MISSION STATEMENT Love God and one another, serve our community, and transform lives.

VISION

A radically inclusive community, empowered to spread God’s love throughout the world.

BELIEFS

We believe all are created in the image of God. We believe God loves everyone and through Christ saves‐revives‐renews the world. We believe God through the

Holy Spirit changes lives. We believe the church is the body of Christ with a mission. We believe the Bible is the word of God. We believe that God has gifted

everyone and the church for the purposes of God. We believe discipleship is a continuing journey.

ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH  LOVING...SERVING...TRANSFORMING LIVES

MARCH 11, 2018 ~ 8:30 AM AND 10:30 AM WORSHIP

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ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT/UMCOR SUNDAY

8:30 AM WORSHIP  †† = Those who are able may stand    AAHH = African American Heritage Hymnal ‐ Yellow Hymnal    UMH = United Methodist Hymnal ‐ Red Hymnal                        

Please use this time for prayer and meditation as we prepare for worship.   

WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PASSING OF THE PEACE

††GATHERING PRAISE                            Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us (381 UMH)                               How Great Thou Art (77 UMH)  

MORNING PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READINGS Isaiah 40:21‐31 (OT—Page 668) Luke 12:22‐31 (NT—Pages 74‐75)

SPECIAL MUSIC Little Innocent Lamb...arr. Hayes                           Josephine Baker, Soprano 

SERMON “No Ways Tired” Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills

††INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP We’ll Understand It Better By and By                                     (418 AAHH) Worshipers are invited to pray at the altar in private or signal to an Intercessory Prayer member to pray with you. Also at this time, you may come down to join Asbury in Christian Fellowship.               

 

PRESENTATION OF TITHES & OFFERINGS    

OFFERTORY Through It All...A. Crouch                           Josephine Baker, Soprano

††SENDING HYMN Standing on the Promises (374 UMH)

††DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING                         

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ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT/UMCOR SUNDAY

10:30 AM  WORSHIP  †† = Those who are able may stand    AAHH = African American Heritage Hymnal ‐ Yellow Hymnal    UMH = United Methodist Hymnal ‐ Red Hymnal                        

Please use this time for prayer and meditation as we prepare for worship.   

PRELUDE                                        Swing Low, Sweet Chariot...Negro Spiritual  

WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PASSING OF THE PEACE

INTROIT An Offering of Praise...Younger

††PROCESSIONAL                           Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us (381 UMH) 

††CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good. People: God’s steadfast love endures forever. Leader: Let those redeemed by the Lord say: People: God’s steadfast love endures forever. Leader: When we cried out to God in our distress, People: God saved us in our hour of need. Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good. People: God’s steadfast love endures forever.   

††HYMN OF PRAISE How Great Thou Art (77 UMH)  

►►►►►(Congregants may now enter the Sanctuary)     

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Kisha Woolen

CALL TO PRAYER Just a Little Talk with Jesus...C. Derricks

MORNING PRAYER

PRAYER RESPONSE Create in Me...McClurkin

SCRIPTURE READINGS Isaiah 40:21‐31 (OT—Page 668) Luke 12:22‐31 (NT—Pages 74‐75)

Liturgist: This is the word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

MINISTRY OF MUSIC Bless Me (Prayer of Jabez)...D. Lawrence 

SERMON “No Ways Tired” Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills  

                     

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WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS

Minister of Music & Liturgical Arts Director: Everett P. Williams, Jr. Organist: Earl Hargrove

Higher Praise Gospel Chorale Music Director: Stephen Key Music: Josephine Baker, Soprano (8:30 am)

Higher Praise Gospel Chorale (10:30 am) Children's Message: Kisha Woolen

Liturgists: Judith Hightower (8:30 am) Kelvin Childs & Brenda Beasley (10:30 am)

Ushers: Women Greeters: Benjamin Ginyard, Marva Ginyard & Jeanarta McEachron (8:30 am)

Mary Roberts, Elizabeth Saunders & Terri Thompson (10:30 am) Acolyte: Moses Boyd (10:30 am)

Trustees on Duty: Margaret Holmes (8:30 am) Canardo M. Richardson (10:30 am)

  

††INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP We’ll Understand It Better By and By                                     (418 AAHH) Worshipers are invited to pray at the altar in private or signal to an Intercessory Prayer member to pray with you. Also at this time, you may come down to join Asbury in Christian Fellowship.

PRESENTATION OF TITHES & OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY In the Word of God...Robinson                

††OFFERTORY RESPONSE Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him, above ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.  

