UUMC Outlook Publication of University United Methodist Church Irvine March 1, 2015 University United Methodist Church 18422 Culver Drive, Irvine, CA 92612 949-786-8354 uumcirvine.org Reaching Out to Families I know you are interested in inviting new families to our church. So many of you have had beautiful experiences raising your own children here. We know that many of those young and not-so-young adults continue on their faith journeys, pursuing vocational choices and family lives that reflect a deep assurance of God’s claim on their lives. Your children and grandchildren have also probably shared with you that their decision- making around church is different than it was for you when they were young. There are claims on their time and allegiance that simply were not present 30-40 years ago. Community is found in a wide variety of places, particularly around the sports teams who relentlessly fill Sunday morning schedules. And yet, there is still a desire to give children the story that brings meaning and purpose. There is still a longing for spiritual connection. There is still a desire to be in contact with other families whose pursuits extend beyond academic achievement and material gain. Enter Messy Church – the church world’s latest best practice around welcoming new families. It is a monthly intergenerational gathering with an activity, worship, and a meal. It can be on any day that works. Here are some of the things current Messy Churches have to say. Messy Church is great because ..... * It is exciting. People are coming and engaging, who would not normally come to "church". It is "church". * Dads come and join in. * It gives opportunities to talk about Jesus to people who are not "churchgoers". * It brings new life to our church. It feels a natural way of sharing Christ. * People are developing skills they were unaware they had. God is helping us to grow closer and we are having fun. * It has brought a team of people together, willing to serve the community and share God's love with those who don't know Him. Your Children’s Ministry Team, chaired by Sandra Sciutto, and your Sunday School teachers invite you to be a part of Messy Church. Our Conference’s Director of New Ministries, Rev. Nicole Reilley, will be here to train us, Sunday, March 15, 11-2:30 pm. Lunch will be provided, and the training is free. By 2:30, we will have our first Messy Church planned. Let Pastor Paige or Sandra know that you want to be a part of this. We have already signed up some Child’s World Preschool teachers to work with us! This invitation (or spiritual calling?) is for you. Remember that we don’t have a large group of young parents to call on. If we want to reach new families, we will have to work together. Find out more at www.messychurch.org.uk In Christ’s service, Worship in March March 1 – Lent II Holy Communion Matthew 20:1-16 On God’s Payroll Shared Worship with Nozomi Brothers & Sisters March 8 – Lent III Daylight Savings Matthew 22:1-14 The Wedding Banquet March 15 – Lent IV Matthew 25:1-13 Bridesmaids March 22 – Lent V Matthew 25:31-46 Sheep and Goats Holy Week March 29 – Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-13 April 2 – Maundy Thursday Service with Holy Communion Sanctuary, 7:30 pm April 3 – Good Friday Emergent Service with Stations of the Cross Fellowship Hall, 7:30 pm April 5 – Easter! One service @ 9:30 am. Shared Worship with Nozomi & Korean Dream Church
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UUMC Outlook
UUMC Outlook
Publication of University United Methodist Church Irvine March 1, 2015
University United Methodist Church 18422 Culver Drive, Irvine, CA 92612 949-786-8354 uumcirvine.org
Reaching Out to Families
I know you are interested in inviting new families to our church. So many of you have had beautiful experiences raising your own children here. We know that many of those young and not-so-young adults continue on their faith journeys, pursuing vocational choices and family lives that reflect a deep assurance of God’s claim on their lives.
Your children and grandchildren have also probably shared with you that their decision-making around church is different than it was for you when they were young. There are claims on their time and allegiance that simply were not present 30-40 years ago. Community is found in a wide variety of places, particularly around the sports teams who relentlessly fill Sunday morning schedules.
And yet, there is still a desire to give children the story that brings meaning and purpose. There is still a longing for spiritual connection. There is still a desire to be in contact with other families whose pursuits extend beyond academic achievement and material gain.
Enter Messy Church – the church world’s latest best practice around welcoming new families. It is a monthly intergenerational gathering with an activity, worship, and a meal. It can be on any day that works. Here are some of the things current Messy Churches have to say. Messy Church is great because .....
