Redondo Beach, California, United States First United Methodist Church enews for Thursday, 16 August 2018: "Jesus Loves the Earth, VBS Sunday!" Celebrating VBS this Sunday! "Jesus Loves the Earth" series continues.
I've been having fun at our Vacation Bible School this year. Our Renew theme for this year is near and dear to my heart, and I treasure getting a chance to connect our love of God and our care for the earth.
Even better, VBS gives me a chance to help create things with kids. And all week, we've been re-using things, using discarded stuff (and a lot of masking tape) to create new things. It's a blast to watch kids be excited about playing with the unusual shapes and materials--every day, they've jumped right in, excited to build and create.
It's such a privilege to get to provide time and space and a safe, caring community in which young people get to do all these things. I would wish that all young people would know that the church is one place where they are welcome, and where they are encouraged to create and play and learn and make.
All week, we have been talking about Jesus' parable about a sower who planted seeds. Though so much went wrong with seeds that were planted--it was eaten by birds, burned by the sun, choked by thorns--some of it also fell on good soil. There, it grew and flourished. While the church cannot protect us all from hard times, I give thanks that we get to be, as often as possible, good soil, in which life can flourish.
with gratitude,
Pastor Molly
I hope you'll join us in worship this Sunday! During our 10:30 service, we will hear some about VBS, and sing together one of our songs for the week. I know it will be special time!
Sunday, August 19: VBS Sunday
"Jesus Loves the Earth: Tend the Soil"
Rev. Molly Vetter, preaching
Mark 4:1-9
Mark 4:1 Again Yeshua began to teach by the lake, but the crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there, while the crowd remained on shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things in parables. In the course of his teaching, he said to them: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he sowed, some seed fell alongside the path; and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Other seed fell on rocky patches where there was not much soil. It sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow; 6 but when the sun rose, the young plants were scorched; and since their roots were not deep, they dried up. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked it; so that it yielded no grain. 8 But other seed fell into rich soil and produced grain; it sprouted, and grew, and yielded a crop — thirty, sixty, even a hundred times what was sown.” 9 And he concluded, “Whoever has ears to hear with, let him hear!” (Complete Jewish Bible).
Mark 4:1-9
Verse 2
[2] And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
He taught them many things by parables — After the usual manner of the eastern nations, to make his instructions more agreeable to them, and to impress them the more upon attentive hearers. A parable signifies not only a simile or comparison, and sometimes a proverb, but any kind of instructive speech, wherein spiritual things are explained and illustrated by natural, Proverbs 1:6.
To understand a proverb and the interpretation — The proverb is the literal sense, the interpretation is the spiritual resting in the literal sense killeth, but the spiritual giveth life.
Verse 3
[3] Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
Hearken — This word he probably spoke with a loud voice, to stop the noise and hurry of the people. (John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes)
8:30am in Epworth Lounge
10:30am in the Sanctuary
Special Music: “I’d Give My Life For You” from Miss Saigon and "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, sung by Denice Golzales
“I’d Give My Life For You” by Alain Albert Boublil / Claude Michel Schonberg / Richard E. Maltby
You who I cradled in my arms.
You,
Asking as little as you can.
Little snip of a little man,
I know I'd give my life for you.
You didn't ask me to be born
You,
Why should you learn of war or pain?
To be sure you're not hurt again,
I swear I'd give my life for you.
I've tasted love beyond all fear.
And you should know it's love that brought you here.
And in one perfect night,
When the stars burned like new,
I knew what I must do.
I'll give you a million things I'll never own.
I'll give you a world to conquer when you're grown.
You will be who you want to be.
You
Can choose whatever heaven grants.
As long as you can have your chance,
I swear I'll give my life for you.
Sometimes I wake up, reaching for him.
I feel his shadow brush my head,
But there's just moonlight on my bed.
Was he a ghost?
Was he a lie?
That made my body laugh and cry?
Then by my side the proof I see, his little one.
Gods of the sun,
Bring him to me.
You will be who you want to be.
You
Can choose whatever heaven grants.
As long as you can have your chance,
I swear I'll give my life for you.
No one can stop what I must do.
I swear I'll give my life for you.
