Sunday, August 3
Pastor Molly, preaching
8:30am in the Epworth Lounge
10:30am in the Sanctuary
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Sunday's Scripture:
1 Corinthians 12
1 Corinthians 12: Spiritual Gifts
1-3 What I want to talk about now is the various ways God’s Spirit gets worked into our lives. This is complex and often misunderstood, but I want you to be informed and knowledgeable. Remember how you were when you didn’t know God, led from one phony god to another, never knowing what you were doing, just doing it because everybody else did it? It’s different in this life. God wants us to use our intelligence, to seek to understand as well as we can. For instance, by using your heads, you know perfectly well that the Spirit of God would never prompt anyone to say “Jesus be damned!” Nor would anyone be inclined to say “Jesus is Master!” without the insight of the Holy Spirit.
4-11 God’s various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit. God’s various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit. God’s various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all. Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people! The variety is wonderful:
wise counsel
clear understanding
simple trust
healing the sick
miraculous acts
proclamation
distinguishing between spirits
tongues
interpretation of tongues.
All these gifts have a common origin, but are handed out one by one by the one Spirit of God. He decides who gets what, and when.
12-13 You can easily enough see how this kind of thing works by looking no further than your own body. Your body has many parts—limbs, organs, cells—but no matter how many parts you can name, you’re still one body. It’s exactly the same with Christ. By means of his one Spirit, we all said good-bye to our partial and piecemeal lives. We each used to independently call our own shots, but then we entered into a large and integrated life in which he has the final say in everything. (This is what we proclaimed in word and action when we were baptized.) Each of us is now a part of his resurrection body, refreshed and sustained at one fountain—his Spirit—where we all come to drink. The old labels we once used to identify ourselves—labels like Jew or Greek, slave or free—are no longer useful. We need something larger, more comprehensive.
14-18 I want you to think about how all this makes you more significant, not less. A body isn’t just a single part blown up into something huge. It’s all the different-but-similar parts arranged and functioning together. If Foot said, “I’m not elegant like Hand, embellished with rings; I guess I don’t belong to this body,” would that make it so? If Ear said, “I’m not beautiful like Eye, limpid and expressive; I don’t deserve a place on the head,” would you want to remove it from the body? If the body was all eye, how could it hear? If all ear, how could it smell? As it is, we see that God has carefully placed each part of the body right where he wanted it.
19-24 But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn’t be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own. Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, “Get lost; I don’t need you”? Or, Head telling Foot, “You’re fired; your job has been phased out”? As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the “lower” the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a stomach. When it’s a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons. If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn’t you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair?
25-26 The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part, the parts we mention and the parts we don’t, the parts we see and the parts we don’t. If one part hurts, every other part is involved in the hurt, and in the healing. If one part flourishes, every other part enters into the exuberance.
27-31 You are Christ’s body—that’s who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your “part” mean anything. You’re familiar with some of the parts that God has formed in his church, which is his “body”:
apostles
prophets
teachers
miracle workers
healers
helpers
organizers
those who pray in tongues.
But it’s obvious by now, isn’t it, that Christ’s church is a complete Body and not a gigantic, unidimensional Part? It’s not all Apostle, not all Prophet, not all Miracle Worker, not all Healer, not all Prayer in Tongues, not all Interpreter of Tongues. And yet some of you keep competing for so-called “important” parts.
But now I want to lay out a far better way for you.
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John Wesley's Notes-Commentary:
1 Corinthians 12
Verse 1
[1] Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Now concerning spiritual gifts — The abundance of these in the churches of Greece strongly refuted the idle learning of the Greek philosophers. But the Corinthians did not use them wisely, which occasioned St. Paul's writing concerning them. He describes, 1. The unity of the body, 1 Corinthians 12:1-27: 2. The variety of members and offices, 1 Corinthians 12:27-30: 3. The way of exercising gifts rightly, namely, by love, 1 Corinthians 12:31; 1 Corinthians 13:1. throughout: and adds, 4. A comparison of several gifts with each other, in the 1 Corinthians 14:1. fourteenth chapter.
Verse 2
[2] Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Ye were heathens — Therefore, whatever gifts ye have received, it is from the free grace of God.
Carried away — By a blind credulity.
After dumb idols — The blind to the dumb; idols of wood and stone, unable to speak themselves, and much more to open your mouths, as God has done.
As ye were led — By the subtlety of your priests.
Verse 3
[3] Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Therefore — Since the heathen idols cannot speak themselves, much less give spiritual gifts to others, these must necessarily be among Christians only.
