﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>Letters from the Senior Servant</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org</link><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:47:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:47:43 GMT</pubDate><language>en</language><copyright>Metropolitan Baptist Church</copyright><itunes:subtitle>Metropolitan Baptist Church</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Metropolitan Baptist Church Network is a division of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, DC under the leadership of Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.  Dr. Hicks is an anointed, dynamic preacher and teacher of the gospel.  Get ready to get inspired!  From our beginnings in a Quaker Civil War barracks in 1864 to the present, Metropolitan Baptist Church stands as a beacon of hope and faith within the Nation&amp;amp;apos;s Capital.  Our odyssey of faith began with ten persons, committed to the truth of the Gospel and determined to live for Christ.  Under daunting and frightening circumstances, our forebears began in a small prayer meeting a movement that has produced a great harvest – a congregation that exceeds 6,000, construction of a new church facility that is valued in excess of $40 million, and a ministry that touches every segment of our community.  While predominately African American, our church is marked by numerous cultures and ethnic diversity.</itunes:summary><description>Metropolitan Baptist Church Network is a division of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, DC under the leadership of Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.  Dr. Hicks is an anointed, dynamic preacher and teacher of the gospel.  Get ready to get inspired!  From our beginnings in a Quaker Civil War barracks in 1864 to the present, Metropolitan Baptist Church stands as a beacon of hope and faith within the Nation&amp;amp;apos;s Capital.  Our odyssey of faith began with ten persons, committed to the truth of the Gospel and determined to live for Christ.  Under daunting and frightening circumstances, our forebears began in a small prayer meeting a movement that has produced a great harvest – a congregation that exceeds 6,000, construction of a new church facility that is valued in excess of $40 million, and a ministry that touches every segment of our community.  While predominately African American, our church is marked by numerous cultures and ethnic diversity.</description><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.</itunes:name><itunes:email>lelaharris@aol.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="http://images.quickblogcast.com/78095-78733/DefaultImage/PHSmallHeadshot.jpg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Christianity" /></itunes:category><item><title>Tuesday Night Bible Study</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/05/19/tuesday-night-bible-study.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>If you have any comments or questions about Bible Study, please feel free to post them&amp;nbsp;here. Bible Study meets weekly on Tuesday nights at 7:00 PM at the Dorothy Height Community Academy Public Charter School at 1400 1st Street, NW in Washington, DC.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To listen to the Bible Study or download the most recent study notes, please visit the &lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/BibleStudy.asp"&gt;Metropolitan Baptist Church Bible Study page on our website.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br&gt; ...</description><category>Bible Study</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/05/19/tuesday-night-bible-study.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">f8265891-1bb7-4ca8-9009-1153e7574a5c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tuesday Night Bible Study Comments</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/27/tuesday-night-bible-study-comments.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>Tuesday Night Bible Study meets weekly at 7:00 PM at 1400 1st Street, NW in Washington, DC. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I enjoy hearing back from participants about the classes and any comments thoughts or suggestions they might have. Please post&amp;nbsp;any questions or comments here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pastor Hicks ...</description><category>Bible Study</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/27/tuesday-night-bible-study-comments.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">9b1d5cea-c0c2-4529-9fab-18501d7ffbaa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bible Study: 1 Corinthians 10</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/13/bible-study-1-corinthians-10.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>&lt;EM&gt;Is there a difference between Communion and the Lord's Supper?&lt;/EM&gt; &lt;EM&gt;What is the meaning of our celebration of either?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;Listen to our Bible Study on&amp;nbsp;1 Corinthians 10 to find out.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Assignment&lt;/B&gt;: &lt;A href="KJV/46_010.htm"&gt;1 Corinthians 10&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="BibleStudy/BibleStudy_4-7-09.pdf"&gt;Download Study Questions.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="BibleStudy/BibleStudy_4-7-09_Complete.pdf" target=_blank&gt;Download the Extended Study Notes&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;HR&gt; ...</description><category>Bible Study</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/13/bible-study-1-corinthians-10.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">e4719973-f166-4d40-93c7-062426abf053</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Invite Your Relatives to Church</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/08/invite-your-relatives-to-church.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Thanks to all who brought friends to church on Sunday. We were filled to capacity! Friends visited from near and far. We had a great time of worship together - What a fellowship! We hope you will continue to invite friends for our &lt;I&gt;&lt;B&gt;Maundy Thursday Service &lt;/B&gt;&lt;/I&gt;as we host &lt;I&gt;&lt;B&gt;Dr. Wallace Charles Smith &lt;/B&gt;&lt;/I&gt;and the congregation of Shiloh Baptist Church. You can also bring friends to our &lt;I&gt;&lt;B&gt;Good Friday Service &lt;/B&gt;&lt;/I&gt;featuring dynamic preachers of the Gospel who are longtime friends or Sons of our church. (Friends and Family) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On ...</description><category>FRANGELISM</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/08/invite-your-relatives-to-church.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">5eb743d9-3c73-4684-920a-f78ef0e8cd75</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An Invitation to Share</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/03/an-invitation-to-share.