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice
Don't know how to love him, what to do, how to move him
I've been changed, yes really changed
In these past few days when I see myself, I seem like someone else
I don't know how to take this, I don't see why he moves me
He's a man, he's just a man
And I've had so many men before in very many ways, he's just one more
Should I bring him down, should I scream and shout
Should I speak of love, let my feelings out
I never thought I'd come to this, what's it all about
Don't you think it's rather funny that I should be in this position
I'm the one who's always been so calm, so cool, no lover's fool
Running every show, he scares me so
Should I bring him down, should I scream and shout
Should I speak of love, let my feelings out
I never thought I'd come to this, what's it all about
Yet, if he said he loved me, I'd be lost, I'd be frightened
I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope
I'd turn my head, I'd back away, I wouldn't want to know
He scares me so, I want him so, I love him so
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson's popular column for the Mainsail has found new life, online! Read his view from the pews about church life and community news. You'll enjoy keeping up with the many good things happening in our congregation! by Bob Peterson
Guess what? I missed church last Sunday because I was attending a family wedding in Fallbrook, California which is in Northern San Diego County. It was at a country club with a garden chapel that is very beautiful and the weather there last Sunday was not too hot. The Preacher officiating may have been Baptist, but took liberties with the Gospel as he performed a nice service for the senior couple. My son Steve drove us there and we enjoyed the day, spent the night and returned Monday by about 2 PM. Now, why write about this? I haven't been in that part of California for maybe thirty or more years and was amazed at the building of homes and business in that hilly desert area. It so much developed that one wonders how it is governed. They certainly have a lot of traffic, but then so does all of California.
All my life and my wife's life, weddings were always done in the church, where they should be solemnized and at this age I missed that warm feeling of church friends and family being there. Well, I guess I'm just growing too old for some of the changes in lifestyles. Meanwhile I'll look forward to seeing you all this Sunday at Our Church.
Remember that this has been the week of Vacation Bible School, so we just may have a great lot of children in worship this Sunday. Also, if you are a man, please join us for the Monday morning 7:00AM Breakfast at Coco's restaurant, Hawthorne Blvd. & 182nd Street, Torrance CA. Two weeks ago we had Gene Koester as a visitor and it added a lot to our group.
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His teaching is full of stories and metaphors that draw lessons from the natural world. He spoke of farmers and fishermen, of mother hens and fig trees, inviting us to think deeply about the world around us.
We believe that Jesus' teachings have a lot to say to us as we try to navigate our ecological responsibilities today.
Join Pastor Molly for sermon series, through September 2.
ReNew VBS has been a BLAST!
We still have one day left, and we are so grateful to all our church has done to open our doors to all the kids who have grown in faith this week!
Our volunteers have been loving, fun, and hardworking! If you know someone who helped with VBS this week, make sure to say thanks for all they have done.
Join us at 10:30 worship this week where we will celebrate our week and our VBS kids will share a favorite song!
Youth Rock Climbing Event!
Our Back to School Lock-In is mostly at church...EXCEPT WE'RE ALS GOING ROCK CLIMBING!!! It's (Fri-Sat) August 24-25.
Click here for more details!
We have special opportunities for kids on Sunday mornings this Summer!
Options for Children at Church in Summer!
We love having children in worship, and through the summer, we encourage families to attend together!
For much of the summer, our children's Sunday School is on break. We have special children's activity books available to pick up as kids enter the sanctuary, with things they can work on during worship.
We encourage you to help your kids participate in worship as much as they are able! Help them follow along in the bulletin if they can read, and talk about what the experienced and remembered afterwards!
Wanted: Sound Board Operators
We are looking for 8-10+ people to volunteer to be part of a rotation of sound board operators. There are no requirements other than a desire to help out. Volunteers should either meet me after church or send me (Matt Parker) an email at mjp.sandiego@gmail.com.
Blessing of the Backpacks: Sunday, August 26 in worship
Bring your backpack or school bag to worship on Sunday, August 26 for a Blessing of the Backpacks! Students of all ages are welcome to be a part of this prayer blessing at the beginning of the school year.
We will bless backpacks during both our 8:30am and 10:30am worship.
Online Video Bible Study - New Three-Week Study begins August 28
Join us for an online, interactive video Bible study. We will read Anne Lamott's Help Thanks Wow: the three essential prayers. Our small group meets via online video chat, so you can join in from wherever you are this summer, on your laptop, smart phone or tablet!
We meet up online on Tuesday evenings, from 8:30-9:30pm, through Google Hangouts. The group is led by Lillian Naveira, Eileen Raycroft and Pastor Molly Vetter. Join us to discuss one of the chapters each week: August 28, September 4 & 11.
Click through for more information, including the link to log on!
October 20: Church Golf Tournament
Mark your calendars now, and make plans to join us for our 2018 church golf tournament. We will return to the beautiful Los Verdes Golf Course for the tournament, which benefits the ministries of our church.
Questions? Contact Gary Baughman at church
Save the Date: Our fall talent show, silent auction and food trucks event is scheduled for November 10! We hope you'll start thinking about what talents and auction items you can share!
Game Night: Sunday, August 26
Mark your calendars and get out your favorite games: We're going to have a church game night in August!
