Thursday, January 17th, 2013

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.


January 2013 Events
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" and The Guest Preacher is
            The Reverend C. Anthony Hunt.
Sunday, January 27^th:
(This will be at Grace and Ager Road UMC)
            FRAN Sunday - Please invite your Friends, Relatives  
            And Neighbors to Worship Service. 

February 2013 Events
Saturday, February 2nd, 10:00 a.m.:
(This will be at Grace UMC)            
           United Methodist Women Conference Meeting. 
Tuesday, February 5^th, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.:
(This will be at Grace UMC)
            Charge Monthly Meeting.
Saturday, February 9^th, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.:
(This will be at BWC Mission Center, 11711 East Market Place,
Fulton, Maryland 20759)
            Grace/Ager Road UmC Visioning and Strategic Planning
            Meeting.  Guest Speaker is The Reverend B. Kevin Smalls. 
            All Ministry Leaders are expected to attend.            
Monday, February 11^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.
Tuesday, February 12^th, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.:                
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
            Pancake Supper. Following the Pancake Supper, we will
            kick-off our Lenten Bible Study Series. Contact
            Sister Carrie Smallwood to purchase a book. The cost is         
            $10.00.
Wednesday, February 13^th, 7:30 p.m.:                                
(This will be at Grace UMC)            
             Ash Wednesday Worship Service.
         

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/http:/mailto:dleighkk@gmail.com)
or Brother Dunrick-Sogie Thomas (http://www.blogger.com/http:/mailto:dunricks@yahoo.co.uk).  
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.