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July 4, 2012

Vol. 29, Issue 14

OFFICE: (818) 886-1555 FAX: (818) 886-9105

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Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors

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BISHOP MARY ANN SWENSON

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CEDRICK BRIDGEFORTH

REV. STEVE PETTY

KATIE KEVORKIAN, DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH MINISTRIES

Vacation Bible School

Operation Overboard:

Go Deep with God

July 23 to 27, 9 AM to 12 PM

Children in Pre-School through Grade 5

Visit www.NorthridgeUMC.org to register.

Hurry! Registration ends July 9th.

There will be interactive music, art, crafts, games and

science activities. Participants will receive a VBS T-shirt

and music CD! A healthy snack will be provided each day.

Volunteer for VBS Today!

Group leaders and activity specialists are needed most, but we also need volunteers to decorate, set

up and clean up, write thank-you notes and take photos.

VBS volunteers will receive 50% off their children's registration fees.

Email [email protected] for more information about how you can help!

Donate to VBS

We are in need of ocean-themed decorations. If you have

any under-the-sea items, bring them to the church office.

Your belongings will be returned the week after VBS.

Please bring party decorations, new and gently used art

supplies, yards of blue fabric or anything else that can be

used to create an undersea atmosphere.

Jazz Vespers Presents…

Gary Foster, Putter Smith, Tom Ranier, and Tim Pleasant

July 8 at 6 PM in the Sanctuary

Gary Foster (saxophone) also plays clarinet and flute; he is considered a "crossover" artist who performs in jazz, pop, and classical genres. Putter

Smith (bass) is an American jazz bassist, recording artist, music teacher, author, and retired actor. Tom Ranier (piano) is an American instrumental-ist who primarily plays piano but also saxophone and clarinet. Tim Pleasant (drums) has performed with many of LA’s most noted jazz musicians.

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Mission Work Week at NVCS

July 9 through July 14, 8 AM to 5 PM

How Will You Help This Year?

NUMC has supported the mission of North Val-ley Caring Services (NVCS) for many years — in the breakfast program, the youth program, through the Bike-A-Thon and Play-A-Thon fundraisers, through sponsorship of the Children's Christmas Mart, collecting food and money for the food pan-try and breakfast programs, collecting towels and toiletries for the homeless shower program, and through service on the NVCS Board. In 2011 NUMC led a work team in refurbishing the NVCS facilities — new windows, air conditioners and interior painting.

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The Preacher’s Part Our Long-Range Planning Task Force has begun the

task of analysis, which is required prior to working on the

tasks of dreaming and designing the future. There are a

couple of things I would like to share with you all about

this process.

First, I can’t possibly express to you what a great team

of people we have in this task force. As we shared our

stories and our dreams in the first meeting, I felt they had a

deep love for this congregation and its mission in the

world, and the families in this Valley. I looked at each

person around the table and I knew God had blessed us in a

powerful way in each and every one of them.

We began with a classic analytic tool that has a recent

rewrite: 12 Keys to an Effective Church, by Kennon

Callahan. I became familiar with the first edition almost

thirty years ago. I also became a Callahan-trained

consultant, using the 12 Keys to help a variety of local

churches over the years.

Callahan breaks his twelve keys into two separate lists:

Relational Traits and Functional Traits. Each trait

represents skills or strengths that local churches may or

may not possess and then rates each on a scale of 1 to 10,

ten being best. The strongest churches will deliver nine to

ten of them at the level of an 8, 9, or 10.

The first six traits are Relational:

1. One Mission Outreach

2. Shepherding Visitation

3. Stirring, Helpful Worship

4. Significant Relational Groups

5. Strong Leadership Team

6. Solid Decision-Making Process

These six traits are the sources of happiness within a

congregation when they are delivered at a level of 8 or

above. These areas deliver a feeling of compassion,

community, hope and faith. We are happy to be a part of a

church family when it delivers these traits.

The second six traits are Functional:

7. One Major Program

8. Open Accessibility

9. High Visibility

10. Land, Landscaping, Parking

11. Adequate Space and Facilities

12. Generous Giving

These six traits are sources of unhappiness if they are

not delivered to the congregation at a level of 8 or above.