Come have some fun, playing games you love (or are up to try out) with friends of all ages from church. You are welcome to bring games you like to play, or just come ready to join others in a game.
The event is FREE, and open to all ages. We'll have a taco guy here, with tacos for sale, too, so you can play right on through dinner.
Looking for a Deeper Look at the Whole Bible?
This coming year, we invite you to be a part of a 24-week Disciple Bible Study Fast Track class. With 12 weeks in the Old Testament and 12 weeks in the New Testament, the class with go deeper in understanding the whole of the Bible story. In the midst of our busy lives, this study is designed to help us understand with the Bible has to say to us as disciples of Jesus Christ, today.
We are tentatively planning to offer the study twice: during the daytime on Thursdays from 10:30am-noon, and on Tuesday evenings from 8-9:30pm via online video conference. We hope to start September 18 and 20!
Options for Children at Church in Summer!
We love having children in worship, and through the summer, we encourage families to attend together!
For much of the summer, our children's Sunday School is on break. We have special children's activity books available to pick up as kids enter the sanctuary, with things they can work on during worship.
We encourage you to help your kids participate in worship as much as they are able! Help them follow along in the bulletin if they can read, and talk about what the experienced and remembered afterwards!
Wanted: Sound Board Operators
We are looking for 8-10+ people to volunteer to be part of a rotation of sound board operators. There are no requirements other than a desire to help out. Volunteers should either meet me after church or send me (Matt Parker) an email at mjp.sandiego@gmail.com.
Bring your backpack or school bag to worship on Sunday, August 26 for a Blessing of the Backpacks! Students of all ages are welcome to be a part of this prayer blessing at the beginning of the school year.
We will bless backpacks during both our 8:30am and 10:30am worship.
Online Video Bible Study - New Three-Week Study begins August 28
Join us for an online, interactive video Bible study. We will read Anne Lamott's Help Thanks Wow: the three essential prayers. Our small group meets via online video chat, so you can join in from wherever you are this summer, on your laptop, smart phone or tablet!
We meet up online on Tuesday evenings, from 8:30-9:30pm, through Google Hangouts. The group is led by Lillian Naveira, Eileen Raycroft and Pastor Molly Vetter. Join us to discuss one of the chapters each week: August 28, September 4 & 11.
Click through for more information, including the link to log on!
Mark your calendars now, and make plans to join us for our 2018 church golf tournament. We will return to the beautiful Los Verdes Golf Course for the tournament, which benefits the ministries of our church.
Questions? Contact Gary Baughman at church
Mark your calendars and get out your favorite games: We're going to have a church game night in August!
Come have some fun, playing games you love (or are up to try out) with friends of all ages from church. You are welcome to bring games you like to play, or just come ready to join others in a game.
The event is FREE, and open to all ages. We'll have a taco guy here, with tacos for sale, too, so you can play right on through dinner.
Looking for a Deeper Look at the Whole Bible?
This coming year, we invite you to be a part of a 24-week Disciple Bible Study Fast Track class. With 12 weeks in the Old Testament and 12 weeks in the New Testament, the class with go deeper in understanding the whole of the Bible story. In the midst of our busy lives, this study is designed to help us understand with the Bible has to say to us as disciples of Jesus Christ, today.
We are tentatively planning to offer the study twice: during the daytime on Thursdays from 10:30am-noon, and on Tuesday evenings from 8-9:30pm via online video conference. We hope to start September 18 and 20!
Interested? Let us know, and you can help us set the calendar for our study.
UMW All-Circle Potluck Dinner
All women in the church are invited to our annual summertime All-Circle Potluck on Thursday, August 23 at 6pm. Besides usual good food and fellowship, we will hear about the work of CCI, the Canine Companions for Independence. Everyone is encouraged to bring a favorite dish to share, as well as reusable dinnerware that you can use and take home!
Open House Sunday on Sept 9
Join us to kick off the fall season with an Open House Sunday on September 9. Between services we will have fun activities and information about our church community. After 10:30 worship, we will have a Potluck Lunch. We hope you will invite a friend to come check us out!
If you're a leader in a church group, please check in with us by the end of August, to make sure your events are included in our fall church calendar!
Pastor Molly will preach a new fall series, "See and Be Seen." Join her as we explore questions about how God sees us, and how Jesus invites us to look at the world!
Help Needed for Parking Lot Fundraiser: Labor Day Weekend
As usual, we will be renting the lot over the holiday, but we need some help. Please volunteer for a shift by contacting Paul Caldwell As of now, we plan to work Sunday and Monday, September 2 and 3.
All women in the church are invited to our annual summertime All-Circle Potluck on Thursday, August 23 at 6pm. Besides usual good food and fellowship, we will hear about the work of CCI, the Canine Companions for Independence. Everyone is encouraged to bring a favorite dish to share, as well as reusable dinnerware that you can use and take home!
