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EVENT INFORMATION < Previous Event Back to Upcoming Events Back Next Event > UMM Dinner & Performance from the West Point Alumni Glee Club UNITED METHODIST MEN EVENT Tuesday, November 12th | 6:30pm - 8:30pm Aldersgate UMC (Wesley Hall) The United Methodist Men (UMM) invite you to a dinner and special performance of traditional patriotic songs by the West Point Alumni Glee Club. The 30-40 minute performance will take place prior to serving dinner, so attendees are asked to check in and be seated at their table prior to the start of the performance at 6:30pm. Ticket Cost: $10 per person / $20 per family Tickets on sale through Sunday, November 10th. Payment will be collected at the door on the day of the dinner. Funds raised are to cover the cost of the dinner with an excess going to missions. Stop by the UMM table during Fellowship Time on Sunday morning or CLICK HERE to sign up to attend this great event! All are invited! Friends and neighbors welcome! For more information, please contact please contact Bob Johnson ( robert.johnson68@cox.net or 703-980-5922). About The West Point Alumni Glee Club In July 2007, 156 graduates of West Point, from the classes of 1952 through 2001, gathered for the first ever Glee Club Reunion Concert at Trophy Point with the USMA Band. Springing from the camaraderie and success of that event, the West Point Alumni Glee Club was established in the Fall of 2007 to carry on the rich legacy of singing patriotic and inspirational music, a significant element of the Warrior Spirit. Membership in the West Point Alumni Glee Club is comprised of West Point alumni who enjoy singing and believe in the importance of traditional music in our service to the nation. The members average almost 20 years of active-duty service with over 75% being combat veterans. Their motto continues to be “No Fun Without Music; No Music Without Fun.” The Glee Club's goal is to spread the love of music among warriors; to sing for veterans, service members, and their families; and to generate funds to provide additional support to the Cadet Glee Club that will enable them to travel further and perform more as ambassadors of West Point and the Army. The United Methodist Men (UMM) invite you to a dinner and special performance of traditional patriotic songs by the West Point Alumni Glee Club. The 30-40 minute performance will take place prior to serving dinner, so attendees are asked to check in and be seated at their table prior to the start of the performance at 6:30pm. Ticket Cost: $10 per person / $20 per family Tickets on sale through Sunday, November 10th. Payment will be collected at the door on the day of the dinner. Funds raised are to cover the cost of the dinner with an excess going to missions. Stop by the UMM table during Fellowship Time on Sunday morning or CLICK HERE to sign up to attend this great event! All are invited! Friends and neighbors welcome! For more information, please contact please contact Bob Johnson ( robert.johnson68@cox.net or 703-980-5922). __________________________________ About The West Point Alumni Glee Club In July 2007, 156 graduates of West Point, from the classes of 1952 through 2001, gathered for the first ever Glee Club Reunion Concert at Trophy Point with the USMA Band. Springing from the camaraderie and success of that event, the West Point Alumni Glee Club was established in the Fall of 2007 to carry on the rich legacy of singing patriotic and inspirational music, a significant element of the Warrior Spirit. Membership in the West Point Alumni Glee Club is comprised of West Point alumni who enjoy singing and believe in the importance of traditional music in our service to the nation. The members average almost 20 years of active-duty service with over 75% being combat veterans. Their motto continues to be “No Fun Without Music; No Music Without Fun.” The Glee Club's goal is to spread the love of music among warriors; to sing for veterans, service members, and their families; and to generate funds to provide additional support to the Cadet Glee Club that will enable them to travel further and perform more as ambassadors of West Point and the Army. < Previous Event Next Event >

MISSION INFORMATION < Previous Back to Local Missions Next > Woodlawn- Faith Food Distribution Woodlawn-Faith UMC buys canned goods and produce from the Capital Area Food Bank , which the Food Bank delivers to St. John’s Baptist Church on Fordson Road. Produce comes in bulk and has to be bagged for distribution. Another person collects bread and pastry products from Costco and local grocery stores to be added to the boxes. Cars line up around the parking lot on a first-come/first-serve basis. Food boxes (canned goods, bread, and pastries) and bags (produce) are loaded into the cars as they drive by. The only record kept is on the number of people benefiting from the food. No other questions asked. Fresh produce is also donated to Mondloch House. The upcoming dates and times are: Friday, November 1st | 8:30am-12pm Friday, November 15th | 8:30am-12pm Friday, December 20th | 8:30am-12pm Come any time on these dates. No reservation or sign-up required! Drop by any time and stay for as long as you can! Students can earn community service hours. For questions, please contact Karen Latta . < Previous Next >

