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Community Christian Service Agency Christmas Baskets

Missions & Social ConcernsCCSA Christmas Baskets The Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) is collecting Christmas food baskets to be provided to families in need. This is an opportunity for families or groups at our church to provide support for a family during the Christmas season.  Information about the program can be downloaded from this link. Each food basket may be as festive as you decide, but it should be filled with non-perishable foods and a $50 gift card from Target…

Get Ready for  Book Talk!

Hello, Book Talkers! We are announcing the tentative dates of our 2024-25 meetings and actively searching for presenters from both inside and outside our church family. Please put these dates on your calendars: October 2 (featuring author Scott Mocha), November 6, December 11 (Warwick’s), January 8, February 5, March 12, April 2, and May 7. We kick off the year with a debut book from author Scott Mocha, a friend of Pastor Bob. Scott’s book, A Row with Two Chairs, is currently…

Back to School Backpacks

CCSA Backpack Program Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) is starting their annual program to provide backpacks for children in need.  Information is available at this CCSA website: https://www.ccsasandiego.org/backpack-program Backpacks are prepared for either K to 2nd grade students or 3rd to 9th grade students.  You purchase the backpack and then stock it with the supplies on the appropriate list, then drop off the backpacks at the CCSA office in Clairemont, bring them to Sunday service, or deliver them to our…

Annual Rummage Sale—8:30-2:30 Saturday, March 9

Here is the Rummage Donation Information you have requested! Annual Rummage Sale—8:30-2:30 Saturday, March 9Come join the camaraderie during this special community event! Wanted:  volunteers to set up Mon. 3/4-Fri. 3/8; on Saturday 3/9 to cashier from 8:30-2:30 and to pack up from 2:30-5.  Please contact Sandy:   sreloc@juno.com Donations will be accepted starting 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, through noon Thursday, March 7. Donations needed starting Sunday, March 3 and throughout the week:  Clothes, Linens, Plants, Housewares, Jewelry, Furniture,…

Book Talk Wednesday, February 7 at 2pm

Book Talk presents its next (and newest) speaker, Mark Drozda, on Wednesday, February 7, at 2pm, in the Fireside Library.   Mark will be presenting the book Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. This book is a fascinating combination of seafaring adventure and California history. In Mark’s own words: “Even thought I’ve been sailing in Southern California for 40 years and once toured Dana’s replica ship The Pilgrim at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point (when the ship was still…

Women’s Bible Study

Our newest women’s Bible Study is about to begin!  7-week study for Lent called “When You Pray.”  Prayer is simply talking with God. But oddly, many of us are not very good at it, or very comfortable doing it. We find it difficult to pray regularly, or we feel like our prayers lack passion and power. This special study looks at six prayers in the Bible, and teaches us how to use them as models in our prayers of petition,…

The Colors of Christmas—A Christmas Concert

The La Jolla United Methodist Church Chancel and Dorian Bell Choirs proudlypresent their annual Christmas Concert Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM in the sanctuary. This year’s theme is The Colors of Christmas. The presentation of familiar carols and inspirational anthems will take you on a journey of color and sound. Composers John Rutter, Craig Courtney and Mark Hayes contribute to telling the miraculous birth of the Christ Child. Chamber orchestra and soloists will complement the performance. The concert is open…

Katherine Parker Biography

Katherine ParkerUMC Global Missionary to Nepal Katherine is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of TheUnited Methodist Church serving as a Health and Community TransformationAdvisor with the United Mission to Nepal (UMN). The UMN has been supportedby the Methodist Church since its founding 65 years ago. Native to California, Katherine comes from a family with deep roots in UnitedMethodism on the West Coast. Two grandfathers, a great-grandfather, an aunt,and several cousins have served as United Methodist clergy.…

Rummage Reimagined

Dear Friends, Margie and I have had a number of people ask about the status of the rummage sale. This annual event of 60+ years is indeed going to happen. However, we need your help to make it happen. The “Rummage Reimagined” Sale of 2024 will be on Saturday, March 9, 2024. This is a gigantic experiment for us. Instead of the normal, year-round preparation, we will be accepting rummage and setting up only the week before. (More details about…

Katherine Parker Visit

MISSIONS & SOCIAL CONCERNSKatherine Parker VisitSupport for Mission to Nepal Missionary Katherine Parker returned to our church last Sunday and presented her sermon: Healing & Joy on Our Journey with God. We learned how the community transformation brought by the United Mission to Nepal has led to improvements in education, health, good governance and sustainable livelihoods. Katherine’s work in Nepal over more than a decade has been especially important for Nepali women and girls, but Nepali men have also benefited from the…
MISSIONS & SOCIAL CONCERNS UPDATESchool Supplies for Migrant Children “Backpack Train” Sunday, October 1st Responding to a request from the Peace with Justice Task Force of the California Pacific Conference, Pastor Tara applied for and was granted an UMCOR Grant in the amount of $2,000 to provide school supplies to children and youth seeking asylum or refugee status at the border. A member of our congregation matched that dollar amount so we ended with $4,000 for this project. The supplies…