There will be NO Worship Service at Grace United Methodist Church on
July 2012 Events
Saturday, July 28th, 6:00 p.m.:
(This will be at Ager RoadUMC)
Anniversary Banquet in the Wesley Hall. Tickets will be available.
Sunday, July 29th, 10:00 a.m.:(This will be at Ager RoadUMC)
Worship Service followed by a potluck luncheon.
Saturday, August 4th, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.:
(This will be at Grace UMC)
1st Annual Relational Charge Cook-Out Gathering. Sing up in the Narthex. Contact Michelle Smallwood at mssmallwood@hotmail.com or 240-640-0239.
Saturday, August 4th, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: (This will be at Grace UMC)
Ager Road UMC’s Annual Sunday School/Youth Group Free Car Wash in the parking lot of Grace UMC.
Sunday, August 5th, 11:30 a.m.: (This will be at Grace UMC)
Jamaican Independence
Monday, August 6th – Friday, August 10th, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.: (This will be at Grace UMC)
Registration will continue for Vacation Bible School
Monday, August 6th, 7:00 p.m.:
Small group Class with Andrea Ross will meet at the Prince George
Plaza Food Court. For more information, please call Andrea, 301-559-7334.
Saturday, August 11th, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon (This will be at Grace UMC)
Grace United Methodist Men's Prayer Breakfast. This year's theme is “Men of God Equipped for Good Works”. The Reverend Timothy Warner will be the Guest Preacher. Please contact Brother Edgar Macfoy for details. To purchase the UMM Prayer Breakfast tickets at $10.00, please contact Brother Edgar Macfoy or Brother Raymond Steward.
Saturday, August 25th, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon:
We will resume the "Walking with the Word" Bible Study as we continue studying I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church by Paul Nixon. We will meet at Grace UMC. Bring your Bibles and your walking shoes!
September 2012 Events
Monday, September 3rd:
No Small group Class with Andrea Ross. For more information, please call Andrea, 301-559-7334.
Monday, September 3rd:
No United Methodist Women meeting.
Friday, September 7th:
Human Rights Day with Church Women United. For more information, please call Andrea, 301-559-7334.
Saturday, September 8th, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.:
There will be a Spiritual Gift Workshop at Grace United Methodist Church
Registration fee is $5.00 which will cover lunch, materials and the book “Discovering your Spiritual Gifts” by Kenneth Cain Kinghom. An optional book “What’s so Special about your Gifts” by Henry & Mei Blackaby is available for $10.00. If you are interested, please contact Sister Hilda Macauley homacauley@verizon.net and/or Sister Brenda Maxwell brendamaxwell86@yahoo.com
Sunday, September 9th: (This will be at Ager RoadUMC)
Rehearsal for the Fall for the Hosanna Choir. For more information, please call Andrea, 301-559-7334 and/or Fred Brown, 301-908-1768.
Monday, September 10th, 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.: (This will be at Ager RoadUMC)
United Methodist Women Potluck Luncheon at the Rhode Island Room. Grace and Ager Road UMC women are all invited. For more information, please call Andrea, 301-559-7334.
Monday, September 10th, 7:00 p.m.:
Small group Class with Andrea Ross will meet at the Prince George
Plaza Food Court. For more information, please call Andrea, 301-559-7334.
October 2012 Events
Monday, October 1st:
No Small group Class with Andrea Ross. For more information, please call Andrea, 301-559-7334.
Other Events
You are encouraged to dress down for summer (shorts are okay but no short shorts) but don't forget to show up for worship!
Ager Road UMC Anniversary Committee is soliciting signatures for the Patron List for the Souvenir Journal. A $5.00 donation per signature will be appreciated.
Volunteers needed! If interested in helping with the Grace UMC Food Pantry, please contact Sister Dahlia Leigh (http://www.blogger.com/%22http:/mailto:dleighkk@gmail.com%22) or Brother Dunrick-Sogie Thomas (http://www.blogger.com/22http:/mailto:dunricks@yahoo.co.uk%22). We need help on Fridays to transport and store food and on Saturdays to distribute food. Currently we only distribute food once a month on 1st Saturdays but if we have more volunteers from the Charge we can distribute food twice a month or maybe every Saturday.
Your financial assistance is needed! Grace UMC is currently behind on apportionments so don't forget to give over and beyond your normal tithe and offerings to our Apportionment Fund every 3rd Sundays so we can meet our Conference obligation. See the following link for more information on why it is vital that we pay our apportionments: http://bwcumc.org/whywegive
To check out information about the following on the Washington Region Blog: Annual
Conference Follow Up, Registration Reminders, Young People’s Ministry, Summer
Camp, Overview of Regional Expectations, please go to http://www.bwcumc.org/washingtonregion/weekly_update_june_5_2012