As no one speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed — That is, as none who does this, (which all the Jews and heathens did,) speaketh by the Spirit of God - Is actuated by that Spirit, so as to speak with tongues, heal diseases, or cast out devils.
So no one can say, Jesus is the Lord — None can receive him as such; for, in the scripture language, to say, or to believe, implies an experimental assurance.
But by the Holy Ghost — The sum is, None have the Holy Spirit but Christians: all Christians have this Spirit.
Verse 4
[4] Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit — Divers streams, but all from one fountain. This verse speaks of the Holy Ghost, the next of Christ, the sixth of God the Father. The apostle treats of the Spirit, 1 Corinthians 12:7, etc.; of Christ, 1 Corinthians 12:12, etc.; of God, 1 Corinthians 12:28, etc.
Verse 5
[5] And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
Administrations — Offices. But the same Lord appoints them all.
Verse 6
[6] And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Operations — Effects produced. This word is of a larger extent than either of the former. But it is the same God who worketh all these effects in all the persons concerned.
Verse 7
[7] But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
The manifestation — The gift whereby the Spirit manifests itself.
Is given to each — For the profit of the whole body.
Verse 8
[8] For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
The word of wisdom — A power of understanding and explaining the manifold wisdom of God in the grand scheme of gospel salvation.
The word of knowledge — Perhaps an extraordinary ability to understand and explain the Old Testament types and prophecies.
Verse 9
[9] To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
Faith may here mean an extraordinary trust in God under the most difficult or dangerous circumstances. The gift of healing need not be wholly confined to the healing diseases with a word or a touch. It may exert itself also, though in a lower degree, where natural remedies are applied; and it may often be this, not superior skill, which makes some physicians more successful than others. And thus it may be with regard to other gifts likewise. As, after the golden shields were lost, the king of Judah put brazen in their place, so, after the pure gifts were lost, the power of God exerts itself in a more covert manner, under human studies and helps; and that the more plentifully, according as there is the more room given for it.
Verse 10
[10] To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
The working of other miracles. Prophecy — Foretelling things to come.
The discerning — Whether men be of an upright spirit or no; whether they have natural or supernatural gifts for offices in the church; and whether they who profess to speak by inspiration speak from a divine, a natural, or a diabolical spirit.
Verse 11
[11] But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
As he willeth — The Greek word does not so much imply arbitrary pleasure, as a determination founded on wise counsel.
Verse 12
[12] For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
So is Christ — That is, the body of Christ, the church.
Verse 13
[13] For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
For by that one Spirit, which we received in baptism, we are all united in one body.
Whether Jews or gentiles — Who are at the greatest distance from each other by nature.
Whether slaves or freemen — Who are at the greatest distance by law and custom.
We have all drank of one Spirit — In that cup, received by faith, we all imbibed one Spirit, who first inspired, and still preserves, the life of God in our souls.
Verse 15
[15] If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
The foot is elegantly introduced as speaking of the hand; the ear, of the eye; each, of a part that has some resemblance to it. So among men each is apt to compare himself with those whose gifts some way resemble his own, rather than with those who are at a distance, either above or beneath him.
Is it therefore not of the body — Is the inference good? Perhaps the foot may represent private Christians; the hand, officers in the church; the eye, teachers; the ear, hearers.
Verse 16
[16] And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
The ear — A less noble part.
The eye — The most noble.
Verse 18
[18] But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
As it hath pleased him — With the most exquisite wisdom and goodness.
Verse 20
[20] But now are they many members, yet but one body.
But one body — And it is a necessary consequence of this unity, that the several members need one another.
Verse 21
[21] And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Nor the head — The highest part of all.
To the foot — The very lowest.
Verse 22
[22] Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
The members which appear to be weaker — Being of a more delicate and tender structure; perhaps the brains and bowels, or the veins, arteries, and other minute channels in the body.
Verse 23
[23] And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
We surround with more abundant honour — By so carefully covering them.
More abundant comeliness — By the help of dress.
Verse 24
[24] For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
Giving more abundant honour to that which lacked — As being cared for and served by the noblest parts.
Verse 27
[27] Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Now ye — Corinthians.
Are the body and members of Christ — part of them, I mean, not the whole body.
Verse 28
[28] And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
First apostles — Who plant the gospel in the heathen nations.
Secondly prophets — Who either foretel things to come, or speak by extra-ordinary inspiration, for the edification of the church.
Thirdly teachers — Who precede even those that work miracles. Under prophets and teachers are comprised evangelists and pastors, Ephesians 4:11.