Open House Sunday on Sept 9
Join us to kick off the fall season with an Open House Sunday on September 9. Between services we will have fun activities and information about our church community. After 10:30 worship, we will have a Potluck Lunch. We hope you will invite a friend to come check us out!
If you're a leader in a church group, please check in with us by the end of August, to make sure your events are included in our fall church calendar!
Help Needed for Parking Lot Fundraiser: Labor Day Weekend
As usual, we will be renting the lot over the holiday, but we need some help. Please volunteer for a shift by contacting Paul Caldwell As of now, we plan to work Sunday and Monday, September 2 and 3.
About Corazon: Corazon families have to work in the community helping their neighbors and themselves. Their children must be in school and Corazon helps them with enrollment including birth certifications, etc. Corazon has community centers that offer life skills classes such as gardening (required), computer classes, beauty salon, sewing machines, and an after school library and study hall.
Corazon House Build 2018
This will be our 20th Anniversary Corazon House Build! On Saturday, October 13, Redondo Beach First along with, Aldersgate, Abundant Life and University UMC's will build a home in one day. Our contribution for the material is $2,000. To date we've raised just over $1300. Look for the Corazon Donation Angels on a Sunday soon.
We also need 10 volunteers to help build this home. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in having fun, learning how to build a house in one day, meeting our neighbors in Mexico and how they live, wonderful camaraderie, and living out our faith. It's an opportunity to know that you have helped make a home for a hard working family and the hope for theirs and their children's success in life. Contact George Mercer for more info.
Announcements
Corazon House Build 2018
This will be our 20th Anniversary Corazon House Build! On Saturday, October 13, Redondo Beach First along with, Aldersgate, Abundant Life and University UMC's will build a home in one day. Our contribution for the material is $2,000. To date we've raised just over $1300. Look for the Corazon Donation Angels on a Sunday soon.
We also need 10 volunteers to help build this home. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in having fun, learning how to build a house in one day, meeting our neighbors in Mexico and how they live, wonderful camaraderie, and living out our faith. It's an opportunity to know that you have helped make a home for a hard working family and the hope for theirs and their children's success in life. Contact George Mercer for more info.
Announcements
Men's Breakfast: Our next breakfast is Monday, August 20, at 7AM. Coco's Restaurant, 18120 Hawthorne Blvd. (Hawthorne and 182nd). All men of the church and their friends are welcome to join us for fellowship.
Prayer Quilt Ministry: Join us for our monthly quilting workshop Friday, September 14, starting at 10am. There's something for everyone to do to help. Even if you haven't tried quilt-making before, this is a great way to begin. Know someone in need of prayer? Anyone can sponsor a free prayer quilt. The Quilt Request Form is online or in the church office.
Meals and More: Did you know that we have a ministry that organizes meals and other assistance for church folks in times of need? In the past, we've helped arrange rides to medical appointments, meals for people recovering from surgery, and more. Leila Grantz coordinates this ministry, using online sign-up tools. If you want to be a part of the group that she emails when there is an opportunity to help, or if you know someone who's in need of a little help, please contact the church office or Leila.
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" will come in the Spring! We have decided to shift our production of a play version of this CS Lewis classic to 2019. But, it's still not too early to contact Kristen Harper if you're interested in being a part of it then!
Book Club: Next meeting, Tuesday, September 18. We are on summer hiatus and have chosen a few books for you to enjoy. The books we selected are: The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, by Jennifer Ryan; Hillbilly Elegy, by J. D. Vance; Uncommon Type, by Tom Hanks; Dancing in a Distant Place, by Isla Dewar; and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrow. Read as many as you wish; we will briefly discuss all of them when next we meet. Happy reading until September! For more information, contact Ann Gallagher.
This Week: Children, Youth & Adults
Nursery (6 weeks+): The Nursery is open during both services, for ages 6 weeks to 5 yrs old. Located right off of the parking lot across from Epworth Lounge. Please know that children of any age are always welcome in worship. Any questions email the Nursery Coordinator: Adriana Hwang
Children's Ministry (age 3 - 3rd Grade): This week we'll be celebrating our great week at VBS Sunday! We'll sing a favorite song and share fun memories VBS.
As always, There will be fun activity pages and books to read at our children's station.
Church R Us (Grades 4 & 5): Sunday School is officially in summer mode, which means that we are excited to have you join your family in worship!
Youth Ministry (6th-12th grade):
-Middle School Sunday School (10:30am)? No, we're on a break.
-Youth Group(2-4pm on Sunday)? We're having a Rock-Climbing Lock-In next Friday! Click here for more info!
Young Adults (19-not very specific):
Stay tuned for more Young Adult events!
