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Unity Build with Habitat for Humanity
La Jolla UMC has an opportunity to serve. San Diego Habitat for Humanity is building six homes in National City. A Unity Build event will be held from February 4th through February 6th to help complete this project. There will be more information provided later this month. Volunteers do not need to have any special skills or prior experience, and your commitment could just be for one of the days. You can find some information on this webpage: https://www.sandiegohabitat.org/get-involved/events/unity-build/ There…
How Your Pledge Supports Missions
As we are pledging to contribute to church funds, I thought that the congregation would like to know which organizations are supported by the church through the activities of the Missions & Social Concerns Committee. Our committee is a relatively small part of the church budget, but we provide funds for several important community groups as well as some missionary programs. Our social concerns are focused primarily on our local community where contributions can have a significant and immediate effect. …
All Saints Day
On Sunday November 7th we will spend time in worship to memorialize those dear ones who have died since All Saints Day one year ago. Please contact the church office and let us know the names of all those you would like to lift in worship that day.
Book Talk
Book Talk has successfully re-launched! Thirteen enthusiastic readers gathered in Fellowship Hall on October 6 to hear veteran presenter Mary Jane Lincoln talk about the entertaining book Running With Sherman, by Christopher McDougall. Next meeting: November 3, with Cindy Rushing commenting on the book Any Human Heart, by William Boyd. Cindy will also be recommending favorite titles from her own new book group. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Book Group will now begin meeting at a new start time: 2:00pm, which is a…
Interfaith Shelter Network – 2021 Update
The Interfaith Shelter Network is continuing to serve the people experiencing homelessness even though churches are not hosting the shelters during the pandemic. The guests are being housed in motels, and meals are being delivered. It’s really not the same personal connection that we obtain when we host the guests in Memorial Hall and share wonderfully cooked meals with them. However, they have been provided with a safe and warm place to sleep during cold and rainy nights; and the social service support…
Migrant Children in San Diego
Almost 1500 children who arrived unaccompanied in the United States are now housed at the San Diego Convention Center. Initially there were more than 900 teenage girls, but now some younger boys and girls with ages of 5 to 12 are sheltered there with siblings being kept together. The goal of the convention center efforts is to find temporary homes for the children with family or sponsors, and then additional children will be brought to San Diego. The operation of…
Reading the Bible Again
Starting in January, 2021, we will begin a new Worship series that takes us back to basics. If we can affirm that our sacred texts, our Bible, contains the stories and knowledge we require to build a relationship with God; perhaps we can also affirm that deeply thoughtful and spiritual study is required in order to discover God in its pages. Guided by the book Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally,…