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EVENT INFORMATION < Previous Event Back to Upcoming Events Back Next Event > Grief Support Group SUPPORT & CARE Wednesday, October 30th | 5:00pm - 6:00pm Aldersgate UMC (Library) You are not alone We offer a support group for those who have experienced a loss and who are grieving. A monthly Grief Support Group will meet on the FOURTH Wednesday of every month at 5:00pm in the Library. For more information email Judy Jurkowski . You are not alone We offer a support group for those who have experienced a loss and who are grieving. A monthly Grief Support Group will meet on the FOURTH Wednesday of every month at 5:00pm in the Library. For more information email Judy Jurkowski (judy@aldersgate.net ). < Previous Event Next Event >

NURSERY Your children are as important to us as they are to you (well, almost). That’s why we provide a safe, loving, Christian environment for your babies and toddlers ages 3 and under while you are at worship. The Nursery is available during all Sunday morning worship services in rooms 122 and 123. All staff members have had background checks, CPR training, and follow CDC safety guidelines. ​ For more information, please contact our Director of Child Care, Corey Bales . We hope to see you this Sunday!

CREATION CARE TEAM "The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it." Psalm 24:1 As Christians we are called to care for all of God's creation. As United Methodists, we believe that we are not called to merely be observers. Rather, we are called to actively love and tend to all of God's creation. We are called to seek justice and liberty for all of God's creation. The Social Principals of the United Methodist Church speak to the issues in the contemporary world from a sound biblical and theological foundation. One of the United Methodist Church's Social Principals is to care for The Natural World . God has charged us to be stewards of God's creation. "Water, air, soil, minerals, energy resources, plants, animal life, and space are to be valued and conserved because they are useful to human beings". The Aldersgate Creation Care Team works towards living into the United Methodist Social Principal: The Natural World and our Aldersgate UMC Strategic Priorities of Missional Outreach and Social Justice. To help educate, disciple, and model ways to transform for the better those people and causes we seek to serve locally, nationally, and internationally. The Creation Care Team comes together every 2 months to find ways that Aldersgate can improve the way we care for God's creation. We talk about engaging this ministry in the following ways: Worship, Learning and Teaching, Lifestyle, and Community, National and Global Involvement. Our key focus areas for 2024 are energy efficiency; native trees, shrubs, and flowers; and plastic reduction policy for Aldersgate UMC. We are open to all subjects and ideas for creation care education, events, and policies. ​ Upcoming Meeting Dates Tuesday, November 26th • 1-2pm • Room 203 ​ For more information, please contact Lorrie Rezendes (lorretired@aol.com or 571-309-6001). United Methodist Creation Justice Monthly Tips The United Methodist Creation Justice Movement provides tips each month to help us respond to God's call to care for creation and do justice with our neighbors. Share these tips with your family, friends, and neighbors. CLICK HERE to see more tips and to subscribe to receive the monthly tips in your email directly from the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement. For more about the UMC Creation Justice Movement, visit to umcreationjustice.org . October 2024 Tips Scary Things—Hope & Action Life has always been filled with scary things. Since ancient times, festivals have helped humanity manage what is frightening, including death. With Christianity came All Hallows Day , also known as All Saints Day (November 1st) and All Souls Day (November 2nd), venerating the martyrs and all who have died. Preceding those was All Hallows Day Evening or Halloween , as it came to be called. The festivities provide a time to laugh in the face of fear and to take away its power. ​ Climate change and the degradation of our world are super scary. Yet as Christ followers, we trust God that death does not have the last word. We can live with hope and act with the assurance that the scary “evening” we endure now will turn into days of praise. “Our Father…Hallowed be Thy name.” As winter comes, your plants look dead; but don’t deadhead them or cut them down . Instead allow the seed heads to remain so that birds will have a source of food for the cold months. With spring the perennials will come back, providing a festival of beauty and sustenance for you and for pollinators. October is planting season for many perennials. Plug up those sneaky leaky places to stay warm, save money, and cut down emissions. Put your hand near exterior wall outlets, around window frames and doors, next to your chimney. If you feel cold air, repair, caulk, or weatherstrip. Your response can fix the troubles. Zippered plastic bags are so handy for many things—and so detrimental to the planet. For their various functions, more sustainable options exist : silicone bags, hard containers (especially glass ones with airtight seals), paper bags, waxed paper (which is biodegradable), beeswaxed fabric for covering dishes, or simply washing and reusing the bags again and again. A scary sight is plastic bags caught in trees and waving in the wind or polluting the ocean. The good news is cities and states that ban the use of the bags are seeing reduced litter and less risk to marine animals. Carry your own reusable bags. Good news! Curbing deforestation works for the planet. Reforestation takes the next step. Large scale, these actions pull carbon from the air, clean our water, and reduce dangerously high temperatures. You can contribute to those efforts worldwide or plant trees in your spaces , including the church’s property . Some organizations offer free trees. Halloween looks scary stuff in the eye and laughs at it, taking away its power. As a fun family project take away some of the scariness by creating costumes out of clothing and accessories you already own or that you can purchase inexpensively from a thrift shop or swap with friends. Trash the scary one-and-done syndrome, keep cheap costumes out of the landfill , and have a good laugh! Don’t throw away that pumpkin! Cut it into smaller pieces for deer, rabbits, mice, squirrels, and chipmunks to munch on—non-painted pumpkins only. Or harvest the seeds, dry them, and put them in a bird feeder. Or feed the microbes in your soil because you composted instead of trashing it. “Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning…You have turned my mourning into dancing…O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever” (Psalm 30:5b, 11a, 12b). Trust God, dance! Give thanks with your actions that show your love of God’s Creation.

