Join us for worship in person this Sunday at 10am

or watch the livestream on our Facebook page

Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

World Communion

Centering Words:

Eskimo: “If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?”  

Priest: “No, not if you did not know.”  

Eskimo: “Then why did you tell me?” 

(Annie Dillard)



 Scripture: Luke 13:1-5

Sermon: “Self-Flagellation Is Not Holy” Rev. Louise Fairweathre-Baxter

We invite you to worship in person. You can review the updated mask policy here. The service will also be live-streamed beginning at 10am to the CVUMC Facebook page. We will also be posting the service on our website www.cvumc.org where a Youtube version will be available later in the week for those of you who do not have Facebook. There you can worship at your convenience.

In addition, our prayer team will be available to pray for you. You can text, call or email Jeanne Lavieri 818-383-3137, Debi Bois 310-600-5939, Diane Lewis 818-497-4680, Christine Ruygrok 818-797-8890, or Janice Burke 818-497-8431.

Dear Church-Family,

I have incredible news! At the last Church Council meeting, the Preschool Board submitted a motion to open a second infant room in our Preschool, and the Council approved it! Families everywhere are desperate for infant care coming out of post-covid to a mini baby-boom.  Further, a lot of childcare centers closed during Covid and have not re-opened. Parents returning to work need safe, quality care for their precious little ones and we are cuing up to provide it to 10 more babies.

Erica will be moving her office out of downstairs room 3 to make space for the new class and relocating upstairs right next to the church office.

More children! What a fabulous sign of Christ’s presence as we expand this needed ministry to our Crescenta Valley community.

Pray Every Day! 🙏

Peace,

Pastor Louise

Sermon Pique-A-Boo

If you’re not the rich man, and you’re not Lazarus, who are you?

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Youth Group is Meeting this Sunday October 2nd after church. Meet in the Thee Room to start. We will meet from 11:30 - 1:30

Revised Collection Process

Our collection times for the Bailey Center and Learning Works has moved to the first Sunday of the month, so this Sunday October 2nd will be our first time to bring donations to church. We will have the bins upstairs in the Narthex for you to use to drop off any items. Of course donations are welcomed anytime and can be placed in the Thee Room of the Fellowship Hall at other times.

For Bailey Center, non-perishable foods are essential – they are still providing food for around 1,000 people each month. They also can use egg cartons! They receive large flats of eggs and needs egg cartons to put the eggs in for safe distribution and travel. Financial donations can be given as well. Make checks out to Bailey Center. 

For Learning Works, foods that are easily microwaveable are really helpful.  As always, any non-perishable food, paper goods, hand sanitizers, disposable training/pull-up diapers for toddlers, sippy-cups – all are greatly appreciated. Many thanks to you from the students and staff of Learning Works for the donations you have sent them. If making a financial donation, checks can be made out to Learning Works, or sent directly to Learning Works, 90 N. Daisy Ave. Pasadena, CA 91107. Thank you always for your concern and care for people in our community who are in need.

Your Prayer Team meets every Tuesday evening. If you have a request, please be sure to reach out directly to Jeanne Lavieri (jnlavieri@earthlink.net). Diane Lewis (rubydl2@icloud.com). Chris Ruygrok (cmruygrok@aol.com) or Debi Bois (boisdebi@gmail.com). Because your requests are not raised up during Church service (because we are live streaming and do not want to compromise your privacy, or the privacy of those you are raising up), when you make the request to the team, please let them know if you want to share the request with your Church family. If you do this, please know that your request will be added to the email blast on Friday, and also to the CVUMC Facebook page. We will use generalized wording, such as only first names, and not specifically why you are raising the request. That way, your prayer will be communicated to the CVUMC community.

This week, the prayer team asks for prayers for the following:

Erica’s mom, Sandy, awaiting cognitive test results

Women looking for freedom in Iran and throughout the world

Bettie's healing after eye surgery

Pastor Louise's dear friends, Val and Ronnie, after Ronnie's recent CT Scan showing masses on pancreas and prostate

Those facing recovery from natural disasters

Prayers for health for Connie's daughter, Debbie's, boss, Jeff

Justice and compassion for those seeking asylum in the United States

For people longing to open up to God

Susan and Judy

Congregational energy to keep up with CVUMC maintenance

Roberta's brother, John, in hospital and in need of peace of mind and care

Connie has asked for prayers for Sandy's son, Jeff

Connie has asked for prayers for healing for Carmena

Judy's son, Richard, seeking relief from pain in lower leg

Those suffering with mental health issues

Those facing transitions, and those who care for them

Jo Ann’s brother, Richard, who will be having further scans in October

Celebrations:

-Preschool under new leadership (welcome Erica)

-The many extraordinary people in our congregation who have faith stories to share

Remember to reach out to the team to add/remove/update prayers.

Sunday Volunteers: to signup for hospitality or other volunteer opportunities:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e49a5ad2ba5ffc52-sunday

To download the Sunday bulletin to follow online before service begins each Sunday:

https://www.cvumc.org/worship-program

Calendar: https://www.cvumc.org/calendar

Charge Conference: TIME CHANGE on Sunday, October 16, 1:00pm, CVUMC Sanctuary

Boutique: Friday and Saturday, October 14 & 15, CVUMC Fellowship Hall

Harvest Festival with Preschool: Friday, October 28th

Preschool wants help passing out treats to students: Monday, October 31st

Event details forthcoming in future email blasts

Website: http://cvumc.org

Email: info@cvumc.org

Pastor: Rev. Louise Fairweathre-Baxter

Music Director: Barb Catlin

Child Care Center: Tel: 818-249-4048 / Email: ccc@cvumc.org