Dear Friends and Family,
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Join us for a special Parish worship service
with both our English speaking and Korean speaking congregations
this Sunday at 10:30am
Wear Red!
Pentecost and Holy Communion
Scripture: Acts 2:1-13
Sermon: "What Does This Mean?" by Pastor Louise Fairweathre-Baxter
We invite you to worship in person. The service will also be live-streamed beginning at 10:30am 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.
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Dear Church-Family,
It has been a journey for me since I injured myself, and I’m pleased to say I think I’m finally nearing the end of this particular road. For those of you who don’t know the full story, I fell on my knee when the chair I was sitting on rolled out from underneath me. A word to the wise … do not lean over while sitting in a rolling chair; it is dangerous.
Anyway, the good news is that the MRI shows I did NOT fracture my femur, which was one of the concerns of my orthopedic surgeon. Rather, I received a severe bone bruise in my hip socket when my femur was pushed up from my knee. This is good news because it means the injury will heal on its own in six to eight weeks, without medical intervention beyond the two weeks I have remained in bed. Yesterday was the last day of my medical leave, and six weeks have already passed since I fell, so I should be back to my old energetic self very soon (thank Heaven)!
I am grateful to Kim Mawhinney for stepping in to preach for me the past two Sundays, and to Janice Burke for holding administrative things together during my absence. We are blessed to have such excellent lay leadership, and are lucky they are so dedicated to our church. I hope you will thank them when you get a chance.
I will be in worship this Sunday for our Pentecost Parish Worship Service at 10:30am - that’s right - 10:30am, which is half an hour later than we usually meet. After worship we will share a Parish potluck lunch and socialize with our Korean ChurchFamily. I am so excited about this perfect way to celebrate the birth of the church by worshiping together.
Speaking of Pentecost - WEAR SOMETHING RED TO CHURCH! Anything from shoes to pants/skirts to shirts/ dresses to ties to ribbons to hats. Whatever you have that’s red, put it on to symbolize the “tongues of fire” that brought the Holy Spirit down from Heaven.
I can’t wait to see you … I have missed you so much!
Pray for Peace Every Day!🙏
Peace,
Pastor Louise
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Join us next Friday, June 9th, for a Church Family Game Night!
Dinner will be served at 6:30pm, followed by games and fun! Bring your favorite board game to share. It'll be a night full of laughter and cheer!
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CALLING ALL PEOPLE WHO PRAY
The Prayer Team is looking to expand its voice, its reach and its power. If you read the prayer requests in this email blast, if you hear prayer requests in Church and keep a list of people to pray for each week, this might just be the perfect small group to join. Here’s what we do:
- We meet every Tuesday via FaceTime at 6:30pm (Pacific)
- We pass along info among ourselves (some confidential to team only)
- We pray out loud as we are moved (but out loud is not mandatory)
- We keep the meeting to one hour
- We pray privately throughout the week
If you are interested, or have questions, please reach out to Debi Bois at boisdebi@gmail.com
Even if you cannot commit to every week, we would love to have you.
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Sierra Service Project Trip Fundraiser - Sunday June 11th
Our youth are going to SSP again this year. There are 8 young people and 2 adults going to Tsaile (Navajo Nation), Arizona. We are going the week of July 16th. This is a much longer drive so we will need extra money to rent at least one larger vehicle and pay for gas. Reverend Karin Ellis from La Canada,her son and friend are going with us. So on Graduation Sunday June 11th at lunch during fellowship hour we will ask for good will donations to help us out. If you aren't going to be in church and would like to contribute you can send a check to the church with "SSP Donation" in the memo line or put your donation in the offering plate. We appreciate all the support for our young people and this great week of service they are going to.
