August 15, 2012

Vol. 29, Issue 17

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Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors

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BISHOP MINERVA CARCAÑO

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CEDRICK BRIDGEFORTH

REV. STEVE PETTY

KATIE KEVORKIAN, DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH MINISTRIES

Upcoming Events for Fall at NUMC

AWARD-WINNING GOSPEL CHOIR

COMING TO NUMC!

Saturday, September 15

at 7:30 PM

The Friends of Music Committee of the

Northridge United Methodist Church proud-

ly announces securing a concert date from

the Lincoln Avenue Christ’s Temple

(LACT) Sanctuary Choir from Pasadena,

CA, winner of the prestigious Verizon “How

Sweet the Sound” nationwide search for the

best in gospel choirs! Filling our sanctuary

with the power of sound and devotion,

LACT will ensure an unforgettable evening

of traditional gospel (both accompanied and

a cappella) with a dose of praise gospel. This

choir and their leaders have performed in

venues nationally, and their devotion to God

and Christ is evident as you watch every

member of the group sing from the depths of

his / her soul. A contingent from the FoM

committee recently attended a service in

LACT’s home church in Pasadena, where we

were welcomed warmly by the entire congre-

gation, their pastor, and the members of this

remarkable choir.

LACT Sanctuary Choir will be the prelude to the full Friends of Music 2012/2013

season.

Continued on Page 6

Welcome Home to Homecoming Sunday

Summer is coming to a close, and the children will be returning to

school, but the good news is that our extended NUMC family is

heading home from their vacation travels, and we can't wait to see

you all again! We are ready to celebrate you home!

NUMC's Annual Homecoming Sunday is September 9. There will

be a single worship service on that day beginning at 10:30 AM. Fol-

lowing the service, a BBQ picnic will take place on the patio. Home-

coming Sunday has always been a great tradition of good food,

friends, and fun. You won't want to miss it.

This year, our wonderful Soul Food Café team is planning a deli-

cious BBQ of hamburgers or gardenburgers with all the fixings, corn

on the cob, watermelon, and chips. Plus, there will be an ice cream

dessert treat. Tickets are $5 per person.

Rally Sundays Reminder

Think you know everything that's going on at NUMC? Find out at

the Rally Sundays what you've been missing. Each Rally Sunday

will be dedicated to a ministry or fellowship area of our congrega-

tion. During coffee hour, enjoy refreshments hosted by the ministry

and fellowship areas while you tour the displays and learn all that

these busy teams are doing. Discover new fulfilling or fun ways that

you can become involved in the life of the church. If you are a team

leader, remember to begin planning your group's participation in a

Rally Sunday now.

Education, August 26: Christian Education, Children's Ministries, Family Ministries

Celebration, September 2: Worship and Music

Outreach, September 16: Youth Missions, Missions, Church and Society, Senior Ministries, and Lay Ministry

Fellowship, September 23: Youth Ministries, Bridge, Cracker Barrel, New You, Bowling, Hiking, Primetimers, and more

More about Rally Sundays on Page 4

The Preacher’s Part

Upcoming Sermons

Sermon Series Continues:

“Thank God, I’m a Methodist!”, Part II

August 19

“Grace before Grace” –– 1 John: 4:19

August 26

“Joyful Singing” –– Psalm 100: 1-2

New Sermon Series

“Unless The Lord Builds The House”

September 2

“Why Do We Work?” –– Psalm 127: 1

September 9

“The Homecoming” –– Genesis 45: 1-15

September 16

“The Kitchen Table” –– Luke 2: 41-52

September 23

“The Other Coat” –– Luke 3: 1-14

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There is some confusion in the church about “Mission

Areas” and “Missionaries”.

Who are the Missionaries in Sepulveda? What are the

missionaries doing in Mexico? And what does all this have

to do with Rev. Petty in the San Fernando Valley?

I am sorry for the confusion. Let me tell you a story

and maybe you will understand what I am hoping to do.

Once upon a time I was that pastor in a small rural

church that had so few people in it that the Annual Confer-

ence paid half of the salary for them to pay a pastor. Near-

by there were two Methodist Camps. So, the District asked

me to chair the camping program. We had three camping

programs at the time, Elementary, Jr. High and High

School, each program was less than full, and we had diffi-

culty with recruiting kids to the camps initially.