Monday Night Dinner Study (Young-ish Adults and Young-ish Families):
Email Dawn Kirkemo for information.
Tuesday Night Online Video Bible Study: This week is our final week to read and discuss Consider the Birds: a Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible by Debbie Blue. We'll talk about the final chapter. Click through for more information, including the link to log on!
Adult Sunday School: Bible Study and Discussion in May Day Parlor.Sunday mornings from 9:30-10:15am. Led by Helen Stockwell. All are welcome.
Thursday Pastor's Bible Study:
Thursday Bible Study will NOT meet on August 16, during VBS. (We usually meet Thursday mornings from 11:00-noon, in May Day Parlor.) All are welcome.
United Methodist News & Events
Our congregation is a part of the El Tordondo Mission Area, in the West District of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Free Meal on Wednesday Nights
Offering food and friendship to those in need, every Wednesday night since 1992. More info here.
Shared Bread always accepts donations of the following: new underwear- men's and women's, all sizes; Sweatpants/sweatshirts-L/XL (hooded, zip up, dark colors); Men’s jeans waist sizes 32- 34; Men’s new socks, white or grey only- all sizes; Men’s tennis shoes - especially sizes 9.5 to 11.5; new or used brown paper bags with handles.
Please bring them to church on Sunday, or to the office during the week.
DESSERTS FOR SHARED BREAD
Homemade treats are treasured by our guests – but purchased treats would be wonderful, as well. Please wrap desserts tightly and mark for Shared Bread. Deliver Sunday (when you come for church) through Wednesday to the church kitchen (or the office if kitchen is closed.) Wednesday deliveries should be here by 4:00pm to help us plan our meal better. THANK YOU!
This week we are blessed by a return of our talented young friend Denise Gonzales. Denise Alyssa Gonzales has graduated Royal High School and is relocating to San Diego in about a week to attend UCSD in pursuit of a degree in dentistry. She was a straight "A" student and an International Baccalaureate candidate. A former competitive swimmer, Denise loves to stay active in the pool as well as in music. She has earned various awards from singing competitions, including first place in the 2014 First Annual Royal High School Talent Show. Denise has also sung with the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra, has been featured as a front act for many popular Filipino musicians at live concerts, and sings at karaoke bars. She enjoys singing and performing for the Lord and touching people's hearts with every song's message...
Thursday, August 16, 2018 - Music Notes
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selections and a little bit of history, too. by Jim Raycroft
This week we are blessed by a return of our talented young friend Denise Gonzales. Denise Alyssa Gonzales has graduated Royal High School and is relocating to San Diego in about a week to attend UCSD in pursuit of a degree in dentistry. She was a straight "A" student and an International Baccalaureate candidate. A former competitive swimmer, Denise loves to stay active in the pool as well as in music. She has earned various awards from singing competitions, including first place in the 2014 First Annual Royal High School Talent Show. Denise has also sung with the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra, has been featured as a front act for many popular Filipino musicians at live concerts, and sings at karaoke bars. She enjoys singing and performing for the Lord and touching people's hearts with every song's message. Regardless of where she is living, she will always be a part of the FUMCRB family, and we’ll look forward to having her sing for us as often as her schedule allows.
David Wallace Crowder, who goes by the mononymous stage name Crowder (in the finest tradition of Cher, Madonna, Adele and Prince), was the lead singer in the now defunct David Crowder Band, a contemporary worship band that disbanded in 2012. He has since gone on to a solo career, releasing his first solo studio album in 2014, under the sixsteps/sparrow label, called Neon Steeple. I Am A Seed was released in 2012, when he still fronted the David Crowder Band, as part of the album Give Us Rest. It’s a straight ahead country hoedown footstomper that the kids are singing this week in VBS, being led by Kevin Hwang.