* It is exciting. People are coming and engaging, who would not normally come to "church". It is "church". * Dads come and join in. * It gives opportunities to talk about Jesus to people who are not "churchgoers". * It brings new life to our church. It feels a natural way of sharing Christ. * People are developing skills they were unaware they had. God is helping us to grow closer and we are having fun. * It has brought a team of people together, willing to serve the community and share God's love with those who don't know Him.
Your Children’s Ministry Team, chaired by Sandra Sciutto, and your Sunday School teachers invite you to be a part of Messy Church. Our Conference’s Director of New Ministries, Rev. Nicole Reilley, will be here to train us, Sunday, March 15, 11-2:30 pm. Lunch will be provided, and the training is free. By 2:30, we will have our first Messy Church planned. Let Pastor Paige or Sandra know that you want to be a part of this. We have already signed up some Child’s World Preschool teachers to work with us! This invitation (or spiritual calling?) is for you. Remember that we don’t have a large group of young parents to call on. If we want to reach new families, we will have to work together. Find out more at www.messychurch.org.uk
In Christ’s service,
Worship in
March
March 1 – Lent II Holy Communion Matthew 20:1-16 On God’s Payroll Shared Worship with Nozomi Brothers & Sisters March 8 – Lent III Daylight Savings Matthew 22:1-14 The Wedding Banquet March 15 – Lent IV Matthew 25:1-13 Bridesmaids March 22 – Lent V Matthew 25:31-46 Sheep and Goats
Holy Week
March 29 – Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-13 April 2 – Maundy Thursday Service with Holy Communion Sanctuary, 7:30 pm April 3 – Good Friday Emergent Service with Stations of the Cross Fellowship Hall, 7:30 pm April 5 – Easter! One service @ 9:30 am. Shared Worship with Nozomi & Korean Dream Church
Sisters’ next meeting is at 7:30pm on March 24th and all women of the church are welcome. We will be meeting at the home of Joy Corkery (949-854-7142). The book for discussion is All Girls Filling Station Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg. It is about the women of WWII who flew the aircraft to reposition them for delivery to the Euro-pean and Pacific fronts.
What we’re reading next:
April 28—The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean May26-- The Mockingbird Next Door by Marja Mills
Hope to see you at Sisters!
~ Linda Dressler
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March 29 - Palm Sunday & Persian Picnic Parking Fundraiser
Persian New Year (Nowruz) is a time of great rejoicing across the street in Mason Park. UUMC manages our parking lot to
allow for both our worship parking and to raise some funds. We have an average of 230 picnic goers who donate
$20 per car to park in our lot.
Sign-up on the patio if you can help with this fundraiser!
Women’s Spring Retreat April 18-19
Camp Stevens in Julian
“By the Light of the Silvery Moon: Finding GOD When You Can’t See”
Our theme is perfect for the message that our leader, Rev. Karen Gardner, will guide us through to learn how to face the challenges and difficult times we experi-ence. Our time together will be special. As one of our sis-ters from our other retreat stated, “The positive prayerful energy, mixing of generations as well as meeting and getting to know strong spiritual women made for a truly energizing experience“. Only 3 spaces left! Cost is $135. To reserve, contact Linda Wabler, Stacy Ferguson, or Bonnie Wright :
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UUMC News and Notes By Barbara DeGroot
Many thanks to Lisa Holmes for creating the colorful bulletin board displays that have been popping up around the church campus. Using her design and artistic talents, Lisa highlights upcoming events on the church calendar and features activi-ties of groups around UUMC.
Kudos to Bonnie Wright, Linda Dressler and Carol Pukli for leading the discussion groups on Methodist Pastor Adam Hamilton’s book Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White. At least 50 members of the congregation are involved in the study, which calls on us to find common ground amid our dif-ferences. The book reminds us to love, respect and appreciate one another as mature Christians. Did you know there are more than 3,000 different Christian denominations in this country? What a force for good we would be if we all worked together!
UUMC Pride Day Saturday March 14, 8-12:00 Noon
Come help us clean, plant, decorate, fix-up & beautify our Sanctuary & Church campus for Easter & spring!