Meanwhile, down in the city there was a big Methodist

Church that had thousands of members. This church had

hundreds of children and youth in their fabulous program.

They also owned their own campground. Each summer

while I was trying to offer a quality camp program to the 50

other churches in the District, this big church would not par-

ticipate.

I went to them and asked them to publicize the District

Camps, and they responded that they couldn’t because it

would take away from their youth attending their camp.

I asked if we could come join them at their fabulous camp.

I was told we could not do that either because this camp was

only for the wonderful children of the big city church.

Eventually, we filled up the District Camps and even

added more programs, eventually doubling the attendance at

summer camps. But the big city church never cooperated or

participated. They were aloof, unconcerned, and unwilling

to share.

My next appointment was to a church in an urban area.

Since I had shown success with camping, the new District

asked me to lead Camps there because there were no camp-

ing programs of any kind for the District churches — except

there was another big wealthy church with hundreds of chil-

dren and youth in their fabulous program, and they also

owned and operated their own camps for just their people

and no one else. Again, I went to the big church and im-

plored them to share their camps or their youth with the

poor struggling churches of the rest of the District and

again, for the same reasons, they refused.

This kind of shortsighted, self-centered, uncooperative

attitude has contributed to the decline of our denomination.

But it still lives on.

Now, I find myself the pastor of one of the last moder-

ately successful Methodist Churches in its region. Of the 80

plus churches in the newly formed North District, we are

one of the biggest, strongest and best-organized churches.

We are surrounded by other churches that are struggling.

Many have only a few children and youth. They have won-

derful history, loving members, caring ministers, and beau-

tiful buildings, but they are still struggling to make ends

meet and they are having difficulty attracting new people to

come join them.

One year ago the Annual Conference decided to team

up churches that shared a common community into Mission

Areas. In the San Fernando Valley there were no less than

four such areas. We were placed in “Mission Area 8” along

with several other nearby churches: Chatsworth West,

Valley Central, Valley Korean, Knollwood, Sun Valley, San

Fernando, and Pacoima.

I was asked to lead this Mission Area, to build coopera-

tion among the churches, to accomplish some common min-

istry, and to strengthen all of the churches in the Area.

Eventually, we also incorporated Mission Area 9, and some

of 10, adding Canoga Park, Reseda, St. Paul’s Tarzana, Van

Nuys, Woodland Hills First and Korean, North Hollywood

and Sherman Oaks.

I will not be that pastor of the big church that refuses to

help the others. I have accepted the challenge, and I invite

you to join me, in building up the whole of the United

Methodist presence in this Valley, so that we see ourselves

as United Methodists in multiple sites accomplishing a com-

mon ministry for Jesus Christ.

Love,

A

Our condolences and prayers for Judy Scott and family on the death of her husband David. A Memorial Service and Reception was held on August 11.

Our condolences and prayers for Fred Rohde and family on the death of his mother Helen Rohde.

Prayers of healing for:

Pearl Adams; Freeman Crutchfield; Ramona

Crutchfield; DeWayne Johnson; Tony Mayhall;

Robert Pavlik; Catharine Phillips; Ruth

Scheppers; Marvin Shapel.

Prayers for all those undergoing treatment and those

in pain.

Prayers of safety for all our Service Personnel

serving at home and abroad.

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Sundays at 8 AM in the Kendall Building

DVD Study: From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity, by Professor Bart D. Ehrman, M. Div, Ph. D.

Wednesdays at 6:30 AM in the Library

This Bible Study sets aside time each week to read and reflect, using The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guides.

Thursdays at 10 AM in the Library Led by Rev. Petty

On Break until September 6, Beginning Study of Luke

Thursday Evening Fellowship and Bible Study

Singles, couples, teens — All are welcome 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, Rooms 5/6

Dinner Fellowship at 7 PM Followed by Bible Study at 8 PM

Join an NUMC Bible Study

Dear Northridge UMC Family,

Please forgive the lateness of my deepest thanks for all

of your kindness, help, and support to Martha and me in

every shape and form during our time together as short as

it was. Everything you did made a difference to and for

us, and it will always be appreciated greatly. It meant a lot

to Martha, and continues to mean so much to me, that no

words, pictures, anything else could do justice to the depth

and immensity of my gratitude. You enriched our lives

and continue to enrich mine. Thank you very much!

