"Online Calendar and Times of Hope" from Senior Pastor Brian Kent of the Hope United Methodist Church in San Diego, California, United States for Tuesday, 2 August 2016

"Online Calendar and Times of Hope" from Senior Pastor Brian Kent of the Hope United Methodist Church in San Diego, California, United States for Tuesday, 2 August 2016
Happy August, everyone.
Here is the link to our (continuously updated) Online Calendar:  http://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/calendar.aspx?ci=g1i3f0o9m7k5g1g1
I’ll see you in church this weekend. Remember there are 3 opportunities to gather and have an open conversation about our anticipated Korean Outreach Ministry at Hope UMC: Sunday, August 7 at Noon (lunch and child care included), Tuesday, August 9 at 2 PM, and Wednesday, August 10 at 7:00 PM.
Blessings and Peace,

Pastor Brian
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Times of HOPE: A publication of Hope United Methodist Church
Pastor Brian’s Faith Works
What do you want to be and what are you doing today to make that happen?
Actually, the Christian disciple version of this question is:
“Who does Jesus want you to be and what are you doing to cooperate?”
For instance, if I believe that Jesus wants me to be a person of love and integrity, what am I doing to cooperate with what Jesus is doing?
Am I practicing love the best I know how?
Am I taking some risks in the direction of more complete love?
Am I actively looking for ways to practice God’s love?
Am I refusing to nurture hate?
Am I turning over every sinful thought and action to Jesus?
Am I practicing the kind of love that only makes sense if I am following Jesus?
Who are you called to be? What does the best “you” look like?
Remember the Fruit of the Spirit, which we are studying and meditation on this summer: “... the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
(from Galatians 5:22-23)
Another question that we get to ask throughout our lives, is “Jesus, what do you want me / us to do?” It is easy to get tied into a knot on this question, but the “Be” question guides the “Do” question. If you are a person of God’s love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, then there is a whole lot you can “Do” that flows right out of that.
Blessings and peace. Be in Christ. Do what flows out of that.
A THANK-YOU NOTE
Family of Hope United Methodist Church
I would like to thank you all for the wonderful celebration on July 9 in honor of my ordination. Over the years, so many of you have played special roles in my preparation process for this event.
From proofreader, babysitters, encouragers,
prayers, and even mentors your participating in this moment is my life has been a blessing.
Thank you for the cards and emails, thank you for the gifts to the youth program and all the personal gifts celebrating this major event in my life. You display through your action the acknowledgement of the family of faith we have here at Hope United Methodist Church.[Pastor Drew]
COMING SOON! THE MINISTRY
Attention Everyone! The ministry fair is coming on Sunday, September 11!!
Who is it for? Everyone is invited! There will be food, a water slide, drinks, and lots of ministries represented! There will be balloons, sunshine, fellowship, and helpful information that may answer any questions, whet your spiritual appetite, and motivate your heart to share in God's work, What is it? It's our kick off Sunday when the new
year of Sunday school begins, choirs are back in worship services, school is back in session for may even be a time to set up an account for online giving. It is a time to get acquainted, organized, When is it? Sunday morning, September 11, at 10-10:45, and 11:45 to 1pm! Our Saturday worshippers will get a packet, an invitation, and a bag of goodies to lure them to come back on Sunday! Come once! Come twice! Come all Where is it? There will be about 30 tables set up around the patio and Gathering Spot areas, where food can be tasted, sign up sheets can get filled,
and people can meet people!
What are the ministry categories? Look at the
bottom of this article for a list of ministry categories.
What else is involved? Everyone will receive a packet of all the flyers of all the ministries of Hope (so make sure you do a flyer if you belong to a ministry). Multiple sign up sheets for multiple ministries will be at each station.
What do we as small group leaders do this month to prepare?
• Decide to represent your ministry at the ministry fair!
• Tell your group and invite them to participate in the ministry fair!
• Email Wendy Kallen and Charmilyn Quinn to
reserve a spot!
• Update your flyers from last year or make a
new one if you're a new ministry (include title, location, time, and bullet points of your ministry, and a contact name and phone number)
• Send your flyers to Wendy Kallen and Charmilyn Quinn!
Wendy.kallen@hopeumc.com
cquinn950@gmail.com
DEADLINE IS MONDAY, AUGUST 29 for all flyers!
There will be 11 stations of ministries and there will be many groups at each station, and every group at each station will be assigned to bring 1 dish:
• Adult Education (Appetizer)
• Fun and Fellowship (Appetizer)
• Worship Teams (Appetizer)
• Music Ministries (Appetizer)
• Prayers and Nurturing (Appetizer)
• Administration Teams (Dessert)
• Children's Ministries (Dessert)
• Youth Ministries (Dessert)
• Hope Pre-school (Dessert)
• Outreach Ministries (Dessert)
• Stewardship and Giving
MISSIONS CORNER
“The Russians are Coming!” (Well, one of The weekend of Aug. 20-21 Hope will have a
special guest at all services — Rev. Sveta Tsoy, the District Superintendent of the Russia Far East-Siberia UMC District. Pastor Sveta speaks fluent English and will have a dialogue with Pastor Brian about how she became a Christian, how the Methodist Church is growing and serving in Russia, the challenges Methodists and other non-Russian Orthodox Christians face, etc. This should be especially interesting because Pastor Brian and his family served as missionaries in
Russia a number of years ago. After SNA she’ll be at the Blue Grass BBQ to visit further.