OUR MISSION JOYOUS RISK-TAKING WELCOMING GENEROUS FAITHFUL JOYOUS We embrace fully the joy of the Lord; it pours out from us and strengthens us as we live, serve, give, worship and praise in the name of Christ. (Nehemiah 8:10) ​ RISK-TAKING We courageously step out in faith to pursue the vision that God has given us for Aldersgate and the community. (1 Corinthians 16:13-14) ​ WELCOMING We show hospitality at all times to all people and welcome them with open arms as we serve God together. (Mark 9:37) ​ GENEROUS We selflessly give our time, talents, money, and resources to bring about God’s kingdom on earth with gratitude for all God has so generously given us. (2 Corinthians 9:11) ​ FAITHFUL We are dedicated to the Great Commission to “go and make disciples” by growing our faith and our relationships as we love God and others. (Hebrews 10:23)

JOIN ALDERSGATE UMC All are welcome at Aldersgate UMC! Becoming a member of our church is a way for you to show your commitment to Aldersgate and our mission . It means that you are willing to contribute your time, talent, and treasure to the ministries of the church and that you will take an active role in taking our mission to the world: courageously living God’s unconditional love. Process for Joining Aldersgate UMC Have you been baptized? We accept all Christian baptisms so you will not have to be baptized again. If you have not been baptized, plans will be made to baptize you before you join the church. Please call the church office and make an appointment to meet with a pastor. ​ Please fill out our membership form. Click on the link below to download a membership form. Complete it and return it to the receptionist during the week or to the Welcome Desk during times of worship. If you have any questions, please email office@aldersgate.net or call (703) 765-6555. ​ Aldersgate Membership Information Form ​ Children under 12 years of age will be able to join after they complete the Confirmation Program when they are in the sixth grade. While they will not be joining at the same time, children are encouraged to go to the front of the sanctuary with parents who are joining to share in the experience and be welcomed as a family to our congregation. Learn More About Membership The pastors hold a "Meet the Pastors" gathering several times each year for those considering membership. Those who have already joined Aldersgate are encouraged to attend to learn more about our church and our mission. Be on the lookout for the next meeting on our Upcoming Events page. You may also email office@aldersgate.net for more information. ​ Please make sure to let us know which Sunday you would like to join. We prefer that people join the church during worship on the second weekend of each month, but another date can be arranged. ​ Email office@aldersgate.net or call 703-765-6555 for more information.

