Each week, there will be a hidden "Easter egg" somewhere in the Asbury Articles to make sure you're paying attention ;)

AND at the end of each month, we'll have trivia at the bottom of the newsletter to test your knowledge of what you've read that month in the Asbury Articles! Your prize? Bragging rights!

Asbury follows the guidance of the Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) regarding indoor masking.

When the ACPHD strongly recommends masking for all, Asbury will require masks be worn at all indoor events. Beginning July 3, masks will be highly recommended (but not required) in worship, as required masking mandate was lifted on June 25 by ACPHD.

When ACPHD relaxes indoor masking recommendations, Asbury will follow suit and require masks for those not fully vaccinated. Sunday School teachers and nursery staff will continue to wear masks when children less than 5 years old are present indoors.

Getting vaccinated and boosted is also another way we can love our neighbor and do no harm. People are always welcome to mask if that is their preference. Group leaders or groups may decide to implement a mask mandate in their group to protect their members in need of greater protection.

Register by July 18th

Music Camp is coming! We'll learn about music through singing, instruments, and play. Campers will have the opportunity to perform for each other, residents at Heritage Estates Senior Living, and the Asbury community during the Sunday worship service.

For additional information, contact Fernanda.

The empty backpacks and school supplies for the annual Livermore School Backpack Project are here, and Asbury has received its portion for the 150 middle/high school backpacks we agreed to!

We need your help! In July we move ahead on two fronts:

Saturday, July 2nd at 11am

Asbury UMC Sanctuary

Our VBS Food Truck has re-routed to a weekend of celebrating community for everyone of all ages to participate.

We'll work in the Fertile GroundWorks garden, eat lunch, swim, have a hot dog dinner and campfire, and camp out on Asbury's property! We'll wake up on Sunday morning to breakfast before worship at 10am.

Following worship at 10am, we'll have lunch, a shave ice food truck, a giant waterslide, games, science, and arts & crafts with space to do art from home in the fellowship hall!

Sign up to participate and/or to provide food for the various meals! Make sure to include how many people are in your party. You are welcome to invite family, friends, and neighbors to join in the fun.

If you would like to make a donation to our program, please make it to our Serving Others With Love summer project: Fertile GroundWorks. You can also drop it off to the church office or offering boxes labeled "Fertile GroundWorks."

In-person or Zoom

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

1315 Lomitas Ave., Livermore, CA

Keeley Center, Borromeo Hall

There is ample parking in adjoining lot; enter the driveway at east entrance. Masks are required.

Topic: How does your community welcome children/youth into the faith? What rite of passage ceremonies are traditional in your culture?

Speakers: Pastor Kathy La Point-Collup, Asbury United Methodist Church; and a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church faith formation team

Doors and Zoom room will open at 6:40pm.

All are welcome! Please feel free to invite others to attend.

Additional resource: June 8 Religion Chat video on the same topic with speakers Karan Saini, Sikhism; and Trish Munro, Judaism; Saini's slideshow presentation

Everyone who tells Jean something this Sunday about this week's Asbury Articles will get a Hershey's Kiss!

The Volunteers in Mission (VIM) Team left this past Sunday, June 26 to build houses in Paradise that were destroyed in the Paradise Fires in 2018 and will be gone for one week.

The Asbury Team consists of Bob Hoffman, Bob Johnson, Colman Johnson, Dick Crawford, Don Faul, Roger Grimm, Roger Everett, Ron Logan, and Scott Smith.

Thank you, VIM Team! You are appreciated!

The Asbury Men's Bible Study meets every Thursday at 7:45 a.m. via video conferencing.

We have begun a study of comparative religion, a very relevant topic in today's diverse world. Next week’s topic will be "Sacred People – Clergy, Monastic, Shamans.”

Whether or not you have been attending, you are welcome to join us. There is no homework. Contact Art Molvik if you would like to join this group and get the link.

During our time together we read a brief devotional, meditate for 20 to 25 minutes, and end with an optional fellowship time.

Contact Jackie if you would like to join.

We need more of your smiling faces to be greeters for Sunday mornings!

Think back to when you enter a building the first few times and how helpful and inviting it feels to have someone there to greet you with a smile and guidance on where to go. Or even when the place is no longer new, think about how warm it feels to see that familiar smile when you walk through the doors.

Sign up to be a Sunday morning greeter and help make Asbury the warm, inviting, welcoming place that is it!

Please pray for the requests that were made during prayer time on Sunday.

If you would like to be on the email prayer chain, please contact the church office.