Sunday, April 7th, 2013

The 2013 Charge Directory will be out on Sunday,

April 14^th, 2013.  Electronic copies will be sent to

the Charge on Thursday, April 11^th, 2013.  Please let the

Church Office know by Wednesday, April 10^th, 2013

if you will need a hard copy on Sunday, April 14^th, 2013,

as hard copies will be made available to those who

request it.  Please call the Church Office to request

your copy, should you need one.

Please ensure that all announcements are emailed

to the Church Office by Wednesday evenings in

order to be included in the blog and Sunday bulletins 

as printings are done on Thursdays.  Thank you and

God bless - Debbie.

 

April 2013 Events

April Loose Plate Offerings                                       
           1^st Sunday      –   Embrace Ministry
           2^nd Sunday     –   Building Fund
           3^rd Sunday      –   Apportionments
           4^th Sunday      –   Children/Youth Ministries (Scholarship Fund)

Sunday, April 14^th:                                          

(This will be at Ager Road UMC)
            The Ager Road United Methodist Men

            will meet immediately following the Worship

            Service.  For more information, please contact

            Brother Delbury Kayode. 

Sunday, April 14^th:                                          

(This will be at Grace UMC)            

            The Grace Youth will meet with Sister Carrinne

            Cooper and Brother Dunrick Sogie-Thomas in the

            Sanctuary immediately following the Worship

            Service.

Saturday, April 27^th, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.:

(This will be at Grace and Ager Road UMC)

            Spring Neighborhood Campaign – Please come out 
            and let us do our second annual neighborhood campaign 

and evangelism together.  Signup sheets are available.     

Please see Sister Audrey Arthur at Grace UMC and 

Brother Gary Williams at Ager Road UMC.

Sunday, April 28^th:                                          

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

            Relatives And Neighbors to Worship Service. 

May 2013 Events

Wednesday, May 1^st, 6:00 p.m.  – 9:00 p.m.:             

(This will be at Grace UMC)            

            Charge Meeting Night.  Ministry Leaders

            should get their Charge Reports to the

            Church Office not later than Thursday,

            April 25^th, 2013 for electronic copies to

            be sent out and copies made for the meeting.

Sunday, May 5^th, 1:00 p.m.:             

            33^rd Annual Hyattsville Crop Walk at the Wells Park
            Ice Rink - Linson Park.  Registration starts at
            1:00 p.m. and the walk starts at 1:30 p.m.  If you
            need more information or would like to walk, please
            contact Sister Marie Stinson at 301-277-0366.

Monday, May 13^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.

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.