eNEWS - September 28, 2020 |
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In-person World-wide Communion Celebration Weekend - October 3 and 4
The services will be brief and focus on the sacrament and prayer. Attendance is restricted to 30 people, RSVP is mandatory, and safety measures will be taken. All services will take place OUTDOORS on the Linder Patio.
World Communion celebrates the love of Christ at the Lord’s Table when people all over the world come in unity, peace and hope. It is a considerable honor to mindfully break bread and drink from the Lord’s cup with our brothers and sisters across the planet. How good it is to share together in this way! We are so excited about this that we are making a weekend of it, and we are making it the first in-person, small group, outdoor gathering under careful guidelines. We invite you to sign up for one of the time slots listed below.
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If you have registered for any of these events, you should have received an AUTOMATIC RESPONSE from Realm immediately. If you did not, please contact the front desk (619-297-4366) so we can help get you registered. |
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The services will take place OUTDOORS on the Linder Patio |
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Love Feast
Sunday, Oct. 4 | 6:30-7:30 PM | via Zoom
For those who are uncomfortable coming to an in-person gathering, we invite you to celebrate this special day by joining your pastors as we host a Love Feast via Zoom. We will focus on the blessings of Christ through table fellowship. In recognition of the world-wide nature of this day, we encourage you to participate and share from your own cultural tradition. If Naan and Lassis are the staples in your house or if cornbread and sweet tea grace your table, make that be your Love Feast meal. Dress in clothes from your ancestral or beloved culture, and as we share, we will learn more about one another. Let’s celebrate our world and God’s love; in the clothes we wear, in the food we prepare and in a Spirit of Unity. May the Holy Spirit weave us together and wrap us up, in our beautiful diversity, and in God’s love.
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We Need Your Help!
World Communion Weekend | Oct. 3 and 4
We currently need a number of volunteers to join church staff in assuring a safe meeting environment during each of communion services on the Mission Valley.
These volunteers will be in place to maintain safe distancing in the parking lot, register attendance and ask health questions, monitor restroom capacity, and usher during each service. All services will take place outdoors each will be 45 minutes long and limited to 30 people. Personal safety remains a top priority and participants must adhere to specific health regulations. "A Return to Church Plan" for the two campuses has been approved by the District Superintendent and is guiding this and other small group meetings and, eventually, indoor worship.
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ZOOM WITH US
September 28 - October 7
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New Grief Support Group
Sundays, Oct. 4 - Dec. 13
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | RSVP by Oct. 2, 2020
Experiencing a loss during this pandemic makes grief so much more complicated. Please join FUMC’s Pastor Tamara and New Life Counseling Center Director, Sheilah Cameron, LMFT, as they facilitate a virtual Grief Support Group to help you walk through this difficult time. The group will be reading the book, “Understanding Your Grief” by Alan Wolfet PhD. It is suggested that you purchase the book prior to the first meeting.
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Midday Gathering : Photographing the Spirits of Birds via Zoom
Wednesday, October 7
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Join professional Wildlife and Nature Photograper Krisztina Scheeff when she shares the stories of her favorite birds, such as the sweet Atlantic Puffins in Scotland and the explosive flight of the Sandhill Cranes in Bosque del Apache.
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Pastor's Bible Study: Led by Pastor Hannah Ka
"Respectful Grace and Graceful Respect"
Wednesdays through October 7
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Rev. Hannah focuses on ecclesiology as she leads us in a Bible study on the value of each person in God’s kin-dom on earth, our relationships within the faith community, communal transformation and spirituality and the mission of the Church.
Here are the upcoming lessons:
9/30 - Spirituality: communal transformation
Acts 10:19-36; John 15:7-17
10/7 - Mission of the Church: new direction for our work in our communities
John 21:1-19
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Prayers of the People
Wednesdays, 9:30 AM
Ongoing
Join us as we pray for one another and shared prayer requests.
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Conversations
Wednesdays, 7 PM
Ongoing
"24 and Me:
A Divine DNA search
for relatives in the Bible"
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Koinonia
Fridays, 8 AM
Ongoing
A devotional is led by group members. All are welcome.
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Heart of Christianity
Sundays, 10:30 AM
Ongoing
"Ecology, ethics, and interdependence: The Dalai Lama in conversation with leading thinkers on Climate Change.”
