Worship for the Sixth Sunday of Easter and Holy Communion Sunday, starts tomorrow at 10 am in the sanctuary and 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; Noonday Study on Wednesday at noon; and Pastor's Study with Rev. Dr. Smith and Dr. Dana at 7pm.
Engage with us this week and beyond- Sign the petition for a Just DC Budget for FY25 today; purchase your pastoral anniversary merchandise tomorrow in Lee-Glover after worship; participate in the SAMs book exchange; access the course materials for study with Rev. Dr. Smith and Dr. Dana as it continues this Wednesday; Save the dates for the MAMEC Scholarship luncheon (June 8), Cradle Roll's annual program (July 14) and VBS (July 22-26); and connect with a senior this month in celebration of Older Americans month.
Older Americans Month (OAM), a time to recognize older Americans' contributions, highlights aging trends, and reaffirms commitments to serving the older adults in our communities. The 2024 theme, Powered by Connection, recognizes the profound impact that meaningful relationships and social connections have on our health and well-being. Connectedness plays a vital role in supporting independence and aging in place by combatting isolation, loneliness, and other issues. Connect with a senior and experience the benefit of connection for the senior and for you.
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.
You still have time to download the souvenir book and purchase merchandise to commemorate April 28th! Stop by Lee-Glover to buy your merchandise after 10 am worship tomorrow, May 5. 2024.
Did you miss last Sunday's worship service? Rev. Matthew Wesley Williams preached a powerful sermon. You can watch the full service on Youtube.
The Youth and Family Ministry looks to celebrate the Class of 2024 in June on our Annual Youth Day. If you are a high school, college, or post-secondary graduate, please let us know by emailing youthministry@metropolitanamec.org.
Your participation in the simple act of clicking on the link provided below and submitting your contact information on this petition to District leaders is crucial.
Act now.
Remember, this initiative isn't solely for DC residents. Justice for our nation's capital concerns us all.
Your involvement is invaluable. Let's join forces for positive change!
WIN DC is organized and dedicated to working alongside our District leaders to create a more just and equitable District of Columbia. As you are working with Council colleagues, governmental agencies, and advocates to rework the proposed FY25 budget, we ask you to consider WIN DC's budget recommendations:
Invest in Affordable Housing and Homeownership
Invest in Healthy Housing and Affordability
Invest in Public Safety
We encourage the DC Council to collaborate with each other, WIN DC, and other community advocates to devise concrete and progressive revenue-raising solutions for this budget season. As WIN DC, we are committed to collaborating with each DC Council member to develop a fair and equitable FY25 budget.
By endorsing the budget priorities outlined by the Washington Interfaith Network, we can urge District leaders to reinvest in public safety and provide affordable, secure housing for all residents.
Here's the link: 30 seconds to make a difference!
Girls Who Code’s Spring 2024 sessions will continue Saturdays until June 8th.
Sessions are free, open to middle and high school girls, and will be held via Zoom.
Contact Cristol Primas at cprimas@msn.com to sign up.
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!
The Cradle Roll Annual Program originally scheduled for May 19, 2024 has been rescheduled for July 14, 2024 a 8;30am. We look forward to seeing all of our families and babies in July.
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
Summer reading time is almost here! SAMS is happy to invite you to join a "Reading Adventure" for our younger members and children throughout the DMV.
Please place new or gently used books for pre-k through third grade reading level in baskets in the church lobby. You are also invited to take a book that you like, read it pass it on or return it for someone else to enjoy! What a great opportunity to pass on those books your children and grandchildren have outgrown, or you are welcome to purchase new books if you choose.
The Sarah Allen Missionary Society Food Bank of the Metropolitan AME Church announces in-person food bank operations will be held on Saturday, May 18 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.
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!
The Youth and Family Ministry is also seeking volunteers who can assist in Communications and content, creation, person to help facilitate monthly youth church gatherings for elementary-aged students, and a Project Lead for Intergenerational Gatherings. Please speak with Rev. Thomas Brackeen or email youthministry@metropolitanamec.org for Volunteer Job Descriptions and more information.
The Metropolitan A.M.E. Church Scholarship Endowment Payne-Tanner Memorial will host its 31st Annual Scholarship Awards Luncheon at Metropolitan on Saturday, June 8, 2024. The program will feature Keynote Speaker, Ms. Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher of The Washington Informer newspaper, music by the N Tyme Jazz Ensemble, and a liturgical contemporary dance performance by Ms. Melissa Smith. The Scholarship Endowment appreciates your support of our deserving youth who demonstrate scholastic achievement and financial need. Ticket donations of $50, and other contributions are appreciated and can be made online at Eventbrite: https://metropolitanscholarshipprogram2024.eventbrite.com
Join the Pearl P. Cook Senior Citizens Club's Annual End-of-the-Year Activity. Everyone is Welcome! Come for an afternoon of theatre and lunch, as the Pearl P. Cook Senior Citizens Club heads to Arena Stage to see 'The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence,' on July 3rd, 2024 followed by lunch @ Saints Paradise Cafeteria. Bus transportation will be provided. For more information please scan the QR code, click the image above or contact Sis. Barbara Robinson at bar1912@verizon.net.
As you are making your Summer plans? Be sure to save the dates for Vacation Bible School 2024! Yes! July 22-26 we will be studying from the theme, "From Vision to Reality: Winning God's Way." As always, we will study the Word of God, as well as provide dinner, fellowship and fun! Registration will open soon! We look forward to you joining us!
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
"Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute." -Psalm 82:3. As the Bible so instructs it is our call to pursue justice. We are proud to share the first ever Black Lawyers Directory serving Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. Feel free to use this interactive directory to connect with a lawyer who can provide you and your family with sound legal advice. Download the complimentary copy here.
It’s time to celebrate! Happy Birthday to all of those born during the month of May. 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 May. 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.