Jesus Christ Superstar began as a concept album in the late 1960’s, with Webber working with his school friend Tim Rice. They began recording the music piecemeal, and released I Don’t Know How To Love Him as a single in 1970, which peaked at #28 in the U.S in 1971. The lead role of Jesus was sung by Ian Gillan, who had just joined the English rock band Deep Purple and brought with him a degree of fame and following to the project. Mary Magdalene was sung by Yvonne Elliman, who was born in Honolulu (Irish father, Japanese mother) and was singing in London clubs at the time she was discovered by Webber and Rice. She and Barry Dennen (Pilate) were the only cast members to do the original concept album of 1970, the first authorized stage performance at the Pittsburgh Civic Auditorium in July of 1971, the original Broadway production, which opened in October of 1971, and the movie, which was released in 1973 (starring Ted Neeley as Jesus, who was the Jesus understudy for the original Broadway production). I Don’t Know How To Love Him was originally written in 1967 with different lyrics and called Kansas Morning (people in the know commented on how similar the melody sounded to a theme from Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor). The lyrics were re-written, and the piece re-named, in January of 1970 to give the character of Mary Magdalene a primary solo song. When presented with the song, Yvonne Elliman was puzzled by the romantic nature of the lyrics, because she thought that the Mary she’d been recruited to play was Jesus’ mother. The song is one of those rare songs to have 2 versions reach the top 40 of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart at the same time - Elliman’s at #28 and Helen Reddy’s cover at #13. Recorded in 1 take in June of 1970 at Olympic Studios in London, it has been universally acclaimed as the high point in the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack since the album's September 1970 release. In 2003, The Rough Guide to Cult Popwould assess Elliman's performance: "It's rare to hear a singer combine such power and purity of tone in one song, and none of the famous singers who have covered this ballad since have come close." I discovered when I arrived at FUMCRB that Superstar was a favorite of Pastor Molly, and I’ve been looking for ways to integrate more of the songs into the service. When I found out that Denice was working on it, it seemed to be the obvious choice.
I’d Give My Life For You is a dramatic power ballad from the musical Miss Saigon, which was written by the same creative team that wrote Les Misérables. The song is sung by Kim, singing a statement of devotion to her son Tam, and is the closing song to Act 1. Just as the show Rent is based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Boheme, Miss Saigon is based on his opera Madame Butterfly, and tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American soldier lover during the Vietnam War. The show debuted in London in September of 1989 and closed 10 years later after 4092 performances. It opened on Broadway in April 1991, and as of last year, remains Broadway’s 13th longest running show.
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Looking for a Way to Volunteer?
The Welcome Team is looking for volunteers who can help about once a month between the two services and/or immediately after the 10:30 service. Go to our "Want to Help" page to learn more about this awesome ministry, as well as several other current ways you can lend a hand in ministry.
Calling All Gardeners!
Prayer Quilt Ministry: Join us for our monthly quilting workshop Friday, September 14, starting at 10am. There's something for everyone to do to help. Even if you haven't tried quilt-making before, this is a great way to begin. Know someone in need of prayer? Anyone can sponsor a free prayer quilt. The Quilt Request Form is online or in the church office.
Meals and More: Did you know that we have a ministry that organizes meals and other assistance for church folks in times of need? In the past, we've helped arrange rides to medical appointments, meals for people recovering from surgery, and more. Leila Grantz coordinates this ministry, using online sign-up tools. If you want to be a part of the group that she emails when there is an opportunity to help, or if you know someone who's in need of a little help, please contact the church office or Leila.
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" will come in the Spring! We have decided to shift our production of a play version of this CS Lewis classic to 2019. But, it's still not too early to contact Kristen Harper if you're interested in being a part of it then!
Book Club: Next meeting, Tuesday, September 18. We are on summer hiatus and have chosen a few books for you to enjoy. The books we selected are: The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, by Jennifer Ryan; Hillbilly Elegy, by J. D. Vance; Uncommon Type, by Tom Hanks; Dancing in a Distant Place, by Isla Dewar; and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrow. Read as many as you wish; we will briefly discuss all of them when next we meet. Happy reading until September! For more information, contact Ann Gallagher.
This Week: Children, Youth & Adults
Nursery (6 weeks+): The Nursery is open during both services, for ages 6 weeks to 5 yrs old. Located right off of the parking lot across from Epworth Lounge. Please know that children of any age are always welcome in worship. Any questions email the Nursery Coordinator: Adriana Hwang
Children's Ministry (age 3 - 3rd Grade): This week we'll be celebrating our great week at VBS Sunday! We'll sing a favorite song and share fun memories VBS.
As always, There will be fun activity pages and books to read at our children's station.
Church R Us (Grades 4 & 5): Sunday School is officially in summer mode, which means that we are excited to have you join your family in worship!
Youth Ministry (6th-12th grade):
-Middle School Sunday School (10:30am)? No, we're on a break.
-Youth Group(2-4pm on Sunday)? We're having a Rock-Climbing Lock-In next Friday! Click here for more info!
Young Adults (19-not very specific):
Stay tuned for more Young Adult events!
Monday Night Dinner Study (Young-ish Adults and Young-ish Families):
Email Dawn Kirkemo for information.
Tuesday Night Online Video Bible Study: This week is our final week to read and discuss Consider the Birds: a Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible by Debbie Blue. We'll talk about the final chapter. Click through for more information, including the link to log on!
Adult Sunday School: Bible Study and Discussion in May Day Parlor.Sunday mornings from 9:30-10:15am. Led by Helen Stockwell. All are welcome.
