From Pastor Molly: In the storm
Stories and images of the still-rising flood waters in Houston and elsewhere on the gulf coast have brought me to tears this week. My faith is humanity is renewed by stories of tireless rescue volunteers, responding to the urgency of others trapped and in need. My heart is broken by stories of the devastating loss of home and life.
I continue to pray for everyone involved and affected, including all those who are displaced and all those who offer shelter in homes and churches. Last I heard, 20 United Methodist churches in the Houston area have opened their doors as shelters for others. I pray for the leaders and people of those congregations, who are doing the work of the gospel, providing mercy and hospitality.
For all our limitations and struggles, this is one time when the value of organized religion is especially apparent: church buildings are ready to open as shelters, volunteer teams are trained and ready to respond, communities are ready to spring into action. Our United Methodist Committee of Relief (UMCOR) is able to provide meaningful and long-lasting disaster recovery support by working within the existing community in the churches in the affected areas.
If you would like to support the work of UMCOR in providing disaster relief from this storm, you can make a donation by clicking through or making a donation to our church, marked for "UMCOR - Harvey."
grace and peace,
Pastor Molly
Donations for Houston
We encourage everyone to donate to UMCOR through the link below. The United Methodist Church pays all overhead costs for UMCOR, which means 100% of donations go to relief efforts. Additionally, UMCOR is a distinct 501(c)3, so many employers will match donations to UMCOR.
Click here to donate!
In Worship This WeekSunday, September 3rd
"Rules for Living"
Rev. Molly Vetter, preaching
Romans 12:9-21
Scripture Text: Romans 12:9 Don’t let love be a mere outward show. Recoil from what is evil, and cling to what is good. 10 Love each other devotedly and with brotherly love; and set examples for each other in showing respect. 11 Don’t be lazy when hard work is needed, but serve the Lord with spiritual fervor. 12 Rejoice in your hope, be patient in your troubles, and continue steadfastly in prayer. 13 Share what you have with God’s people, and practice hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you — bless them, don’t curse them! 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be sensitive to each other’s needs — don’t think yourselves better than others, but make humble people your friends. Don’t be conceited. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but try to do what everyone regards as good. 18 If possible, and to the extent that it depends on you, live in peace with all people. 19 Never seek revenge, my friends; instead, leave that to God’s anger; for in the Tanakh it is written,
“Adonai says, ‘Vengeance is my responsibility; I will repay.’”[Romans 12:19 Deuteronomy 32:41]
20 On the contrary,
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For by doing this, you will heap
fiery coals [of shame] on his head.”[Romans 12:20 Proverbs 25:21–22]
21 Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
John Wesley's Notes-Commentary: Romans 12:9-21
Verse 9
[9] For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
For this is the word of the promise — By the power of which Isaac was conceived, and not by the power of nature. Not, Whosoever is born of thee shall be blessed, but, At this time - Which I now appoint.
I will come, and Sarah shall have a son — And he shall inherit the blessing. Genesis 18:10.
Verse 10
[10] And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
And that God's blessing does not belong to all the descendants of Abraham, appears not only by this instance, but by that of Esau and Jacob, who was chosen to inherit the blessing, before either of them had done good or evil. The apostle mentions this to show, that neither were their ancestors accepted through any merit of their own.
That the purpose of God according to election might stand — Whose purpose was, to elect or choose the promised seed.
Not of works — Not for any preceding merit in him he chose.
But of him that called — Of his own good pleasure who called to that privilege whom he saw good.
Verse 12
[12] It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
The elder — Esau.
Shall serve the younger — Not in person, for he never did; but in his posterity. Accordingly the Edomites were often brought into subjection by the Israelites. Genesis 25:23.
Verse 13
[13] As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
As it is written — With which word in Genesis, spoken so long before, that of Malachi agrees.
I have loved Jacob — With a peculiar love; that is, the Israelites, the posterity of Jacob. And I have, comparatively, hated Esau - That is, the Edomites, the posterity of Esau. But observe, 1. This does not relate to the person of Jacob or Esau 2. Nor does it relate to the eternal state either of them or their posterity. Thus far the apostle has been proving his proposition, namely, that the exclusion of a great part of the seed of Abraham, yea, and of Isaac, from the special promises of God, was so far from being impossible, that, according to the scriptures themselves, it had actually happened. He now introduces and refutes an objection. Malachi 1:2,3.
Verse 14
[14] What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Is there injustice with God — Is it unjust in God to give Jacob the blessing rather than Esau? or to accept believers, and them only.