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Build an Adirondack Chair Project
Oct. 1-31, 2020 | Cost: $69 /chair
In partnership with Habitat for Humanity, volunteers from First United Methodist Church have spent hundreds of hours building homes and interacting the community in order to give low-income families the security and comfort that comes with homeownership. Although Habitat has scaled back work on jobsites to outside volunteers, they have presented the First Church with a unique opportunity to get our “hands dirty” in a safe environment that still supports this ministry, in the form of purchase and assembly of Adirondack chairs . Each chair can be purchased online, assembled as a family, or household project and donated to the Habitat Re-Store where the profits back put back into building projects. If you are interested, please rsvp below.
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Together Let's Become the Change
Your pastors and other faith leaders in San Diego present an interfaith statement of solidarity with the Black community....read the statement below:
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Tips for live-stream worship:
Go to our Live Stream page - check out the buttons on this page in advance to:
Gather and light a candle to signify the holy presence of Christ.
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Lead Pastor
Rev. Trudy Robinson
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9 AM | Rev. Trudy Robinson | World Communion Sunday
"Blessed is the Global Community"
10 AM | Rev. Jessica Strysko
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Do you have problems finding our live-stream or a link is not working?
- Go to Youtube.com
- Search First Church San Diego
- "Bookmark" or save the First Church San Diego as your "favorite"
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Children and Youth Ministries Sunday Schedule
For more information contact the Dir. of Discipleship for Children & Youth Kenton Reaves Hundley, 619-297-4366 x118
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Kids First Sunday Monthly Fall Schedule
1st Sunday: Communion and Zoom call
2nd Sunday: Work sheets and activities sent by email.
3rd Sunday: Kids First Zoom call
Students 1st Zoom Wednesday Evening Fall Meet-ups:
The Summit Grades: 6-8 at 6 PM,
The Mountaintop Grades: 9-12 at 7 PM
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Affordable Housing in OB
Since before the merger that led to the Water's Edge in Ocean Beach, there have been two section 8 housing cottages connected to the OB campus. The Water's Edge Leadership Team has been learning about and exploring the need for affordable housing broadly speaking, and also considering how affordable housing is a primary struggle for many in the Ocean Beach neighborhood. We do not yet know where our learning and exploration will lead, but we are excited as a team as we sense God's Spirit at work. We hope to dream together as a whole church about how affordable housing might connect to our commitment to practice justice as followers of Jesus Christ. We look forward to further conversation with the Church Council about where God might be calling us as a church.
Blessings , Jessica
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Covid-19, First Church & You
Simple steps to stay physically, spiritually, and emotionally well in an age of the corona virus.
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CHURCH BUSINESS & NOTICES |
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Office Closed
The church office remains closed under state/county order. Staff continues to work from home and are available via email or the church voicemail system.
How to give when the church office is closed and worship is online?
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Give online using your credit/debit card or ACH transfer from your checking account. Gifts can be one-time or automatically recurring each week or month.
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TEXT to Give. Just text MYCHURCHGIFT to 73256 and see how easy it can be!
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Mail your check directly to the church via US postal service: First United Methodist Church of San Diego, 2111 Camino del Rio S., San Diego, CA 92108.
Thank you again as we work to keep everyone safe this season and work to meet the church's ongoing expenses. Please let Jason Tucker know if you have any more questions about giving and tithing to First Church.
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Giving
Operating fund income which includes: pledges, record of giving, unrestricted gifts, interest earnings, and contributions from the Children's Growing Center, Ocean Beach and our leased properties at both locations.
BUDGET FOR TOTAL INCOME: $1,427,513.00 (9/20, 2020)
ACTUALS FOR TOTAL INCOME: $1,384,151.00 (9/20, 2020)
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Weekly Attendance
Sunday attendance at Mission Valley Youtube Live Stream 9/20/2020:
During the live-streamed services on 9/20 Sunday we had 630 in-real-time viewers with an average watch-time of 26 minutes on the First Church YouTube channel. We currently have 637 subscribers to our channel! If you would like to be a subscriber: log in to your Gmail account, go to our YouTube channel and click on the subscribe button to the right on the page. As a subscriber you can choose to be notified every time we are live-streaming. |
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Prayers & Squares: Due to the Covid 19 restrictions we will not be presenting Prayer Quilts until further notice.
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Deaths: Check our website for weekly updates regarding deaths, memorial services and funerals. |
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619-297-4366
2111 Camino del Rio South,
San Diego, CA 92108
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