Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Tuesday, April 9, 2014



The Nehemiah Charge has a new email:
thenehemiahcharge@gmail.com

The Nehemiah Charge will be campaigning for
“Imagine No More Malaria”.  Please state the mission and amount on
your envelope for offering and Ushers will provide you
an envelope if needed.  The Nehemiah Charge goal is
$2,000.00 by May 18th.

 Link to the Charge Calendar
 Follow us on facebook

  Community Life
AIM
 Tuesday, April 15th, 7:30 p.m.:
House Meeting Training Session #2
Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road,
Rockville
AIM Turnout: 5-10 people per institution.
AIM will be doing trainings on how to conduct “house meetings”
(aka “listening sessions”) inside of your institution, so that we
may better understand the issues affecting our people. 
These listening sessions are used to shape the AIM issue agenda
and are an extremely important organizing tool.  Each AIM
congregation should plan to send 5-10 people to the training. 
(Note: it is the same training offered twice, so each person only
needs to attend one session). Please RSVP to James Pearlstein – james.pearlstein@gmail.com – with the number of people who
plan to attend the sessions.
Thursday, April 17th, 7:30 p.m.:                    
Ager Road UMC
Maundy Thursday Worship Service
Friday, April 18th, 12:00 noon:                     
First UMC, 6201 Belcrest Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782
Good Friday Worship Service. Pastor Paul will be preaching.
Friday, April 18th, 7:00 p.m.:              
Grace UMC
Good Friday Worship Service.
Saturday, April 19th, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.:                      
Grace UMC
            Church-wide Spring Clean Up Day. 
Saturday, April 19, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.:              
Prince George’s Plaza Food Court
Evangelism Ministry Meeting.
Sunday, April 27thTuesday, June 10th:
Spring Book Study - A Disciples Path by James A. Harnish.
The workbook and companion reader cost $15.00. Please see
Sister Carrie Smallwood or Sister Audrey Arthur to purchase
the course materials. The course will be offered after Worship
Service at ARUMC and before worship service at GUMC and on
Tuesday and evenings from (7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.) at ARUMC.
AIM
Sunday, April 27th, 4:00 p.m., Pembridge Square Apartments
(2315 Blueridge Ave., Wheaton)
Research Actions, Affordable Housing Reality Tour #1

May Schedule
Saturday, May 3rd, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Memorial Service for Rebecca Armstrong
This will take place at Hines-Rinaldi
11800 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20904.
Sunday, May 4th, 4:00 p.m., Great Hope Homes (10801 Good Hope Dr.,
Silver Spring)
Research Actions, Affordable Housing Reality Tour #2
AIM will be conducting two Affordable Housing Reality Tour with
our friends at Montgomery Housing Partnership where will get to
see what high-quality affordable housing looks like, get to meet
residents at MHP properties, and learn about the state of affordable housing in Montgomery County. We can accommodate 25-30 leaders
per tour, so please email James Pearlstein at
james.pearlstein@gmail.com to RSVP.  Details to follow regarding parking,etc.
AIM Turnout: 5- people per institution

Maryland IAF Action
Wednesday, May 14th, 7:30 p.m.
Saint Matthew Catholic Church (5401 Loch Raven Blvd,
Baltimore, MD)

AIM Turnout: 100-200 leaders
This 1,200-person action will be done together with AIM’s sister
organizations in Maryland—PATH (Howard County), and BUILD (Baltimore). 
All of the main gubernatorial candidates will be present, and we will seek the candidates’ commitments related to our state-wide proposals for affordable
housing and jobs.  

African Immigrant Caucus Action
Sunday, June 8th, 4:00 p.m.
            Reid Temple AME (North Campus)
            12011 Tech Road, Silver Spring)
This will be the founding assembly for the newly-formed African
Immigrant Caucus (AIC), which AIM is helping to organize.  We
anticipate all major gubernatorial candidates to participate. 
AIC is a growing network of African immigrant institutions that
have come together to effect change through the power of their numbers. 
Launched in November 2013, the group consists of community, clergy,
and business leaders who believe African immigrants in Diaspora need a
voice in the political system as other ethnic groups have done in the past.

AIM Re-Founding Action
Tuesday, June 17th, 7:30 p.m.
          Location TBA
This will be our opportunity to demonstrate what we have
achieved through AIM’s Rebuilding Power Campaign.  All major
candidates for the County Executive race have committed to
attend.  We will seek the candidates’ commitments related to
affordable housing and other issues that have come out of our
listening sessions. 
AIM Turnout: 400-500 people
September Schedule
September 6 – October 11:
Fall Neighborhood Engagement Campaign). We will
gather at GUMC for six consecutive Saturday's and
assign teams to canvass neighborhoods in Takoma Park
and Hyattsville from 10 am - Noon as we seek to get to
know our neighbors better.

October Schedule
October 7 – October 14:
Fall Book Study - Transforming Evangelism: The Wesleyan
Way of Sharing Faith. The book cost $10.00. Please see Sister
Carrie Smallwood or Sister Audrey Arthur to purchase the
course materials. The course will be offered after Worship
Service at ARUMC & GUMC and on Tuesday evenings from
(7:00 pm - 8:00 pm) at ARUMC.

