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Northridge United Methodist Church

FEBRUARY 2018

Volume 35, Issue 2

Northridge United Methodist Church

9650 Reseda Blvd.

Northridge, CA 91324

(818) 886-1555 www.northridgeumc.org

[email protected]

To celebrate God's grace and love

while inspiring disciples of Jesus Christ for ministry in our community and the world.

Pastor.............................Rev. Dr. Joseph Choi Associate Pastor….............Rev. Karen Murata Dir. of Senior Ministry….........Char Anderson Business Manager…..............Dorrel Atteberry Facilities/Office Manager…..........Joan Coston H.R. Coordinator................Elizabeth Beckman Dir. of Youth Ministry…........Jason Obermeier Dir. of Preschool………........Debbie Goodman Dir. of Music……..……………..Scott Lehmkuhl

Section Leaders…….Carol de Leon (Soprano)

….……………………..…….Rachelle Kye (Alto)

....……...….…………....Manfred Anaya (Tenor)

……………….……....Benito Galindo (Baritone)

Organist……….........................Dr. Joseph Lee Dir. of Handbells.....................Ruben Mendoza Sunday School Lead Teacher

& Music Leader……….......Chelsea Obermeier

Sunday School Assistants……...Leslie Orozco ..............................................Lindsey Woerner Sunday Childcare..................Ashley Anderson .........................................................Liz Piceno Buildings and Grounds............Richard Grijalva Custodian..................................................TBD

Sunday Custodian.....................Matthew Nash Sound Technician………..…...Adrian Boluarte

Sunday Worship at 10 AM

Sunday School & Nursery

10 AM in the Kendall Building

Childcare available

Scout Sunday Sunday, February 11

10 AM in the Sanctuary Cubs (Pack 911), Girl Scouts, Troop 911 & Venture Crew 911 will join us in worship

Ash Wednesday Wednesday, February 14

With Imposition of Ashes 7 PM in the Sanctuary

(Wednesday Discipleship Group will meet at 7:30 PM in the Library)

Meet and Greet Our New Youth Director

Sunday, February 11 11 AM in the Fellowship Hall

This is a chance to meet Jason Obermeier formally and get to know him better.

(Please read the last page of this newsletter to learn more about this event)

Children & Family

Upcoming Sermons

February 4 (Communion Sunday) What Have You Promised God?

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

February 11

Rev. Karen Murata The Importance of Not Going It Alone

2 Kings 2:1-12

February 18

Living the Dash Psalm 90:1-12

February 25

Live Passionately Luke 5:17-26

From January 14 Jazz Vespers Service

Upper Room Devotional Sundays at 8 AM This Bible study sets aside time each week to read and reflect using The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide. Issues of The Upper Room are available in the Narthex and online at www.upperroom.org.

Book Study Sundays at 9 AM Join us for our study of the book “The Jesus I Never Knew” by Philip Yancey.

(From L to R) Roy McCurdy, Richard Simon, Sandy Graham, Liz Kinnon, and Barry Zweig (Photo courtesy of Teresa Priem)

Videos of all services are archived on YouTube. https://youtube.com/numcvideo

Our next Jazz Vespers Service

will be on Sunday, Feb. 11,

at 6 PM

With the music of Mel Collins

and Duane Benjamin on

trombone.

The artist is Lynn Bassler.

No tickets needed.

Just come and enjoy!

Children & Family

Family Ministries 2018

Kick-Off Meeting!

Team Members and parents are all invited.

Sunday, February 4, 2018

11:30 am in the Kendall Bldg.

The NUMC Family Ministries Team is ready

to start a new year supporting families in

your Fun and Faith journeys.

In 2017 we tried new approaches to family fellowship with monthly get-togethers. We also stepped

away from large event productions to offer focused family-centered seasonal worship

opportunities. With recommendations from our families,

we created time for parents and children to build relationships with fellow Christians.

What’s up for 2018? Well, we hope you will help us figure that out.

Please plan to attend our kick-off meeting Sunday, February 4, at 11:30, in the

Kendall Bldg. We will share ideas for future get-togethers, discuss possibilities for VBS, and more.

Returning Family Ministries team members and NUMC parents are encouraged to attend. Child

supervision will be provided.

Sacks of Love! - Family Ministries February Event

Join us on Sunday, February 11 in the Fireside Room from

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. for a fun mission work event for the

whole family!

We will be assembling special snack sacks for those in need.

Also, we will enjoy some fun activities including cookie

decorating, a Valentine’s raffle, and positive reminders of everything God’s love does for us!

Acolytes Needed If you are in Middle School or High School and would like to help with Communion Service on the 1st Sunday of the month please contact the church office or Nancy Easterly. There will be an Acolyte Training on Sunday, February 25 at 11:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary.

