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Newsletter November 7, 2015

November 7, 2015 by Sara

Richmond First United Methodist News and Events

Pastor’s Perspective

New Heavens, New Earth, Revelation 21:1-6a

Pastor Dan Damon, Richmond 1^st UMC, 11-1-15

Introduction

On this All Saints Day our choir sang a George Tingley arrangement of a Roberta Towland-Raybold tune with this text by Brian Wren:

Give thanks for each departed life,

for gifts, achievements, love and strife–

For struggles lost, attempted, won

give thanks, now all is said and done.

Take time with words too weak, too few,

to tell and treasure what we knew,

since every life is fully known,

if God is real, by God alone.*

And if we struggle to explain

remembered injury and pain,

let heaven’s news of sin forgiven

move us to cherish goodness given.

For childhood, youth, a span of years,

ambitions, hopes and conquered fears,

and all the ways our lives were blessed,

say “Friend, farewell. Now be at rest.”

*Or “and judged with love by God alone,”

Brian Wren has had several strokes. He is more aware now of his brief life span. He is still writing in retirement. His wife, Susan, has taken early retirement to care for him. Brian is writing hymns for the end of life with the hope of the life to come. A new hymn collection is due out this summer from Hope Publishing Company. This text will be included. It is now available from Hope’s online hymnody. He has a vision of a new heaven and a new earth. He is still sharing his vision of hope with the world as it is.

Retell the Scripture Story

As we remember those who have gone before us, we are grateful to the poets and prophets who have given us words to guide us and help us remember with love and spirit. We are grateful to the mystics and musicians who give us a song to sing in these trying times. It is a song of compassion and hope, a song of justice and peace for this world made new every morning. We are grateful to the Hebrew poet who wrote: The heavens are telling the glory of God and the firmament (the expanse of heaven) shows God’s handiwork. [Psalm 19:1]

We are grateful to John who, while exiled on the island of Patmos, wrote down his vision of a new heaven and a new earth. The world he lived in was much like our own. It was filled with violence, with wars and rumors of wars. There was hunger, poverty, and slavery. The rich and those who abused power were there. The poor cried out to God for help. In this world, alone on an island, John saw something better, and he wrote it down. He shared his vision with generations of people yet to come. He is one of the saints we remember on this day.

The book of Revelation is a fitting close to the Bible. Its final chapters depict the goal toward which the biblical message of redemption is focused. The Revelation to John may be described as an inspired picture-book that makes a powerful appeal to the reader’s imagination. It uses poetic imagery and should not be read as a literal prediction of the future. You might think of it as an art gallery. By nurturing the vision of God’s just and merciful government of the whole creation, the church in all ages has been encouraged and sustained despite the fiercest battles being fought.

John writes: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. [Rev. 21:1]

In this vision the sea is a symbol of turbulence and unrest. This turbulence is no more. All creation is renewed and freed from imperfections. The problem of pain and suffering is no more. Death is no more. The tears are wiped from our eyes. We see the Alpha and Omega, the A and the Z, the beginning and the end. And to the thirsty God gives the water of life.

Here in California we pray and long for the rains to come. We hope to get some rain today. We pray that our corner of the earth will be made new with the winter rains. In this church we mourn the death of our friends in Camp Liberty due to the recent missile attacks. I will be joining our friends this afternoon on Union Square from 2-4 pm as we condemn this injustice and call for our government to take protective action for the survivors. I want to stand with Ensieh, Parvis, and Ali in the midst of their pain. I include them in the communion of saints from all faith traditions and from all countries of the world. We pray and work for freedom and justice to come to Iran and to the whole world.

In this church we remember with love those who gathered in the railroad car for the first Christian worship services in the young city of Richmond, CA. We give thanks for those who designed and built the little wooden church, now gone. We give thanks to those who built the church we enjoy today. We give thanks for the saints who have gone before us.

In this church we remember with love Linda Pereira who died last night, and all who have passed away after a long struggle with illness. We remember Liam and Eli who passed away too soon. We pray for the families and friends of those who are gone from this earthly life. Their memory is a blessing to us, even as we mourn their loss. With John of Patmos, with Brian Wren, with our Iranian-American friends, and with the prophet Isaiah we envision a new heaven and a new earth where every tear is wiped from our eyes.

Application

I close today with the lectionary reading from Isaiah selected for All Saints Day. The ancient prophet lifts up a vision for us to ponder, a vision of hope for a new earth:

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples

a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines,

of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.

And he will destroy on this mountain

the shroud that is cast over all peoples,

the sheet that is spread over all nations;

he will swallow up death forever.

Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,

and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,

for the Lord has spoken.