††RECESSIONAL Standing on the Promises (374 UMH) 

††DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING

POSTLUDE He’s Sweet I Know...Traditional Hymn                                      

The congregation is asked to remain seated for the closing voluntary.                     

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Asbury’s Week At‐A‐Glance

Sunday, March 11, 2018 7:30 am—Valet Parking 8:30 am & 10:30 am—Worship, Sanctuary 9:30 am—Adult Sunday School, 1‐9 9:30 am—Children’s Sunday School, 2‐8/2‐9 9:30 am—Jericho Road Lenten Study, Library 9:30 am—Youth Sunday School, 1‐12 9:30 am—Coffee Hour, G‐1 12:30 pm—Jericho Road Lenten Study, 1‐9 3:30 pm—Honoring Frederick Douglass/Black Classical Music Concert, Sanctuary 5:00 pm—The Bridge Worship Service, G‐1

Monday, March 12, 2018 7:45 am—Downtown Cluster’s Geriatric Ctr., G‐1/OSH/1‐11/1‐12 3:00 pm—Deadline: Asburyan Bulletin & Ads 7:30 pm—Disciple Fast Track Bible Study, 1‐11/1‐12

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 7:45 am—Downtown Cluster’s Geriatric Ctr., G‐1/OSH/1‐11/1‐12 10:30 am—Jericho Road Lenten Study, Pierce Residence 7:00 pm—Fitness and Exercise Class, OSH 7:00 pm—Disciple Fast Track Bible Study, 1‐11/1‐12 7:00 pm—Jericho Road Lenten Study, Library

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:45 am—Downtown Cluster’s Geriatric Ctr., G‐1/OSH/1‐11/1‐12 8:00 am—Jericho Road Bible Study, Conference Call 10:30 am—Disciple Fast Track Bible Study, 1‐11/1‐12 12:00 pm—Jericho Road Lenten Study, 1‐8 6:30 pm—SPPRC Mtg., 1‐8

Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:45 am—Downtown Cluster’s Geriatric Ctr., G‐1/OSH/1‐11/1‐12 10:00 am—Stephen Ministry Training, 1‐9 6:30 pm—Asbury Dwellings Board Mtg., Asbury Dwellings 6:45 pm—Asbury Federal Credit Union, Off‐site 7:00 pm—Band Practice for the Bridge, G‐1 7:00 pm—Jericho Road Bible Study, Collette Residence

Friday, March 16, 2018 7:45 am—Downtown Cluster’s Geriatric Ctr., G‐1/OSH/1‐11/1‐12

Saturday, March 17, 2018 10:00 am—Asbury Handbell Choir Rehearsal, G‐13 10:00 am—Health Fair, G‐1/OSH/Library/1‐9/1‐11/1‐12 10:30 am—Wesleyan Choir Rehearsal, OSH 11:30 am—Food Pantry, G‐4 12:00 pm—Combined Choir, OSH 12:30 pm—Women’s Usher Board Mtg., 2‐8/2‐9 1:30 pm—Higher Praise Choir Rehearsal, OSH 2:00 pm—Jericho Road Bible Study, 2‐8/2‐9

We hope that through word, music, fellowship and prayer you will

experience the presence of God today. Please make sure you sign

the attendance register as it is passed so that we can share with

you about what is happening in the life of this church.

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

From The Senior Pastor’s Desk March 2018

Word for the Month: JUSTICE

Scripture of the Month: Luke 10

Thought for the Month: Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor education, and low wages locked most black workers into poverty. Then two sanitation workers were chewed up like garbage in the back of a faulty truck, igniting a public employee strike that brought to a boil long-simmering issues of racial injustice. Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers; fiery black ministers; volatile, young, black-power advocates; idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists; the first black members of the Memphis city council; the white upper crust who sought to prevent change or conflagration; and, finally, the magisterial Martin Luther King Jr., undertaking a Poor People's Campaign at the crossroads of his life, vilified as a subversive, hounded by the FBI, and seeing in the working poor of Memphis his hopes for a better America.

Emphasis for the Month: Social Justice

Pastor’s Book of the Month: Going Down Jericho Road by Michael K. Honey.

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LENT SERMON SERIES: LIFE SKILLS FOR NEW LIFE

“A Call to Follow Christ” Matthew 4:18‐22

Rev. Ivan Milosi, Ministry Intern

Pastor Matthew Wilke Rico Huff, Music Director

The Bridge has a new start

time—‐it’s 5 pm. We look forward to worshiping with you in Fellowship Hall.

PICK-UP YOUR UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL

TODAY

Upper Room devotionals are in large and regular print for $1. Stop by the Narthex this Sunday after worship to pick-up a few copies.

