Saint Mark’s United Methodist Church in San Diego’s Newsletter –
Thursday, 16 January 2014 – The
Messenger "Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the
whole staircase." (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
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Pastors Sunday School
We will study the lectionary texts, which follow the church
calendar. It's an informal study, always
open to all, at 8:30 a.m. in the New Room, just behind the church office.
Below are the lectionary reading for this week:
Isaiah 49: The Servant’s Mission
1 Listen to me, O coastlands,
pay attention, you
peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born,
while I was in my
mother’s womb he named me.
2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword,
in the shadow of his
hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow,
in his quiver he hid
me away.
3 And he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will
be glorified.”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain,
I have spent my
strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the Lord,
and my reward with my
God.”
5 And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the
womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might
be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become
my strength—
6 he says,
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes
of Jacob
and to restore the
survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may
reach to the end of the earth.”
7 Thus says the Lord,
the Redeemer of Israel
and his Holy One,
to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations,
the slave of rulers,
“Kings shall see and stand up,
princes, and they
shall prostrate themselves,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of
Israel, who has chosen you.”
Psalm 40: Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and
heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,[a]
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps
secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to
our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in
the Lord.
4 Happy are those who make
the Lord their trust,
who do not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray
after false gods.
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds
and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with
you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be more
than can be counted.
6 Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me
an open ear.[b]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Here I am;
in the scroll of the
book it is written of me.[c]
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my
heart.”
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great
congregation;
see, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your saving help within my heart,
I have spoken of your
faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great
congregation.
11 Do not, O Lord, withhold
your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
keep me safe forever.
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 40:2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
b. Psalm 40:6 Heb ears you have dug for me
c. Psalm 40:7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Corinthians 1: Salutation
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of
God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are
sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in
every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord[a] and
ours:
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
4 I give thanks to my[b] God always for you because of the grace
of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 5 for in every way you have
been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind— 6 just as the
testimony of[c] Christ has been strengthened among you— 7 so that you are not
lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless
on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful; by him you were called
into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Footnotes:
a. 1 Corinthians 1:2 Gk theirs
b. 1 Corinthians 1:4 Other ancient authorities lack my
c. 1 Corinthians 1:6 Or to
John 1: The Lamb of God
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared,
“Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of
whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before
me.’ 31 I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this
reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John testified, “I saw the
Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33 I myself
did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He
on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the
Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son
of God.”[a]
The First Disciples of Jesus
35 The next day John again was standing with two of his
disciples, 36 and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the
Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
38 When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you
looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher),
“where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw
where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four
o’clock in the afternoon. 40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed
him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his brother Simon and
said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed[b]). 42
He brought Simon[c] to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of
John. You are to be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter[d]).
Footnotes:
a. John 1:34 Other ancient authorities read is God’s chosen one
b. John 1:41 Or Christ
c. John 1:42 Gk him
d. John 1:42 From the word for rock in Aramaic (kepha) and Greek
(petra), respectively
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John Wesley’s Notes-Commentary:
Isaiah 49: 1-7
XLIX Christ, being sent to the Jews complains of them, ver. 1-4.
He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises, ver. 5-12. God's love to his
church perpetual, ver. 13-17. The ample restoration of the church, and its
enlargement, ver. 18-23. Its powerful deliverance out of captivity, ver. 24-26.
Verse 1. Listen - God turns his speech to the Gentiles, and
invites them to hearken to those counsels and doctrines which the Jews would
reject. Me - Unto Christ: Isaiah speaks these words in the name of Christ.
Verse 2. A sword - As he made me the great teacher of his
church, so he made my word, quick and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged
sword. Hath he hid - He will protect me from all mine enemies. Made me - Like
an arrow, whose point is bright and polished; which therefore pierceth deeper.
Verse 3. O Israel - As the name of David is sometimes given to
his successors, so here the name of Israel may not unfitly be given to Christ,
not only because he descended from his loins; but also because he was the true
and the great Israel, who, in a more eminent manner, prevailed with God, as
that name signifies, of whom Jacob, who was first called Israel, was but a
type.
Verse 4. Then said I - Lord, thou sayest thou wilt be glorified
by my ministry; but I find it otherwise. In vain - Without any considerable
fruit of my word and works among the Israelites. My judgment - My right, the
reward which by his promise, and my purchase, is my right.