It will be said on that day,

Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.

This is the Lord for whom we have waited;

let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation. [Isaiah 25:6-9, NRSV]

Let us be in prayer.

Joys and Concerns

Armand Westerveldt lost her husband, Brent, October 17. She would welcome phone contact and visits. She may welcome being taken to the grocery store. If anyone would like to help, please let me know at:bahcats@sbcglobal.net and we can make a schedule. If you would like to send a card, her contact information is: 219 Nicholl Ave., Point Richmond, CA 94801: Phone # 510 375 3934.

Pat Dornan can use your prayers and support as she grieves the loss of her beloved Linda.

Our dear church friend, Pat King, is requesting prayers for healing. She is slowly recovering from surgery and anticipates further surgery December or January. She is making every attempt to join us at Sunday Worship.

Kathe Kiehn is requesting prayers for healing for her daughter, Karen Gagnier. Karen has survived breast cancer once and is now facing treatment for a new aggressive cancer in her other breast. Kathe says that Karen is strong and will make it through this, but extra prayers are more than welcome.

Please keep Katherine Parker, our missionary, and the people of Nepal in your prayers.

Deby McFadyen is requesting prayers for two young friends who are battling cancer. Please remember Sarah Talkington and Jimmy Lowe in your prayers.

Helen Wysham welcomes your prayers for healing and gaining strength. Chemotherapy has been completed!

News

Sadly, Deby McFadyen’s friend, Carolyn Thomas died on November 5 from pancreatic cancer. Remember Deby in your prayers for the loss of her friend.

Linda Pereira, Pat Dornan’s beloved Spouse, died quietly in her sleep during the night of October 31. Rosary Service, Friday, November 13, 7 pm at St. Joseph’s Holy Angels, 2540 Church Lane, San Pablo, CA. Memorial Service is Saturday, November 14 at 11 am. Same place as above. Gathering after the Memorial Service at Pat’s home, 9 Cherrywood Court, San Pablo, CA 94806. Cards may be sent to Pat at the Cherrywood address.

Camp Liberty Update: Missiles landed in Camp Liberty on Thursday killing 23 people and injuring many others. The injured have been taken to Baghdad hospitals for care. Our State Department and the United Nations are condemning the attack, but it is unclear what action may take place.

Pay/Pal is here! Our website, pointrichmondmethodist.org now has a donation tag that takes you to PayPal. The Home Page does not have it, but any page for the news or events has it listed on the right-hand side of the page. Just scroll down to Donate. This makes it easy for when you miss church, you can still participate by giving.

Katherine Parker, missionary in Nepal: Katherine reports that Nepal is in a political/governmental crisis. They recently passed a new Constitution and a minority group near India is protesting discrimination and stopping the delivery of oil from India, needed for heating as winter approaches. There have been riots and police killings of insurgents. So far most of the difficulty has not been in Katmandu where Katherine is except for workers striking.

Generosity

UMCOR (United Methodist Church Organization for Relief) has donated $2.4 million dollars for the people of Syria and Iraq who are displaced in emergency aid plus 16,800 health kits, 6000 school kits, 784 layette kits, 440 family food vouchers which feed a family for two months, 1000 emergency kits containing fresh water filters and hygiene items.

We are continuing to move ahead with plans for the long-term financing of our church for generations to come through an Endowment program.

Giving to the church through your Will is the most common way to continue your support beyond your lifetime. When your Estate Plan is prepared, consider a gift to the Church.

Imagine No Malaria continues to need your donations.

Events

November is warm socks month! Please bring your new warm socks for the people at the Richmond Rescue Mission. There will be a basket near the altar for your donations.

Today, Saturday November 7: United Methodist Women Meeting,1-3 pm at Doreen’s home, 236 Castro St., Point Richmond.

Thursday, November 12, 7 pm: Administrative Board Meeting, Friendship Hall. All interested persons are welcome.

Friday, November 13, 7:30 pm: Point Richmond Acoustic presents Katie Dahl and Friends. Katie is a singer/songwriter of folk music from Wisconsin. She’s got a gorgeous alto voice which she uses to fine effect on her carefully wrought lyrics and beautiful melodies. Katie’s husband, Rich Higdon, accompanies her on bass and percussion. Claudia Russell and Bruce Kaplan will back her on vocals and mandolin as well as open the show. Tickets: $15 richmondacoustic.org, $20 at the door. First United Methodist Church, 201 Martina, Point Richmond.

Thursday, November 26, 12-2 pm, Community Thanksgiving Dinner lovingly prepared for our community to enjoy. Interfaith Service of Thanks, 11:30 am. If you wish to help, contact Fran Smith: 707 427 2131 or junosmith@aol.com.

