Weekly Bulletin | Metropolitan AME Church

Exhortation

Doxology

Call to Worship

Morning Hymn

Prayer of Resurrection

Pastoral Moment

Offering

Scripture Reading

Sermonic Selection

Sermon

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Benediction

Pastor William H. Lamar IV

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Amen.

Rev. A. Kazimir Brown

One: Ever felt abandoned to the grave? Left to languish in places and situations that did not speak life?

Many: It was impossible for death to hold Jesus;

One: In the face of poverty and lack, in the face of unjust governmental systems and religious institutions that don’t respond:

Many: It was impossible for death to hold Jesus; it’s impossible for death to hold us

One: In the face of sadness as disease, death and hopelessness threaten our very existence

Many: It was impossible for death to hold Jesus; it’s impossible for death to hold us

One: Where is the voice of the prophet? Where is the call to hope?

Many: This is our prophetic hope: It was impossible for death to hold Jesus; it’s impossible for death to hold us.

Crown Him with Many Crowns

African Methodist Episcopal Church #174

Crown Him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon His throne;
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
All music but its own.
Awake, my soul and sing
Of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King
Through all eternity.

Crown Him the Lord of life,
Who triumphed o'er the grave,
And rose victorious in the strife
For those He came to save;
His glories now we sing
Who died, and rose on high,
Who died, eternal life to bring,
And lives, that death may die.

Crown Him the Lord of peace,
Whose power a scepter sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease,
And all be prayer and praise;
His reign shall know no end,
And round His pierced feet
Fair flowers of Paradise extend
Their fragrance ever sweet.

Crown Him the Lord of love;
Behold His hands and side,
Those wounds, yet visible above,
In beauty glorified.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
For Thou hast died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail
Throughout eternity.

Amen.

Rev. Nichele Carter-Peterson

Pastor William H. Lamar IV

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Rev. A. Kazimir Brown

Mark 16:1-8 NRSVue

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled back. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.” So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

Because He Lives

African American Heritage Hymnal #281

Rev. Geoffrey S. Tate, Sr.

Pastor William H. Lamar IV

Opening Selection

Exhortation

Doxology

Call to Worship

Morning Hymn

Prayers of the People

Prayer Response

Pastoral Moment

Advent Candle Lighting

Welcome to Metropolitan

Offering

Scripture Reading

Sermonic Selection

Sermon

Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Benediction

You're All I Need

By Hezekiah Walker

Music and Creative Arts Ministry

You're all I need, every breath you breathe through me
You're all I need, let the rivers flow through me

You're all I need

You're all I need, every breath you breathe through me
You're all I need, let the rivers flow through me

He said if I be lifted I'll draw all men to me
You're my closest friend, in you I live, have my being
I wanna draw closer
I wanna draw closer to Thee, To Thee

You're all I need, every breath you breathe through me
You're all I need, let the rivers flow through me

I need you

I need you
You're all I need

I need you

I need you
You're all I need

Rev. Geoffrey S. Tate, Sr.

Music and Creative Arts Ministry

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Amen.

Rev. Geoffrey S. Tate, Sr.

Leader: After being cut off from home and heritage, cut down to build somebody else’s prosperity, Lord we come.

People: Cut off from sacred songs, ancestral traditions, and generational culture that kept us together for so long, Lord we come.

Leader: Cut off by a world that expects more misery and more money, Lord we come.

People: Cut off by systems that delight in evil and ignore righteousness, Lord we come.

Leader: But because we serve God who judges people like us with righteousness, God will send a righteous judge, like a shoot out of a stump, like the stump of Jesse.

People: Because God is with us, the wolf will dwell with the lamb, like a shoot out of a stump.

Leader: Let your spirit of wisdom and understanding rise up in us, like a shoot out of a stump.

People: We expect you to help us grow powerful and united, righteous and holy, even in a sinful world, like a root out of a stump.

*Adapted from Tim Warner, The Africana Worship Book, Valerie Bridgeman Davis, and Safiyah Fosua, eds. Discipleship Resources.

Jesus the Light of the World

African American Heritage Hymnal #112

Music and Creative Arts Ministry

Hark the herald angels sing.
Jesus, the light of the world.
Glory to the new-born King.
Jesus, the light of the world.

We’ll walk in the light, beautiful light.
Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright.
Oh, shine all around us by day and by night.
Jesus, the light of the world.

Joyful, all ye nations, rise.
Jesus, the light of the world.
Join the triumph of the skies.
Jesus, the light of the world.

We’ll walk in the light, beautiful light.

Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright.

Oh, shine all around us by day and by night.

Jesus, the light of the world.

Christ, by highest heav'n adored.
Jesus, the light of the world.
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Jesus, the light of the world.

We’ll walk in the light, beautiful light.

Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright.

Oh, shine all around us by day and by night.

Jesus, the light of the world.

Hail, the heav'n-born Prince of Peace.
Jesus, the light of the world.
Hail, the Sun of righteousness!
Jesus, the light of the world.

We’ll walk in the light, beautiful light.

Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright.

Oh, shine all around us by day and by night.

Jesus, the light of the world.

Sis. Khaleelah Harris

Oh Come Oh Come, Emmauel

By The Clark Sisters

Music and Creative Arts Ministry

O' come, o' come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the son of God appears
Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, o' Israel

Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, o' Israel
Amen, amen, amen

Pastor William H. Lamar IV

Linda Aarons and Family

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Welcome to Metropolitan

Music and Creative Arts Ministry

In this house, you'll find love

In this house, you'll find peace,

In this house, you'll find overwhelming joy,

A strong foundation, an historic legacy,

Welcome to Metropolitan

Welcome to Metropolitan AME

Love, Peace, Joy, God's got it here for you

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Bro. Kole Corbitt

Luke 3: 1-6 NRSVue

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”

Great is Thy Faithfulness/God Is

The Kollective

Pastor William H. Lamar IV