Verse 5. To bring - To convert the apostate Israelites to God.
Not gathered - Not brought home to God by my ministry. Yet - God will not
despise me for the unsuccessfulness of my labours, but will honour and glorify
me. My strength - To support and strengthen me under this and all other
discouragements.
Verse 6. He - The Lord. It is - This is but a small favour. The
tribes - That remnant of them which shall survive all their calamities. My
salvation - The great instrument and author of that eternal salvation which I
will give to the Gentiles.
Verse 7. His Holy One - The Holy One of Israel. To him - To
Christ, to whom, in the days of his flesh, this description fully agrees: for
men, both Jews and Gentiles among whom he lived, did despise him from their
hearts; and the nation, of which he was a member, abhorred both his person and
his doctrine; and he was so far from being a temporal monarch, that he came in
the form of a servant, and was a servant of rulers, professing subjection and
paying tribute unto Caesar. Kings - Though for a time thou shalt be despised,
yet after a while thou shalt be advanced to such glory, that kings shall look
upon thee with reverence. Arise - From their seats to worship thee. Faithful -
Because God shall make good his promises to thee. Chuse thee - And although
thou shalt be rejected by thine own people, yet God will manifest to the world,
that thou, and thou only, art the person whom he hath chosen to be the Redeemer
of mankind.
Psalm 40: 1-11
PS 40 This psalm is a celebration of God's great goodness to
him, and all his people. In it there are some passages which cannot belong to
Christ, and some which do not properly belong to David, or to that time and
state of the church, but only to Christ, and to the times of the New Testament.
He praises God for delivering him out of deep distress, ver. 1-5. Thence takes
occasion to speak of the work of our redemption by Christ, ver. 6- 10. Prays
for mercy and grace both for himself and for his brethren, ver. 11-17. To the
chief musician, A psalm of David.
Verse 2. Pit - Desperate dangers and calamities. Rock - A place
of strength and safety. Established - Kept me from falling into mischief.
Verse 3. And fear - Shall stand in awe of that God, whom they
see to have so great power, either to save or to destroy.
Verse 4. The proud - Or, the mighty, the great and proud
potentates of the world, to whom most men are apt to look and trust. Turn -
From God, in whom alone they ought to trust. To lies - To lying vanities, such
as worldly power and wisdom, and riches, and all other earthly things, or persons,
in which men are prone to trust: which are called lies, because they promise
more than they perform.
Verse 5. Many - This verse seems to be interposed as a wall of
partition, between that which David speaks in his own person, and that which he
speaks in the person of the Messiah, in the following verses.
Verse 6. Sacrifice - These and the following words, may in an
improper sense belong to the time of David; when God might be said, not to
desire or require legal sacrifices comparatively. Thou didst desire obedience
rather than sacrifices, but in a proper sense, they belong only to the person
and times of the Messiah, and so the sense is, God did not desire or require
them, for the satisfaction of his own justice, and the expiation of mens sins,
which could not possibly be done by the blood of bulls or goats, but only by
the blood of Christ, which was typified by them, and which Christ came into the
world to shed, in pursuance of his father's will, as it here follows, ver. 7,
8. So here is a prediction concerning the cessation of the legal sacrifice, and
the substitution of a better instead of them. Opened - Hebrew. bored. I have
devoted myself to thy perpetual service, and thou hast accepted of me as such,
and signified so much by the boring of mine ears, according to the law and
custom in that case, Exod. xxi, 5, 6. The seventy Jewish interpreters, whom the
apostle follows, Heb. x, 5, translate these words, a body hast thou prepared
me.
Verse 7. Them - These words literally and truly belong to Christ,
and the sense is this; seeing thou requirest a better sacrifice than those of
the law, lo, I offer myself to come, and I will in due time come, into the
world, as this phrase is explained in divers places of scripture, and
particularly Heb. x, 5, where this place is expressly applied to Christ. Volume
- These two words, volume and book are used of any writing, and both express
the same thing. Now this volume of the book is the law of Moses, which is
commonly and emphatically called the book, and was made up in the form of a
roll or volume, as the Hebrew books generally were. And so this place
manifestly points to Christ, concerning whom much is said in the books of
Moses.