Friday, November 27, 7:30 pm: Point Richmond Jazz presents Solene Le Van. This 18 year old prodigy is originally from France, but now lives in L.A. She has toured the world as part of the La Van Family Band, led by her classical pianist father, Eric Le Van. She is “breaking out” on her own as a jazz violinist and singer. She is currently attending Princeton and majoring in voice and violin. Don’t miss this new talent. See her first right here in the Point! Tickets are $18 online at prjazz.org or $25 at the door. Bring the whole family. First United Methodist Church, 201 Martina St., Point Richmond.

Tuesday, December 1: Giving Tuesday. Matching funds for gifts: umcmissiongiving.org. Please see attached.

Thursday, December 3: Dinner/Theater. Dinner at Hotel Mac and Theater at the Masquers Playhouse for the musical “The World Goes ‘Round”. Songs by Kander and Ebb the men who created Cabaret and Chicago. Save the date and invite friends! Tickets are $55. Dinner at 6 pm, Theater at 8 pm. Contact Jean Reynolds for tickets at 510 734 3942 or sweetheart05@mac.com. Let’s have a sell-out event! Please see attached.

Saturday, December 5, 1 pm: Annual All Church Conference, held at El Sobrante United Methodist Church. Bridges District Superintendent, Rev. Schuyler Rhodes will preside. All are welcome. 670 Appian Way, El Sobrante.

Saturday, December 19, 9 am-3 pm: Annual Bake and Crafts Sale. Bring your baked goodies for sale by 9 am, open for donations at 8:30 am. Donations for the crafts can be given to Barbara Haley any time. Point Richmond Community Center.

Thursday, December 24,7 pm: Christmas Eve Jazz Service featuring the Dan Damon Quartet and Friends. Free will offering. Come early to get a good seat.

Please send submissions for FUMC News and Events to Barbara Haley, editor: bahcats@sbcglobal.net

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Upcoming Events

October 31, 2015 by Sara

Events

Thursday, November 12, 7 pm: Administrative Board Meeting, Friendship Hall. All interested persons are welcome.

Saturday, December 19, 9 am-3 pm: Annual Bake and Crafts Sale. Bring your baked goodies by 9 am for sale. Donations for the crafts can be given to Barbara Haley any time. Point Richmond Community Center.

Newsletter October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015 by Sara

Richmond First United Methodist News and Events

Pastor’s Perspective

Moving On, Job 42:1-6, 10-17

Pastor Dan Damon, Richmond 1^st UMC, 10-25-15

Introduction

There was a joyful and amazing concert here Friday night, and a sad and beautiful gathering here yesterday afternoon remembering the life of Eli Botchan. In this church we share our joys and sorrows, both parts of life as we find it. We find the strength to move on as we live out our days in the presence and power of God, our Maker. In 2 Timothy 1:7, Paul writes to the young man, Timothy: God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

We need these gifts of God as we move on in our lives. We go back to work. We wait for time to ease the pain of loss. We pray, we sing, we wait for God to show us the way forward. We carry the pain in our bodies, but we find there are folks who will help us bear our burdens. Some of those people who are willing to help are sitting here with us in this sanctuary. This church, this sanctuary is a holy place, a place set apart as a place of peace in this troubled world, as a place of prayer, as a place where we can join hands and feel that we are not alone.

Retell the Scripture Story

I want to return to the book of Job for one more week as we hear Job’s response to God.

[Remind them of last week’s story: God, Job, the adversary, fortune and family lost, friends come and sit in silence, personal physical suffering, wife’s words of advice, friends accuse Job of sin, Job’s declaration of innocence and cries to God, Job wishes he had never been born, God’s response]

Part of our reading today is Job’s response to God’s long and poetic series of unanswerable questions. God is portrayed in Job as asking: Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth, when the morning stars sang together? Who gives the horse its strength? Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes its nest on high?

After pages of this ancient exploration into the problem of pain and the nature of God, Job says: I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.

There are some points of interest in these verses:

Job seeks understanding and expresses his belief that God has a purpose that cannot be thwarted. This is life as it is, not as we imagine it should be.

Job admits his inability to understand God’s purpose in all things. He has a very limited experience of God.

But in v. 5 Job says “I had heard of you, but now I see you.” Job has had a personal, life-changing encounter with the divine.

Job can now share his experience of God with others. This experience satisfies him without answering all of his questions. It is enough for Job that his creator has come to him personally.

Job accepts what has happened to him and sits in dust and ashes. He accepts the weakness of his humanity while he finds the serenity and the strength that will enable him to go on living.