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>Greetings, in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. During the month of April, we are reaching out to our congregation and to the wider community. We invite you to join us in this exercise of kingdom building and evangelism, a movement we call Metropolitan &lt;B&gt;FRANgelism&lt;/B&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We encourage members of our congregation to invite Friends, Relatives, Associates and Neighbors to worship with us throughout the month. Beginning this Sunday through our Good Friday service, we invite you to bring Friends to worship. Many of us have friends who have been away from Christian fellowship for various reasons. All that ...</description><category>FRANgelism</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/03/an-invitation-to-share.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">6affc27f-30e8-40ca-9b1d-cdfb7acadb7b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>1 Corinthians 8 &amp; 9</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/03/1-corinthians-8--9.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;Tuesday Night Bible Study covered 1 Corinthians &lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/KJV/46_008.htm"&gt;chapter 8&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/KJV/46_009.htm"&gt;chapter 9. &lt;/A&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Paul say's in chapter 9 verse 19 &lt;I&gt;"For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more." &lt;/I&gt;What did he mean by that? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/BibleStudy/BibleStudy_3-31-09.pdf"&gt;Download Blank Study Notes to test your knowledge.&lt;/A&gt;. You may also view download &lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/BibleStudy/BibleStudy_3-31-09Ext.pdf"&gt;Extended Study Notes&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/BibleStudy/March_31_2009.mp3" track="on" linktype="link"&gt;&lt;br&gt;Download the audio&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;or &lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/BibleStudy.asp" linktype="link"&gt;visit our Bible Study page&lt;/A&gt; to listen online. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;ASSIGNMENT:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;We will cover &lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/KJV/46_010.htm" track="on" linktype="link"&gt;Chapter 10&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;next Tuesday.&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; ...</description><category>Bible Study</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/04/03/1-corinthians-8--9.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">eae5cf8a-1ff9-433c-9e0f-6085726f793c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>1 Corinthians Chapter 7</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/03/31/1-corinthians-chapter-8.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>1 Corinthians 7 deals with the touchy subjects of marriage and sex. Rev. Adriane Blair Wise discussed this chapter over two sessions tackling such questions as "Is sex unspiritual? and "What was the problem of celibacy regarding the Corinthian church?"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Due to the sensitive nature of the discussion, no podcast is available for the first session.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.metropolitanbaptist.org/BibleStudy/Bible_Study_3-17-09.pdf" target=_blank&gt;Download the study notes.&lt;/A&gt; ...</description><category>Bible Study</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/03/31/1-corinthians-chapter-8.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">27cfa6cf-8901-4ec7-b90f-23b0da3f469f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>1 Corinthians Chapter 7</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>01:10:05</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/78095-78733/Media/March242009.mp3?ref=rss" length="67134276" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>What Does it Mean to be Bought with a Price? 1 Corinthians 6</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/03/10/what-does-it-mean-to-be-bought-with-a-price.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>...</description><category>Bible Study</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/03/10/what-does-it-mean-to-be-bought-with-a-price.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">f242d1cc-dbe7-4668-87f5-a47e89553ca1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What Does it Mean to be Bought with a Price? 1 Corinthians 6</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:53:06</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/78095-78733/Media/3-10-09.mp3?ref=rss" length="50874828" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>The Meaning and Nature of Sin - 1 Corinthians 5</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/03/05/the-meaning-and-nature-of-sin--1-corinthians-5.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;P align=left&gt;While the Apostle Paul is teaching and preaching in Ephesus (a city in which is now modern Turkey) during his third missionary journey, visitors arrive from the church at Corinth, a church he had planted in Greece some three years before. One group of the visitors reports disturbing news of factions, immorality, and lawsuits within the body of believers. Another group comes with difficult questions concerning marriage, divorce, eating food offered to idols, matters of public worship, and the resurrection of the body. Using his God-given power and authority as an apostle – one sent by God ...</description><category>Bible Study</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/03/05/the-meaning-and-nature-of-sin--1-corinthians-5.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">324e9ac8-bf06-4cf9-b320-dce89db4420f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The Meaning and Nature of Sin - 1 Corinthians 5</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:59:50</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/78095-78733/Media/March32009.mp3?ref=rss" length="57322684" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>The Nature of True Spirituality - Bible Study Notes and Audio from February 17, 2009</title><link>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/02/19/bible-study-notes-and-audio-from-february-17-2009.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator><description>Listen to the February 17, 2009 Bible Study with Pastor Hicks. Download his completed notes or even make a comment on the class.</description><category>Bible Study</category><comments>http://pastor.metropolitanbaptist.org/2009/02/19/bible-study-notes-and-audio-from-february-17-2009.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">aa85fc1b-1a79-40a0-80f0-3be08d3f88d4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>