Asbury UMC Live Stream Go to asburyumcdc.org and select the live stream button on the home page to watch the 10:30 am and 5 pm services.

9:30 am—10:30 am ♥ Adult —1‐9 ♥ Children—2‐8/2‐9 ♥ Lenten Study—Library ♥ Youth—1‐12

Join us for refreshments, resources, and fellowship in

Fellowship Hall from

9:30 am-10:30 am.

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D.C. Black History and D.C. Host Committee

Presents 

Frederick Douglass

Bicentennial Celebration

 

B C C C  

Featuring Everett P. Williams, pianist Angela Moore, soprano Qualun Cooper, tenor Kelvin Page, tenor 

The Artists Group Chorale of Washington William Jones, accompanist 

 

Sunday, March 11, 2018 

3:30 p.m.  

Asbury United Methodist Church 

11th and K Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 

 

Admission is free.

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The January, February, and March Birthday Fellowship will take place on Sunday, March 18, 2018, immediately following the 10:30 am worship service. Birthday celebrants are asked to donate $25 towards the refreshments. You may give your donation to any of the following persons: Mel Allen or Randolph Scott

(301-332-2565) for January birthdays

Nina McEaddy (301-352-6711) or Willie Clark for February birthdays

For March birthdays, you may give

your donation to one of the persons listed above.

PLACE YOUR LILY ORDER TODAY!

Orders for lilies to be placed in the Sanctuary for Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018, are being accepted by Frankye Warren, Pat Crudup and Judith Roberts. Order forms are available in the Narthex starting TODAY. The cost is $15 per plant and checks are payable to Asbury UMC. The deadline for orders is Sunday, March 18. All orders must be paid by the deadline.

Questions? Please call 202-726-4221. Thank

you. Frankye Warren, Pat Crudup

& Judith Roberts

New Testament class is starting up:

Wednesday, March 14, 10:30 AM First UMC of Hyattsville

Facilitator: Dr. Adelia Williams It’s not too late to join a class. Student books are $16. Call 202-628-0009 to sign-up.

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LENTEN STUDY MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, DAYS & TIMES

The Jericho Road Lenten Journey guide features writings from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and is especially fitting as we celebrate the life of Dr. King in the 50th year since his

assassination.

From February 14-March 31, you are encouraged to bring someone to church to hear the sermon series and join a study group. Pick-up the Jericho Road Lenten materials from the Narthex, near the Sound Room, at the resource rack by the church office, and from

the 11th Street reception desk. Study groups will meet at the following locations:

Sunday—March 11, 18 and 25  

9:30 AM Asbury—Library (meeting in the Chapel on March 25)

Rev. Ivan Milosi

9:30 AM Asbury—Rm. 1‐9  

Sherman Harris

12:30 PM Asbury—Rm. 1‐9 Bishop Forrest Stith

Tuesday—March 13, 20 and 27 

10:30 AM Pierce Residence (Largo Area/PG County)

Rev. Irene Pierce

7:00 PM Asbury—Library Min. Matthew Wilke

Wednesday—March 14, 21 and 28 

8:00 AM Conference Call (Dial‐in : ‐712‐775‐7035, Access Code: 718984#)

Carol Travis

NOON Asbury—Rm. 1‐8 Rev. Dr. Ianther Mills

Thursday—March 15, 22 and 29 

7:00 PM Collette Residence (Gaithersburg Area/Montgomery  County)

Rev. Carmen Collette

2:00 PM Rooms 2‐8/2‐9 Vanessa Williford

Saturday—March 16, 24 and 31 

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PALM SUNDAY MARCH 25

8:30 am & 10:30 am—Asbury Sanctuary 5 pm—Fellowship Hall

MAUNDY-THURSDAY

MARCH 29 7 pm—Asbury Sanctuary

GOOD FRIDAY March 30

12-3 pm—Asbury Sanctuary

EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 1

8:30 am & 10:30 am—Asbury Sanctuary 5 pm—Fellowship Hall

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Reserve your seat now for the play, coach bus ride, lunch, and visit to the shopping

outlet. The bus departs from Old Howard University School of Divinity parking lot. $155 for package. $50 non‐refundable deposit due February 1.  Balance due  May 1.  See organizers Margaret Carter

(202‐213‐9146) or Charlyn Bachemin (240‐779‐4067) for ckets.

