Grace and peace in this season after Pentecost.
During the weekend, we invite you to join us in worship in the sanctuary or online tomorrow, Sunday, August 20. Service for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost begins at 10 am and is live streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
During the week, we encourage your presence in Church school on Sundays at 8:30am, Morning Meditations with Metropolitan at 7 am Monday through Friday, the Men's Prayer Call at 7:30 am on Monday, and Noonday and Pastor's Study will be on pause for the month of August.
Save the Dates for Veterans Council meeting on Sept.3, Sarah Allen Missionary Society Annual Day on September 10, signup to volunteer with the Food Bank with SAMS returns on September 23, and join in the fight against diabetes by signing up for the Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes on September 23.
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 for the Sarah Allen Missionary Society's Annual Day on Sunday, September 10, 2023, 10:00 a.m. Our speaker will be Dr. Dana A. Williams, Dean of the Howard University Graduate School. The theme is "A Charge to Keep I Have." (Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. --Proverbs 16:3)
Please join us this week, Monday-Friday, from 7 am-7:15 am for “Meditations with Metropolitan.” Metropolitan's Music and Creative Arts Ministry Director Brittany Chanell Johnson will serve as the host and members of MCAM will offer meditations throughout the week. 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!
Noonday and Pastor's Study is on sabbatical all of August and will return in September.
Have something to share with the congregation? Please send ALL announcement information to announcements@metropolitanamec.org. Blurbs should be no longer than 75 words. Announcements for the month of September should be submitted by Sunday, August 20, 2023!
Attention all Active Duty, Reserve, Guard, and Veterans - Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church is forming a Veteran Council that will guide our ministry in supporting and addressing the needs of those who are serving and those who have served our nation. The purpose of this council is to extend the arms of fellowship by offering spiritual support that is focused on the military and veteran communities and providing a network of support for the specific needs of these communities. Our first meeting is scheduled following church service on Sunday, September 3, 2023. For more information, contact Dr. Bryon L. Garner at bryongarner@gmail.com.
The Sarah Allen Missionary Society Food Bank of the Metropolitan AME Church is excited to announce that in-person food bank operations, will resume on Saturday, September 23 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.
Please join us for the Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes as we “Build Wellness Together.” Nearly 133 million people in the U.S. have Diabetes or prediabetes, and 283,000 under the age of 20 are estimated to have been diagnosed with Diabetes. The American Diabetes Association (A.D.A.) believes in focusing on one goal at a time and setting “S.M.A.R.T.” goals to help you reach your health goals. It is not one giant step that changes your health. It is lots of little steps, and the A.D.A. wants to be part of that journey. Come and walk with us and let’s start that journey together.
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church has been selected for the Smart Surfaces Environmental Justice Initiative grant
The justice and liberation work of Metropolitan continues with a $735,000 grant over 3 years from the Waverley Street Foundation. The grant seeks to alleviate the suffering of mostly Black people living in hot, inhumane environments. The grant is to facilitate the work with the Smart Surfaces Coalition to develop training and educational materials that will be used to equip church leaders in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, The Bronx/Harlem, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Sacramento, to:
Organize coalitions to work with city and metro-area policy makers toward the adoption of Smart Surfaces and
Fund (through micro grants) innovative, climate action interventions within their local communities.
The three primary areas of work include:
Training and Education;
Faith Community Outreach and Engagement and
Providing micro grants to churches and community-based organizations to spark innovative climate action interventions.
...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
“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.