¶ 252.1. Purpose - The church council shall provide for planning and implementing a program of nurture, outreach, witness, and resources in the local church. It shall also provide for the administration of its organization and temporal life. It shall envision, plan, implement, and annually evaluate the mission and ministry of the church. The church council shall be amenable to and function as the administrative agency of the charge conference (¶ 244). (from The Book of Disciplines, 2016) LAY LEADER: Mike Easterly CHURCH COUNCIL CHAIR: Char Anderson

LAY MEMBERS to the ANNUAL CONFERENCE (AC) Gloria Myles, Martha Ruiz, Jeff Brockway, Steven Klotz

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair: Tandy Wilson June 2018 June 2019 June 2020 Joyce Scanlin Greg Rogers Margaret Thomas Javier Rico Chuck Mortensen Dave Hergesheimer Tandy Wilson Robert Mosley Bruce Keeler

MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Chair: Greg Rogers MEMORIAL GARDEN BOARD Chair: Nancy Easterly

STAFF/PARISH RELATIONS Chair: George Attarian June 2018 June 2019 June 2020 George Attarian Julie Mosley Marilyn Ewing Pete Scanlin Jeff Brockway Susan Krohn Valerie Hunter Eleanor Serrano Oscar Canlas Ex-officio: Lay Leader, Church Council Chair, Lay Members to the AC (Gloria Myles, Jeff Brockway) NOMINATIONS & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Chair: Pastor Lay Leader, Church Council Chair June 2018 June 2019 June 2020 Joan Coston Kat Edwards Rebecca Atkinson Jean Paris Barbara Shields Shirley Gibbs Ric Wilson Bruce Gelvin Nick Mendoza

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Jeri Barricklow

Nominations Report

FINANCE & STEWARDSHIP Chair: Mike Easterly (Interim) Lay Leader, Church Council Chair, Lay Members to the AC (Martha Ruiz, Steven Klotz), Trustees Rep. (Javier Rico), SPRC Rep. (George Attarian), Financial Secretary (Jim Benham), Audit Committee Chair (Bruce Keeler) Ex-officio: Treasurer (Dorrel Atteberry), Facility/Office Manager (Joan Coston) June 2018 June 2019 Margarie Gibbs Jim Krohn Milt Paris SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE Chair: Greg Taylor

CELEBRATION TEAM Chair: Carolyn Pratt Directors: Chancel Choir, Handbell Choirs, Youth Choir, Children Choir Comm. Coordinator: Nancy Easterly Liturgist Coordinator: Gloria Myles Sexton: Joan Coston Jazz Vespers: Lanny & Yvette Hartley Greeters: Pete and Joyce Scanlin Head Usher: Susan Krohn

NUM FOUNDATION (Self nominating) Chair: Jim Krohn June 2018 June 2019 June 2020 Char Anderson~Sec Bruce Keeler Jim Krohn Peggy Walters Jo-Ann Seitzinger Frank Sciarabba Everto Ruiz John Watring Javier Rico Ex-officio: Rev. Joseph Choi (Pastor), Dorrel Atteberry (NUMC Treasurer)

CHURCH & SOCIETY TEAM Chair: Amybeth Lake

FAMILY MINISTRIES TEAM Chair: Denise Woerner

MISSION TEAM Chair: Eleanor Serrano

SENIOR MINISTRY Chair: Peggy Walters

CARING MINISTRY Chair: Dorine Collins

INVITATION TEAM Chair: Nick Mendoza

WELCOME TEAM Chair: Nancy Kaplan

MEMORIAL RECEPTION COMMITTEE Chair: Harriet Lewis

PRESCHOOL BOARD Chair: Bruce Keeler

North Valley Caring Services

It’s been over 20 years since NUMC first introduced Tandy & me to the work of North Valley Caring Services, when Chuck & Kathy Amend invited us to help out at the Children’s Christmas Mart. A lot has changed in that time, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse, and NUMC continues to be a key partner of NVCS and we’re still there volunteering. We volunteer because we can feel the love of God in every volunteer and everyone we help, we feel our hearts “strongly warmed”.

Last year, our first as an official charity for the Los Angeles Marathon, NUMC adopted one of our runners, supported several others from this church, and was the largest single fundraiser in our campaign which ended up raising over $60,000 for the work of NVCS. This money helped keep our doors open in a very difficult year where, along with the help of NUMC volunteers, we expanded our food program with the addition of a new refrigerated container (installed by the NUMC WMD crew) and

managed to exceed our goals in every area.

• More than 1 million pounds of food distributed to families in need • More than 30,000 meals served in our breakfast program • More than 6,000 showers provided to our homeless • Almost 300 homeless people were visited in the streets and trails providing food, clean clothes and blankets - providing hope and opportunities to get off the streets.

God’s work is being done at NVCS and you can help it continue by generously supporting our runners in this year’s LA Marathon. Please help us continue to serve those in need in our community. – Ric Wilson

Mission & Outreach

Stop Living Like It Doesn’t Matter. What if you only had one month to live? How would you make each day really matter? What would you start, or stop, doing? How would you relate to others?