Love, Bill P. Williamson

Greetings / Thank You from Kirk Garner:

Things are pretty good here in France. The town is

wonderful, with many very old buildings, and even 2000-

year-old Roman ruins. The food is wonderful too, although

more expensive than back home. I never like eclairs at

home, but here they're absolutely heavenly!

The dorms are two and a half miles from the conservato-

ry where all of our classes and rehearsals are, so I'm get-

ting plenty of exercise, walking a minimum of five miles

every day. It's quite a hassle to make sure to bring every-

thing I will need for the whole day each time. The dorms

themselves are woefully sparse as well, without basics

such as soap and bath mats. Though for the price, it is still

a bargain.

We get two coachings, two voice lessons, three French

classes, and three dance classes each week, and the rest of

our time is spent in rehearsals for the Tales of Hoffmann,

and practicing on our own. I have A LOT of work to do

learning Hoffmann and my other music, so I don't have

much free time for sightseeing or socializing. That's ok

though, because the music is the main reason I'm here.

We're having art song recitals this weekend, and then next

weekend I'll be singing an aria at a 1000-year-old castle!

On Sunday some of the other singers performed at a cha-

teau on a golf course. (The golf courses here do not have

to be watered to stay green.) They served simple

but delicious food and fantastic, very expensive tasting

wine.

Overall, I'm enjoying my time here, and learning some

great things about singing opera, and how to properly learn

a role.

I hope everything is wonderful back in Northridge. I

send my love to the choir, and my special thanks and grati-

tude to all of the generous people who contributed to my

recital and to my being able to come here and participate

in this amazing experience!

Kirk

Interim Choir Director Announced

The SPRC is pleased to announce that Elmer Heerema

has agreed to lead the chancel choir this fall. The

appointment of an interim director allows the Choir

Director Search Committee several months to conduct

interviews, rehearsals and make a selection so that a new

director might begin in January 2013. Dr. Heerema

directed the choir in the 2010-2011 season.

Chancel Choir rehearsals will begin on Thursday,

September 6, and the choir will perform in worship on

September 16.

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Children, Youth, Young Adult and Family News

Young Adult Fall Study Nights!

Are you going to college in the Valley? CSUN? Pierce? Come to the YAC every Thursday night at 7 PM during the fall semester for a place to study! Bring your friends and your study groups. There's free WiFi, free parking, and free food!

Donations, Please! Food for College Kids Let's support our college community!

NUMC Young Adult Ministry and Connecting Point are teaming up to provide college students in our community with an ongoing food bank. This food bank will help to supply food for young adults at events such as study nights, movie nights, and other fellowship time.

Any donations of nonperishable/microwavable foods (and drinks!) would be greatly appreciated. A donation box will be present in the Narthex on Sunday mornings and in the office during the week.

More about Rally Sundays Continued from Page 1

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION RALLY DAY IS ON THE WAY!

Sunday School Open House will be

held on Sunday, August 26, at 10 AM,

in Rooms 3, 4 and 5-6. Refreshments

will be served.

See our new Sunday School curricu-

lum, Grow, Proclaim, Serve! in action.

Learn about Children's Missions, VBS,

and upcoming children's programming.

CELEBRATION MINISTRIES RALLY DAY

Fall is rapidly approaching, and in spite of the torrid current weather,

we are turning our thoughts toward “Homecoming”. Celebration Min-

istries will lead Rally Sunday over Labor Day Weekend, on Sunday,

September 2. Featured will be representatives from The Chancel

Choir, Celebration Ringers, The Usher Team, The Communion Team,

The Greeter Team, Liturgists, Jazz Vespers, The Cherub and Youth

Choirs — all with interesting displays (and, oh yes, FOOD is involved)

plus information about how you can be personally active in supporting

the worship services at NUMC.

Celebration Ministries touches a bit of everything that happens with-

in our weekly church services, both the traditional service at 9 AM,

and the 11 AM service with our own Solid Rock Band, as well as spe-

cial holiday celebrations. Our primary function is to support our pastor

and enhance the worship service for each person in attendance. Eve-

ry team would welcome inquiries, but most of all, team leaders will

welcome newcomers who wish to serve NUMC in this most important

ministry. Appropriate training session calendars will be available to

assist you in planning your time to answer the call of service. When

we become Northridge United Methodists, we pledge to support

NUMC with our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our

witness. Perhaps this team of dedicated leaders can assist you with the

service part of your promise.