On Mon., Aug. 22, 6 PM, the Outreach/Missions Com. will have dessert and informal conversation with Pastor Sveta--members of the church are welcome to join us and on Wed. Aug. 24, 6 PM, she will be speaking to Hope’s women’s fellowship group Heart to Heart. If you have a Bible Study or other meeting the week of Aug. 22-26 and would like Pastor Sveta to come,
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The Good Neighbor Center has moved to Christ
UMC Ministry Center in North Park, which also
houses the Haitian refugees coming through San Diego. Hope will continue to support the GNC, Interfaith Community Services and the refugees with donations of food, etc. Many members of Hope have donated to help the
Haitians, who had their 1000th refugee at the
Ministry Center this week. There is an opportunity to “support a bed” for $250 a month. For more information on this and the refugee crisis, go to their website www.HaitiSD.com (access throughGoogle, not Yahoo) or contact Terry and Larry Sieck or Winston and Sharon Wade.
HOPE’S ALL CHURCH RETREAT
Please join us for our sixth annual “All Church Retreat”, which will be held at Camp Cedar Glen in Julian the weekend of September 23-25 2016. The theme for this year’s retreat is “Three Loves: God, Others, Self”, presented by Rev. Drew Davis and Rev. Brian Kent. Register during the month of August on the patio or online at www.hopeumc.com. The cost for camp is $120 per adult and $60 for youth/children ages 3 through 17.
Toddlers are free. Childcare is not provided. The maximum cost for a one-adult family is $180 and for a two-adult family is $300. Cost includes two nights lodging and five meals (breakfast Saturday through lunch Sunday).
Camperships are available through the Hope Foundation. Plan to join us for a weekend of fun, fellowship, and increasing your faith and love of God. If you have questions, please contact either Kevin Wall at 858-729-3516, kwall1969@gmail.com or Susan Davis at 858-486-2997, suedavisonline@cox.net.
Thank you to all who generously supported the
Hope for Injured Warriors outreach during the
month of July. It is with great pleasure that we can actively lend our assistance in many ways throughout the year to those who sacrifice for the love of our country. Later in the year we will be collecting food and household items for those moving into Freedom Station. The August special offering will go Russian Ministries.
Our next meeting is Mon. Aug. 22, 6 PM, Jones
Building—dessert with Pastor Sveta and then the regular meeting. Rev. Carol Millspaugh will be taking over as chr. of our committee. We look forward to her leadership and continuing to serve God’s people around the world![Terry and Larry Sieck, co-chr., Outreach/Missions Committee]
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What’s happening this month in the New songs in our Saturday Night Alive service include “Humble and Kind” by Tim McGraw, “Live It Right,” written by our own Tom Ivory, and “Eye of the Storm” by Ryan Stevenson.
Sunday worship includes vocalists Susan Sachs
and Bob Shuttleworth on the 7th, high school
freshman singer Kailey Askins, and college
freshman Evan Vigilia playing saxophone on the 14th, gospel singer Vernon Bennett on the 21st, and singer/guitarist Bill Mingst and Wendy Kallen on the 28th. Kathy Askins, our children’s music director, is busily planning music for the year for our children's choir, Joyful Noise. Wendy Kallen will be directing our bell choir, Hope Ringers, starting this year. Our Christmas choir program, Yuletide, will be previewed on August 27 at 10:30am in the sanctuary. Our doors are always open for new singers, instrumentalists, audio and video technicians, and new musical ideas
BOX CANYON BLUEGRASS BAND & BRISKET BARBECUE
Come on Saturday, August 20, to worship with us at 5pm. Then at 6pm come enjoy the best brisket in town, cooked by our own Kevin Wall, while tapping your toes along with the Box Canyon Band! Bring a side dish if your last name begins with A - M, or dessert for N - Z. The brisket and (songs) for Sunday worship Program) PREVIEW CHOIR RETREAT and YULETIDE PREVIEW
* Saturday, August 27
You are invited to come and find out more about our choir program here at Hope!
8:00am Potluck Breakfast in covenant hall and
8:30am Preview of Fall and Christmas anthems
10:30am YULETIDE (Hope's Christmas Choral
We will sing music, fellowship together, and
hopefully you will find answers to any questions you may have about the music ministry and how to get more involved. You will also get to sing through the Christmas Yuletide music to get a head start in preparing for December! We even hope to have a rehearsal CD ready for you to take home!
WHEN WILL ALL THE MUSIC REHEARSALS BEGIN?
September 1 • Thursday night choir rehearsals
begin. (Thursday's 7:15pm)
September 13 • Hope Ringers bell choir rehearsals begin (Tuesday's at 7pm)
September 18 • Joyful Noise Children's Choir rehearsals begin (Sunday's 11:45am)
SAVE The DATE!