Helps, governments — It does not appear that these mean distinct offices: rather, any persons might be called helps, from a peculiar dexterity in helping the distressed; and governments, from a peculiar talent for governing or presiding in assemblies.
Verse 31
[31] But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Ye covet earnestly the best gifts — And they are worth your pursuit, though but few of you can attain them. But there is a far more excellent gift than all these; and one which all may, yea, must attain or perish.
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Member Update
We are happy to report that Betty Crownover has moved to New Jersey and is happily settling in to live with her daughter. If you would like to contact her, Betty has a new email address
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Sharing a moment of applause, in celebration of Linda and Jeanette, after worship last SundayBeginnings and Endings and All the Stuff in the Middle
Church life has been so emotionally rich lately--the joy of taking time to notice and celebrate the excellent leadership of leaders like Linda, Caroline and Jeanette. The sorrow at their departures. The anxiousness of wondering who will take up the ministries they're departing. The hopefulness of resumes and letters from so many well-qualified applicants.
I know that some of this is invisible to much of the congregation--personnel matters are handled with confidentiality. But I want you to know that exciting things are happening. And that I am grateful for your prayers for the church.
This week, the office is also buzzing with excitement about our BeachFaith Kids Theatre Arts Camp. This project is a dream of our Director of Children's Ministry, Katherine--a part of a bigger vision of a children's ministry that includes extra programs of enrichment and arts for our community. We have excited youth and adult volunteers, staff, and college interns helping make her vision come to life--there's a beautiful energy to what's growing here. I hope you'll join me in supporting this new adventure by coming to the show--Disney's "The Jungle Book Kids"--on Sunday August 10 at noon (lunch is included).
Pastor Molly
We continue our summer worship schedule this Sunday, with services at 8:30 and 10:30.
Contact Info
Pastor Molly Vetter
PastorMolly@BeachFaith.com
(310)372-8445 x 102
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All-Church Games & Tacos TOMORROW NIGHT!
Save the Date: Friday, August 1st, 5pm-8pm
Enjoy a night of fellowship with the many awesome members of this church. Everyone is invited-big or small, old or young! Board games, card games, new games old games, uncommon games...you name it, we'd love to play it! Come on over for a fun-filled night with great company and some delicious tacos from the taco truck
(available for purchase).
BOARD GAMES + TACOS + YOU = A GREAT TIME
Any questions feel free to contact: Mele Tuuholoaki
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Come See "The Jungle Book"
Sunday, August 10at noon
See our children in a special presentation of Disney's "The Jungle Book." The half-hour show will be Sunday, August 10, at noon (after worship). Tickets are $12 ($5 for kids), which includes a special sandwich lunch and ice cream treat. We will be selling tickets on the patio on Sunday, or next week in the church office.
This fun musical is appropriate for all ages--we hope you will come out to enjoy and support our young people in this musical production!
Sponsored by our Children and Family Ministries.
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Prayer Chapel Now Open during Social Hour
Between July 13 and August 10, as part of Social Hour, the Heath Chapel will be open as a Prayer Chapel. With interactive prayer stations designed by our Summer Interns all are invited to embark in a time and space of consideration and prayer.'This prayer chapel was designed for you to find connection to our Summer Sunday Series- "Lessons from the Jungle Book" occurring July 13-August 10. The chapel is split up into six stations each branching from the series weekly themes. We invite you to visit each station in any order, stay as long as you like and be in connection through prayer. You may choose to visit each station in one sitting or a couple each week. We hope this experience is the vanguard of blessings that are often forgotten' -Mele Tuuholoaki
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Sunday Schedule Updates:
Social Hour Between ServicesThis Summer, we are hosting a special Social Hour between our worship services (between 9:15 and 10:30). We hope it will provide occasions to share in conversation and fellowship with others in the congregation. There will be good coffee, lemonade or punch and some snacks.
Between July 13 and August 10, our Children's Ministry will host an extra time of Sunday School, starting at 10. The kids will then come down to join us in worship for the Children's Time and holy communion. Their lessons will be shaped around "The Jungle Book," in these weeks before our new Theatre Arts Camp.
Heath Chapel (under the bell tower) is open with new Prayer Stations during the Social Hour.
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Several of our families have hosted LemonAid stands last week.We need sign ups for this weekend!
Read the different stories and find out what was raised at our LemonAid stands here.
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Don't Miss being a part of this special Summer mission project...
