Upcoming events and activities at Gethsemane United Methodist Church during Monday, April 15th – Sunday, April 21st
MONDAY
Mobile Market! Free Produce Giveaway
Join Gethsemane United Methodist church for our monthly delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables for residents in the local area. 2nd Mondays at 8:30 am.
Music
The Mass Choir will rehearse on Monday, April 15th. in preparation for Easter Worship. All are invited to sing in the Mass Choir. Email music@gethsemaneumc.org for more information.
TUESDAY
Community Bible Study
Tuesdays 12 noon at Bells UMC, 6016 Allentown Rd. All are welcome!
Outreach Ministry Food Pantry
Is it not right to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house. Weekly distribution of food and clothing contact Anne White for additional information. Tuesdays at 9:00 am to 11:30 am.
WEDNESDAY
Outreach Ministry Food Pantry
Is it not right to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house. Weekly distribution of food and clothing contact Anne White for additional information. Wednesdays at 9:00 am to 11:30 am.
Wednesday Morning Family Prayer
Start your day off right by joining in a time of Family Prayer each Wednesday, 6:00 – 6:15 a.m. during the Lenten Season. The conference call number is (7112) 432-6110. Access Code: 756043
Word on Wednesday
The Word on Wednesday will resume This Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome.
THURSDAY
Maundy Thursday
Please join us on Thursday, April 18th, 2019, for the celebration of Maundy Thursday and the Discipleship Love Feast from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. All are welcome.
FRIDAY
Good Friday
The Lower Prince George’s County Cluster will be worshipping together on THIS FRIDAY, April 19th at the United Methodist Church of the Redeemer. Delicious Fish Dinners will be available 4:30-6:30 pm. Service begins at 7:00 p.m. Pastor Ron will be one of the preachers ministering in the worship experience.
SATURDAY
There are no events scheduled for this day.
SUNDAY
Sunday Morning Worship
Praise the Lord with us at our morning worship service! This service offers an uplifting, engaging and inspirational worship experience. Each week our pastor brings insight and perspective that causes the scriptures to come alive. Sundays at 10:00 am.
Resurrection Sunday
Celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ This Sunday. April 21st! There will be two worship opportunities: Early Morning Worship at 7:00 a.m. and Morning Worship at 10:00 a.m. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m.
Easter Egg Hunt
An Easter Egg will follow the 10:00 a.m. Worship Service THIS SUNDAY for children 12 and under.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK/FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Season of Lent
Lent, the period of 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays), begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Saturday, the evening before Easter.
During Lent, we enter into a season of preparation, self-reflection, and repentance when we seek to literally “turn around” and realign our lives and focus toward God. It is a time to give up things as well as take on new life-giving practices, helping us rid ourselves of distractions and our own selfish desires. By doing so, we seek to live and love as more faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. (http://www.umc.org/topics/topic-lent-and-easter)
There are many ways in which you can deepen your spiritual walk during the season of Lent at Gethsemane UMC. All are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities for worship, study, fasting, individual and corporate prayer, and service.
We will be fasting together March 18-April 20. Please see the handout for more information.
Outreach
Gethsemane, Bells, Redeemer, and Forest Memorial are partnering to distribute 600 lunch packages to homeless men, women, and children on April 27th, Volunteers are needed to assemble lunches on April 26th from 4:30-7:30 p.m. and to distribute lunches at 6:30 a.m. on April 27th, Monetary donation are also needed to help with this project. Sign-up in the Narthex to volunteer or donate. For more information, contact Karen Coates at outreach@gethsemaneumc.org.
Gethsemane Reads
Attend a book discussion on Hannah Hunard’s Hinds’ Feet On High Places. Sunday, April 28th, in the Fellowship Hall following worship service. All are welcome.
Gethsemane UMC Yesterday’s Children Senior Ministry
Come journey with Gethsemane UMC Yesterday’s Children Senior Ministry to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitors Center on June 5, 2019. Followed by Lunch, on the Choptank Riverboat. Departing 910 Addison Rd, So., Capitol Heights, Md 20743 at 7:45 am prompt. The cost is $70:00 Dollars. Please contact Mrs. Rosa White, (301-336-1219 or 301-350-0194) for further information.