Thursday, February 28, 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013



The new name of our Charge is “The Nehemiah Charge”.

Anyone who is interested in any of the office furniture
(pictures can be provided upon request) should contact
Brother Dunrick Sogie-Thomas as soon as possible,
Cell: 240-450-2092
List of items:
6 – 5 drawer lateral file cabinets
10 – 4 drawer lateral file cabinets
6 – 2 drawer lateral file cabinets (match office furniture)
3 – 30” x 66” desk
3 – U shape office desk set ups d-top, bridge and return
2 – L shape office with desk and return
3 – Mobile file/file pedestals (match office furniture)

Loose Plate Offerings at both Ager Road and Grace UMC
1st Sunday - Embrace Ministry
2nd Sunday - One Great Hour of Sharing
3rd Sunday - Apportionments
4th Sunday - Children/Youth
5th Sunday - Building Fund



March 2013 Events

Saturday, March 2nd, 4:00 p.m.:                                    
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)
            Memorial Service for Mary Amanda Bullington.
Sunday, March 3rd:   
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
           The Ager Road women will meet and rehearse immediately
           following the Worship Service.
Sunday, March 3rd:                                          
(This will be at Grace UMC)
            Grace UMC Men will meet briefly after the Worship Service
to plan and collect monetary contributions towards the
usual lunch after Worship Service.  Please contact
Brother Delwyn Kamara for suggested agenda items for
the March meeting.  In order to building a strong Christian
community, please pass this on to all the men and young
adults at Grace UMC .
Monday, March 4th, 11:30 a.m.:   
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
           The UMW will meet in the Rhode Island Avenue Room.
Tuesday, March 5th, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.:   
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
           Lenten Bible Study Series. Contact Sister Carrie Smallwood
           to purchase a book. The cost is $10.00.
Wednesday, March 6th, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.:                                          
(This will be at Grace UMC)
            Charge Meeting Night.
Sunday, March 10th, 9:00 a.m.:                    
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
           The Ager Road women will meet and rehearse before the 
            Worship Service.
Sunday, March 10th, 9:00 a.m.:  
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)      
            Ager Road Women’s Day Celebration.  Theme: “Women
            Empowered to Transform Lives”.  The Preacher is
            The Reverend Twanda Prioleau, Associate Pastor,
            John Wesley United Methodist Church in Baltimore.
Monday, March 11th, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.:             
Small group Class with Sister Andrea Ross will meet at the
            Qdoba Grill, 6450 America Blvd., Hyattsville, MD 20782 -
            it is located across from Five Guys and on the same street
            as Carolina Kitchen and the Movie Theater.  (Please note the
            change of place).  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, March 12th, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.:   
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
           Lenten Bible Study Series. Contact Sister Carrie Smallwood
           to purchase a book. The cost is $10.00.
Saturday, March 16th, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon:                                          
(This will be at Grace UMC)
            Grace UMC Women’s Annual Prayer Breakfast. 
Theme: Women United in the Power of Christ.” 
Speaker: Sister Romain Young.  Hot Breakfast will be served. 
Cost is $10.00 per person.  For tickets, please contact
Elizabeth McDavies, President, 301-379-1034 and
Leona Campbell, Vice President, 240-264-9215.
Tuesday, March 19th, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.:   
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
           Lenten Bible Study Series. Contact Sister Carrie Smallwood
           to purchase a book. The cost is $10.00.
Tuesday, March 26th, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.:   
(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            
           Lenten Bible Study Series. Contact Sister Carrie Smallwood
           to purchase a book. The cost is $10.00.
Sunday, March 31st:                                          
(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
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 
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.  TheCentral Maryland Discipleship Academy 
will be held on theweekend of March 9-10, 2013 at Goshen UMC. 
Registration forthis location ends on March 1, 2013. The Greater 
WashingtonDiscipleship 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.

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