Young Adult Ministry Update Greetings UUMC, we have progress to report!
* First, regard-ing our mentor-ship program. We now have three linked re-lationships within our church where we are seeing our young adults beginning to step into relationships as mentees. I’m looking forward to seeing the awesome possibilities that will come out of this program.
* Second, we have just started a book study on Love & Rela-tionships. This is creating an opportunity to engage in a mean-ingful conversation with our young adults.
* Lastly, our College Persistence Program, by which we come alongside our local college students to help them succeed has been consistently gathering. The group, slowly but surely, has been growing. I would like to encourage our congregation to pray and think about how they can get involved in the lives of our young adults. We have a need for mentors to help with guidance. We also have need for our congregation members to sponsor one of our College Persistence Program gatherings by providing a meal. Thank you so much for your prayers and support for the next generation.
or press fabric. You will learn how to quilt and in the meantime enjoy he camaraderie of a supportive group of women. For more information, contact Bonnie Wright or Bonnie Bennett.
UUMC Quilters: Good Times and Good Deeds By Barbara De Groot and Bonnie Bennett
If you’ve suffered an illness or injury in the last 20 or so years you have probably received a colorful prayer quilt, created with love by UUMC’s quilters. More than 250 prayer quilts have been made by these talented women, who combine their love of fabric and sewing with camarade-rie and compassion.
The group was formed in the early 1990s when Joan Little-field was asked by Carol Pukli and other church women to share her quilting skills. Over the years, members have learned how to “stack and whack,” applique, and create other fabric-based projects. Innovative tools, discovered at quilt shows, have made the process easier and more fun.
UUMC’s quilters are part of a worldwide interfaith outreach ministry caller Prayers and Squares, which combines the gifts of a hand-tied quilt with the gift of prayer for someone in physical, emotional or spiritual need. The idea behind the quilts is quite simple, yet powerful. A heavy thread is used to make stitches through the quilt layers, and the ends are left free to be tied with a square knot.
On a Sunday morning at UUMC, the quilt is dedicated, then displayed after the service for members of the congregation to offer silent prayers for healing and to tie a knot. Center squares, marked with hearts, are left untied so family mem-bers can add their prayers as well. This gift of love is a state-ment of faith and a testimony to the quilters’ belief in God and the power of prayer.
In addition to the prayer quilts, the quilters have made more than 100 baby quilts for newborns in our congregation and for Child’s World Preschool families. Two Memorial Quilts hang in the Sanctuary, with squares of remembrance for church members who have passed on. Vibrantly patterned quilts made by the group adorn Williams Hall. Some of the quilters are also members of the Flying Geese quilters’ guild and have won prizes for their work in quilt competitions.
Members meet twice a month in Williams Hall to work on their own projects or help one another. On a recent Satur-day, some of the women were cutting fabric for patriotic quilts to be donated to families of Navy submariners. Oth-ers were working on a baby quilt for a grandnephew and a rose-printed quilt inspired by garden flowers. The group’s storage closet is a treasure trove, stocked with fabrics or-ganized by motif: sports, holidays, colors, vintage designs; a bookshelf holds hundreds of quilt patterns.
The UUMC Quilters welcome newcomers to the group. You don’t even have to know how to sew, they say. Members are learning new skills and improving their craft constantly. Extra hands are always needed to help sandwich a quilt top
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From left: Connie Calicdan, Mickey Chase, Bonnie Bennett, Janet Jones, Carol Pukli, Karen Simpson, Susie Carpenter, Bonnie Wright. Not pictured: Mitzi Holmes, Tiffany Vantine, Barbara Albers, Marge Anderson, Jan Kirby, Kathy Keefer, Joan Littlefield, and Sue Watkins.
Youth Group Fellowship & Fun…
UUMC! We’ve had a fun filled February full of hikes, Super Bowl, rainy bonfires and lots of adventures. This month we have regular youth at the church from 4:30-7 on March 7th, 14th, and 21st. Please let me know if you want to join us on March 28th for our rock climbing night. It is $20 per person but if you bring a friend, it will be on us!
