Thank you for your commitment to worship, liberation, and service.
Worship for the Third Sunday after Epiphany, starts tomorrow at 10 am and is live streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
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 on Wednesday at noon and 7pm.
Engage with us this week and next- Register to join the Lorraine Gillian Health Commission immersion on Jan 21st; join us for our 3rd quarterly conference; access the course materials for study with Rev. Dr. Smith and Dr. Dana continues this Wednesday; and register to join us for the a special preview of GOSPEL with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and save the date for our Men's Day worship at 10 am on Jan. 28.
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.
The Third Quarterly Conference with Elder Weaver will take place virtually on Zoom on January 23, 2024 at 7pm. Use the button below to join the meeting.
Save the Date: The Mighty Men of Metropolitan's Annual Day will be January 28, 2024!
Please join the Mighty Men of Metropolitan on January 28, 2024, during worship service for our Annual Men’s Day Program. On this day, Anthony Cooke, Professor at Georgetown Law and Founder of Coalition for Racial Equality and Democratic Equality will grace us with his wisdom and insights. The Mighty Men look forward to your presence.
We believe that every veteran who has bravely served our country deserves a safe and dignified place to call home.
Metropolitan AME Church (“Metropolitan”) and the Daniel Alexander Payne Community Development Corporation (“Payne CDC”) are excited to announce our preliminary plans to construct a residential tower on the grounds of our historic church, Metropolitan AME Church, at 1518 M Street NW.
This tower will serve as a home for 28 unhoused, at-risk military veterans who are in desperate need of stable housing and support services.
Want to know more about our vision for 1518 Residences at Metropolitan? Read the full special announcement and the press release and project details.
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 Date for the Church School's Annual Black History Month Celebration on February 16th at 6pm in Douglass Hall. The theme is African Americans and the Arts.
Register to join us here. Registration closes February 1st, so don't delay register today!
Noonday continues at noon this week. We continue to read Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams' Holy Imagination: A Literary and Theological Introduction to the Whole Bible.
We invite you to join us as we contemplate the scripture and its implications as we engage in the world. Join us on Zoom.
Pastor's Study continues this week. We are reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us Better by Cole Arthur Riley. Rev. Shively TJ Smith and Dr. Dana A. Williams will be our discussion leaders. Join us for 12 weeks of close reading of a book that critics describe as "storytelling that helps us examine our capacity to rest, wonder, and repair." Watch the intro video and review course materials. Register to get access to the study materials here: https://bit.ly/ThisHereFlesh-Study-2024
Metropolitan’s Music and Creative Arts Ministry is looking to add your voice to the choir! Please email me, Brittany Chanell Johnson, at Brittany.johnson@metropolitanamec.org for more information. There are options available for all ages.
Find me after church or send me an email. COME, let’s make a joyful sound unto the Lord!
If you struggle to maintain a healthy weight or manage diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or heart disease, join the African American Culinary Heritage cooking and nutrition immersion classes this week on January 21st after service in Douglass Hall. The class will last about 75 minutes at each session.
This immersion will include plant-based cooking demonstrations, food tastings, and great health information. This opportunity is brought to you by a partnership between the Lorraine Gillian MD Health Commission and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
For more information or to register go to: https://www.rooteddish.com/mamec
You're invited to join WETA and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Friday, January 26, 2024, at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., for a preview screening of the new documentary series Gospel.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the event begins promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Register to join us: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/791501621657/?discount=COMMUNITY
GOSPEL traces the rich history of Black spirituality through sermon and song. Executive producer and series host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. weaves intimate interviews with clergymen, singers and scholars about their connection to gospel music, with dynamic live gospel performances throughout the series. GOSPEL premieres February 12-13 at 8 p.m. ET on WETA PBS, PBS stations nationwide and PBS.org, and streams on the PBS App. Also tune in on February 9 at 9 p.m. ET for the one-hour concert special GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Anti-Racism 4REALS is holding a 2-day, virtual session January 26th and 27th: REAL TALK with REAL STRATEGIES in REAL TIME for REAL CHANGE for Faith Leaders. Learn to differentiate between REAL TALK and just more talk, how to interrupt racism in REAL TIME, and use effective accountability structures to enact REAL CHANGE. Participants will leave with 50 anti-racism strategies and have learned the skills necessary to employ them. More info coming soon!
The Sarah Allen Missionary Society Food Bank of the Metropolitan AME Church is excited to announce that in-person food bank operations will be held on Saturday, January 27th 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.
The Sons and Daughters of Allen will host a READ-IN with Pearl P Cook Senior Club on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 11 AM via zoom and on Sunday February 25 following worship in Douglass Hall.
We invite anyone who wishes to read and recite writing by African Americans, especially young people.
Contact Joan W Oxendine at 301-577-6849 if you wish to participate.
The Sons and Daughters of Allen present the 2024 Cultural Arts Festival. This year's theme is Bridging the Generation Gap through Music and the Arts. The festival will take place Saturday March 2, 2024 at 12 noon. The festival with feature the youth of Metropolitan and Howard University.
Tickets are $35 and vendors can exhibit for $50. You may purchase tickets from any member.
Vendors please contact Helen Harvin at 202-240-4468. For more information contact Consentine Morgan Groover at (301)466-7178 or consentinem@gmail.com
...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. Lord, hear the prayers of your people.