July 2016 Volume 33, Issue 7

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1 Northridge United Methodist Church July 2016 Volume 33, Issue 7 One Sunday 10am during July & August Northridge United Methodist Church 9650 Reseda Blvd. Northridge, CA (818) Weekday Preschool: (818) The Methodist is archived on the NUMC website. Please contact the church office for more information. Vacation Bible School (VBS) Monday, July 25 Friday, July 29 9 am 12 noon Child registration and Youth Volunteer registration is now closed. Adult volunteers may still register by filling out a registration form in the church office. VBS Sunday Sunday, July 31 at 10 am Children will sing VBS songs and share about weekly activities. Kids & Volunteers wear your VBS t-shirts! Join us for FREE Brunch & Bounce House! Pastor...Rev. Dr. Joseph Choi Associate Pastor...Rev. Karen Murata Dir. of Senior Ministry...Char Anderson Business Manager...Dorrel Atteberry Facilities/Office Manager...Joan Coston H.R. Coordinator...Elizabeth Beckman Dir. of Youth Ministry...Steven Klotz Dir. of Preschool...Debbie Goodman Dir. of Music (9 am)..dr. Elmer Heerema Organist (9 am)...dr. Joseph Lee Dir. of Music (11 am)...jason Retana Dir. of Handbells...Ruben Mendoza Dir. of Youth Choir...Carol de Leon Dir. of Children s Choir...Joann Wyse Sunday School Lead...Amanda D Amico Sunday School Assistants...Leslie Orozco...Miranda Mosley...Lindsey Woerner Sunday Childcare...Ashley Anderson...Liz Piceno Buildings and Grounds...Richard Grijalva Custodian...Chuck Grant Sunday Custodian...Matthew Nash Sound Technician...Adrian Boluarte-Chong Sunday Worship Service 10 am (ONE Service during summer) Sunday School & Nursery 10 am in the Kendall Building Childcare available

2 High School Graduates on June 12 Commissioning of Costa Rica Mission Team on June 12 Senior Lunch on June 25 Drive-In Movie Night on June 24 Sunday School students made soup mix to take home and baked cookies/bread as they learned of how Esau traded his birthright for a bowl of soup and a piece of bread.

3 Jazz Vespers on June 12 Artist Shelley Heffler with her artwork at the June Jazz Vespers Service From left to right: Emilio Giuseppe Terranova, Gregory Uhlmann, Hyung Kyu Lee and Gary Fukushima Videos of all services are archived on YouTube. During July & August Bible Study Sundays at 8 am This Bible study sets aside time each week to read and reflect using The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide. Issues of The Upper Room are available in the Narthex and online at Sundays at 9 am Join us for our study of the book Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus. Fritz Wise Drums July 10 at 6 pm Rickey Woodard Tenor Sax Michael Alvidrez Bass Billy Mitchell Piano Dr. Bobby Rodriguez Trumpet 3

4 Children & Family NUMC 2016 VBS (Surf Shack) is almost here! Monday, July 25 Friday, July 29 from 9 am noon VBS Sunday July 31 at 10 am Child registration and Youth Volunteer registration is now closed. Adult volunteers may still register by filling out a registration form in the church office. VBS VOLUNTEER TRAINING SATURDAY, JULY 23 FROM 9 AM-NOON MEET IN THE SANCTUARY! VBS Volunteers are still needed in a variety of roles! ITEMS NEEDED FOR VBS (a.s.a.p.) please drop off at church office 4 Surf Boards (to be used for décor-will be returned to owner after VBS) Beach Umbrellas (to be used for décor-will be returned to owner after VBS) Beach balls Beach towels (any color, design, size) Blow up pool toys or beachy décor 15 packages/boxes of kinetic sand cloth rags (as many as you have to donate) 5 bottles dish soap 5 bags granulated sugar 20 empty soda cans packing/shipping peanuts 5 large buckets zip lock baggies-gallon & quart size Surfers Healing: Staying with the surf theme, many of you asked after the June 19 (Father s Day) sermon how to find out more about Surfers Healing and how to support the ministry they do. Event, volunteer, & donation information can be found on their website Save the Date During July and August we will have one worship service at 10 am! Sunday, July 3: Family Worship One Worship Service at 10 am! No Sunday School. Kids stay in worship! Sunday, July 10 Sunday, August 28 One Worship Service at 10 am. One Sunday School Class at 10 am!

