Metropolitan SDA Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
Brenda Billingy & Marquis D. Johns
Weekly sermons from the Metropolitan Seventh-day Adventist Church (Hyattsville, MD) - featuring Pastors Brenda Billingy and Marquis D. Johns
God want us to live in abundance. What is abundance? Pastor Kinlock breaks it down in "Life of Blessing - part II" as he helps us understand the terms and conditions of the contract of blessing described in Malachi 3.
Start 2016 off with Metro and Pastor Johns. As we start working on our resolutions, we have the tendency to say, "This year is gonna be better than last year!" Well, Pastor Johns is here to warn you that in 2016, you will find yourself in the pits at some point, but know that your Balm in Gilead is already prepared. This sermon also starts the countdown to his farewell. He preaches again on January 30 and then his last sermon is February 6.
We celebrate how awesome our God is with a program of praise and worship, testimonies and affirmations. Enjoy our praise team "choir". Colin Bruce provides a short closing thought.
Pastor Jason Ridley, Senior Pastor of the Hilltop Community Worship Center in Columbus, Ohio is our guest speaker. He talks about Jonah's predicament, God's provision, Jonah's promise and God's purpose.
We continue our celebration of Brenda Billingy's ministry on her "retirement weekend". Monique Steele-Griffiths provides special music. Pastor Johns preaches a powerful sermon on the need to pray without ceasing, even when it seems your prayers aren't being heard. Jesus failed at prayer too.
We close out our Empowered series with Pastor Michael Polite - chaplain at Andrews University. He preaches a powerful word about what we need to do to keep the young adults in our church who are struggling with sin. Our youth choir provides our musical selections.
Pastor Polite preaches a powerful sermon about our inability to control our brains reactive response to sin. If it was up to us, we'd destroy ourselves! But praise God for Jesus!
Pastor Michael Polite - chaplain at Andrews University - is our guest speaker to kick off "Empowered" - our Teens4G week of prayer. He preaches "Baggage Claim" - a powerful sermon about being unwanted, unqualified and unprepared. He reminds us that we are often our harshest critics.
Pastor Johns dissects the feeding of the four thousand and teaches us that (1) Jesus is aware of how closely we follow Him (2) Jesus is aware of the sacrifices we make to follow Him and (3) Jesus is aware of what we need to continue following Him. The Metropolitan Church Choir makes its debut under the direction of Mike Smith!
God's crumbs are more than sufficient to meet our needs. Jasmine Brann leads praise and worship.
What is going on? Pastor B takes off her shoe and tells a soap opera story that shows how God is going to provide breakthroughs in our lives! Praise and worship is led by guest leader Larry Vaughn. Common Cents continues. Get your HAVDALAH!
Pastor Debleaire Snell - senior pastor of the First Seventh-day Adventist Church in Huntsville, AL - is our guest speaker as we continue our Common Cents series. He shares a powerful lesson about the need for us to learn to be happy for the blessings of others, even when we aren't experiencing the same. Michael Crandon leads praise and worship; Jasmine Brann provides our musical selection
God has promised that He will fulfill His promises. The promise He made to Abram wasn't fulfilled for 430 years, but it WAS fulfilled "with great substance"! He will do the same for you! Sherice Tomlin leads praise and worship. Dwight Monkou provides special music.
Pastor Billingy continues our Common Cents series showing us that sometimes God's blessings aren't monetary. We have a special service for healing and requesting God's blessings.
We continue our Common Cents series. Pastor Johns preaches about the widow's mite, but this is not your "regular" widow's mite sermon. Morgan Waller provides special music. Theo Milford leads praise and worship
Our Common Cents series continues. Pastor Johns preaches "Of Little Interest" - a different spin on the parable of the talents. Learn the principles of ownership, responsibility, accountability and reward. Sherice Tomlin leads praise and worship, and both our youth choir and our children's choir sing.
Pastor Johns preaches "Footnotes" as the start to an awesome communion service, including the hammering of nails into a cross. Whose feet did Jesus wash? How did He wash them? Why did He wash them? And how do these questions relate to our lives today? Theo Milford leads praise and worship.
Dr. Andrea Trusy King - senior pastor of the 16th Street Seventh-day Adventist Church in California, preaches "Free Your Mind" - lessons from the widow who went to Elisha seeking to save her sons from being sold to the debt collectors.
Dr. Booth, senior pastor at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Columbus, OH, preaches about why, since we have God on our side, it is impossible for us to lose the battle.
We kick off our Black History Month celebrations with African emphasis week. We've got an African praise and worship set (led by Theo Milford), a dynamic African preach - Dr. Ganuone Drop - and lots of learning opportunities! Dr. Diop talks about why there is no curse on black people, and why we need to understand who we are. Enjoy, and join us for the rest of the month's festivities.
We'll have some interesting things happening during service on Sabbath - the rumor is that cash is going to be given away. Pastor Jackson Doggette - General Counsel and Director of Philanthropy for the Allegheny East Conference - is our guest speaker as we continue our focus on resolutions.
What's the time? How much time do we have left? What resolutions should we be making regarding our time? Get answers to these questions, watch us do our very best to keep our service on time, and learn about the most remarkable watch ever!
We're starting 2015 with Resolutions! This week Pastor B and Pastor Johns tag team preach as they prepare us for the resolutions we will make in the area of time, talent, treasure and temple. We also experience several unexpected "interruptions" during the service!
We're coming down to the end of our Beatitudes series. This Sabbath Pastor B preaches about an important attitude adjustment many of us need to make - being peaceful and peacemakers.
Pastor Johns teaches the difference between Pharisaical righteousness and the righteousness of God, and why - if we're not pure, we develop spiritual blindness and cannot see God.
How do we get victory over sin in our lives? Pastor Marquis Johns teaches on an often overlooked area in overcoming sin and being victorious