Application

It is a misreading of Job to consider the restoration of his fortune to be the point of the story. Job understands now that God is the source of all we are and all we have. God gives us free will to choose our path through this life. There are consequences for our choices. As maturing human beings we accept the consequences of our actions.

Let us resist evil and choose the good as often as we can. Let us avoid the things that hurt us. Let us avoid the things that hurt others. Living out the words attributed [and adapted by DCD] to St. Francis:

Let us be instruments of God’s peace.

Where there is hatred, let us sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy.

Let us not so much seek to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life.

John Wesley, founder of Methodism, had an encounter with God that changed him forever. Let us share our experience of the light of God’s love with all the people we meet. Let them ask us why we have such love, such peace, and such joy sustaining us throughout our lives through the hard times and the easy times. Together, we are transforming the world, a little at a time.

Let us be in prayer.

Joys and Concerns

Armand Westerveldt was at church last Sunday. Her husband, Brent, died last Saturday night. She would welcome phone contact and visits. She may welcome being taken to the grocery store. If anyone would like to help, please let me know at:bahcats@sbcglobal.net and we can make a schedule. If you would like to send a card, her contact information is: 219 Nicholl Ave., Point Richmond, CA 94801: Phone # 510 375 3934.

Please keep Katherine Parker, our missionary, and the people of Nepal in your prayers.

Deby McFadyen is requesting prayers for three young friends who are battling cancer. Please remember Sarah Talkington, Carolyn Thomas a Jimmy Lowe in your prayers.

Pat Dornan and Linda Pereira continue to need your prayers of support. Update: Hospice services continue. Pat says that Linda sleeps all the time and is unaware of her surroundings.

Helen Wysham welcomes your prayers for healing and gaining strength. Chemotherapy has been completed!

News

Rally to protest this attack: Sunday, Nov 1, 2-4 pm, Union Square.

Don’t forget to turn your clock back one hour, Saturday night, October 31st when you go to bed.

Katherine Parker, missionary in Nepal: Katherine reports that the emphasis now will be on long-term recovery.

Generosity

We are continuing to move ahead with plans for the long-term financing of our church for generations to come through an Endowment program.

Think about the part you want to play in our Church’s future. You have the opportunity to support this ministry in many ways. Naming the Church as a beneficiary in your estate plan or the making of an endowment gift can assure your continued participation in this ministry far into the future.

Imagine No Malaria continues to need your donations.

Events

Thursday, November 12, 7 pm: Administrative Board Meeting, Friendship Hall. All interested persons are welcome.

Please send submissions for FUMC News and Events to Barbara Haley, editor: bahcats@sbcglobal.net

Upcoming Events

October 24, 2015 by Sara

Events

Sunday, October 25, after church: Finance Committee Meeting.

Sunday, November 1, after church: Publicity Committee Meeting.

Sunday, November 1, after church: Thanksgiving Dinner Planning Meeting.

Thursday, November 12, 7 pm: Administrative Board Meeting, Friendship Hall. All interested persons are welcome.

Newsletter October 24, 2015

October 24, 2015 by Sara

Richmond First United Methodist News and Events

Pastor’s Perspective

A Conversation with God, Job 38:1-7, 34-41

Pastor Dan Damon, Richmond 1^st UMC, 10-18-15

Introduction

In the Bible God is depicted as a person who acts in history: God speaks to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, God sends a flood to destroy the evildoers of Noah’s generation, God converses with Abraham and Sarah, God parts the waters for Hebrew slaves escaping from Egypt with Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, God sends Assyrians and Babylonians to destroy the nations of Israel and Judah as a punishment for their sinfulness. God is portrayed as a moral agent. All God’s actions are understood as just and righteous.

In the story about Job, these assumptions about God are put to the test by the incredible suffering of the innocent in history. Job challenges the very justice of God in ruling the cosmos, and then waits for God to answer this challenge.

Retell the Scripture Story

An ancient folktale about a saintly Job has been used as the setting for this examination of the ways of God.

There once was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

[He had 7 sons, 3 daughters, 7000 sheep, 3000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 donkeys, and very many servants.]

One day the heavenly beings came together to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them [the Accuser, the adversary, Heb. ha-satan, not yet the demonic personification of later Judaism and Christianity].

“Of course Job praises you. You’ve given him everything. Take away all his blessings and he will curse you to your face.”

God says, “Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not stretch out your hand against him.”

The Adversary took everything from Job but his wife. Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped. He said, “Naked came I from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong-doing. [Job 1:22 NRSV]

After another heavenly meeting Job is given “loathsome sores” from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. Job sat among the ashes and scraped himself. His wife says, “Curse God and die.”