EQUIP MINISTRIES EQUIP EQUIP EQUIP Equipping People to be Disciples of Christ Equipping People to be Disciples of Christ Equipping People to be Disciples of Christ Ministries/Strategies that teach and develop growth and responsibility for each person’s discipleship. ​ Ministry Areas Children's Ministries Providing Christian education, service opportunities, and fun events for children through 5th Grade ​ Student Ministries We welcome and embrace all youth in 6th through 12th Grades ​ Confirmation Program Confirmation Program (6th Grade and up) ​ Adult Opportunities Small groups and classes for all adults Prayer Team Intercessory Prayer Group serving you and your loved ones quietly behind the scenes ​ Social Justice Team Helping educate, disciple, and model ways to transform for the better those people and causes we seek to serve locally, nationally, and internationally ​ Creation Care Team Finding ways to be good stewards of all of God's creation ​ To learn more about the Equip Ministries at Aldersgate UMC, please contact our Equip Team at equip@aldersgate.net .

FACILITY USE REQUEST FORM Full Calendar Upcoming Events Facility Use Request Announcement Request The Aldersgate UMC facilities are available for use by both church and community groups. The primary purpose of the Aldersgate UMC facilities is to provide a place for Christian worship, fellowship, education, and nurture which directly serve the interests of our membership, constituents, and groups that are sponsored by the church. Under certain circumstances, our facilities are made available for community service which is an essential element of outreach and provides opportunities for witness. ​ Use of church facilities is authorized when meeting the guidelines provided in the Aldersgate UMC Facilities Use Policy and is scheduled by the Church Receptionist or Church Executive Director under the direction of the Senior Pastor. For a copy of the Aldersgate UMC Facilities Policy, please contact office@aldersgate.net . Facility Use Policy You will receive a "Success!" notification if your submission has gone through. If you do not receive this notification, please review the form and ensure you have completed all required fields (marked with an asterisk (*)). NOTE: If you would like your event promoted by Aldersgate UMC, please complete the Announcement Request Form . If you have questions or require assistance, please contact us at office@aldersgate.net . Facility Use Request Form Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*) Your Information First name Last Name Email Event Information Title of Event Description Event Date This is a recurring event This is a multi-day event Event End Date Recurrence Type Regular Recurrence Non-Regular Recurrence Specify Regular Recurrence Choose an option Non-regular recurring events are those that do not meet on a standard day/date and/or do not meet in the same location each time. Non-regular recurring events or meetings must submit a separate Facility Use Request for each occurrence of the event. Example: "S'mores & Scripture" is a recurring event (meets monthly) but the meeting date and location each month will vary. 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COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN 2023 Shepherding for the Future Comprehensive Campaign 2023 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." Psalm 23:1 Rather than ask you twice within several months to give to two separate efforts, we are asking you once to support these efforts and to consider a gift for the future through a single Comprehensive Campaign for 2023. ​ The Comprehensive Campaign 2023 has three parts - Stewardship, Shepherd Hall, and Legacy Giving. More information on each is below . We ask you to consider each part carefully. We encourage you to be a shepherd for the future through your giving. Campaign Pledge Form Campaign Testimonial Videos Time & Talent Form Time & Talent Testimonial Videos Campaign Progress Campaign Supporters of 2023 Campaign Information Packet FAQs Campaign Presentation Thank you for your contribution and commitment to Aldersgate UMC! Stewardship 2023 Shepherd Hall Campaign 2023 Stewardship Campaign Operating Budget The priority or first component for giving is your support of the annual expenses - the operating budget - of the church. The operating budget is the cost of the church's programs every day of the year. The total operating budget for 2023 is projected to be $1.6 million. This will be paid through pledged commitments (62.5%), non-pledge donations (28.2%), and other revenue (9.3%). Our goal is to receive pledged commitments for a total of $1 million. Included in the operating budget are the apportionments which we pay to support the ministries of the United Methodist Church denomination. Apportionments is a method of giving that proportionally allocates the denomination-wide budget to conferences and local churches. For example, the apportionment dollars that Aldersgate gives toward Global Missions and other organizations within the United Methodist Church help those in need in Ukraine. The operating budget includes apportionments, staff salaries, church administration expenses, missions, and the cost of maintaining the church properties (main church and two parsonages). Click Here for Note on Mission Expenses You are asked each Fall to make a commitment through the "Stewardship Campaign" for the following year. You are asked to renew your current commitment to support the annual operating budget and to consider increasing your pledge by 10% for 2023. If you do not have a current commitment, please consider making one. ​ The amount you give is a personal matter. When deciding on how much to give, remember that scripture indicates that tithing is the standard and that giving one-tenth of our income to the church is the norm. Tithing is a spiritual goal for many Christians and for members of the Jewish faith, as well. Legacy Giving Anchor 1

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