Announcements

Greetings Metropolitan,  The unofficial start of summer is here and our Church Leadership has a host of events planned for our members, friends, and guests.  Our COVID-19 Support Group begins tomorrow and is available to EVERYONE! The pandemic has affected us all – perhaps in ways, we don’t realize yet. Join Dr. Sherrill McMillan and her IAMA…

A Message From Our Pastor Greetings Metropolitan, It’s going to be a beautiful holiday weekend and I want you to be CAREFUL! Many of us plan to gather with loved ones over the backyard grill or to travel to visit loved ones. As you do so, be mindful that everyone is not vaccinated (for a…

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” ~Isaiah 43:19 (NIV) God Bless You, Metropolitan! I don’t know about you, but I was blessed by the targeted message Dr. Charles E. Goodman brought to…

A Message From Our Pastor Metropolitan! As I look back over the history of our great church on this 157th Church Anniversary , Romans 8 has never been more true: Nothing shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.It is my honor as your pastor to stand on the shoulders of my predecessors,  Reverend…

A Message From Our Pastor Metropolitan, I greet you in the Name of our Risen Savior. As we continue in our Holy Week celebration, I want to invite you to continue to tune into our upcoming Livestream services! Last night we were blessed by a wonderful message by Dr. Wallace Charles Smith. It was a pleasure to…

A Message From Our Pastor Christ is King! God’s Word tells us the people cut palm branches and waved them in the air and laid them on the ground before Jesus as He rode into Jerusalem. The palm branch represented goodness and victory and was symbolic of the final victory He would soon fulfill over…

A Message From Our Pastor Metropolitan, Women’s History Month continues and we are so excited about this weekend’s events for all of the Women of Metropolitan! They continue to explore relevant topics under the theme “Called, Crowned, Committed – for Such a Time as This, SHE SHALL LEAD”, from the book of Esther 4:14. Last Friday, the myth…

Dear Metropolitan Family, It is with joy like no other that Mrs. Watson and I share the birth of our first grandchild, Ethan Evin Reece Vandiver, born on Sunday morning, March 7, 2021! Ethan weighed 6 lbs, 13 oz, and was 19.5 inches long at birth. Dr. Marcia, Rev. Kevin, and Ethan are all doing…