Our Children's Ministry invites people of all ages to join in to host LemonAid stands in your neighborhood this summer. We have all the supplies for you! Host one in your office break room, in your neighborhood, with a friend or neighbor! We're here to support you getting the word out to the community. (Read more about INM here.)
Here's how Sign Up works in 3 easy steps:
1. Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot.
2. Enter your email address. (You will NOT need to register on VolunteerSpot)
3. Sign up! Choose your spots - VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!
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Worship Helpers Needed: Liturgists and communion servers for 8:30 & 10:30 worship throughout the summer. If you are available to help out, pleas sign up here. Junior and Senior High youth are encouraged to help, too! We also need videographers in the balcony and sound/computer operators downstairs.
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Blessing of the Backpacks: August 24
On Sunday, August 24, we will share in a Blessing of the Backpacks in both of our worship services. Children (and students of all ages!) are invited to bring their backpacks to church; we will say a special prayer over them, at the beginning of the new school year.________________________________
From the Lay Leader, Johnna Kosnoff
bi-weekly thoughts and reflections from our church Lay Leader
The idea that we become Disciples of Jesus Christ at the moment of our conversion has been an interesting topic to ponder. We may not think we are capable of being a "Disciple" because it sounds like such a large task but every Christian is a disciple, whether we hide our gifts and talents or share them with the world. When we confess our belief, we tell the world we believe in Jesus and we become one of his disciples, someone who accepts his teachings and helps spread the news about Jesus. Of course, we are better disciples, when we share our gifts and talents. How often we share them defines our discipleship as well as our missional life. ...Read the rest of Johnna's "From the Lay Leader" column here.
Opportunities by Johnna Kosnoff
The idea that we become Disciples of Jesus Christ at the moment of our conversion has been an interesting topic to ponder. We may not think we are capable of being a “Disciple” because it sounds like such a large task but every Christian is a disciple, whether we hide our gifts and talents or share them with the world. When we confess our belief, we tell the world we believe in Jesus and we become one of his disciples, someone who accepts his teachings and helps spread the news about Jesus. Of course, we are better disciples, when we share our gifts and talents. How often we share them defines our discipleship as well as our missional life.
Last week, Pastor Molly wrote about the joy she feels witnessing, and being part of, the service in this church. I also cherish that our church is full of generous and caring people of all ages. When we provide mission opportunities for our children to host LemonAid stands in support of Imagine No Malaria, for our youth to assist with Sierra Service Projects and for our adults to lead and assist with mission-work for Corazon, Shared Bread and through Quilting, our actions speak volumes of our love for others. The tradition of generosity and love that our church nurtures certainly helps change our world for the better.
While we offer some wonderful mission opportunities, maybe you are still trying to find the one that fits your passion and allows you to share your gifts as a disciple. Do you know the UMC offers on-line information about a variety of topics that might be of interest to you? The UMC also offers training courses (such as Methodism 101) and, occasionally, local workshops to equip church members to be better stewards of our gifts and talents? If you are interested in the on-line opportunities, go to umc.org, umcom.org or calpacumc.org. If you are interested in the local workshops, please see Molly or me; we’d be happy to share the information with you.
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Staff Search Committee Updates
Our Staff-Parish Relations Committee has been hard at work over
the past months, working at filling leadership openings. We are pleased to share a quick status report:-We have hired Manuel "Manney" Arellano as an interim Organist. (He was with us in worship on July 20, as well.) Please help us welcome him in worship this Sunday.
-We have been overwhelmed by a wealth of amazing applicants for Music Director. Our Search Committee is moving forward in the process of selecting the best match for us.
-We are beginning to review applications for Youth Director; a search team that includes youth and youth volunteers will help us move forward.
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Join the Team: a Church Softball Team!Softball Update from membership committee: We are forming a co-ed slow-pitch softball team. We'll play in the Redondo Beach D league, with games at Alta Vista (or possibly Anderson) Park on Sunday evenings. The earliest games will begin at 5:30pm and the latest games at 8:30pm. Anyone 18 years of age or older may play. We still need a few more people to comfortably field a team!
If interested (or if you have questions) please email Troy Thomas here.
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Summer Worship Schedule
There are lots more wonderful things coming in worship this summer! Worship at 8:30 and 10:30.August 3 - Pastor Molly preaches on how good it is to be community, together. Our Interim Pianist/Organist Manney Arellano will be with us, as will the God's Way Band.
August 10 - In our final week of "Lessons from the Jungle Book," Pastor Molly preaches on how we all have a home in God. After worship, stay for our BeachFaith Kids' production of "Jungle Book Kids" - with lunch!