These things make life easier, but they are not likely to

make us “happy”. When they are present, we assume they

will always be present. When they are not present, we will

become unhappy because life is not easier.

Now the curious thing: There is no correlation

between the two lists.

Note that you can deliver four of the six relational

traits at an 8 or above and people will tend to be happy. If,

at the same time, you don’t deliver any of the functional

traits above an 8, people will not be unhappy because the

relational traits are making them happy.

Conversely, you can deliver all of the functional traits

at an 8, 9 or 10, but if you only deliver the relational traits

at a 4, 5, and 6, you will have a lot of people who are not

unhappy, but they are just not very happy either. Life is

easy, things are good, but nothing is overly satisfying,

nothing fills them with a sense of compassion and

community.

Our first impression –– a shallow analysis to be sure ––

is that we are very much like the second scenario. When

you look at NUMC you see the open accessibility,

visibility, beautiful grounds, more than adequate parking,

superb facilities, well-maintained, staffed and adminis-

tered. Five of the six areas are delivered at 8 or above.

But when you look at our relational traits, we find that

we only deliver one trait above an 8, most are a 4 to a 6.

We are making progress on several fronts, but we have a

long way to go.

As we look at the whole church picture, however, we

are very optimistic. We have the resources. We have the

people. We have the location and facility. We have every-

thing we need to build a strong, vibrant mission center

right here in Northridge.

In future weeks we will be looking with greater depth

at each of the twelve keys. We will try to attend a confer-

ence in the future to help us focus better on the directions

we need to pursue. We hope to have a plan to present to

the congregation by the spring of next year.

Love,

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Upcoming Sermons

The Four Freedoms — The Patriotic Sermon Series

July 8

“Freedom to Worship” –– Micah 6:8

July 15

“Freedom from Want” –– Deuteronomy 15:4

July 22

“Freedom from Fear” –– Psalm 23

July 29

Vacation Bible School Sunday

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Prayers of healing for:

Freeman Crutchfield; Marion Dugan; Tony

Mayhall; Catharine Phillips; Sal Sciortino;

Marvin Shapel; Richard Summers; Jean

Thompson.

A Memorial Service for Muriel Dahl will be

held on Saturday, July 7 at Noon in the

Sanctuary. A reception will follow in

Fellowship Hall.

Prayers for all those undergoing treatment and

those in pain.

Prayers of safety for all our Service Personnel

serving at home and abroad.

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Sundays at 8 AM in the Library

DVD Study: From Jesus to Constantine: A

History of Early Christianity, by Professor Bart

D. Ehrman, M. Div, Ph. D. This series will

introduce you to lost Christianities and their

sacred writings.

Wednesdays at 6:30 AM in the Library

This Bible Study sets aside time

each week to read and reflect, us-

ing The Upper Room Daily Devo-

tional Guide. Issues of The Upper

Room are available in the Narthex

and online at www.upperroom.org.

Thursdays at 10 AM in the Library

Led by Rev. Petty

On Break until September

Thursday Evening Fellowship

and Bible Study

Singles, couples, teens — All are welcome

2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month,

Rooms 5/6

Dinner Fellowship at 7 PM,

followed by Bible Study at 8 PM

Join an NUMC Bible Study

Jazz Vespers Presents... Gary Foster, Putter Smith, Tom Ranier, and Tim Pleasant

Continued from Page 1

Gary Foster is known for his elegant and laid-back style on both

the alto and tenor saxes, being a devotee of Lennie Tristano, Lee

Konitz and Warne Marsh. He has been prominent in the film, tele-

vision, and music recording industries having played woodwinds on

movie scores and as a member of live and television orchestras. His

career includes recording on numerous

Grammy, Academy Award, Emmy, and

Golden Globe winning media and

soundtracks for artists and composers

such as Carol Burnett, Bob Dylan,

Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, John

Williams, Natalie Cole, and others.

Gary has received the Most Valuable

Player Award for woodwind doubling

from the National Academy of Record-

ing Arts and Sciences.