Friday,June22,2018Sight&SoundTheater

Lancaster,PA

SAVE THE DATE Sunday, June 24, 2018, 4 pm

LOCATION

Asbury United Methodist Church ~ Sanctuary 926 11th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

EVENT S.O.S.S. Concert

(Save Our Sound System)

FEATURING Everett P. Williams, Jr., Organ

Stephen F. Key, Piano

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Steve Key & Company

The Music Ministry of Asbury UMC

S.O.S.S.CONCERT&FUNDRAISER

COMING SOON! Vacation Bible School

June 25 -29, 2018

Mark your calendar and be on the lookout for more details.

SAVE THE DATE

Baltimore-Washington Conference Annual Meeting May 30-June 1

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel Baltimore, MD

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ASBURY CALENDAR AT‐A‐GLANCE CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE TO ADD YOUR MINISTRY EVENT TO THE CHURCH CALENDAR AND RESERVE SPACE.

MARCH 2018 3—Church Council Planning Retreat 4—Lent 3 11—Lent 4/UMCOR Sunday/Fredrick Douglas Concert 17—Asbury/HU/MOTTEP Health Fair 18—MARC B‐days/Deadline for Easter

Lilies 24—Bennett College Meet & Greet 25—Palm Sunday (8:30 am, 10:30 am &

5 pm)/FRAN Plan 29—Maundy Thursday, 7 pm 30—Good Friday, 12‐3 pm

APRIL 2018 1—Easter (8:30 am, 10:30 am & 5 pm)

8 15—Native American Ministries

Sunday 22—FRAN Plan 28—HU/Wesley Fundraiser 29—Youth/Young Adult Sunday

MAY 2018 3—National Day of Prayer 6 13—Mother’s Day 14—Wesley Seminary Graduation 17—UMW Social Action Event 20 27—FRAN Plan/ Peace with Justice

Sunday 31—Annual Conference

JUNE 2018 1‐2—Annual Conference 3 9—UMM Prayer Breakfast 10—Men’s Day (One Service) 16—UMW Friendship Luncheon 17—Father’s Day/Graduate

Recognition Sunday/MARC B‐days 22—Trip to Sight & Sound Theater 24 – Music Ministry Day/SOSS Concert 25‐29—Vacation Bible School

JULY 2018 1 8 14—UMM/UMW Church Picnic 15 22—FRAN Plan 29—Youth/Young Adult Sunday

AUGUST 2018 5 12 19 26—FRAN Plan

SEPTEMBER 2018 2 9—MARC B‐days/Football Ministry 16—Homecoming 2018 (One Service) 23—FRAN Plan 30—Youth/Young Adult Sunday

OCTOBER 2018 7—World Communion Sunday/

Stewardship Kick‐off 14—Pastor Appreciation Sunday 20—UMW Mission Project 21—Women’s Day (One Service) 28—FRAN Plan/Laity Sunday

NOVEMBER 2018 4—All Saints Sunday 11—Organ & Tissue Donor/

Stewardship Sunday 18—UM Student Day/ MARC B‐days 21—Thanksgiving Eve (Stop Hunger

Project) 25—FRAN Plan/Christ the King

DECEMBER 2018 2 —Advent 1 8—UMW Christmas Party 9—Advent 2 16—Advent 3/Wesleyan Concert 23—FRAN Plan/Advent 4 24—Christmas Eve 30—Youth/Young Adult Sunday 31—Watch Night Service, 7 pm

Asbury Church is closed on the following holidays New Year’s Day MLK Day Easter Monday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day

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MARCH IS NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH ALTHEA T. L. SIMMONS

The theme for the 2018 observance is Nevertheless She

Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Nevertheless She Persisted is a phrase born in 2017 when Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, was silenced during Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for Attorney General. Sen. Warren was reading an opposition letter penned by Coretta Scott King in 1986, opposing Sessions’ nomination as a federal judge. Referring to the incident, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, said “Senator Warren was giving a lengthy speech. She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless she persisted.” The phrase was adopted by the women’s movement and used to refer to strong women who refuse to be silenced.

Throughout this month, the United Methodist Women of Asbury are recognizing women with

connections to our Church who persisted. We also give thanks for the ongoing persistence of our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, neighbors, and friends.

Althea T.L. Simmons persisted as chief of the NAACP's Washington bureau and she served as the

organization's chief Washington lobbyist. Ms. Simmons joined the NAACP in the mid-1950s. Before moving to Washington, she was associate director of branch and field services in the organization's headquarters in New York. Her duties there included supervising branches and field staff around the nation, membership activities and the youth and college division.

Much of her most valuable work, however, was keeping track of policymakers in a quiet way. She

described this in a speech at an NAACP regional banquet in Northern Virginia in 1979. "It's not enough to just listen to the politicians at election time," she said. "Start monitoring how they vote. Often they will say something on the floor of the House or Senate just to get into the Congressional Record, but they vote just the opposite."