August 17 - Kim Edwards will return as our guest preacher. A friend and former colleague of Pastor Molly, Kim is beginning her final year at the Claremont School of Theology. Having traded a career in journalism (on TV and in PR for a hospital) for pastoral ministry, she brings a fresh voice and insight to our worship.
August 24 - A Blessing of the Backpacks will let us send our children (and students of all ages) off to school with prayer. Pastor Molly preaches.
August 31 - Rev. Dr. Michael Lodahl, Professor of Theology and World Religions at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, will be our special guest preacher at both worship services. Ordained in the Church of the Nazarene, has been a leader in Wesleyan theology and Christian environmental ethics. He's an engaging preacher, and we are very privileged to have him here in Redondo Beach!________________________________
Sierra Service Project Trip Reports
Our youth had amazing adventures on SSP again this summer. Twenty people--including 17 youth, plus Pastor Molly, Joe Zeiler and Caroline Dawes--participated in the Senior High trip to Stockton, CA. You can read reflections from youth on the trip online--our group was a part of Week 4. Ten people--including 8 youth, Earnie Neagle and Carl Mittendorf--went on the Middle School trip to Walker River, in Nevada (where Erin Dooley South is working for the summer!)
You can also see photos from both groups on our Facebook album!
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Books to Share, from Bob Crownover:
As Betty moved to New Jersey, she left some of Bob's theology and Bible books here at church; Pastor Molly would like to share them with anyone who's interested in using them. They are on a table in May Day Parlor. If you would like to have one of Bob's books - or would like to read of these works - please take and use them. You can stop by on Sunday or during office hours.
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a view from the pew from a longtime member of our church
Read Bob's bi-weekly Lay Looker column on our website by clicking here.
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This Week at Church...
Nursery
The Nursery is open during both services for ages 6 weeks to 4 yrs old. Located right off of the parking lot across Epworth Lounge. Any questions email the Nursery Coordinator: Adriana Hwang
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Children's Ministry: This week we continue special series based on the biblical themes we've found in Disney's 'The Jungle Book'. Extra activities for children ages 3-6th grade are available in all 3 of our upstairs Sunday School rooms. Class starts at 10am but you are free to join in at anytime. We will come down to worship for Communion and a Children's time at the end of the 10:30am service hour. This week come and learn how "We're better together" 1 Corinthians 12
Jungle Book correlation: Friendship helps Mowgli prevail
Animal: Panther
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Church R Us (4th and 5th grade):
This week come and learn about how "We're Better Together" (1 Corinthians 12). Extra activities for children ages 3-6th grade are available in all 3 of our upstairs Sunday School rooms. Class starts at 10am but you are free to join in at anytime. We will come down to worship for Communion and a Children's time at the end of the 10:30am service hour.
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Youth Group (6th-12th grade):
--Join in the Worship Notes Challenge this summer...see the kid's cart in the sanctuary for details.
--As mentioned in the article above, there is an awesome leadership team working to plan early Fall and keep a smooth transition. Stay tuned!
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United Methodist Women:
The All-Circle Potluck will be Thursday, August 21 in May Day Parlor and the patio outside. Guest speakers include our own Erin Dooley South, speaking of her summer's work with the Sierra Service Project, as well as a presentation about Foster Children. Please bring a dish to share and your own table service (plate, silverware, napkin, etc). Also, please email Linda Zeiler with a fun, little-known fact about you, for a game we will play together.
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Adult Sunday School:
Our Adult Sunday School class will be on hiatus for the summer. Stay tuned for the start-up date in the fall.
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IMPORTANT--Location Change!! Due to the temporary closure of Billy's Cafe, the Men's Breakfast group is moving to Coco's Restaurant, 18120 Hawthorne Blvd. (Hawthorne and 182nd)
Men's Breakfast:
Our next breakfast is Monday, August 4 at 7AM. All men of the church and their friends are welcome to join us for fellowship.
20/30 group: This young adult group is a casual gathering of people in their 20's and 30's looking to connect with other young adults who attend the same church. Contact Amanda Kuczun for info on upcoming events!
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First United Methodist Church of Redondo Beach
(310)372-8445 main (310)372-5696 fax
Reverend Molly Vetter, Lead & Teaching Pastor PastorMolly@beachfaith.com
Ernie Valenzuela, Administrative Assistant x101 Ernie@beachfaith.com
First United Methodist Church
243 S. Broadway Street
Redondo Beach, CA 90277 United States
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