September 11 • Ministry Fair (Sunday morning)
October 9 • Quartet Nouveau (2pm)
December 9, 10, 11 • Yuletide Christmas Choral Program outside on the patio
The youth are spending the night at church on
August 19 for a lock-in. We’ll start the evening off with a visit to Invasion Laser Tag, followed up with activities and games. Chaperones and drivers are needed, so let Lorrie know if you’re up for a
LADIES OF HOPE!
On August 24 Heart to Heart Ministry will begin a new series called "Around the World With Women of Hope". We are excited to have Reverend Sveta Tsoy as our first speaker. She is the District Superintendent of the Russia Far East Siberian district, and will describe her experiences as a woman and a pastor in Russia. The cost is $11.00, and the dinner will be held from 6-8 PM in Covenant Hall. Sign ups will be held in the courtyard the two weekends before the dinner, or you can call Cathy Steele at 858/485-1580, or the
church office at 858/485-5840. Please join us for an evening of food, fellowship and an inspiring speaker. All ladies are welcome, so invite your family and friends.
All incoming 6th graders and any 7th-12th graders new to our youth program are invited with their families to have lunch and learn about upcoming youth activities. We will meet on August 28 at 12:00. RSVP to youth director Lorrie Frost at youthlorrie@gmail.com so we have plenty of food
Adults matter in our youths’ lives!
Did you know research has shown that each
child/youth needs to have five significant adults participate in their lives on a regular basis to keep them plugged into their faith? Are you one of those five for someone? It can be as simple as taking the time to have a conversation at the Gathering Spot
with one of our young people. Interested in doing a little more? We have openings for Sunday School assistants. Once a month you can come share in the lives of our youth.
The youth also share dinner together on Wednesday evenings. Sign up to bring dinner and join us.
Come see what they’re engaged in and learn about this amazing next generation. It’s easy to sign up for dinner, and you can make a difference through
For more information about our youth program, or to get involved in one of these ways, contact youth director, Lorrie Frost, youthlorrie@gmail.com.
submissions for the next
Submit articles to the church office or e-mail to
9:00AM, TUE., Sept. 6, 2016
FOR SEPT. 11-OCT. 9 and beyond.

denise.mierlot@hopeumc.com.
Kids’Stuff
CAVE QUEST VBS WAS A HIT!
We had a wonderful time at CaveQuest VBS in
June. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen: Youth and adult volunteers who worked as Station Leaders and Crew Leaders; Ginny Lorenz and her Morning Sign-In workers who also served as Hope Ambassadors; Nancy Hulak, Dave Andrews, and Zack Askins who ran video and sound; Dee Tenney, Elizabeth Dyson and their wonderful helpers who worked in the kitchen and organized our Sunday Celebration Lunch; Kathy Askins and Marsha Skarupa who helped organize behind the scenes and who also got the kids pumped up every morning to learn about God; Kirk Rummel and his crew who built our awesome set; Pastors Brian and Drew who were good sports about being slimed on Wednesday; and last but not least, all of the people who prayed for us.
We had 141 children in attendance this year and we’ll be reaching out to them this month to invite them back to Hope for the start of our new Christian Education year. VBS will come around again next summer, so if you missed out on the fun this year we’ll put you to work next year!
“BUCKS FOR BOOKS”
CHILDREN’S OFFERING
The second weekend of August — the 13th &
14th — the children will be collecting offerings from the congregation as they exit the Sanctuary after Time with Children. These offerings will be combined with those collected by the children in worship in June and July and during Vacation Bible School and will be used to purchase new books (in English) for the children of Fiji whose
school libraries were destroyed by Cyclone Winston this past February. 100% of the funds collected will be used to purchase books through the online source BetterWorldBooks.com which will then ship them to Fiji for free.
All books are being sent to our United Methodist Missionary Rev. Jerusha Neal, who is on staff at the Davuilevu Theological
College in Fiji. (Jerusha and her husband Wes
were the pastors at Santee UMC about 8 years ago, so they’re part of our San Diego family!) The college will see to it that the books are distributed to the schools and libraries throughout the island.
Thank you in advance for helping our children
share God’s love with the children of Fiji!
WATER SLIDE AT NOON ON
SUNDAY, SEPT. 11!
Our new year begins the weekend of September
10-11. That’s when we’ll return to our traditional curriculum and age-level classes for our Saturday night Kids Alive classes and our Sunday morning Sunday School classes. That Sunday we’ll have a Ministry Fair and lunch following the late service and to make it even more fun, we’ll have a water slide for the children! So kids, wear your bathing
suits under your church clothes and bring a towel along. Invite your neighborhood friends so they can see what a great place Hope is for families to journey in faith together!
WANTED: ADULTS WITH A LOVING HEART FOR GOD AND KIDS!
Would you like to connect with the younger
generation at Hope? We’re looking for loving
adults who would like to assist in children’s Kids Alive (Saturday night) and Sunday School (9 & 10:45) classes roughly once a month. Assisting is easy and requires no prep work; you are there to support the lead teacher and help the children follow instructions. Contact Carrie in the office for more information about this fun way to serve God: 858.485.5840 x103.
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