Thursday Pastor's Bible Study:
Thursday Bible Study will NOT meet on August 16, during VBS. (We usually meet Thursday mornings from 11:00-noon, in May Day Parlor.) All are welcome.
United Methodist News & Events
Our congregation is a part of the El Tordondo Mission Area, in the West District of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
First United Methodist Church of Redondo Beach
(310)372-8445 main
(310)372-5696 fax
Email
Ongoing Ministries Offering food and friendship to those in need, every Wednesday night since 1992. More info here.
Shared Bread always accepts donations of the following: new underwear- men's and women's, all sizes; Sweatpants/sweatshirts-L/XL (hooded, zip up, dark colors); Men’s jeans waist sizes 32- 34; Men’s new socks, white or grey only- all sizes; Men’s tennis shoes - especially sizes 9.5 to 11.5; new or used brown paper bags with handles.
Please bring them to church on Sunday, or to the office during the week.
DESSERTS FOR SHARED BREAD
Homemade treats are treasured by our guests – but purchased treats would be wonderful, as well. Please wrap desserts tightly and mark for Shared Bread. Deliver Sunday (when you come for church) through Wednesday to the church kitchen (or the office if kitchen is closed.) Wednesday deliveries should be here by 4:00pm to help us plan our meal better. THANK YOU!
Thursday, August 16, 2018 - Music Notes
Jim Raycroft
Music Director, Jim Raycroft, will share upcoming worship music
selections and a little bit of history, too. by Jim Raycroft
This week we are blessed by a return of our talented young friend Denise Gonzales. Denise Alyssa Gonzales has graduated Royal High School and is relocating to San Diego in about a week to attend UCSD in pursuit of a degree in dentistry. She was a straight "A" student and an International Baccalaureate candidate. A former competitive swimmer, Denise loves to stay active in the pool as well as in music. She has earned various awards from singing competitions, including first place in the 2014 First Annual Royal High School Talent Show. Denise has also sung with the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra, has been featured as a front act for many popular Filipino musicians at live concerts, and sings at karaoke bars. She enjoys singing and performing for the Lord and touching people's hearts with every song's message. Regardless of where she is living, she will always be a part of the FUMCRB family, and we’ll look forward to having her sing for us as often as her schedule allows.
David Wallace Crowder, who goes by the mononymous stage name Crowder (in the finest tradition of Cher, Madonna, Adele and Prince), was the lead singer in the now defunct David Crowder Band, a contemporary worship band that disbanded in 2012. He has since gone on to a solo career, releasing his first solo studio album in 2014, under the sixsteps/sparrow label, called Neon Steeple. I Am A Seed was released in 2012, when he still fronted the David Crowder Band, as part of the album Give Us Rest. It’s a straight ahead country hoedown footstomper that the kids are singing this week in VBS, being led by Kevin Hwang.
Jesus Christ Superstar began as a concept album in the late 1960’s, with Webber working with his school friend Tim Rice. They began recording the music piecemeal, and released I Don’t Know How To Love Him as a single in 1970, which peaked at #28 in the U.S in 1971. The lead role of Jesus was sung by Ian Gillan, who had just joined the English rock band Deep Purple and brought with him a degree of fame and following to the project. Mary Magdalene was sung by Yvonne Elliman, who was born in Honolulu (Irish father, Japanese mother) and was singing in London clubs at the time she was discovered by Webber and Rice. She and Barry Dennen (Pilate) were the only cast members to do the original concept album of 1970, the first authorized stage performance at the Pittsburgh Civic Auditorium in July of 1971, the original Broadway production, which opened in October of 1971, and the movie, which was released in 1973 (starring Ted Neeley as Jesus, who was the Jesus understudy for the original Broadway production). I Don’t Know How To Love Him was originally written in 1967 with different lyrics and called Kansas Morning (people in the know commented on how similar the melody sounded to a theme from Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor). The lyrics were re-written, and the piece re-named, in January of 1970 to give the character of Mary Magdalene a primary solo song. When presented with the song, Yvonne Elliman was puzzled by the romantic nature of the lyrics, because she thought that the Mary she’d been recruited to play was Jesus’ mother. The song is one of those rare songs to have 2 versions reach the top 40 of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart at the same time - Elliman’s at #28 and Helen Reddy’s cover at #13. Recorded in 1 take in June of 1970 at Olympic Studios in London, it has been universally acclaimed as the high point in the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack since the album's September 1970 release. In 2003, The Rough Guide to Cult Popwould assess Elliman's performance: "It's rare to hear a singer combine such power and purity of tone in one song, and none of the famous singers who have covered this ballad since have come close." I discovered when I arrived at FUMCRB that Superstar was a favorite of Pastor Molly, and I’ve been looking for ways to integrate more of the songs into the service. When I found out that Denice was working on it, it seemed to be the obvious choice.