God forbid — In no wise. This is well consistent with justice; for he has a right to fix the terms on which he will show mercy, according to his declaration to Moses, petitioning for all the people, after they had committed idolatry with the golden calf.
I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy — According to the terms I myself have fixed.
And I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion — Namely, on those only who submit to my terms, who accept of it in the way that I have appointed.
Verse 15
[15] For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Exodus 33:19.
Verse 16
[16] So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
It — The blessing.
Therefore is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth — It is not the effect either of the will or the works of man, but of the grace and power of God. The will of man is here opposed to the grace of God, and man's running, to the divine operation. And this general declaration respects not only Isaac and Jacob, and the Israelites in the time of Moses, but likewise all the spiritual children of Abraham, even to the end of the world.
Verse 17
[17] For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Moreover — God has an indisputable right to reject those who will not accept the blessings on his own terms. And this he exercised in the case of Pharaoh; to whom, after many instances of stubbornness and rebellion, he said, as it is recorded in scripture, For this very thing have I raised thee up - That is, Unless thou repent, this will surely be the consequence of my raising thee up, making thee a great and glorious king, that my power will be shown upon thee, (as indeed it was, by overwhelming him and his army in the sea,) and my name declared through all the earth - As it is at this day. Perhaps this may have a still farther meaning. It seems that God was resolved to show his power over the river, the insects, other animals, (with the natural causes of their health, diseases, life, and death,) over the meteors, the air, the sun, (all of which were worshipped by the Egyptians, from whom other nations learned their idolatry,) and at once over all their gods, by that terrible stroke of slaying all their priests, and their choicest victims, the firstborn of man and beast; and all this with a design, not only to deliver his people Israel, (for which a single act of omnipotence would have sufficed,) but to convince the Egyptians, that the objects of their worship were but the creatures of Jehovah, and entirely in his power, and to draw them and the neighbouring nations, who should hear of all these wonders, from their idolatry, to worship the one God. For the execution of this design, (in order to the display of the divine power over the various objects of their worship, in variety of wonderful acts, which were at the same time just punishments for their cruel oppression of the Israelites,) God was pleased to raise to the throne of an absolute monarchy, a man, not whom he had made wicked on purpose, but whom he found so, the proudest, the most daring and obstinate of all the Egyptian princes; and who, being incorrigible, well deserved to be set up in that situation, where the divine judgments fell the heaviest. Exodus 9:16.
Verse 18
[18] Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
So then — That is, accordingly he does show mercy on his own terms, namely, on them that believe.
And whom he willeth — Namely, them that believe not.
He hardeneth — Leaves to the hardness of their hearts.
Verse 19
[19] Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Why doth he still find fault — The particle still is strongly expressive of the objector's sour, morose murmuring.
For who hath resisted his will — The word his likewise expresses his surliness and aversion to God, whom he does not even deign to name.
Verse 20
[20] Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Nay, but who art thou, O man — Little, impotent, ignorant man.
That repliest against God — That accusest God of injustice, for himself fixing the terms on which he will show mercy? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus - Why hast thou made me capable of honour and immortality, only by believing?
Verse 21
[21] Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Hath not the potter power over the clay — And much more hath not God power over his creatures, to appoint one vessel, namely, the believer, to honour, and another, the unbeliever, to dishonour? If we survey the right which God has over us, in a more general way, with regard to his intelligent creatures, God may be considered in two different views, as Creator, Proprietor, and Lord of all; or, as their moral Governor, and Judge. God, as sovereign Lord and Proprietor of all, dispenses his gifts or favours to his creatures with perfect wisdom, but by no rules or methods of proceeding that we are acquainted with. The time when we shall exist, the country where we shall live, our parents, our constitution of body and turn of mind; these, and numberless other circumstances, are doubtless ordered with perfect wisdom, but by rules that lie quite out of our sight. But God's methods of dealing with us, as our Governor and Judge, are dearly revealed and perfectly known; namely, that he will finally reward every man according to his works: "He that believeth shalt be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned." Therefore, though "He hath mercy on whom he willeth, and whom he willeth he hardeneth," that is, suffers to be hardened in consequence of their obstinate wickedness; yet his is not the will of an arbitrary, capricious, or tyrannical being. He wills nothing but what is infinitely wise and good; and therefore his will is a most proper rule of judgment. He will show mercy, as he hath assured us, to none but true believers, nor harden any but such as obstinately refuse his mercy. Jeremiah 18:6,7
10:30am in the Sanctuary
Special Music: "Way Over Yonder," sung by Stacy Park
"Way Over Yonder" by Carole King
Way over yonder
Is a place that I know
Where I can find shelter
From a hunger and a cold
And the sweet tastin' good life
Is so easily found
A way over yonder, that's where I'm bound
I know when I get there
The first thing I'll see
Is the sun shining golden
Shining right down on me
Then trouble's gonna lose me
Worry leave me behind
And I'll stand up proudly
In true peace of mind
Talkin' about
Talkin' about
A way over yonder
Is a place I have seen
In a garden of wisdom
From some long ago dream
Oh yeah
Maybe tomorrow
I'll find find my way
To the land where the honey runs
In rivers each day
And the sweet tastin' good life
Is so easily found
A way over yonder
That's where i'm bound
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A way over yonder
That's where I'm bound
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Last Sunday we heard Pastor Molly tell of her eclipse experience in Nebraska (total) and had a sing-a-long as Molly invited the congregation to choose from the Methodist Hymnal while Cris hurriedly found the page and played for us on the organ....just one verse of each. Being more than a bit interested in our church's music I found the first choice “In The Garden” was written in 1913. Secondly, the choice was “In Christ There Is No East or West” with the music written in 1919 and the words as printed in the hymnal in 1987. Next, we sang “He Lives” written in 1933... Thursday, August 31, 2017
Bob PetersonBob 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!