5 Mission & Outreach 2016 Vacation Bible School Mission Madagascar In the month of July, the congregation and children of VBS will have an opportunity to support the children of Madagascar. Goal: Donations for Meals at Ambohidratrimo Orphanage Renovations of four primary schools in Vohipeno, Tolongoina, Tanetilava, & Ampasina Ball point pens for the children For more information ask Mike or Nancy Easterly Church & Society Movie Every 66 seconds someone develops Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers costs family caregivers not only their time but statistics show that the average family spends $5,000 per year caring for their family member with Alzheimers. As our population ages more of us will be impacted. Please join us for a screening of "Glenn Campbell: I'll Be Me" on Monday, July 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Kendall Building. Church & Society will present this 2014 American documentary film about country music singer Glen Campbell. Campbell and close friend Julian Raymond, the film's executive producer, won a Grammy Award, and were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for writing the film's theme "I'm Not Gonna Miss You." The movie runs 114 minutes and is rated PG for themes and some language. As always our team will provide materials about the issues and provide a time for discussion before and after the movie. 5

6 Senior Lunches In June we enjoyed our fifth in a series of six senior lunches with our theme of Getting to Know You. Discussion at the lunch tables was guided by the members of the Senior Advisory Team. There is no charge other than the pleasure of your company. If you missed any of the lunches and would like copies of the questions for those you missed just give Char a call. Save the Date for the last lunch July 16. Please sign up for lunch in the office or in Fellowship Hall so that we can determine how much food to order. If you find you are not able to attend please give a call to the office or to Char. Primetimers The Primetimers will be visiting the Getty Villa in Malibu on Friday, August 5. Meet the bus in the parking lot near the YAC at 10:00 AM. Cost is $20. Sign up in the office or Fellowship Hall. No host lunch is available in one of several areas. The Getty Villa is home to the J. Paul Getty Museum's antiquities collection. Here you'll find art from the ancient Greek and Roman world dating from 6,500 B.C. to A.D Over 1,200 antiquities are on view in 23 galleries at the Villa. These include monumental sculptures as well as artifacts of everyday life. The entire collection numbers approximately 44,000 antiquities. PRIMETIMERS - SAVE THE DATES October 8 - Van Nuys Airport Tour November 12 - Tour of Union Station and lunch at Clifton's Cafeteria 6 In Our Thoughts & Prayers Mary Farish, Rev. Mark Ulrickson, Yoshi Yamawaki, Christine Coons, John Turner, Pearl Adams, Millie Wambold, Jim Krohn, Shirley Hersh

7 Mission Report What is Mission to me? I really started to sweat this task as soon as Mike Easterly mentioned that we will be speaking of our trip in our Church service. After a week in the tropics of Costa Rica surely I can sweat just a bit more to offer up some notion of what is Mission to me. What keeps coming to me when I say these words is to give thanks for the opportunity to serve others. I must give thanks to my Mentor and friend Mike Easterly for seeing in me something that I did not my calling for Mission. My church family has entrusted me to go forth and help those less fortunate better their circumstance, better their lives, and give of our work and resource so they can better serve Jesus and their communities. Wil, the founder of Costa Rica Mission, reminded us that it s not all about the work. It s about the communion of working together. At one worship service that we attended it was very apparent that the Pastor and parishioners were a bit nervous about having 50 Norte Americanos a part of the celebration of the Memory of Jesus. Will the music be acceptable? Will they understand my message? Have I prepared enough for my sermon? Will they know not to take the bread until everyone is ready? When I first met this Pastor at the work site he was unassuming as anyone. Put a microphone in his hands and this man connected with each and every one of us regardless of the language barrier. He repeated several times Gloria a Dios para este lugar, Gloria a Dios al los Norte Americanos en este lugar. Glory to God for this place, Glory to God for the Americans in this place. He was so happy to have a place for everyone to celebrate The Memory of Christ. At that moment we all became the body of Christ without borders, language, or countries separating us. I want to give thanks to all of you for sending me with two of my kids, Cyrus and Sierra. Can a father be more proud of his children when he sees them working, laughing, loving, sweating, while helping others? When Cyrus witnessed me getting tired of mixing the stucco by hand in the wheelbarrow and continually spelled me for a rest I gave thanks. To see others follow his lead and direction in this stucco process and watch him with amazement lift a 90lb. sack and hold it until the mixing was completed and the bag empty, more than ten wheelbarrows, was truly inspiring. 7