I’d Give My Life For You is a dramatic power ballad from the musical Miss Saigon, which was written by the same creative team that wrote Les Misérables. The song is sung by Kim, singing a statement of devotion to her son Tam, and is the closing song to Act 1. Just as the show Rent is based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Boheme, Miss Saigon is based on his opera Madame Butterfly, and tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American soldier lover during the Vietnam War. The show debuted in London in September of 1989 and closed 10 years later after 4092 performances. It opened on Broadway in April 1991, and as of last year, remains Broadway’s 13th longest running show.
Click here to read more Music Notes!
Looking for a Way to Volunteer?
The Welcome Team is looking for volunteers who can help about once a month between the two services and/or immediately after the 10:30 service. Go to our "Want to Help" page to learn more about this awesome ministry, as well as several other current ways you can lend a hand in ministry.
Do you have a couple hours once or twice a month to help maintain our beautiful church gardens? Tasks would include pruning, planting, weeding and watering. Whatever you can help with, we'd love to have you join our team! Duties could change seasonally. Sign up through the church office, or by talking with Jody Wilkinson.
4th-8th Graders needed to Acolyte!
Acolytes are needed for 10:30 worship each week. If you've been trained, you can sign up via our "sign up genius" (click here!)
If you are interested in being trained, email children's ministries!
Our UMW is back to their regular meeting times.
Circle Meeting Time
United Methodist Women’s Reading Program: There are many titles to choose from with new ones added every year! Books are available in the UMW library located in May Day Parlor. Any one can read the books and our own local UMW unit will get credit! click here for information about the program.
Support missions through recycling!
Bring your plastic bottles, aluminum cans AND CRV glass bottles to church every Sunday. By recycling we can support Corazon, Crop Walk, Habitat for Humanity and some of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) programs: Syrian refugee relief, eradicating hunger, clean water, ending malaria and fighting HIV/AIDS. We appreciate all recycling donations,but the blue recycling bins are only for CA RV or CRV. We don't get any funds from milk cartons, or other plastics that are not CRV.
Campus WiFi network is: First UMC Guests; Password is: openhearts
Parking Reminder: If you are able, we encourage you to park at the Wells Fargo bank on Sunday mornings, and walk across the street, reserving the parking lot for those with mobility challenges or for new visitors. We also have a bike rack on the patio. Thanks for your consideration.
Hearing Assistance Devices are available on Sunday mornings. Just ask for one at the audio/video booth in the sanctuary.
Acolytes are needed for 10:30 worship each week. If you've been trained, you can sign up via our "sign up genius" (click here!)
If you are interested in being trained, email children's ministries!
Circle Meeting Time
- Naomi Circle 2nd Tuesday @ 10:00am
- Hannah Circle 2nd Tuesday @ 7:00pm
- Mary Circle 4th Monday @ 7:00pm
United Methodist Women’s Reading Program: There are many titles to choose from with new ones added every year! Books are available in the UMW library located in May Day Parlor. Any one can read the books and our own local UMW unit will get credit! click here for information about the program.
Support missions through recycling!
Bring your plastic bottles, aluminum cans AND CRV glass bottles to church every Sunday. By recycling we can support Corazon, Crop Walk, Habitat for Humanity and some of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) programs: Syrian refugee relief, eradicating hunger, clean water, ending malaria and fighting HIV/AIDS. We appreciate all recycling donations,but the blue recycling bins are only for CA RV or CRV. We don't get any funds from milk cartons, or other plastics that are not CRV.
Sunday Worship Liturgist Sign UpWe have many spots to fill for liturgists on Sunday mornings. The following link will take you the sign up. Please check it out.Sunday Worship Liturgist Sign Up
Campus WiFi network is: First UMC Guests; Password is: openhearts
Parking Reminder: If you are able, we encourage you to park at the Wells Fargo bank on Sunday mornings, and walk across the street, reserving the parking lot for those with mobility challenges or for new visitors. We also have a bike rack on the patio. Thanks for your consideration.
Hearing Assistance Devices are available on Sunday mornings. Just ask for one at the audio/video booth in the sanctuary.Connect with usFirst United Methodist Church243 South BroadwayRedondo Beach, California 90277, United States***
Campus WiFi network is: First UMC Guests; Password is: openhearts
Parking Reminder: If you are able, we encourage you to park at the Wells Fargo bank on Sunday mornings, and walk across the street, reserving the parking lot for those with mobility challenges or for new visitors. We also have a bike rack on the patio. Thanks for your consideration.
Hearing Assistance Devices are available on Sunday mornings. Just ask for one at the audio/video booth in the sanctuary.
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First United Methodist Church
243 South Broadway
Redondo Beach, California 90277, United States
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