Thursday, 31 August 2017 by Bob Peterson
Last Sunday we heard Pastor Molly tell of her eclipse experience in Nebraska (total) and had a sing-a-long as Molly invited the congregation to choose from the Methodist Hymnal while Cris hurriedly found the page and played for us on the organ....just one verse of each. Being more than a bit interested in our church's music I found the first choice "In The Garden" was written in 1913. Secondly, the choice was "In Christ There Is No East or West" with the music written in 1919 and the words as printed in the hymnal in 1987. Next, we sang "He Lives" written in 1933.
The last Hymn was a choice of Pastor Molly, "Oh, For A Thousand Tongues To Sing" with words written by Charles Wesley in 1739 and the music we sing it to written in 1839 by Lowell Mason. We sang the first and last verses of this hymn. With the final verse fitting the sermon theme. My choice was not used due to time limitations but it was "Trust and Obey" written in 1887. I guess the older hymns remain our favorites. Pastor Molly invited us to turn in other choices which may be used in the future.
I visited another church where they sang the Doxology and I realized I hadn't sung it for quite some time. By the way, I noticed other local churches blessing their students' back-packs as we did last week.
Click here to read more of the Lay Looker.
Coming at Church
Fall Ministry Fair on Sept 10:
YOU ARE HERE Sunday
On Sunday, September 10, we will host a ministry fair to launch our fall season here at church, with breakfast, fellowship and meaningful ways to get involved in the work of the church. (We hope you can be here!)
Breakfast and the Fair begin at 9:30, with opportunities after the 10:30 service as well.
Go to our sign up genius for food and volunteer options
Readiness 360+
This fall, our congregation will join a cohort of United Methodist Churches in our West District for a 15-month project of church growth and deepening vitality. In coming weeks, we will seek input from the congregation as we begin this work. We encourage you to pray for those who will join the leadership team, and for everyone who will be a part of our shared work!
Youth: Liturgists Gathering
September 15-16, High School youth will attend the Liturgists Gathering at Hollywood UMC! It'll be a great time to explore our maturing faiths.
Click here for more info!
Youth Group Resumes Sunday!
We're starting out the fall by talking about wisdom. Wisdom makes you awesome. See what we did there?
See you at 2pm on Sept 3!
Church R Us Ice Cream Party THIS SUNDAY!
This Sunday, September 3rd, Children's Ministries will be hosting an ice cream party for all Church R Us-ers! Church R Us is a group just for 4th and 5th graders.
We'll meet in the Fellowship Hall right after 10:30 worship and party for about forty-five minutes! Feel free to bring a friend.
Fall Sunday School Starts: Sept 10
School is back in session and soon Sunday School will be to! Regular 10:30am Sunday School for children and youth from age 3 through 8th grade will begin on September 10. Kids begin the hour in Sunday School, and join us in worship for Holy Communion.
Spanish Class Waiting List
Spanish Classes for our 2017 Fall/Winter Session are currently full and a waiting list has been started. Classes begin in October and will run through May, every Tuesday.
(Holidays and Breaks TBA.)
Tuesdays, 3:45-4:45pm
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00pm
To be added the waitlist or for more info click here
Parents Night Out is Back this Fall
Join us for our first PNO of the school year on September 15th!
Email Children's Ministries to save your child's spot!
Drop off your children at church for three hours of programming, starting at 5pm.