Verse 8. I delight - This is eminently true, of Christ, and is
here observed as an act of heroic obedience, that he not only resolved to do,
but delighted in doing the will of God, or what God had commanded him, which
was to die, and that a most shameful, and painful, and cursed death. My heart -
I do not only understand it, but receive it with heartiest love, delighting
both to meditate of it, and to yield obedience to it.
Verse 9. Righteousness - Thy faithfulness. Great congregation -
In the most public and solemn assemblies: not only to the Jews, but also to all
nations; to whom Christ preached by his apostles, as is observed Eph. ii, 17.
Not refrained - From preaching it, even to the face of mine enemies.
11. With-hold not - David, having been transported by the spirit
of God to the commemoration of the great mystery of the Messiah, he now seems
to be led back by the same spirit, to the consideration of his own case
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Verse 1. Paul, called to be an apostle - There is great
propriety in every clause of the salutation, particularly in this, as there
were some in the church of Corinth who called the authority of his mission in
question. Through the will of God - Called "the commandment of God,"
1 Tim. i, 1 This was to the churches the ground of his authority; to Paul
himself, of an humble and ready mind. By the mention of God, the authority of
man is excluded, Gal. i, 1; by the mention of the will of God, the merit of
Paul, chap. xv, 8, &c. And Sosthenes - A Corinthian, St. Paul's companion
in travel. It was both humility and prudence in the apostle, thus to join his
name with his own, in an epistle wherein he was to reprove so many
irregularities. Sosthenes the brother - Probably this word is emphatical; as if
he had said, Who, from a Jewish opposer of the gospel, became a faithful
brother.
Verse 2. To the church of God which is in Corinth - St. Paul,
writing in a familiar manner to the Corinthians, as also to the Thessalonians
and Galatians, uses this plain appellation. To the other churches he uses a
more solemn address. Sanctified through Jesus Christ - And so undoubtedly they
were in general, notwithstanding some exceptions. Called - Of Jesus Christ,
Rom. i, 6 And - As the fruit of that calling made holy. With all that in every
place - Nothing could better suit that catholic love which St. Paul labours to
promote in this epistle, than such a declaration of his good wishes for every
true Christian upon earth. Call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - This
plainly implies that all Christians pray to Christ, as well as to the Father
through him.
Verse 4. Always - Whenever I mention you to God in prayer.
Verse 5. In all utterance and knowledge - Of divine things.
These gifts the Corinthians particularly admired. Therefore this congratulation
naturally tended to soften their spirits, and I make way for the reproofs which
follow.
Verse 6. The testimony of Christ - The gospel. Was confirmed
among you - By these gifts attending it. They knew they had received these by
the hand of Paul: and this consideration was highly proper, to revive in them their
former reverence and affection for their spiritual father.
Verse 7. Waiting - With earnest desire. For the glorious
Revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ - A sure mark of a true or false Christian,
to long for, or dread, this Revelation.
Verse 8. Who will also - if you faithfully apply to him. Confirm
you to the end. In the day of Christ - Now it is our day, wherein we are to
work out our salvation; then it will be eminently the day of Christ, and of his
glory in the saints.
Verse 9. God is faithful - To all his promises; and therefore
"to him that hath shall be given." By whom ye are called - A pledge
of his willingness to save you unto the uttermost.
John 1:29-42
Verse 29. He seeth Jesus coming and saith, Behold the Lamb -
Innocent; to be offered up; prophesied of by Isaiah, Isaiah liii, 7, typified
by the paschal lamb, and by the daily sacrifice: The Lamb of God - Whom God
gave, approves, accepts of; who taketh away - Atoneth for; the sin - That is,
all the sins: of the world - Of all mankind. Sin and the world are of equal
extent.
Verse 31. I knew him not - Till he came to be baptized. How
surprising is this; considering how nearly they were related, and how
remarkable the conception and birth of both had been. But there was a peculiar
providence visible in our saviour's living, from his infancy to his baptism, at
Nazareth: John all the time living the life of a hermit in the deserts of
Judea, Luke i, 80, ninety or more miles from Nazareth: hereby that acquaintance
was prevented which might have made John's testimony of Christ suspected.
Verse 34. I saw it - That is, the Spirit so descending and
abiding on him. And testified - From that time.
Verse 37. They followed Jesus - They walked after him, but had
not the courage to speak to him.