One Month to Live empowers you to focus on being who God created you to be – passionate, fully alive, living without regrets.

Develop your spiritual growth in a small comfortable environment with caring people. We learn about God and each other together. Come join us!

You can purchase the book in the church office.

5 weeks in the church library

Wednesday Evening: 7:00 PM (2/14 – 3/14) Thursday Morning: 10:00 AM (2/15 – 3/15) Sunday Morning: 11:30 AM (2/18 – 3/18)

Senior Spotlight

Discipleship

Church and Society Movie Night

How does God move us to embrace His purpose for our lives? On Monday, February 12, at 7:00 PM in the Kendall Building, Church and Society will screen "All Saints." Based on actual events, "All Saints" is a movie about a salesman-turned-pastor of a tiny Anglican church in Tennessee who has been ordered to “shut it” down. He attempts to save the church as well as refugees from Southeast Asia. This 2017 movie is rated PG and runs for 108 minutes. This movie is open to all.

Eat Out Monday Monday, February 12 (All Day) Maria’s Italian Kitchen 9161 Reseda Blvd. Northridge (in Vons Shopping Center) Maria’s Italian Kitchen will donate 20% of all sales to NUMC’s Family Ministry Program. Please take a flyer with you.

Meet and Greet Our New Youth Director Sunday, February 11 11 AM in the Fellowship Hall This is a chance to meet Jason Obermeier formally, ask questions, see what may be in the works for Jr.-Sr. high youth, and write your email down. Jason will be at a back table in the fellowship Hall following worship February 11 (with some extra snacks too!) so come and say hello, before joining the snack sack family ministry event in the fireside room.

Fellowship

Prayers

Kyle Catterlin, Don Miller, Nate Carmody, Ruth Gray, Barbara Clark, John Turner, Christine Coons, David Jackson, John Landon

Prayers for Sherry Tallman on the passing of her husband, Michael.

February Events and Meetings

3 8:30 am All Church hike–Pacific Palisades Meet in church parking lot to carpool

4 11:15 Grief/Caregivers support-Library 11:30 pm Family Ministry-Kendall Building 5 7 pm New You–Dorine Collins’ home 7 6 pm Soul Food Café–Fellowship Hall

11 10 am Scout Sunday

11 am Parent/Youth Meet & Greet new Youth

Director in Fellowship Hall during breakfast

11:30 am Family Ministries Event-Fireside Rm

Making snack sacks, cookie decorating

6 pm Jazz Vespers–Sanctuary with

Mel Collins & Duane Benjamin

12 11:30 am UMW Board meeting-Kendall Bldg.

11 to 10 pm Eat Out Monday-Maria’s Kitchen

7 pm Church/Society Movie-Kendall Building

7 pm SPRC-Library

13 4 pm NUM Foundation-Library

5 pm Cook & Host SFV Rescue Mission

14 7 pm Ash Wednesday Service-Sanctuary

7:30 pm Discipleship Group-Library (starts)

15 10 am Discipleship Group-Library (starts)

17 1 pm Memorial Service Mike Tallman-F. Hall

18 11:30 am Discipleship Group-Library (starts)

20 11:30 am Noon Fellowship Lunch-Kendall Bldg.

7 pm Trustees-Library

21 7 pm Discipleship Group-Library

22 10 am Discipleship Group-Library

25 11:30 am Discipleship Group-Library

26 7 pm Book Club–Harriet Lewis’ home

7 pm Methodist Money Makers-Library

Regular Weekly Events

Mondays: UMW Arts and Crafts 9 am Kendall Bldg T’ai Chi (1st & 3rd) 10 am Fireside Rm

Tuesdays: Cracker Barrel 10 am Library

Wednesdays: Maintenance 8:30 am Church Office Volunteers (WMD) WORMS 9:30 am Kendall Bldg. Jubilee Bells 5:45 pm Room 5/6 Celebration Ringers 7 pm Room 5/6

Thursdays: Chancel Choir 7:30 pm Sanctuary

Fridays: Cracker Barrel 10 am Library T’ai Chi 10 am Fellowship Hall

Sundays: Devotional Group 8 am Library

Adult Study 9 am Library

Infant/Toddler Care in Nursery All morning

Worship Service 10 am Sanctuary

Brunch at 11 Fellowship Hall

Sunday School 10 am Kendall Bldg.

Grades Preschool-5 Kendall Bldg.

Children’s Choir 11 am Kendall Bldg.

Northridge United Methodist Church

818-886-1555 www.northridgeumc.org Coming in March

3 ~ 8:30 am All Church Hike

7 ~ 6 pm Soul Food Café 11 ~ Jazz Vespers 18 ~ UMW Spring Boutique

25 ~ Palm Sunday / Labyrinth

30 ~ Good Friday Chancel Choir

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