With Gratitude and Thanks,
Janice and the Youth Group
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LGBTQIA+ Family Support Group: CVUMC has started a support group for families with loved ones who are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This group will support, love, and celebrate cherished family members in an affirming setting. We convene upstairs in Room 24 of the education building on Tuesday evenings, gathering at 6:30 and meeting from 7:00-8:00pm. For more information contact Jo Ann Stupakis at JoStupakis@yahoo.com.
Graduation Sunday & SSP Fund Raiser: Next Sunday, June 11, 2023. Be sure to attend worship to support our Middle School graduates and Grace Hambarsumian’s graduation from High School. SSP Bake Sale fund raiser to follow our worship service in the Fellowship Hall.
Call for Assistance with Shelter Needs: We are still collecting supplies for those in need: food, water, beds, air mattresses, mats, bedding, heaters, towels, diapers, menstrual pads, toiletry kits, cooking equipment, tableware, trash bags, and clothing (clean and in good condition, preferably new): underwear, socks, jackets, t-shirts, and jeans only.
LGBTQIA+ Book Study: the next meeting will be held on Sunday, July 2nd at 11:45am in THEE Room in Fellowship Hall. This discussion group is open to everyone from Middle School up. The book will be “Cemetery Boys,” by Aiden Thomas, and focuses on a trans boy who summons the ghost of a classmate.
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Reminder: Please submit joys and concerns each week if you'd like to them shared in the weekly email blast.
In order to streamline the collection of joys and concerns, we’ll be collecting requests via a Google Form. Each member of the prayer team will have access to the entries and will continue to meet every Tuesday evening to pray. Each Friday morning, the entries submitted that week will be included in the weekly email blast, if the request is indicated for inclusion on the form.
Please submit any joys and concerns online at https://forms.gle/JZTB3r2qLkY81r2XA
Thank you to our faithful prayer team for their continued support of the CVUMC community: Jeanne Lavieri (jnlavieri@earthlink.net), Diane Lewis (rubydl2@icloud.com), Chris Ruygrok (cmruygrok@aol.com) and Debi Bois (boisdebi@gmail.com).
This week we didn't receive any joys and concerns.
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Bailey Center and Learning Works:
First Saturdays of the month:
Food Pantry collection 10:00 – 1:00 outside of Fellowship Hall. Non-perishable foods and paper goods collected for Bailey Center & Learning Works. Financial donations also welcome.
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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 CVUMC with Bailey Center indicated in the Memo.
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 CVUMC with Learning Works in the Memo. Thank you always for your concern and care for people in our community who are in need.
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Walk And Word
You are welcome to join us on Sunday mornings at 8 AM at Deukmejian Wilderness Park for an easy hike and some time reading and pondering Scripture. Here’s how it goes - I am there on every 2nd, 3rd, 4th (sometimes 5th) Sunday at 8 AM in the parking lot at Deukmejian. We walk for an hour and then find a spot to sit and read a selection of scripture. We journal about it for a while and then share our thoughts, many of which are questions. We finish by 10 AM.
We have found that the exercise in the natural setting enhances our openness to receiving wisdom that awaits us in the morning’s passage. We appreciate the different perspectives that unfold with conversation. We would love to hear yours.
If you’re looking for an alternative to the hiking, the park provides wheelchair access and some level areas for walking. Please contact me if you have questions.
Peace,
Jeanne Lavieri
(818)383-3137
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If you would like to share in an offering or your pledge, you are welcome to mail this to the church at:
Crescenta Valley UMC
2700 Montrose Ave.
Montrose, CA 91020
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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
CVUMC Office Hours: T’s, W’s, Th’s: 12:00-5:00pm
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Crescenta Valley UMC is a faith community that welcomes all persons to celebrate their love of God and their birthright as children of God. We affirm Jesus' example of love without exclusion. We welcome into the life and ministry of CVUMC all persons of every race, ethnicity, age, faith history, sexual orientation, gender identity, economic status, marital status, family configuration, and physical and mental ability. We believe that a diverse community makes our faith stronger, our spirituality deeper, and our service more helpful. | | | | | |