Verse 41. He first findeth his own brother Simon - Probably both
of them sought him: Which is, being interpreted, the Christ - This the
evangelist adds, as likewise those words in ver. 38, that is, being
interpreted, Master.
Verse 42. Jesus said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonah - As none
had told our Lord these names, this could not but strike Peter. Cephas, which
is Peter - Moaning the same in Syriac which Peter does in Greek, namely, a
rock.
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Souper Bowl
On Sunday, February 2, we will be collecting canned soup, dry
soup mixes and crackers to donate to the Christian Community Service Center and
to the Good Neighbor Center. When you go shopping this week, please pick up an
extra can or two of soup (regular or family size) to donate to those less
fortunate and bring them to church by February 2.
January Concert
What better way to celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. than to listen to the San Diego choir named for him! The San Diego Martin Luther King, Jr. Choir
is a group of talented and enthusiastic singers who will be making their third
appearance at St. Mark's United Methodist Church's on January 19, 4:30 p.m. in
the church sanctuary. The Youth will
be serving dinner following the concert.
Spencer's New Office Hours
We often receive inquiries as to when is the best time to
contact Spencer. These are his office
hours which will also be posted in the church office along with the other
church staff:
Tuesdays: 2 pm - 6 pm
Wednesdays: 9 am - 1 pm
Thursdays: 9 am - 11 am
Fridays: 9 am - 1 pm
1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays: 9 am - 11 am
Women's Retreat
Save the Date
April 4-6, 2014, St. Mark's women and their friends will once
again gather at Pine Valley Bible Camp to relax, rest, refresh and restore. Registration will begin on Sunday, February
9. Cost is $150 and installment payments
are accepted.
Storefront Youth Shelter
Sign-ups for 2014 are now available in the church office for
Storefront, which supports homeless youth in the Hillcrest area. St. Mark's provides dinner once a month for
those staying at the shelter (up to 25).
For more information contact the church office at 858-273-1480.
Attention TNT's
We will be meeting on February 7, at 5 p.m. at Home Town Buffet
on Clairemont Drive for dinner. Afterward we will go to the Social Hall for a
white elephant gift exchange. Be sure to wrap up your white elephant gift real
pretty!! It's fun to see who gets what!
2013 Giving Statements
2013 Giving statements will be available on the church patio by
Sunday, January 26. Please be sure to
stop by and pick yours up as soon as they become available.
39'ers Luncheon
Be sure to save the date: Tuesday, January 28. The 39ers invite anyone 39 or older to come
and enjoy a potluck lunch and a special guest speaker in the Social Hall. Additional details will be published in next
week's newsletter.
In Our Prayers
♥ Elizabeth Branscom
♥ Craig McKinnis
♥ Beth Eller Teske
♥ Sandi Johnson
♥ Audrey Derwin
♥ Don Hess
♥ Joe Ramsey
♥ Sue & John Kerr
♥ Frank & Carlyn
Djie
♥ Franki Benson
♥ Marisa, Mitch
Boyer's
♥ Gene Hagar
♥ Gwynn Cannon
♥ Dana Robinson
♥ Rod Barrett
♥ Bill Burton
♥ Mitch Boyer
♥ Molly and Mack Barrett
♥ Margaret Westfall
We Remember Our Military Personnel, including
♥ Kris Brendal, Army
♥ Robert S. Chisholm,
Navy
♥ Craig Clemans, Marines
♥ Paul Clemans, Air Force
♥ Blake Cross, Navy
♥ Robert Davis, Navy
♥ Brandon Dempster, Navy
♥ Samuel England, Navy
♥ Lenny Hezelett, Navy
♥ Michael Hunter, Navy
♥ Brady Jackson, Army
♥ Jeremy Munson, Navy
♥ Daniel Ness, Army
♥ Milo Riegle, Marines
♥ Casper Stalnaker, Navy
♥ Nathan Streeter, Army
♥ Robert Tarango, Navy
Our presence in worship on Sunday, January 12 was 196.
Links
St. Mark's Website
Youth News
St. Mark's School
St. Mark's UMW News
Upper Room Daily Devotion
The United Methodist Church
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Dear Friends,
The erroneous notion that some races are superior to others was
common fifty years ago, not just among fanatics in the Craig South, but also among good, reasonable
people across the U.S. The subject was
debated across the culture--in living rooms, on TV, in government, and in
churches.