In 1989, she said it was necessary to keep up pressure on matters of concern to blacks and other

minorities "because if you don't, people will think the problem is solved." Born in Shreveport, La, Ms. Simmons graduated from Southern University and received a law

degree from Howard University. She also studied marketing at the University of Illinois. Her many honors included the President's Award of Washburn University, the Howard University

Alumni Award for Postgraduate Achievement in Law and Public Service, the Gertrude E. Rush Award of the National Bar Association, the Patricia Roberts Harris Award of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the National Trends and Services Award of Links, Inc.

Ms. Simmons was an active member of Asbury. She served as chair of the Administrative Board

and she chaired the celebration of Asbury’s 150 Anniversary in 1965. Proceeds from the 150th Anniversary celebration were used to create the Asbury Endowment Fund to support programs in education, outreach ministries, history, and heritage. Ms. Simmons also served on various committees of the United Methodist Church, including the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits, now known as Wespath. She was a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Althea T. L. Simmons died in 1990 at the age of 66.

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REMINDER For those members who opted out of receiving giving envelopes, we will continue to accept your tithes and offerings in the following ways:

Monthly check or weekly checks with your envelope number in the memo line. These may be put in the offering baskets or mailed to the finance office. If you do not remember your envelope number, we can find you in the system.

Use the e-giving option on the church website. Make your contributions using credit/debit cards during

service. Ushers can provide the credit card processor for your convenience.

The Stewardship Committee

Looking for an Opportunity

to Serve? Consider the Asbury Lay Servants Ministry

Would you like to extend your ministry with Christ in new

directions as a Lay Servant? Asbury’s Lay Servants Ministry may be the right fit for you! Contact an Asbury Lay Servant to hear about their experience:

Tawana Jackson Sandra King-Shaw Frances Neal Ann Price

Brenda Reid-Sanders Ruth Scarbrough Carol Travis, Greater Washington District

Coordinator

Contact Ann Price, Asbury Lay Servant Coordinator at pricefa@verizon.net or

301-464-0602 for more details.

IN LOVING MEMORY The flowers on the altar are placed to the glory of God and in loving memory of CYRIL KWEKU DURING. How quickly time passes on, March 5, 2003 as if it was yesterday. Fond memories linger every day, remembrance keeps him near.

Cyril Kojo During and Family

If we invite them, they’ll come. Bring someone to church on Sunday!

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DAILYWORD GETTINGAROUND

Sunday, March 11 Psalm 46:1-11

Monday, March 12 Matthew 25:35-40

Tuesday, March 13

Psalm 139:1-6

Wednesday, March 14 Matthew 11:28-30

Thursday, March 15 Psalm 1:1-6

Friday, March 16 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Saturday, March 17

Romans 5:1-8

There is an elevator in the Education Building that

accesses all levels of the church—the sanctuary, the

fellowship hall, and all the Sunday School rooms.

Free parking is available Sundays in the garage

adjacent to our 11th Street entrance. Pick up a

parking pass from the 11th Street reception desk.

Restrooms are on the lower level on either side of the

narthex and on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

Asbury United Methodist Church

Rev. Dr. Ianther M. Mills, Senior Pastor Rev. Alexis Brown, Howard University UM Chaplain Min. Matthew Wilke, Contemporary Worship Pastor

Rev. Ivan Milosi, Ministry Intern Tawana Jackson, Stephen Minister

Bishop Forrest Stith, Retired Bishop in Residence Sandy Adams & Darryl Wyles, Lay Leaders

Rev. Gerard A. Green, Jr., District Superintendent Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling, Episcopal Leader of the Baltimore‐Washington Conference

Visit asburyumcdc.org for information about our ministries. Find us on Facebook and Twitter. 926 11th St., NW, Washington, DC 20001 ~ 202‐628‐0009 ~ asburymail@asburyumcdc.org

Monday‐Friday ~ 8:00 am‐4:30 pm

Drivers Needed! Asbury will provide the church van and a $25

daily stipend for your time. We need help transporting members to and from the 10:30

am service. Transportation pick‐up is available to members living in the immediate

Washington, DC area. Interested? Please contact Patricia Clark at 301‐925‐4735 or

cclark19@verizon.net.

FITNESS WITH THAMAR DAVISFITNESS WITH THAMAR DAVIS T 7 F HT 7 F H

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♥ Resistance bands & weights ♥ Circuit and target training ♥ No judgement zone ♥ Move at your own pace ♥ Drop‐ins welcome, pay as you go

Contact the church office for details.