Peggy Walters, Team Leader, Celebration Ministries

Welcome Back Youth Missions!

N U M C

youth partici-

pated in Sierra Service Project

missions to Fort Hall, ID and

Coarsegold, CA. We were hap-

py to include Grayson Mosley

in the Jr.

High mis-

sion trip.

This was

Grayson's

first experi-

ence at

SSP, and he was thrilled to be a part of it.

The youth par-

ticipants and chap-

erones would like

to thank the

church community

for their support.

Without our gener-

ous donors, we

would not be able to par-

ticipate in these excel-

lent youth missions.

Find out more about

SSP and Youth

Missions on Sep-

tember 16 during

Mission Outreach

Rally Day.

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Each year, people around the world come together on the third Saturday in September to clean local beaches,

parks, schools, river banks and neighborhoods. It’s the larg-est volunteer day on the planet, and we hope you’ll be there for the next Coastal Cleanup Day. In partnership with the California Coastal Commission, Heal the Bay oversees 60+ cleanup sites throughout LA County. Since 1990, Heal the Bay has mobilized an army of volunteers for Coastal Clean-up Day to canvas beaches, parks, creeks, lakes, highways and alleys to remove ocean-bound trash and beautify neigh-borhoods.

No special training or equipment is necessary. But in a bid to reduce waste even further, Heal the Bay encourages vol-unteers to bring their own buckets, reusable bags and gloves to pick up trash. Individuals, families, businesses, schools, faith-based organizations and sports teams are all encouraged to participate.

Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers around the world have collected more than 166 million pieces of debris over the past 27 years, including close to 52.9 million cigarette butts, 14.8 million food wrappers and containers and 13.5 million caps and lids. In Los Angeles County, Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers have collected more than 1 million pounds of trash since 1990’s inaugural event, roughly the weight of a fully loaded Boeing 747 jumbo jet.

In addition to picking up debris, volunteers learn first-hand the importance of keeping trash out of waterways and im-prove their own community environments, thus protecting what they love, be it their local beach, park, avenue or creek.

We will have more information in the next issue of The Methodist.

We will meet to carpool at the church parking lot at 8:30 AM.

Church and Society will Screen Oceans

August 27th at 7 PM

in the Kendall Building

During VBS' Operation Overboard, our children learned many lessons about taking care of our world's oceans as part of God's creation.

Disney's Oceans is an ecological drama/documentary filmed throughout the globe. Part thrill-er, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world, this movie explores Earth's five oceans and took over four years to film. It reflects the need to respect nature and demonstrates the negative aspects of human activity on animals. It is narrated by Pierce Brosnan. It is rated G and has a running time of 84 minutes.

Methodists Scheduled to Take Part In Coastal Clean-up Day Saturday, September 15, from 9 AM until noon

Jazz Vespers Presents… Lanny Hartley, piano; Charles Owens, woodwinds; Nedra Wheeler, bass; and Yvette Freeman, vocals.

Sunday, September 9 at 6 PM in the Sanctuary

They will perform selections from Duke Ellington's three Sacred Concerts which he created over the last ten years of his life.

As a child, Ellington received encouragement from his mother, Daisy, and his father, James. Both parents were themselves highly musical, and young Duke must have recognized that music was a language shared across denominational differences whether at his mother’s Baptist services or his father’s A.M.E. Zion congregation. As Ellington writes in Music Is My Mistress, the memoir he pub-lished the year before his death in 1974, everyone prays in his / her own language, and there is no language that God does not under-stand. The languages that he weaves throughout these concerts re-mind us just how beyond category the musically polyglot Ellington was (to borrow his trademark phrase for true excellence). They en-tail a kind of retrospective of styles that Ellington had absorbed through his career: not only the lush harmonies and dancehall swing of his big-band sound, but unbuttoned jazz improvisation, the struc-ture and grit of the blues, introspective piano solos, uplifting gospel music and spirituals, and jubilant choral layerings.

Ellington referred to himself in these works as God’s messenger. Janna Tull Steed remarks that the message consisted of his own be-liefs about God, which were rooted in Christian doctrine but idiosyn-cratically selected and interpreted. Indeed, far from being dogmatic, Ellington’s message is emphatically universal both in its acknowl-edgment of human weakness (Father Forgive) and in its joyous pae-an to creation (Praise God and Dance). For Ellington, the Sacred Concerts became a form of worship. The music speaks — whether through a singer, a piano, a solo saxophone, or a set of drums — of tremendously personal things, wrote the late Alan Rich. “As such it is never removed from the purest meaning of prayer.” Thomas May, writer about the arts, and program annotator for the LA Master Chorale.