Also if you would like to volunteer to provide a meal for the youth group on March 14th or the 21st contact me so we can get you signed up! Looking forward to a great month!
Blessings,
Lauren
EL Niño SCHOLARSHIP PHOTO DAY SATURDAY, MARCH 21st
Leave Irvine Presbyterian Church at 7:00 am. Return to Irvine by 6:00 pm.
Needed: photographers, translators, & smiling helpers! You can help by… Measuring children’s feet for shoes Taking photos for the bio sheets Translating Updating student information Building relationships
No experience is needed. All are welcome – you do not have to be a sponsor. We hope to have a full UUMC group!
Please bring: Water, sack lunch & snacks for car Camera if you’re a photographer Drivers – Mexico insurance PASSPORT (birth certificate OK for children under age 19 since we’re with a church group). Patience and a big smile! Optional: bring items for entertaining children – balls, jump ropes, kites, face paint, fingernail polish, etc.
Contact Sue Harriss or Kim Campbell to sign-up or with questions: [email protected] 949-854-2374, or
Your Apportionments at Work Imagine No Malaria 2014
By Karen Rhoads
The United Methodist Church through its Imagine No Malaria program part-nered with the Sierra Leone govern-ment for the second time to supply treated nets nationwide. The first ever successful mosquito net campaign was conducted in November, 2010. The 2014 campaign replaced or supple-mented the nets to these same fami-lies.
Check out this video which shows the photographer's revisit to the same communities in Sierra Leone, demon-strating the great impact of this pro-gram. Link to You Tube to watch short video: http://youtu.be/FOPWk907wus
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End Human Trafficking 2015 Ensure Justice Conference
Vanguard University’s Ensure Justice Conference is being held March 6 and 7, 2015. These two days are filled with speakers and workshops and the cost is $149. There is a worship and message from Dr. Jo Anne Lyon, General Su-perintendent of The Wesleyan Church on Friday night March 6 at 6:30pm at the Newport Mesa Church on the Vanguard University campus that is a free event open to the community.
Visit the website for more information: ensurejustice.com.
~ Linda Wabler
Opportunities to Volunteer…
Starting this month, UUMC will be using two new web-sites: Idealist.org and Volunteermatch.org. Both sites list opportunities for people seeking positive volunteer work. We’ll be posting some Outreach Events online where any-one who has interest in helping out will be able to contact me, you, or the church for more information. If you have a need for helpers or item donations, please feel free to email me with event specifics and I'll add it to our page. It’s a great chance to meet community members while contributing to some wonderful work!
Prayers and Practices An introduction and continuation of practices of the faith. Wednesdays in Lent from 6:00-7:00pm, in Ed-D. Interwoven with the themes and scriptures of Lent.
Begin with the Ash Wednesday Service on February 18 and continue through March 25. Led by Pastor Paige.
UUMC received $42.2K of income and had $39.8K of Ex-penses. $4.8K of apportionments was budgeted but not yet paid. With this payment the net for January will be -$2.4K.
UUMC Choir to sing in Ecumenical Prayer Service Tuesday, March 3, 7:30-8:30 pm. Christ Cathedral
13280 Chapman Ave. Garden Grove, CA 92840 Diocese of Orange Ecumenical Prayer Service is focused on bringing attention to the plight of persecuted Christians worldwide. We are called to aid our brothers & Sisters in faith, by prayers, acts of charity, and works of justice.
UUMC Conference Financial Representative By Barbara DeGroot
For an inside look at Conference financial matters ask Lee Holmes. Lee has joined the Council on Financial Resources of the Cal-Pac Conference of the Methodist Church. He is one of 12 lay members from all around the region who meet quarterly to survey where the money goes and advise the conference on the best ways to maximize its expendi-tures. Lee’s career-long expertise in insurance and risk management is a valuable asset to the council, which is also focused on supporting funding for new ministries and increasing the revenues generated by church camps, in ad-dition to insurance matters. The Council includes Bishop Minerva Carcaño and other professional staff as ex-officio members.
UUMC Vacation Bible School Director Position Opening Seeking an inspired, creative, organized person to
run our VBS the week of June 22-26, 2015.
