day (Sept 8); Veteran's Council (Sept 11); Reparations Now (Sept 13); Black Joy AI Summit (Sept 13-14); The Exodus 35 Series Art Tour (Sept. 14); Fall Bible Study (Sept 18 - Nov 20); SAMs Food Bank (Sept 28); Advent Submissions Due (Oct 18).
Need to join via phone? You can dial in for an audio-only livestream at 1-929-205-6099, 975804722.
Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel and you'll be notified every time we are live. You can subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/metropolitaname.
Please join us this week, Monday-Friday, from 7 am-7:15 am for “Meditations with Metropolitan.” To sign up to offer a meditation or share your prayer requests, email the Morning Meditations team at prayer.metro1518@gmail.com.
The Men's Prayer Call is a sacred space where brothers can share and explore their relationship with God in Christ Jesus. All brothers are encouraged to join. The call will be every Monday Morning from 7:30 am – 7:45 am on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 767 5679 7276
Passcode: y28Ma2
Train up your child in the way they should go and when they are old they will not depart from it. Church School meets each Sunday morning at 8:30 am, and concludes at 10am in Douglass Hall. There are classes available for EVERYONE! We will be excited to see you in attendance!
Save the dates for Metropolitan's Fall 2024 Bible Study
September 18 - November 20, 2024
During Noon Study the Metropolitan Ministerial staff will facilitate sessions covering Living the Questions of the Bible by Luke Powery. At 7pm, we will study women in the Bible. This study will be lead by Rev. Dr. Shively Smith and Dr. Dana A Williams and will feature guest lecturers throughout.
The Metropolitan AME Veterans Council is a ministry that supports military service members, veterans, and their families by providing information and prayerful support. All service members, veterans, and family members are invited to attend. Join us on the second Wednesday of each month at 6pm. For more information, please contact Dr. Bryon L. Garner at bryongarner@gmail.com.
Author and journalist Dorothy Butler Gilliam - September 13th at 11am, for “Reparations Now”. Ms. Gilliam will be joined by a prestigious panel of leading experts and activists will discuss merging actions for a collaborative way to address disproportionate poverty in African American communities. They will discuss methods for the U.S. government to make good on broken promises of compensation, such as 40 acres and a mule.
Join us for a historic event on September 13-14, 2024, as we integrate Black Joy and AI development. Shape the future through hands-on workshops, connect with leading experts, and empower your community by ensuring AI advancements are equitable. Don’t miss this groundbreaking summit that will set the foundation for a culturally responsive and ethical AI ecosystem. Register for free at https://www.blackjoyaisummit.com to secure your spot in this pivotal gathering!
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation will host the Day of Healing (formerly the Prayer Breakfast) on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Special guests will be Bishop Paul S. Morton, Beverly Crawford, and Zacardi Cortez. Please contact Sister Maria Wallace via 202-553-4049 or
mwallacedst@gmail.com for ticket information.
The Young Adult ministry at Metropolitan AME Church is excited to announce our September 14th art tour at 12pm for The Exodus 35 Series, led by Sis. Khaleelah I. L. Harris. Join us at The Phillips Collection as we experience and discuss the divine in art during the exhibition tour of "Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage" Please RSVP to Khaleelah.harris@metropolitanamec.org.
Our GWC club fosters sisterhood along with teaching coding programs such as HTML, CSS, Java Script, Scratch and Python.
Join our club and sign up for the upcoming FALL 2023 session:
Point of contact: Cristol Primas/GWC Facilitator
Dates: Saturday sessions for 8 weeks from September 28th through November 16th
Times: 11:00 am - 12 noon via Zoom
How to sign up: contact cprimas@msn.com. Club sign up and coding sessions are FREE
Sponsored by DAP/CDC Percy Julian STEM program
The Sarah Allen Missionary Society Food Bank of the Metropolitan AME Church announces in-person food bank operations will be held on Saturday, September 28 from 9 am to 3 pm.
Please see the flyer with a link to sign up for volunteer opportunities with the SAMS Food Bank. For more information, please contact Sister Virginia Boateng at vab-59@hotmail.com.
New Members class begins October 6- 27th, at 12 -1:30pm on Sundays following worship.
In person and Zoom options are available.
Please purchase The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teaching and How they have been corrupted by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. for New Member's class.
If you have questions and/or need more information contact Rev. Cozette Thomas at cozette.thomas@metropolitanamec.org.
Do you have a favorite memory or reflection about Advent or Christmas? It is time to start thinking ADVENT Booklet. Please begin preparing your reflections and scripts to meet this year's 2024 deadline for submissions to the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church Advent Booklet.
Your submissions should be sent to Yvonne Bolling at email yvonne.bolling@verizon.net no later than October 18, 2024.
We are anxious to share your reflections with our community.
Metropolitan’s Music and Creative Arts Ministry is looking to add your voice to the choir! Please email Brittany Chanell Johnson, at Brittany.johnson@metropolitanamec.org for more information. There are options available for all ages. COME, let’s make a joyful sound unto the Lord!
Have something to share with the congregation? Please send ALL announcement information to announcements@metropolitanamec.org. Blurbs should be no longer than 75 words.
...we are answering God’s call for the present age. We are planning to provide housing for unhoused veterans. We fight ecological apartheid and climate injustice by organizing people around the nation to ensure that Black, brown, and poor communities are not doomed to be stifling heat islands... We fight the displacement of Black people in the District of Columbia. We stand up against legislation that would further criminalize Black youth in our city.
-Pastor William H. Lamar IV
We're grateful for your generosity.
There are several ways to give:
via check mailed to Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street NW, Washington, DC. 20005;
via Credit card: on our website and via Realm;
via Text: To text to give, text “metro1518” to 73256;
via Cash App: $MetropolitanAME
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Metropolitan welcomes the new Bishop for the 2nd Episcopal District, Bishop Reginald T. Jackson and Episcopal Supervisor Mrs. Christy Davis Jackson, Esq.! You can read more about Bishop Jackson in a recent feature in the New York Times here.
Foundations of Christian Leadership at Duke Divinity has awarded Rev. Thomas Brackeen a $15,000 Reflective Leadership Grant. Over the next year or more, Rev. Brackeen will visit several metropolitan cities to research urban youth ministry practices at predominantly Black churches in downtown areas, exploring opportunities for growth and innovation while allowing time for reflection, time away, and rest.
“Leadership Education aims to create lasting change in U.S. congregations by supporting Christian leaders and the institutions they serve. Leadership Education designs educational services, develops intellectual resources and facilitates networks of institutions that cultivate a coherent vision of Christian institutional leadership and form Christian leaders. Leadership Education is a non-degree-granting initiative of Duke Divinity School funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. and based in Durham, NC.”
“These individuals have been selected to receive a Reflective Leadership Grant from Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. These grants of up to $15,000 support an opportunity for structured reflection for leaders of Christian organizations that are advancing their mission in the midst of today's rapidly changing context. Fifty Christian leaders from a variety of faith-based organizations are funded in this third year of the Reflective Leadership Grant program.” A listing of the grantees can be found by clicking here.
It’s time to celebrate! Happy Birthday to all of those born during the month of September.
We are grateful for another year of your life and we honor you in the month of your birth!
Happy Anniversary! We salute all couples married in the month of September.
May you continue to grow in love again and again each year!
“Truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
Let us continue to lift each other in prayer - please pray for those experiencing grief or in need of health, strength, and healing. Lord, hear the prayers of your people.
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