Letter From Pastor Ogletree

To the First Met Family,

Greetings in the name of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  I am grateful for the opportunity to serve and lead you in 2007.  It will be an exciting year, a fruitful year, and a year of increase. 

This is the: Year of No Limits!

The Apostle Paul praises God in Ephesians 3:20,21 and says He is “able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus…” This scripture is the basis for our theme.  We must recognize that we are in partnership with God to “take the limits off.”  This is my prayer for our church family, my family and for you and your family.

Expect God to take the limits off our construction challenge.  Look for God to take the limits off our:

• Lifting the Savior up to draw men unto Him
• Experiencing the love of God and loving each other
• Learning the will, the way and the Word of God
• Living a God honoring lifestyle, at home, work and play
• Leadership excellence, efficiency and effectiveness
• Level of wealth earning and giving to the church

Remember, God will do this with our participation.  You must make the commitment to move through our process of BELONGING, CONNECTING, GROWING and SERVING.

May God continue to bless you as we begin the year 2007 focused and full of faith for what God is and will continue to do in our ministry and in our lives.

Yours in Christ,

Pastor O

Letter From Lady Ogletree

Greetings,

This very common phrase symbolizes the fact that we’ve been blessed to survive the past year and granted the privilege of entering a brand New Year, 2007.  This New Year brings with it new opportunities, new challenges, new promises, a new start, as well as, new blessings from almighty God.

Our theme for 2006 was “From Dreams to Destiny”.  On this journey, we learned a lot about the mean times, that time in between our dreams and destiny.  We discovered and rediscovered that: God knows the plans He has for us, His plans are to prosper us and bring us to an expected end.  God is not a man that He should lie, so we learned how to wait on God.  He that has begun this good work on the Beltway shall bring it to pass.  The number 7 is the number of completion and I believe that in 2007 God is going to complete a lot of our dreams and prayers. “Yes, 2006 was an eye-opening journey.”

The first message for 2007 was “Take the Limits Off”.  Pastor has explained to us that this message is from God not to us because He has no limits.  We have limits in our thoughts about God and His abilities.  Whatever we need, God is saying “No Limits” in 2007.  He is able to do more than we can ask, think or imagine. It’s not by our might but it is God who will do it!  We just have to trust, obey and expectantly wait for the manifestation.  It’s already done in the Spirit. We just have to be still and know that He is God!

Love Ya,

Lady O

We are a family of faith, leading people to become fully devoted followers of Christ by Belonging, Connecting, Growing and Serving.

   
      Our Mission Statement

The mission of First Metropolitan is to be a:
Dynamic Congregation that Declares God’s Word to our Community and beyond that Draws people to Christ; that leads people to Develop a godly lifestyle; and, that seeks to Demonstrate God’s love through service.