Citrus Sunday is September 16

Do you have fruit trees at home and would like to give away some of that fruit? Church and Society has the answer. Why not donate it to needy families in the Valley? Bring fruit (homegrown or even store-bought -- it does not need to be washed) in plastic bags on Sunday, September 16th, and place it in the large round containers that will be in the Nar-thex. This Citrus Sunday fruit drive is sponsored by the Valley Interfaith Council (VIC), a coalition of people of faith actively supporting the community through various programs. You can also bring fruit to the office during the week before or after (September 10 through September 23), and we will make sure it gets donated to the fruit drive or to North Valley Car-ing Services. To learn more, contact Teresa Priem.

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Members Exchange Thoughts The Book Club will meet on Monday,

August 27, at 7 PM, at the home of

Barbara Clark. We will discuss Astrid and Veronika by

Linda Olsson. Please call the church office if you

would like to join us. The selection for September will

be The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach.

All-Church Hike Saturday, September 1 at

Cheeseboro Canyon, a

popular trail along an oak-

studded canyon floor to

Sulphur Spring. 5 miles

round trip, picnic table rest stop in the shade, fairly

level, dogs welcome. Carpool from the church park-

ing lot at 8:30 AM.

For fellowship & fine dining

Wednesday, September 5 @ 6 PM. in Fellowship Hall

Free-will Offering Suggested donation - $6

Great Food, Great Fellowship Sign up after church or call the church office.

September 5

Soul Food

Café

“Eat Out Monday” at Souplantation

19801 Rinaldi Street

Monday, September 10, from 5 to 8 PM

Take the family to dinner and 15% of your purchase will

be returned to our Family Ministries program.

Save the Date & Save Your Stuff Annual NUMC Yard Sale

Friday and Saturday, September 21-22

Dessert Bridge

Saturday, September 8 at 6 PM

at Virginia Jackson’s Home

Sign up at Coffee Hour or in the Church Office.

The following excellent artists and groups have also been booked for concert dates: John West, organ, November 30, 2012. Mr. West has enjoyed a career that has taken him worldwide from Russia to Puerto Rico, and is also renowned as a vocalist and com-poser. Concert halls, television studios and movie stages are all familiar venues to him, as well. He will help us welcome the Spirit of Advent with special seasonal music. Arpa y Aulos, Salpy Kerkonian (flute) and Andrea Puente (harp), will be joined by special guest Yalil Guerra on gui-tar, January 18, 2013. Designed as musical journeys through time, the programs of Arpa y Aulos encompass mu-sic from the Renaissance to the present day.

SOS, The Sisters of Swing, vocal, March 16, 2013. This trio (Stephanie Krystad, Terese Parente and Ember Vaughn) performs vocal gems from the swing era, adding lush bal-lads, jazz standards, rhythm and blues and musical comedy to their performance.

Trio da Mare e Sole, Julia Heinen (clarinet), Ruslan Biryukov (cello), and Dmitry Rachmanov (piano), April 26,

2013. Three of the finest artists on their instruments, this trio has enchanted audiences worldwide with some of the most beautiful music composed for the combination of piano, cello and clarinet.

Lyra, Russian Vocal Group, May 17, 2013 (tentative). Through their performances, they introduce the enormous musical heritage of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as traditions of Russian folk music to all people. This ensemble performs extensively in Europe and Asia, and FoM is fortu-nate enough to have them join us during their American tour.

The 2012/2013 Friends of Music Season is broad in scope

and variety and offers our season ticket holders and patrons

an extraordinary opportunity to enjoy the magnificent talent

and artistry of our contracted performers.

