Econnection: May 2, 2024

EConnection

May 2

Written By Renee Moreno

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Featured Events

Intergenerational Sunday School

Begins May 5 | 9:45 - 10:45 am

Chapel

EVERYONE is welcome to join Ray Williams and Melissa Wiginton in the chapel every Sunday May 5-June 2nd. This brilliant pair will coach you through telling wonderful, descriptive and engaging Bible stories. This is a safe place to learn new skills and make a new intergenerational friend. We’re thrilled that Ray and Melissa are up for teaching this class again and we look forward to seeing all of you there.

Questions? Contact Jillian!

Bach Cantata

May 12 | 11 am

Join us to celebrate the Ascension of Jesus with Bach's "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen" (BWV11)! Our Sanctuary Choir, accompanied by Dr. EunJoo Fierro on the organ, will bring you a multi-movement work. We’ll spotlight our talented UUMC Section Leaders: Cami Everitt, Soprano; Annisha Mackenzie, Mezzo-Soprano; Andres Ojeda, Tenor; and George Sani, Bass. The choir is excited to bring you this extended musical meditation on the rising and ascension of our savior.

Worship | Sunday @ 11 am
Online or In-Person

Join us for worship as we continue our sermon series Climate Justice and Creation Care. Pastor Earl will preach and the Sanctuary Choir will sing “We Are Fed” by Linda Kachelmeier. At the sanctuary service we will celebrate holy communion and Pastor Earl and his wife Jeehei Park’s daughter, Saige, will be baptized. Our pre-recorded online youtube service premiers at 11am Sunday.

News

General Conference Update

We're pleased to share the news that The General Conference voted to remove the harmful language from The Book of Discipline. To read Teresa's Note where she shared the joyful news, and view other resources about General Conference, visit uumc.org/general-conference.

P.S. be on the lookout for more details in Teresa's note tomorrow, but we'll be taking a celebratory photo in the Sanctuary on Sunday after worship! So pull out your rainbow clothes and plan to stay a few extra minutes to celebrate AND commit to our ongoing participation in making the UMC a space of justice and inclusion.

Flower Ministry

Each week our amazing Flower Ministry team takes the altar flowers and arranges them into beautiful vases. They then deliver them to some of the members of our congregation.

If you are interested in joining the Flower Ministry team and can assist with arranging flowers or delivering, please contact Pastor Teresa.

The Flower Ministry team is also in need of vases. If you have received an arrangement, please return the vase the next time you are at church or contact the church and we can arrange to pick it up. Or, if you have vases to donate please bring them to the church office during business hours. The best for small bouquet arrangements are smaller vases, 12" - 16" with a narrow opening.

If you’d like to donate altar flowers in memory or honor of a loved one or special event, please contact Renee.

Scam Texts/Emails

Please protect yourself from scammers that pretend to be a Pastor or staff member via text/email. We will never ask for an urgent favor, or the purchase of gift cards. Please delete these messages without responding.

To avoid falling for a potential scam:

Double check the sender.
Verify the collection is valid - is it something we've talked about during service on Sunday? Is it on the website? Sent in the Econnection?
Check for grammar and spelling mistakes.
Trust your gut. If something feels wrong, it probably is.

If there is every any doubt about the authenticity of a request, don't hesitate to call us and we can let you know.