Because he was fighting for racial equality, when Martin Luther
King visited San Diego in 1964, many predominantly white churches did not
approve of his visit. It was widely
believed that Dr. King was unnecessarily "stirring things up." Any minister who associated his church with
Dr. King's work or his visit took the risk of alienating a significant part of
his congregation.
In a speech King gave at Cal Western University (now Point Loma
Nazarene), he referred to the very old biblically-based argument that many
Christians used to justify the idea of superior and inferior races. It's found in Genesis 9:18-27, in which Noah
puts a curse of slavery on the children of his youngest son Ham (specifically,
Canaan).
King responds to this by referring to the long-term work of
anthropologists such as Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Melville Herskovits
which showed that though there may be superior and inferior individuals within
any racial group there was no truth to the idea that any racial group is
superior to any other.
He then says: "In spite of this, many people still go along
believing in this false notion. I was appalled to see the result of a survey by
Newsweek magazine a few months ago that showed a high percentage of white
persons across this nation believe that Negroes are inherently and biologically
inferior."
He notes that this argument for this inferiority was becoming
based more on "subtle sociological and cultural grounds. The Negro is not culturally ready for
integration...[that is,] if we integrate the schools and neighborhoods, this
will pull the white race back a generation.
Negroes are seen as criminals.
These arguments go on ad infinitum."
In calling for racial equality, King often quoted Thomas Jefferson's
words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal...." And Jesus of
Nazareth: "You have heard that it
was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you,
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you...."
This Sunday in worship, we will lift up Martin Luther King's
twin legacies of nonviolence and racial equality by hearing brief portions of
his 1964 San Diego speech. In the
afternoon at 4:30, the St. Mark's Music Series presents a concert by the Martin
Luther King Choir of San Diego. It will
be a great day to be here.
See you in church!
Craig
Holiday Hours
The church office will be closed on Monday, January 20, in
observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. The office will open on Tuesday, January 21
at 8:30 a.m.
Welcome New Members
Sunday, January 12, we welcomed the following St. Mark's
members:
Bill Baer
Sue Baer
Christi Buckel
Brad Davidson
Terry Hoy
Nancy Hoy
Mack McKinney
Rev. Mary Alice McKinney
Pam Rader
Jack Rader
Nita Rippetoe
A Wonderful Surprise
By Malinda Whiteley
My heart was deeply touched when to my surprise flowers arrived
for me last week at work. I have
thoroughly enjoyed them! So, thank you
to all my "St. Mark's Pals!"
Your thoughtfulness brought me to tears and I greatly appreciate the
love you have shown me for my birthday!!
Birthday Celebration
As part of our St. Mark's 60th Birthday Celebration in February,
we want to recognize those from St. Mark's who have served beyond the local
church in the district or at the conference level.
If you have served as an officer or on a district or conference
committee, including service through Methodist Men or United Methodist Women,
or a lay member to the Annual Conference, please contact Arlene Dempster by at
858-273-9938 or h.a.dempster654@earthlink.net by January 31.
Sunday, January 26
United Methodist Women Sunday
Following the morning service in the sanctuary, which will
include the installation of the officers for 2014, there will be an opportunity
on the patio for you to become acquainted with the purpose of United Methodist
Women as an organization. At 11:15 in the Social Hall there will be a program
highlighting a minority group, the Romanis (gypsys) of Eastern Europe. Who they
are? What is their country of origin? What is being done by the Eastern
European United Methodist church to help them today? And why do they need the
church's help? A pot luck salad luncheon will follow the program at noon.
Please join us for the activities of the morning.
Quilt Show
St. Mark's United Methodist Women are sponsoring another Quilt
Show on Saturday, March 8, 9:30 to 3:30 p.m.
It is hoped you will plan to enter your quilts old or new and that you
will come by and view the treasures some have had hidden away.
If you would like to enter your quilts, please pick up an entry
form in the church office and return it by Saturday, March 2.
Each year we discover quilts that have not been out of closets
or drawers for a long time that need to be seen by others as well as to hear
their fascinating history. There are groups of women who are members of quilt
groups and quilt guilds who create quilts today with modern designs and
techniques. In addition to the quilts there will be other quilting items for
sale, such as fabrics, quilt patterns, magazines and books on the many types of
creations made by using quilting techniques.
So enter your quilts, come to the show, and meet others who
share your interest in this creative expression.
