June 2018 Volume 29, No. 2 nationalchurch.org
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THE GRATITUDE ISSUE NUMC Welcomes Rev. Frances Stewart ____________________________
June 24, 2018 Retirement Recognition for Rev. Drema McAllister-Wilson “Letting Go: A Matter of New Beginnings” Single Service at 10:00 AM Rev. Drema McAllister-Wilson Metropolitan Memorial campus With Coffee Hour at 10:00 AM Service at 11:00 AM Rev. Dr. Mary Ellen Huzzard Wesley campus Followed by “More Than Coffee Hour” afterwards
Favorite Stories of the Bible*
July 1 – September 2, 2018 Sunday, July 1
Dry Bones
Rev. Janet Craswell Sunday, July 8
A Wedding at Cana
Rev. Michael Chamberlain Sunday, July 15
Dinner with Friends Rev. Michael Chamberlain Sunday, July 22
Christmas in July
Rev. Michael Chamberlain Sunday, July 29
Desperate Housewife Patrick Landau
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On Sunday, May 6, it was announced that Reverend Frances Waldren Stewart would be NUMC’s incoming Director of Congregational Care. Rev. Stewart will begin her service at NUMC in July. Rev. Stewart is a native of Covington, Virginia, who grew up in the Baptist Church, but became a United Methodist when she joined Goshen UMC in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in 1983. She received the call to ministry while serving in leadership at Goshen. Rev. Stewart is a 2008 graduate of the Local Pastor Course of Study School at Wesley Theological Seminary. She was elected as an Associate Member of the Baltimore-Washington Conference in 2010. Rev. Stewart was first appointed to serve as a part-time local pastor at Elijah UMC in Poolesville, Maryland. She served as pastor of Friendship United Methodist Church in the Damascus-Friendship Charge in Damascus, Maryland, for 14 years. From 2000 to 2006, she was the fulltime Youth and Family Ministries Pastor at Damascus UMC, while maintaining her lead pastoral responsibilities to Friendship Church. Rev. Stewart was appointed to serve as full-time pastor to Metropolitan UMC in Severn, Maryland, in July, 2011. She led the congregation in developing a new vision and mission focus, and has done training on spiritual gifts, caring for inactive members, and new member classes. Rev. Stewart has organized and directed many retreats for youth and for women. Reverend Stewart has served on several Volunteers in Mission (VIM) teams to support communities in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, New Orleans (after Hurricane Katrina), and South Africa. She is a Stephen Ministry Leader and serves on the Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) for the Baltimore-Washington Conference. She has also received training in bereavement support through Montgomery Hospice. Rev. Stewart is single, and the mother of four children and seven grandchildren. She enjoys traveling, going to the beach, taking nature walks, and playing Scrabble® and Words with Friends®. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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