Adult & child friendly, with ability to recruit, motivate, train, and appreciate volunteers. Grounded in the Christian faith & able to introduce children to Christian stories & values. The curriculum is consistent with United Methodism.
Flexible hours leading up to June, with at least 50% atten-dance at staff meetings on Tuesdays at 11:00 am, & Sunday morning worship services. 20 hours per week in June.
* Pay is $25 per hour capped. * Speak, read, & write English. * Able to lift & carry 15 pounds. * Pass a background check. * Computer Literate.
To apply send a letter of interest to: Pastor Paige Eaves Notate experience with children's education, VBS (if any), adult volunteer training and coordination, creative gifts, and church home if not UUMC. Application deadline is March 1, 2015.
- Pastor Paige Eaves
THE KITCHEN IS COMING…
I’m happy to announce fundraising for the kitchen remodel is nearly complete. We have already received close to our $40,000.00 goal. Can you believe it? Thank you! The Board of Trustees is so excited and honored by the generous support from each of you. If you are still pondering, it’s not too late.
Although the Fellowship Hall will continue to be used during the construction process, we will be removing everything from the kitchen the first week of March, with demolition scheduled for the following week. Jack Lucas, who has helped build many a “Habitat for Humanity” home will be overseeing the building process with support from Chuck Gramlich and his crew in the more technical areas. Jack has requested the use of a Garage Vac during the construction period. If you have one we can bor-row please let us know, we would be very grateful.
If you would like to join the “Kitchen Crew” please contact: Jack Lucas 949-551-4773, [email protected], or
Child’s World Preschool Director - Cyndi McCormick
We Pray for Those Who Grieve… We mourn but not without hope for we are a people of the resurrection. Pray for Debbie Burris’ family, her mother-in-law, Alwina Stoltenberg, passed away on Feb. 10, at age 92.
We Pray for Our Homebound... Carol Moore, Diane Monjay, Anne Ramsay, Alice Sakai, and Betty Quilligan
We Pray for Those Who Are Ill or Having Surgery… Dorothy Lucas, Bentley Politte, Leon Smith, Jerry Counga, David Gibson, Susanne Mason, Bob Bilanchone’s sister Rosemary, & Myrna Dave.
Please Pray for… Kelsey Heflin as she studies abroad in Denmark. The family of Sarah Koshy.
If you are in need of prayer, or a member of your family or a friend, please contact the church office at 949-786-8354; or Prayer Chain Coordinator Diane Masenten, at 949-854-2357. To respect the privacy of those in need, we publish only the names of those who have given us permission.
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Many, many thanks for the wonderful cards, kind comments, flowers, and concerned phone calls I received after my brother’s diagnosis and subsequent death. As usual, my church family was there to console and comfort me. I am glad he is no longer in pain, but I still miss his slightly off beat ways. Thank you again for all you have done. You are the best!
~ Linda Dressler
Request for Suggestions on How to Use the Gift from Dr. Janice Clark
Last year UUMC received a very generous gift of about $215,000 from the estate of Dr. Janice Clark. The terms of the gift were not specific on how it was to be used, so our church congregation and leaders have the opportunity to dis-cern how to best use this money.
The Vision and Strategy Committee has asked me to collect suggestions from our congregation on possible uses for this gift. Your suggestions would be appreciated, and can be sent to me at [email protected]
The deadline for suggestions is March 15, 2015.
I will compile all of the suggestions and convene a special Clark committee comprised of the Vision and Strategy Committee, and Chairpersons from SPRC, Trustees, Finance, Endowment, and Stewardship Committees. This special committee will review and discuss all of the submitted suggestions and make recommendations on the best uses of the Clark gift to meet the goals and objectives of UUMC. The Committee’s recommendations will then be presented at the next occurring Church Quarterly Conference for review and final approval by the conference attendees. Thank you for your suggestions.
~ Bob Bilanchone
UUMC Irvine Outlook Newsletter is published monthly Outlook Editor: Trish Kells
Reporter: Barbara DeGroot Deadline for April Outlook is Tuesday, March 24
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