The next “Divas Under Construction” Girls Night Out December 11th from 7-10pm. Please see Robin Hall or Pamela Thompson for more information.
Category: Gethsemane News
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Gethsemane Reads
Gethsemane Reads will meet to discuss Head Scratchers; When The Words Of Jesus Don’t Make Sense. by Talbot Davis, on Sunday, December 13th, in the Fellowship Hall, immediately following morning worship. All are welcome. Reverend Obie Wright
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Scripture Lesson of the Week | November 15, 2015
Scripture Lesson of the Week | November 15, 2015 Acts 12:1 – 7 Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison 12 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this...
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National Native American Heritage Month
The month of November is National Native American Heritage Month. During the month of November we honor the contributions, traditions, and values of the first natives of America. President Barack Obama has made the following statement, “In November as we celebrate the rich traditions of the American Indians, we cannot forget the long and unfortunate...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week: November 1, 2015
Jeremiah 37: 15-18 The officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of the secretary Jonathan, for it had been made a prison. Thus Jeremiah was put in the cistern house, in the cells, and remained there for many days. Then King Zedekiah sent for him, and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week: October 25, 2015
Scripture Lesson of the Week: October 25, 2015 Job 14: 1-15 14 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one,...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week: October 11, 2015
SCRIPTURE LESSON Judges 13: 1-5, 24 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren, having borne no children. And the angel...
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Did you know that every 9 seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or beaten? Or that on average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States? In Awareness for Church Folk, Dr. Arthuree McLaughlin Wright, a deacon in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, a volunteer with Women’s...
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Save the Date: GUMC Liturgical Dance Anniversary
Please mark your calendar for the GUMC Liturgical Dance Anniversary on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. We have planned an outstanding evening of liturgical dance, miming, and fellowship. We are thrilled to announce that the following churches have agreed to participate: Journey of Faith, First Baptist Church of Suitland, the Exalted Silence Mime Ministry, and more. We are...
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Unveiling of a Historic Road Marker Celebrating the Ridgley Community:
Please join the Mildred Ridgley Gray Charitable Trust, Inc. on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 10 AM for the Unveiling of a Historic Road Marker Celebrating the Ridgley Community: An African American Community Founded 143 Years Ago. This program will take place at the Historic Ridgley Episcopal Church, 8900 Central Avenue in Capitol Heights, Maryland....