Putter Smith (bass) is perhaps best known for his movie role as

assassin Mr. Kidd, played alongside Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover), in the

James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever, starring Sean Connery

as 007. A life-long jazz bassist, Smith has appeared on numerous

releases throughout his career including the Pat Britt album Jazzman

and the Alan Broadbent Trio album Another Time. Smith has au-

thored various jazz-related instructional books including Improvis-

ing Handbook for Double Bass and Bass Clef Instruments and Jazz

Bass Improvisation: A Guide to Chords, Scales, Arpeggios and

Other Concepts and Techniques for the Advancing Bassist.

Tom Ranier has been prominent in the film, television, and music

recording industries, having played keyboards,

woodwinds and written music for a long list of

assignments to include Grammy, Academy

Award, Emmy, and Golden Globe winning

media and soundtracks for artists such as

Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Christina

Aguilera, Joe Pass, Placido Domingo, Natalie

Cole, and others. Zan Stewart of the LA Times

said about Tom, "His personal approach mixes

aspects of Bud Powell's complexity, Oscar Peterson's ardent swing

and Bill Evans' exploratory harmonies." He's also the keyboardist

and one of the arrangers on the Dancing With the Stars TV show.

Tim Pleasant (drums) has a degree in music from the University

of Iowa and has studied with Harold Jones,

an alumnus of the Count Basie Band. Tim

was a member of the fusion group

Solstice. His tenure with this innovative

collection of musicians provided a great

foundation in various musical styles from

jazz fusion and World music to be-bop.

Tim performed with Warne Marsh, Sal Mosca, Jaki Byard, Johnny

Ray, Charles McPherson, Frank Lowe and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Tim

has become a mainstay of the vibrant LA Jazz scene and has

performed with many of LA’s most noted jazz musicians, including

Alan Pasqua, Anthony Wilson, John Pisano, Charlie Haden and

Larry Goldings.

Gary, left; Putter, right

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Children, Youth, Young Adult, and Family News

Weekly Young Adult Movie Nights

Hey, Young

Adults! It's time

to relax and have

fun!

Join NUMC

Young Adult Ministries as

we celebrate summer with

Weekly Movie Nights in the

YAC at 7 PM on Thursdays!

Complete with free snacks.

Do you have a movie sug-

gestion? Contact Allegra at

[email protected]

with questions and sugges-

tions!

Summer Hours for MYF MYF will meet at a new time beginning Sunday, July 8. Summer hours for MYF

are Sundays from 11:15 AM to 1 PM. All students entering 6th through 12th grade

are invited to attend!

Sierra Service Project: Young People in Mission to the World

Sierra Service Project (SSP) is all about building: building homes,

building communities, building bridges among people and cultures,

and building a relationship with God.

NUMC youth and adults have participated in SSP for over 25 years, traveling to

such locations as Flagstaff, AZ, Los Angeles, CA and Coarsegold, CA. This year

NUMC will send 10 of our youth and adults to Coarsegold, California, from July 15

through 20, and Fort Hall, Idaho, from July 14 through 22.

Youth are encouraged to raise funds for their own registration fees and travel

costs to SSP. If you would like to make a donation to Youth Missions, please

contact Katie Kevorkian at [email protected] or the church office. If you

are making a donation toward a specific person's fund, let Katie know.

NUMC Youth at Interfaith Youth Leadership Initiative

Above: Members of MYF create a collage to describe their faith

at the Interfaith Youth Leadership Initiative at USC.

Above: Members of Methodist Youth

Fellowship participated in the Interfaith

Youth Leadership Initiative at the University

of Southern California. The group is pictured

here with award-winning author, film maker,

legal advocate and interfaith organizer

Valarie Kaur.

On Right: NUMC member Clara Sciortino

leads a discussion about faith and culture at

the Interfaith Youth Leadership Initiative at

USC. She is pictured here with Northridge

MYF members who participated in the three-

day program.

Thanks to Katie Kevorkian for the pictures and the coordination of our MYF’s in-

volvement at this program.

