Monday, March 25th, 2013

Friday, March 2^9th, 12:00 noon – 3:00 p.m.: 
Please join Pastor Paul on the Road as he preaches at Memorial First India United Methodist
Church, 9226 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

Please ensure that all announcements are emailed to the

Church Office by Wednesday evenings in order to be included

in the Sunday bulletins as printings are done on Thursdays. 

Thank you and God bless - Debbie.

The 2013 Charge Directory will be out on the 1st Sunday of April.

A draft copy will be available in Church on Sunday, March 31^st

for review and corrections.  Should you have any changes, please

email same to the Charge Secretary.  If you need a hard copy,

please inform the Charge Secretary not later than Friday, March 29th,

otherwise electronic copies will be sent to the Charge.

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

March 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

Tuesday, March 26^th, 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 27^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
Thursday, March 28^th, 7:30 p.m.:                                       

(This will be at Ager Road UMC)            

Maundy Thursday Service. 

Friday, March 29^th, 7:00 p.m.:                                       

(This will be at Grace UMC)            

           Good Friday Service.

Friday, March 29^th:   

(This will be at Grace UMC)            

           Please support the women at Grace UMC for their Annual

            Fish Fry on Good Friday.  Contact Sisters Leona Campbell

            and/or Emilia Deigh for more information or to place

            your order. The cost is $10.00. 

Sunday, March 31^st:                                          

(This will be at Grace and Ager Road UMC)
            Easter and FRAN Sunday - Please invite your Friends, Relatives

            And Neighbors to Worship Service. 

April 2013 Events

Monday, April 8^th, 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.

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 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.