Quilt Show Registration Form - Click HERE
Youth Corner
By Spencer Topham
The start of the New Year saw a new meeting time for St. Mark's
youth fellowship. Starting on January 5th the youth group meetings were moved
to 9 a.m. This is a big change but really it's the same old youth group. We do
a study and discussion that the youth get to approach in ways that are
comfortable to them, we play some games, and now, once that is all complete, we
join the congregation in the sanctuary for the final half of worship.
Our first meeting after the switch went very well, and we are
looking forward to having even more youth join us in the coming weeks!
The last two months of winter actually offer some really great
activities for our youth as well. On the evening of the 17th the youth and any
friends they invite are getting together for broomball, on the 26th after
service the youth will be treated to a special tour of Cabrillo National
Monument, and on the weekend of February 15th we will be headed up to Big Bear
for a winter retreat.
If any of those activities sound interesting to the youth in
your life (and they all should!) please make sure they contact me:
youth@stmarksumcsd.org, to RSVP and join in on the fun.
And please make sure to join our Sr. High Sierra Service Project
team after the MLK Choir Concert this Sunday for a fundraising dinner. We'll be
taking reservations on the patio after worship.
Next Week at a Glance
Sunday, January 19, 2014
8:30 A.M. Pastor's
Sunday School/NR
9:00 A.M. Youth
Fellowship/Rm 10
9:30 A.M. Worship
10:45 A.M. Joyful Noise
Choir/CR
Worship
Review Committee/NR
Worship
Committee/Lib
12:00 P.M. Tongan
Fellowship Worship
4:30 P.M. SD MLK Choir
Concert/Dinner
Monday, January 20, 2014
Office Closed
1:00 P.M. CCSA Board
Mtg/NR
6:00 P.M. Carillon
Bells/SH
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
12:30 P.M.
Dance/Tumbling/SH
6:30 P.M. NAMI Family
to Family/SH
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
12:30 P.M.
Dance/Tumbling/SH
3:00 P.M. UMW Exec
Committee/Lib
5:00 P.M. Peace
Ringers/SH
5:30 P.M. Bible
Study/NR
6:00 P.M. Glory
Ringers/SH
Thursday, January 23, 2014
12:30 P.M.
Dance/Tumbling/SH
4:30 P.M. Hallelujah
& Cherub Choir/CR
5:20 P.M. Chimes/SH
7:00 P.M. Boy Scouts/SH
Chancel
Choir/CR
Sunday, January 26, 2014
8:30 A.M. Pastor's
Sunday School/NR
9:00 A.M. Youth
Fellowship/Rm 10
9:30 A.M. Worship
10:45 A.M. Joyful Noise
Choir/CR
Blood
Pressure Screening/NR
11:15 A.M. UMW Sunday
Event/SH
12:00 P.M. Tongan
Fellowship Worship
*If you have any questions or would like to add an event to the
church calendar, please contact Malinda Whiteley, Church Secretary at
858-273-1480 ext.10 or smumcsdoffice@gmail.com.
Staff Office Hours
Rev. Craig Dorval
Senior Minister
Monday - Thursday
10:30 A.M. - 6:30 P.M.
Rev. Jeri Newell-Davis
Associate Minister
Tuesday - Friday
9 A.M. - 3 P.M.
Spencer Topham
Youth Director
Tuesdays: 2 pm - 6 pm
Wednesdays: 9 am - 1 pm
Thursdays: 9 am - 11 am
Fridays: 9 am - 1 pm
1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays: 9 am - 11 am
Malinda Whiteley,
Church Secretary
Monday - Friday
8 A.M. - 3 P.M.
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About Us:
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
3502 Clairemont Drive
San Diego, California 92117
(858)273-1480
Rev. Craig Dorval, Senior Minister
Rev. Jeri Newell-Davis, Associate Minister
M'Lu Colbourn, Director of St. Mark's Preschool
Frank Williams, Music Director
Craig McIlwain, Organist
Jo Anne Hammond, Director, Carillon Bells
Robin Haber, Director, Glory Ringers and Peace Ringers
Christina Peer, Director, Chimes
Cheryl Eubanks, Children's Choir Accompanist
Spencer Topham, Youth Director
Marya Chuong, Website
Malinda Whiteley, Church Secretary
Angel Cardenas, Church Custodian
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