Wednesday, January 30th, 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.

February month Share Food Network.  Please check the
bulletin boards at Grace and Ager Road UM Churches for this
month choices.  For more information, please contact
Brother Prince Deigh, 301-219-3034 at Grace UMC and
Sister Hilda Macauley, 301-434-7874 at Ager Road UMC.


February 2013 Events

No Charge Meeting in February - next Charge Meeting will be in March. 
Saturday, February 2^nd, 10:00 a.m.:
(This will be at Grace UMC)            
           United Methodist Women Greater Washington District
           Team Meeting. 
Sunday, February 3^rd:
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
            Sister Hilda Macauley will like to meet with all the 
            children and youths together with their parents and 
            guardians after the Worship Service.  Volunteers are
            needed to teach Sunday School and help prepare the
            children for active participation in the life of the Church.
Sunday, February 3^rd, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.:
(This will be at Grace UMC)            
           Sunday School will resume.
Monday, February 4^th, 11:00 a.m.:
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
           Ager Road UM Women will meet.  Please contact
           Sister Andrea Ross for more information,
           301-559-7334.
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 Sister 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 Sister 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, 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.:                                
            Please join Pastor Paul for an "Hour of Power." We will
            have a Prayer Teleconference every Wednesday during lent.
            Conference Call# 605.475.5900 - Access Code - 165586
Wednesday, February 13^th, 7:30 p.m.:                                
(This will be at Grace UMC)            
             Ash Wednesday Worship Service.
Sunday, February 24^th:
(This will be at Grace and Ager Road UMC)
            FRAN Sunday - Please invite your Friends, Relatives  
            And Neighbors to 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.

Registration for Discipleship Academy is now open and available

at the Conference website at http://www.bwcumc.org/academy/cls/washington.  The

Central Maryland Discipleship Academy will be held on the

weekend of March 9-10, 2013 at Goshen UMC. Registration for

this location ends on March 1, 2013. The Greater Washington

Discipleship Academy will be held on the weekend of

April 13-14, 2013 at Bethesda UMC. Registration for this

location ends on April 1, 2013.   You must register for this event

with your own Gateway account. Be sure to register before the

deadline! We do not allow walk-ins for these events.  Flyers with

more detailed class information can be found on the bulletin

boards.

Please give Sister Debbie Jones (charge secretary) pictures of

the charge in action. We are in the process of updating our

bulletin boards, website and facebook page.