The evening costs $20.00 for the first child ($10 for the 2nd, $5 for 3rd+) and includes dinner.
Enjoy an evening out while your kids play games, make crafts, and enjoy fellowship!
It's a great night for all!
To ensure your child's spot, always be sure to RSVP by the Monday before!
Directions for Faith
This fall, Pastor Molly will preach a sermon series with directions for how to live out your faith. Using tools from our Methodist tradition, we will look at how to live out our faith, with devotion to God and service to others. The series begins September 10, and continues for 7 weeks. Read more online.
Mid-Year Finance Update
We are pleased to share the good news that our financial giving in the first half of 2017 has been ahead of our projections! We set our ministry budget conservatively--we are hopeful that your continued generosity will allow us to go beyond the budget we set to fund ministries in our church and beyond, including the full payment of our apportionment asking.
October 21: Golf Tournament
We are excited to announce our 2017 BeachFaith Church Golf Tournament, this year at Los Verdes Golf Club in RPV. Again, it will be a four-person scramble--invite a team of friends to play for a day of fun, fellowship and fundraising in support of church ministries. Register online.
Book Club, Tuesday, Sep. 19: Our Book Club had the summer off and we're eager to begin meeting again. Join us in May Day Parlor at 7pm, Tuesday, September 19. We plan to discuss the four summer reading selections: “I Capture the Castle,” by Dodie Smith; “Marriage of Opposites,” by Alice Hoffman; “Sally Ride,” by Lynn Sherr; and “The Shoemaker’s Wife,” by Adriana Trigiani. For more information, on our club, contact Ann Gallagher.
Sept 30: Fall Rummage Sale
Mark your calendars for our UMW fall rummage sale! It will be One Day Only, on Saturday, Sept. 30!
9am - 4pm
CalPac Young Adult Retreat at Lazy W October 6-8
Young Adult Retreat at Lazy W is an annual event for any young adult, ages 18-35(ish) who seeks to nourish their relationship with God through Jesus Christ, or just explore what that means.
Get more information and register here: CLICK ME!
Register before September 1st to save $20! Register now and your program, food, and lodging are included in the $65 registration fee. ($10 deposit required).
Announcements
Men's Breakfast: Our next breakfast is Monday, September 4, 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: Know someone in need of prayer? You can sponsor a free prayer quilt for them. Join us for our monthly quilting workshop Friday, September 8, 10am - noon in the choir room. Even if you haven't tried quilt-making before, this is a great way to begin. More information is online.
Church Council: Our September meeting will be on Monday, September 18 at 7pm in Epworth Lounge. For more information, contact Chair Dan Martens.
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.
A Memorial Service for Rae Linda Brown will Saturday, October 7 at 1pm in our sanctuary. Her family requests that guests wear bright colors (rather than somber ones); there will be a reception afterwards in the Fellowship Hall.
This Week: Children, Youth & Adults
Nursery (6 weeks+): The Nursery is open during both services, for ages 6 weeks to 6 yrs old. Located right off of the parking lot across from Epworth Lounge. Any questions email the Nursery Coordinator: Adriana Hwang
Children's Ministry (age 3 - 3rd Grade):
We're in church this week! Be sure to grab some activity sheets in the back of the sanctuary. Sunday School begins September 10th! See you then!
Church R Us (Grades 4 & 5): We're in church this week! Be sure to grab some activity sheets in the back of the sanctuary. After 10:30 service there will be an ice cream party in the fellowship hall, just for 4th & 5th graders!
Youth Ministry (6th-12th grade):
-Middle School Sunday School? Nope, but it'll start again on September 10th!
-Youth Group(2-4pm on Sunday)? YES! We're back!!!!
-High School! Consider the Liturgists Gathering in mid-September! Click here for deets!
Young Adults (19-not very specific):
We get together occasionally. Contact Stephen for more info!
Adult Sunday School: Bible Study and Discussion in May Day Parlor. Sunday mornings from 9:30-10:15am. Led by Paul Caldwell and Helen Stockwell .
Thursday Pastor's Bible Study:
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.
Bishop Grant Hagiya invites you to join him in praying for our church, and for the work of the Way Forward Commission, of which he is a part. Read more here.
Our UMC leadership denounces the recent violence and racism in Charlottesville and calls for all United Methodists to Love in Action. Read more here.
First United Methodist Church of Redondo Beach
243 South Broadway
Redondo Beach, California 90277, United States
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Ongoing Ministries
Free Meal on Wednesday Nights
Offering food and friendship to those in need, every Wednesday night since 1992. More info here.
