Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Grace UMC departure time for 2013 ROCK is Friday, January 11th,
3:45 p.m. Please plan to pick up your children at 7:00 p.m.  on Sunday,
January 13th.

2013 is here and the new Charge Directory will be out soon.  Please
let the Church Office know of any changes you may have by Friday,
January 11^th, in order to have your correct information listed in the Directory.

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
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" and
            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 BWC Mission Center, 11711 East Market Place, Fulton,
Maryland 20759)
            Visioning and Strategic Planning Meeting.  Guest Speaker is
           The Reverend B. Kevin Smalls.  All Ministry Leaders are
           expected to attend.            

            

Other Events
ted 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.