Friday, December 28th, 2012

We want to change the name of our Charge in 2013 to reflect our
vision, mission and values.  Please submit all suggestions to the
Charge Secretary, gumctakomapark@verizon.net and/or
301-891-2100 and/or 301-422-2132.

Your financial assistance is needed!  Grace UMC is currently behind
on apportionments, so please consider giving $50.00 over and
beyond your normal tithe and offerings, in order for us to pay off our
apportionment obligation by the end of 2012, which is just 9 days
from now.  See the following link for more information on why it is vital
that we pay our apportionments: http://bwcumc.org/whywegive

Have you been praying to receive a blessing or praying to be a
blessing?  If so, please fill out the Embrace Ministry – Dare to Care
form which is found in both churches by the Pastor’s Study.


December 2012 Events
Friday, December 28^th, 7:00 p.m.:
(This will be at Grace UMC)
            Prayer Service.
Monday, December 31^st, 10:00 p.m.:
(This will be at Grace UMC)
           Watch Night (New Year's Eve) Worship Service

January 2013 Events
Tuesday, January 8^th:
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)
            Bible Study will resume. Monday, January 14^th, 7:00 p.m.:
            Small group Class with Andrea Ross will meet at the
            Prince George's Plaza Food Court.  Small group meetings
            with Andrea will be on the 2nd Monday of each month at
            7:00 p.m.  For more information, please call Andrea, 
            301-559-7334.
Wednesday, January 16^th, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.:
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)
            Charge Monthly Meeting.
Saturday, January 19^th, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon:
(This will be at Grace UMC)
            Worship Workshop (Breakfast and lunch are provided). 
            Please bring your calendars to the Workshop. 
Monday, January 21^st, 6:00 p.m.:
            5th Annual King/Obama Worship Service will begin at
            7:00 p.m.  (Soup & Salad will begin at 6:00 p.m.). This year's
            Theme is "Moving Forward Towards Beloved Community"
            The Guest Preacher is The Reverend C. Anthony Hunt.


February 2013 Events
Saturday, February 2nd, 10:00 a.m.:
(This will be at Grace UMC)
            United Methodist Women Conference Meeting.  Saturday, February 9^th, 10:00 a.m. –  2:00 p.m.: (This will be at Grace UMC)
            Visioning and Strategic Planning Meeting.  Guest Speaker              is The Reverend B. Kevin Smalls.  All Ministry Leaders are 
            expected to attend.            
            

Other Events
United Methodist Student Day - Overview | UMC Giving
http://www.umcgiving.org/site/c.qwL6KkNWLrH/b.3833911/
Please go to the Washington Region Blog to get the latest update
for our Annual Conference - http://www.bwcumc.org/washingtonregion/blog

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.

We want to include a testimonial section in our weekly blog. Please
send Sister Debbie Jones (gumctakomapark@verizon.net) your
testimonies of how Christ, through the church, changed your life.