8 When my Sierra wrote me the most beautiful father s day card expressing her gratitude that she has been given the opportunity to go to Costa Rica with her dad to help others. When the Pastor and his wife pull me aside to acknowledge her work ethic and give me a pat on the back. Of course I said you have to get to know my wife Lacey, the best decision of my life. I have to ask, what have I done to deserve this feeling inside of me? Could it be just a glimpse of how much our Father in Heaven loves each and every one of us for our little part in this life? This is what Mission is to me. People witnessing people, improving someone s life through adversity, work, love, fellowship, hope, and prayer. All in the attitude of giving thanks to our creator. Thank you all for giving me the responsibility and the opportunity of working through you in doing the Lord s work. It is really easy to forget to be thankful in these times. As Anne Frank said, even the smallest of lights in a dark room will give illumination. Thanks be to God. Amen! Matthew T. Withers Entire NUMC and Reseda UMC team

9 July Events and Meetings 3 10 am Worship Sanctuary followed by BBQ picnic on Patio 4 July 4 Holiday-office closed 6 No Soul Food Café am Worship Sanctuary Brunch following 6 pm Jazz Vespers-Sanctuary 11 11:30 to 9:30 pm Eat Out Monday-Maria s 7 pm Church/Society Movie noon Lunch for Seniors-Fellowship Hall 17 9 am Summer Choir 10 am Worship Sanctuary Brunch following 11:30 Orientation for new committee members-library 18 11:30 am Caring Ministry-Kendall Building 6 pm Missions-Kendall Building 19 2 pm NUM Foundation-Library 7 pm Trustees-Library 23 9 to 1 pm VBS Training-All Rooms 24 9 am Summer Choir 10 am Worship Service Sanctuary Brunch following 11:30 Orientation for new committee members-library 25 7 pm Book Club-Barbara Shields home 7 pm Methodist Money Makers-Library to Noon VBS-All Rooms 29 7 pm Drive-in Movie-Parking Lot am VBS Sunday Sanctuary One Service at 10 am during July & August Regular Weekly Events Mondays: UMW Arts and Crafts 9 am T ai Chi (1st & 3rd) 10 am Kendall Bldg Fireside Rm Tuesdays: Cracker Barrel 10 am Library Worship Band Rehearsal 7:30 pm Sanctuary Wednesdays: Maintenance 8:30 am Church Office Volunteers (WMD) WORMS 9:30 am Kendall Bldg Jubilee Bells 5:30 pm Room 5/6 Celebration Ringers 7 pm Room 5/6 (Last rehearsal, June 15; Return in Sept) Thursdays: Chancel Choir 7:30 pm Sanctuary (Summer Choir-July 17; Choir off in August) Fridays: Cracker Barrel 10 am Library T ai Chi 10 am Fellowship Hall Sundays: Devotional Group 8 am Library Adult Study 9 am Library Sunday School 10 am Kendall Bldg Infant/Toddler Care in Nursery Grades 1-5 in Kendall Building ONE Worship Service at 10 am July and August Northridge United Methodist Church

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