Ongoing

It is with a sense of loss that the SPRC must inform you that our
charge secretary, Sister Debbie Jones has obtained full-time employment elsewhere and she will be leaving us soon. While
we are excited and happy for Sister Debbie she will be missed. Graciously, she has agreed to perform her essential duties until
we identify, hire and train a new charge secretary. Please take a
moment and call or e-mail Sister Debbie and wish her well as she embarks on her new career. The job description for the new charge secretary is posted on the bulletin board. If you know of anyone
who is interested please have them contact Pastor Paul at pwjohnson10@gmail.com.

During Lent, the Gospel of St. Matthew will be studied. There
              are three choices: Sunday mornings (9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.) 
              at GUMC, Sunday afternoons (11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.) at
              ARUMC and Tuesday evenings (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) at
              ARUMC.

Every First and Third Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Ager Road UMC
Please serve an hour or more with the Food Pantry ministry.
Also, if you are someone you know is need of food please come
by all are welcome.

Every Third Fridays, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Grace UMC
Prayer Group.

Every First and Third Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grace UMC
           Please serve an hour or more with the Food Pantry ministry.
Also, if you are someone you know is need of food please come
by all are welcome.

Every Fourth Sundays, following the Worship Service
Ager Road UMC
Coffee hour will be hosted by member/s celebrating their
birthdays during that month. 

           We are asking for food donation for the pantry which can
be placed on the Altar during the offertory.

Coffee Hour following the Worship Service  
Grace UMC
1st Sunday: UM Men                           
2nd Sunday: UM Women
3rd Sunday: Trustee/Usher
4th Sunday: Birthday Month Celebration/Hospitality Committee
5th Sunday: Youth/Hospitality Committee

AGAPE TRANSITIONAL HOUSE
The goal of the Agape Transitional House is to
be a temporary home for up to thirty (30) days for a
single mother with no more than two (2) children under
the age of eighteen (18) years old.
                        The Agape Transitional House will be housed at
Ager Road United Methodist Church beside the Altar. It can
be accessed from the outside from the door across from the
former Pastor’s house. However, the space in its current
condition is not habitable. In order, to get it back to livable
condition, it needs a new full bathroom to replace the current
half bathroom. It also needs new plumbing, flooring, closets,
cooling and heating wall system and paint.  We have two
estimates from around two years ago for over $8000 and
$10,000 that have since expired. One of the options for
renovating the space and making it habitable is to hire a
contractor to the repairs. We will need new estimates as the
old estimates are no longer valid and the contractors no longer
live in the area. Our second option is to have some or all of the
repairs done by members of the Nehemiah Charge who are able
to do so.  
                        We are asking members to make a pledge to donate
funds; supplies, service and time to enable us get the Agape
Transitional House ready for the end of fall 2014. If you are
interested is assisting with this very essential project in anyway,
please contact Adin Osayande, Carrine Cooper or Vicky Amaize.
We welcome any ideas or suggestions that you may have to ensure
that we successful in ensuring that Agape Transitional House is
ready on schedule. Thank you.

Please ensure that all announcements are emailed to the
Church Office by Friday evenings in order to be included
in the blog and on Wednesday evenings to be included in
the Sunday bulletins as printings are done on Thursdays. 
Thank you and God bless.  Debbie.   

Blessings, healings or something special God did for you
lately that you would like to share.  Please send your
testimonies to Debbie Jones, thenehemiahcharge@gmail.com
to be included in the weekly blog.         

We are in the process of updating our website, facebook
page and bulletin boards, so please send in all those pictures
of the Charge in action to Debbie Jones.  

Please check this link for some wonderful pictures: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ni4iuozets2c3q3/QtPIWGAiUu



Monday, March 31, 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014


The Nehemiah Charge has a new email:

The Nehemiah Charge will be campaigning for
“Imagine No More Malaria”.  Please state the mission and amount on
your envelope for offering and Ushers will provide you
an envelope if needed.  The Nehemiah Charge goal is
$2,000.00 by May 18th.

 Link to the Charge Calendar

 Follow us on facebook

  Community Life

April Schedule
Wednesday, April 2nd, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.:
Ager Road UMC
          Charge Meeting Night.  Committee Meetings (COLL, Finance,
          Trustee, SPRC) will take place from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and
          Charge Council Meeting will take place from 8:00 p.m. –
          9:30 p.m.

AIM
Thursday, April 3rd, 7:30 p.m.
House Meeting Training Session #1
Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown
Road, Rockville

Tuesday, April 15th, 7:30 p.m.
          House Meeting Training Session #2
Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown
Road, Rockville
AIM Turnout: 5-10 people per institution
AIM will be doing trainings on how to conduct “house meetings”
(aka “listening sessions”) inside of your institution, so that we may
better understand the issues affecting our people.  These listening
sessions are used to shape the AIM issue agenda and are an
extremely important organizing tool.  Each AIM congregation
should plan to send 5-10 people to the training.  (Note: it is the
same training offered twice, so each person only needs to attend
one session). Please RSVP to James Pearlstein –
james.pearlstein@gmail.com – with the number of people who
plan to attend the sessions.