DESSERTS FOR SHARED BREAD
Our dessert supply is still low! Would you like to help? 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!
Offering food and friendship to those in need, every Wednesday night since 1992. More info here.
DESSERTS FOR SHARED BREAD
Our dessert supply is still low! Would you like to help? 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!
Stacy Park is singing for us this Sunday. She joined the choir last year and has volunteered to bring a little Carol King to us this week. Stacy grew up participating in various performing arts opportunities in the South Bay. In college, she majored in Musical Theatre and went on to study Theatre Education at the graduate level. Stacy has performed in various venues and roles from Dublin, Ireland to Iowa to Oklahoma to Massachusetts to California. Stacy has sung and played in worship bands at Manhattan Beach Community Church, Faith United Methodist, Calvary Presbyterian, and Chico Presbyterian. Stacy's favorite music performance was when she got to perform for Maxine Waters and Jesse Jackson at Macedonia Baptist with the gospel choir Genesis the Balm. She is currently the drama teacher and costumer at Chadwick School in Palos Verdes...Thursday, August 31, 2017 - Music Notes
Music Director, Jim Raycroft, will share upcoming worship music
selections and a little bit of history, too.
Jim Raycroft
Thursday, 31 August 2017 by Jim Raycroft
Stacy Park is singing for us this Sunday. She joined the choir last year and has volunteered to bring a little Carol King to us this week. Stacy grew up participating in various performing arts opportunities in the South Bay. In college, she majored in Musical Theatre and went on to study Theatre Education at the graduate level. Stacy has performed in various venues and roles from Dublin, Ireland to Iowa to Oklahoma to Massachusetts to California. Stacy has sung and played in worship bands at Manhattan Beach Community Church, Faith United Methodist, Calvary Presbyterian, and Chico Presbyterian. Stacy's favorite music performance was when she got to perform for Maxine Waters and Jesse Jackson at Macedonia Baptist with the gospel choir Genesis the Balm. She is currently the drama teacher and costumer at Chadwick School in Palos Verdes.
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. Come As You Are, one of the cuts from that album, peaked at #3 on the US Christian Songs chart and went on to receive a Grammy nomination in 2015 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song.
Andraé Edward Crouch, a Los Angeles native, has been referred to as "the father of modern gospel music" by contemporary Christian and gospel music professionals. Known for his compositions The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power, My Tribute (To God Be the Glory) - which he told me had been recorded 2500 times - and this week's offertory, Soon and Very Soon, he was also known for his collaborative work during the 1980s and 1990s with Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Quincy Jones, as well as conducting choirs that sang on the Michael Jackson hit Man in the Mirror and Madonna's Like a Prayer. Crouch was noted for his talent of incorporating contemporary secular music styles into the gospel music he grew up with. His efforts in this area helped pave the way for early American contemporary Christian music during the 1960s and 1970s. His original musical arrangements were heard in the movies The Color Purple and The Lion King, and in the NBC television show Amen. His awards and honors include 7 Grammy Awards, induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1998 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After his father's death in 1994, Crouch and his twin sister Sandra took over the shared duty of senior pastor at the church his parents founded, Christ Memorial Church of God in Christ in Pacoima. I first met Andraé when we performed on the 1993 Grammy Awards ceremonies together. He was part of the team that had produced The Messiah, a Soulful Celebration (a gospel adaptation of 16 of the pieces from the Messiah), which was up for a Grammy for best gospel album. We were both singing with the choir that performed a hybrid version of the Hallelujah Chorus for the show, and during rehearsals we talked at length about the piece. He asked "I wonder what Handel would have thought about what we did to his music?" I told him "I think he would have loved it. He was always ripping off his own music for other uses, but I think he would have loved the idea that someone could have taken his music and made it relevant and meaningful to a whole new generation, culture and race of people." I still think that. Sadly, we lost him in January of 2015.
Carol King is the most successful female songwriter of the 20th century in the USA, having written 118 pop song hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. She also wrote 61 songs that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter in the UK between 1955 and 2005. Way Over Yonder was part of the album Tapestry, which was her breakout album of 1971. Tapestry enlisted several well-known musicians, including Joni Mitchell, and contained several hits, including It's Too Late, You've Got A Friend, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman. Tapestry was #1 for 15 weeks, was on the charts for 6 years and has sold over 25 million copies over the years. In December of 2012, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in January of 2014, Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, a musical about her life, opened on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, going on to win 2 Tony Awards.
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.
United Methodist Women’s Reading Program 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. Please bring your cans and bottles.
We 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
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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Redondo Beach, California 90277, United States
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