Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

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.

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.

December 2012 Events
Sunday, December 16^th:          
(This will be at Grace UMC)
           Deadline for Registration will be December 16 for the ROCK 2013
            which will be from be from January 11 - 13 at Ocean City, Maryland. 
            Please contact Brother Dunrick to  register or to obtain information
            regarding scholarship for your child/ren to attend ROCK 2013, as
            soon as possible, 240-602-9572 and/or dunricks@yahoo.co.uk
Sunday, December 16^th:                                 
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)
            Ager Road UMC will be collecting a love offering for the ROCK 2013
            retreat.
Sunday, December 16^th:                             
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)
            Sister Hilda Macauley will meet with all of the women of the Church
            immediately following the Worship Service at the Rhode Island Avenue
            Room.
Tuesday, December 18^th, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.:
 (This will be at Ager Road UMC)
            Bible Study
Friday, December 21^st, 8:00 p.m.:                         
(Location to be determined)
            The Young Adults will be hosting a Relational Gathering at a location
            to be released soon.  Please contact Tunde, 301-257-4394 or Valerie,
            301-538-8522.
Saturday, December 22^nd:                         
(This will be at Grace UMC)
            Charge Christmas Party.  For more information, please contact
            Sister Emilia Deigh at Grace UMC and Sister Vicky Amaize at
            Ager Road UMC.
Sunday, December 23^rd:                             
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)
            Sister Hilda Macauley will meet with all of the men of the Church
            Immediately following the Worship Service at the Rhode Island
            Avenue Room.
Monday, December 24^th, 7:00 p.m.:(This will be at Ager Road UMC)

Christmas Eve Worship Service

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
Monday, December 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.
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.

Other Events
Respond to the Sandy disaster: The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is offering several ways for people to donate in response to Superstorm Sandy.
• Donate online to UMCOR Advance #3021787.
• Text the word RESPONSE to 80888 to give an immediate $10 donation.
• Call 1-800-554-8583 between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern time to donate by phone.
• Mail a check payable to UMCOR with Advance #3021787 in the memo line, and send it to P.O. Box 9068, New York, NY 10087 or place it in the offering plate at any United Methodist Church.

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.

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