Sunday, April 27th, 4:00 p.m. in Wheaton (details coming soon)
Research Actions, Affordable Housing Reality Tour
AIM will be conducting an Affordable Housing Reality Tour
with our friends at Montgomery Housing Partnership where
will get to see what high-quality affordable housing looks like,
get to meet residents at MHP properties, and learn about the
state of affordable housing in Montgomery County.      
AIM Turnout: 75-100 leaders

Saturday, April 12th, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.           
Grace UMC
            Church-wide Spring Clean Up Day 

Saturday, April 19, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.:
Prince George’s Plaza Food Court
Evangelism Ministry Meeting.
 
Sunday, April 27thTuesday, June 10th:
          Spring Book Study - A Disciples Path by James A. Harnish.
          The workbook and companion reader cost $15.00. Please
          see Sister Carrie Smallwood or Sister Audrey Arthur to 
          purchase the course materials. The course will be offered
          
after Worship Service at ARUMC & before the Worship Service
          
at GUMC and on Tuesday evenings from (7:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
          
at ARUMC.

September Schedule
September 6 – October 11:
Fall Neighborhood Engagement Campaign). We will
gather at GUMC for six consecutive Saturday's and
assign teams to canvass neighborhoods in Takoma Park
and Hyattsville from 10 am - Noon as we seek to get to
know our neighbors better.

October Schedule
October 7 – October 14:
Fall Book Study - Transforming Evangelism: The Wesleyan
Way of Sharing Faith. The book cost $10.00. Please see Sister
Carrie Smallwood or Sister Audrey Arthur to purchase the
course materials. The course will be offered after Worship
Service at ARUMC & GUMC and on Tuesday evenings from
(7:00 pm - 8:00 pm) at ARUMC.

Ongoing

During Lent, the Gospel of St. Matthew will be studied. There
              are three choices: Sunday mornings (9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.) 
              at GUMC, Sunday afternoons (11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.) at
              ARUMC and Tuesday evenings (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) at
              ARUMC.

Every First and Third Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Ager Road UMC
Please serve an hour or more with the Food Pantry ministry.
Also, if you are someone you know is need of food please come
by all are welcome.

Every Third Fridays, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Grace UMC
Prayer Group.

Every First and Third Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grace UMC
           Please serve an hour or more with the Food Pantry ministry.
Also, if you are someone you know is need of food please come
by all are welcome.

Every Fourth Sundays, following the Worship Service
Ager Road UMC
Coffee hour will be hosted by member/s celebrating their
birthdays during that month. 

           We are asking for food donation for the pantry which can
be placed on the Altar during the offertory.

Coffee Hour following the Worship Service  
Grace UMC
1st Sunday: UM Men                           
2nd Sunday: UM Women
3rd Sunday: Trustee/Usher
4th Sunday: Birthday Month Celebration/Hospitality Committee
5th Sunday: Youth/Hospitality Committee

AGAPE TRANSITIONAL HOUSE
The goal of the Agape Transitional House is to
be a temporary home for up to thirty (30) days for a
single mother with no more than two (2) children under
the age of eighteen (18) years old.
                        The Agape Transitional House will be housed at
Ager Road United Methodist Church beside the Altar. It can
be accessed from the outside from the door across from the
former Pastor’s house. However, the space in its current
condition is not habitable. In order, to get it back to livable
condition, it needs a new full bathroom to replace the current
half bathroom. It also needs new plumbing, flooring, closets,
cooling and heating wall system and paint.  We have two
estimates from around two years ago for over $8000 and
$10,000 that have since expired. One of the options for
renovating the space and making it habitable is to hire a
contractor to the repairs. We will need new estimates as the
old estimates are no longer valid and the contractors no longer
live in the area. Our second option is to have some or all of the
repairs done by members of the Nehemiah Charge who are able
to do so.  
                        We are asking members to make a pledge to donate
funds; supplies, service and time to enable us get the Agape
Transitional House ready for the end of fall 2014. If you are
interested is assisting with this very essential project in anyway,
please contact Adin Osayande, Carrine Cooper or Vicky Amaize.
We welcome any ideas or suggestions that you may have to ensure
that we successful in ensuring that Agape Transitional House is
ready on schedule. Thank you.

Please ensure that all announcements are emailed to the
Church Office by Friday evenings in order to be included
in the blog and on Wednesday evenings to be included in
the Sunday bulletins as printings are done on Thursdays. 
Thank you and God bless.  Debbie.   

Blessings, healings or something special God did for you
lately that you would like to share.  Please send your
testimonies to Debbie Jones, thenehemiahcharge@gmail.com
to be included in the weekly blog.         

We are in the process of updating our website, facebook
page and bulletin boards, so please send in all those pictures
of the Charge in action to Debbie Jones.  

Please check this link for some wonderful pictures: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ni4iuozets2c3q3/QtPIWGAiUu