Services 11am Sundays

Bible Study Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., in the Library. Exploring the timeline history and general belief of world religions


Jimmy Burrell - YouTube links

If you missed the last Jazz Night, fear not... the videos are UP!!! Click on the list below.

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Jimmy Burrell - piano solo
Chalman Holmes and Michael Horton
Vince Stroman - percussion
Tiya - Mr. Magic
Chuck Holden

Jazz@Wesley presents

Tiya!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012 - 6:30-8:30 P.M. WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
  • Vince Evans - Piano
  • Donnie West - Bass
  • Ernest EC3 Coleman - Drums
$10 admission
12 and under: free!
$7 Seniors
$2 discount for advance tickets

Click Here for more Info!
Delicious Dinner Selections by Yvonne Martin available for Purchase.
Complimentary Coffee and Tea

Bring a can of food or a lightly used coat to jazz up someone else’s life. Donations for the Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place.

Jazz@Wesley presents

Luci Murphy

with guitarist Richard Miller

March 2012 (more details coming soon)

Luci Murphy is a native of D.C. where she is a vocalist who often leads group singing, but “sun-lights” as a medical interpreter of Spanish and English. She has a long history of community activism, especially working with children at risk. She has visited Lebanon to observe Palestinian Refugee Camps, China just before the normalization of relations with the U.S., Brazil for a grass-roots organizing conference, and Cuba to oppose U.S. travel restrictions.

A past president of the D.C. League of Women Voters, she has also served on the Steering Committees of the People’s Music Network, "Health Care Now!,” and Washington Inner-city Self Help. Most recently she was convener of the Gray Panthers of Metro D.C., an associate producer of Sophie’s Parlor Women’s Radio Collective at WPFW 89.3 FM, the Pacifica Station in D.C. and contact person for the Community Coalition for Peace and Justice. Currently she assists Zarinah Shakir with the production of WPFW's public affairs program,"We Ourselves/The Struggle Continues" which airs Mondays from 10 to 11am.

Luci has been performing since her childhood in the 1950s. To reach the members of our diverse human family, she sings in ten languages: English, Spanish, French, Creole, Portuguese, Zulu, Arabic, Hebrew, Cherokee, and ki-Swahili. She draws on the folkloric traditions and musical idioms of all these cultures, as well as her own roots in Spirituals, Blues and Jazz.

for Richard Miller's website, Click Here

Click Here to see the Jazz Night History Page!

Children's Sunday School 10am

On December 5, 2011 the Wesley congregation participated in the WIN Rally (Washington Interfaith Network) We had a total of 40 with the MUCC. Wesley had a total of 5 participants. We thank all who participated and those who wanted to.

The WIN's goal will now more reflectively try to accomplish more goals in obtaining more affordable housing, and invest more in the community for more assesable job employment.

It is our hope that the community of Wesely will have more participation for the WIN organization as we go farther along in our closer interaction with our community.

SERVE NOW! To coordinate Parish volunteer actions, we have joined a community service website. Register at www.lotsahelpinghands.com and view all the service activities. Enter your email in the “interest” column, click on “continue,” and enter “member of Wesley UMC” in the notes section. (Detailed instruction sheets are in the narthex.)

Bible Study 7:30PM Wednesdays

Our Church

Wesley United Methodist Church - A multi-ethnic, international, upbeat, alternative church in Northwest Washington, DC., part of the Metropolitan Memorial Cooperative Parish.

Wesley UMC is a joyful and inclusive community of faith, deeply rooted in the teachings of Jesus and ecumenical in spirit. As a congregation we seek to embody what we long for the world to become: welcoming of all persons, respectful of earth and its creatures, concerned for justice and human well-being, alive with the arts, embracing of children, eager to defend the under-privileged and the vulnerable, open to grow and learn. We believe our faith calls us individually and corporately to practice love and reconciliation and thus join Christ's Spirit in building a better world.

Our Mission

Building an inclusive, caring Christian community that invites others into a deepening relationship with God and challenges them to grow as disciples for the transformation of the world.

Services

Weekly worship services are held on Sundays at 11:00AM.
Children's Sunday School: 10:00-10:45AM

Wesley Rocks!

What People Say About Wesley:
Diversity in DC Churches: Some may have read the recent article by Annie Gowen (Washington Post) about Calvary Baptist Church. Calvary Baptist Church has been proactive in "melding cultures in a diverse era".  This church should be commended for the steps it is taking to spiritually bridge together communities, in a city which is still noted for its socio-economic segregation.   New families, people young and old, often have to search for a church that they can call their spiritual home. Diversity in a church is not a nice to have but a true need to have.  Tomorrow's world will be a manifestation of the internet world; diverse, multi-lingual and integrated, whether we choose to embrace that impending reality or not.  In our own Chevy Chase community, Wesley United Methodist Church,  should also be noted as a truly international and multicultural church.  Radical hospitality is the norm, and people respect and celebrate each others similarities and differences.  There is real sense of community self. Wesley has had some services in English and Spanish and is reintroducing a bilingual Sunday school program.   The church  has a multi-award winning Afro-Latino ministry.  And the food is always international potluck style!  Wesley recently held its 181st Easter Sunday service this week.  It was a beautiful service. The church is not perfect, but it seeks to learn more and do better.   Wesley UMC would love to welcome you on Sunday at 11am.