AWARD-WINNING GOSPEL CHOIR COMING TO NUMC! Continued from Page 1

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Regularly Scheduled Meetings

Tuesdays:

Cracker Barrel 10:00 AM Library Sr. Exercise Class 10:45 AM Fellowship Hall Worship Band Rehearsal 7:30 PM Sanctuary

Wednesdays:

Devotional Group 6:30 AM Library Maintenance Volunteers 8:30 AM Church Office WORMS 9:30 AM Kendall Building

Thursdays:

Rev. Steve’s Bible Study 10:00 AM Library On summer break until September 6

Chancel Choir 7:30 PM Sanctuary Resumes September 6

Bible Study 2nd & 4th Thursdays Singles, couples, teens 7-10 PM Room 5/6

Young Adult Study Night 7-11 PM YAC

Beginning August 30

Fridays:

Cracker Barrel 10:00 AM Library T’ai Chi Class 10:00 AM Fellowship Hall

Sundays:

Adult Study 8:00 AM Library Sunday School & Nursery 9:00 AM Library Youth Choir 10-11 AM Fireside Room

On summer break

Cherub Choir 10:15 AM Room 5/6 On summer break

Sunday School & Nursery 11:00 AM Ed. Bldg. Preschool to Kindergarten in Nursery Grades 1 to 5 in Room 5/6 Youth (Grades 6-12) in Room 4

MYF 11:15 AM-1 PM YAC

Worship Services @ 9 & 11 AM Exception:

One Service at 10:30 AM on September 9

Childcare available at all services.

United Methodist Women

Contact Person

UMW Pat Small

Prayer Chain Dorine Collins

Hearts & Hands Betty Kinzy

WEEKLY:

Mondays at 9 AM Arts & Crafts Phyllis Nelson

August 2012 ACTIVITIES

On summer break Executive Board Kendall Building

On summer break Noon Fellowship Dorine Collins

28 Tuesday at 10 AM Bluejays Bridge Pearl Adams

Ongoing Community Groups

Sundays: Narcotics Anonymous at 7 PM in Fireside Room Mondays: AA (Women) at 6 PM in Fireside Room Tuesdays: Alanon at 10 AM & AA Book Study at 8 PM in Fireside Room Thursdays: AA at 7 PM in Fireside Room Fridays: Alanon at 12:30 PM in Fireside Room Boy Scouts - Troop 911: Tuesdays at 7 PM in Fellowship Hall Call John Orlick at 818-886-6229 Cub Scouts - Call Gary Kuykendall at 818-426-8195 Girl Scouts - Call Tandy Wilson at 818-886-9376

All age levels, various days.

Newsletter Articles Are Due Articles for the next newsletter, dated August 29, 2012, should be submitted before 4 PM, Tuesday, August 21. Please send pictures, articles and/or information to:

announcements@northridgeumc.org.

Remaining August Events

August 18… Saturday Morning Breakfast @ 8 AM in Fellowship Hall

August 20… Caring Ministries Meeting

@ 11:30 AM in the Kendall Building

Lay Ministry Advisory Board Meeting @ 12:30 PM in the Library

Mission Meeting @ 7 PM in the Kendall Building

Church and Society Meeting @ 7 PM in Room 4

August 26… Christian Ed., Children and Family Ministries Rally Day

August 27… Book Club @ 7 PM at the home of Barbara Clark

Methodist Money Makers @ 7 PM in the Library

Church and Society Movie @ 7 PM in the Kendall Building

August 28… Trustees Meeting @ 7 PM in the Library

Early September Events September 1… All-Church Hike to Cheeseboro Canyon

Carpool from the church parking lot at 8:30 AM

September 2… Celebration Ministry Rally Day

September 3… Labor Day. Office Closed

Valley Interfaith Council Annual Labor Day BBQ and Speaker @ 3 PM on the Patio and in Fellowship Hall

September 5… Soul Food Café @ 6 PM in Fellowship Hall

SPRC Meeting @ 7 PM in the Library

September 8… Dessert Bridge @ 6 PM at Virginia Jackson’s Home

September 9… Homecoming Sunday

One Worship Service at 10:30 AM Followed by a Barbecue on the Patio

Jazz Vespers @ 6 PM in the Sanctuary

September 10… Eat Out Monday @ Souplantation, from 5 to 8 PM Church and Society Meeting @ 7 PM in the Kendall Building

September 15… Saturday Morning Breakfast @ 8 AM in Fellowship Hall

Beach Clean-Up, from 9 AM to Noon Meet in the Church Parking Lot at 8:30 AM to Carpool

Friends of Music Concert @ 7:30 PM in the Sanctuary

September 16… Outreach Rally Day

September 17… Caring Ministries @ 11:30 AM in the Kendall Building