Job says, “Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?”

Three friends visit. They sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. [He did not curse God.]

The friends asked what he had done to bring this suffering upon himself.

He said, “Nothing.”

This goes on for many pages.

After a long struggle to understand with accusations and defense, God [according to Job 38] replies out of the whirlwind:

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?

Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that a flood of waters may cover you? Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’? Who has put wisdom in the inward parts, or given understanding to the mind? Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cling together?

Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

when they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their covert? Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?

The poetry continues in the next chapter of Job. Eileen quoted some of her favorite verses from the King James to me as she was leaving for El Sobrante UMC this morning about 7:30 am.

Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. [Job 39:19-25 KJV]

Application

The book of Job does not explain the mystery of suffering or “justify the ways of God” with human beings, but it does probe the depths of faith in the midst of suffering. We look for answers, and find none. Philosophers have spilled much ink in the quest for the answer to the “problem of pain.” I went to seminary looking for answers and found a lot of people who were asking the same questions. “Why?” “How long?” “Where are you, God?”

In Job 42 we read that Job realizes that he is not God. There are many things he will never understand.

As the folk tale concludes, Job’s fortunes are restored. He is given “twice as much as he had before” [14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, 1,000 donkeys, 7 sons, 3 daughters].

In all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them their inheritance among their brethren. After this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days. [Job 42:15-17 KJV]

I have found no final answer to the problem of pain. Yet I continue to pray, to study, to preach, to plan, to play music, to care for the sick and the sorrowing, to worship God in this time and place. I invite you to join me in this holy and human work.

Let us be in prayer.

Joys and Concerns

Kathe Kiehn is requesting prayers for healing for her daughter, Karen Ganier. Karen has survived breast cancer once and is now facing treatment for a new aggressive cancer in her other breast. Kathe says that Karen is strong and will make it through this, but extra prayers are more than welcomed.

Please keep Katherine Parker, our missionary, and the people of Nepal in your prayers.

Deby McFadyen is requesting prayers for three young friends who are battling cancer. Please remember Sarah Talkington, Carolyn Thomas a Jimmy Lowe in your prayers.

Pat Dornan and Linda Pereira continue to need your prayers of support. Update: Hospice services continue. Pat says that Linda is not able to get out of bed and is sleeping most of the time. Lorraine, Linda’s mother, is home with attendant care and volunteers are bringing her over to see Linda to supplement Pat’s help. Pat is very grateful for the assistance.

Helen Wysham welcomes your prayers for healing and gaining strength. Chemotherapy has been completed!

News

Don’t forget to turn your clock back one hour, Saturday night, October 31st when you go to bed.

Pinole UMC is celebrating 125 Years of Blessedness with events throughout October. October 3 Walkathon; October 10 Concert; October 18 Worship Homecoming; October 30 Trunk or Treat. See attached flyer. 2000 San Pablo Ave., Pinole. Support our sister church if you can.

News from Camp Liberty in Iraq: Since July 13th the Iraqi government has stopped supplies from entering Camp Liberty. They have prevented supplies of food, fuel and septic tank trucks from entering the compound. The lack of fuel means that the generators can not function so there is no electricity, no sewage system, no air conditioners with the temperature reaching 120 degrees. The United States Committee for Camp Ashraf is asking our Secretary of State, John Kerry, to intervene as well as the United Nations. Please remember these people in your prayers and that actions are taken to reverse this situation. One man has died due to refusal to allow his treatment for cancer.

Katherine Parker, missionary in Nepal: Katherine reports that the emphasis now will be on long-term recovery.

Generosity

UMCOR (United Methodist Church Organization for Relief) has donated $2,4 million dollars for the people of Syria and Irag who are displaced in emergency aid plus 16,800 health kits, 6000 school kits, 784 layette kits, 440 family food vouchers which feed a family for two months, 1000 emergency kits containing fresh water filters and hygiene items.

We are continuing to move ahead with plans for the long-term financing of our church for generations to come through an Endowment program.

Think about the part you want to play in our Church’s future. You have the opportunity to support this ministry in many ways. Naming the Church as a beneficiary in your estate plan or the making of an endowment gift can assure your continued participation in this ministry far into the future.

Imagine No Malaria continues to need your donations.

Events

Sunday, October 25, after church: Finance Committee Meeting.

Sunday, November 1, after church: Publicity Committee Meeting.

Sunday, November 1, after church: Thanksgiving Dinner Planning Meeting.

Thursday, November 12, 7 pm: Administrative Board Meeting, Friendship Hall. All interested persons are welcome.

Please send submissions for FUMC News and Events to Barbara Haley, editor: bahcats@sbcglobal.net

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