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Mission Work Week at NVCS

Continued from Page 1

This year we will return to do even more

work at NVCS. We will be at the work site

from Monday, July 9th to Saturday, July 14th,

from 8 AM to 5 PM each day. Many hands are

needed for this project!

Come help for a morning, a day or the whole week. We will be

working on a range of projects, from gardening to drywall and

window replacement to help with the continuing project

of refurbishing the NVCS facilities. We are also looking for food/

lunch donations and money donations for supplies.

Sign up by going to the church website and selecting “Missions”

from under the “Outreach” menu. Click on the VolunteerSpot

button to sign up to help with work or food. If you have questions,

contact Ric Wilson at [email protected].

Church and Society to Screen

Conviction

on Monday, July 23rd,

at 7 PM in the Kendall

Building.

One of the proposi-

tions on November's

ballot will be an initia-

tive to repeal the death

penalty in California.

The Methodist Church, in its Social Principles,

officially opposes capital punishment and urges its

elimination from all criminal codes. As in many oth-

er issues addressed by the UMC, individual mem-

bers hold a wide range of viewpoints. Scientific

studies have failed to show that capital punishment

deters homicide more effectively than imprison-

ment. According to Amnesty International, the coun-

tries performing the most executions are China

(470), Iran (317), Saudi Arabia (143), Pakistan

(135), and the United States of America (42).

Conviction, a 2010 movie, is based on the true

story of Betty Anne Waters, a single mother who

works tirelessly to free her wrongfully convicted

brother Kenny. Convinced that her brother has been

wrongfully convicted of murder and incompetently

defended by court-ordered attorneys, high school

drop-out Betty puts herself through law school in

order to represent him in his appeal. The movie stars

Hillary Swank and is directed by Tony Goldwyn.

Running time is 103 minutes and is rated R for

language and violent images.

School Supplies Are Needed

School starts early this

year and, to prepare for it,

Church and Society and

Missions are sponsoring a

drive for school supplies

for North Valley Caring Services and local

schools.

Items needed are pencils, pencil sharpeners,

paper (lined, construction and tissue), notebooks,

markers, pencils (regular and colored), staplers and

staples, scissors, glue, erasers, backpacks, beads,

yarn, math facts and crayons. A red container will

be found in the Narthex on Sundays and in the

church office during the week, starting July 15th

through Mid-August.

2013 GYTTE Mission Team

$100 Registration Fee Due July 15

GYTTE Training Center

in Tlanqualpican, Mexico

January 4-13, 2013

Details?

Contact Mike or Nancy Easterly

Donations Needed! “Snack Sacks”

This is an ongoing project that the children

help support. Sacks are put together to be

handed out to the homeless who need a little

help.

Next time you go shopping add a couple of extra items to your

list for the Snack Sacks:

- Bottled Water (12-16 oz size) - Applesauce or fruit cups

- Vienna sausages or canned tuna - Granola bars / cookies

- Pudding cups - Crackers with cheese or peanut butter

- Hard candies (Jolly Rancher / Peppermints)

All items should be in individual servings.

Thank you, in advance, for your generosity. All donations may

be left in the church office marked “Snack Sacks”.

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NUMC Dodger Night

Cal-Pac / NUMC Dodger Night is Friday, August 3.

Game time is 7:10 PM. Tickets are $17 each.

Ticket holders receive $5 in Dodger Dollars and a free Dodger blanket.

Fireworks Show after the game.

Contact Jim Sanchez for tickets or more information.

Save the Date and

Save Your Stuff

Annual NUMC Yard Sale

Friday and Saturday, September 21-22

How is your spring cleaning coming along? Hold

on to those boxes of still usable items. You can re-

duce the clutter and help our church and others at the

same time. The Annual NUMC Yard Sale is coming,

Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22.

The storage bin will be delivered to the church

parking lot in time for you to bring your boxes of

donated goods on Saturday and Sunday, September

15 and 16. Or you can bring items directly to Fellow-

ship Hall on September 19 to 21.

We welcome your donations of toys, books, music,

small electronics, small/portable furniture,

housewares, kitchenware, children's clothing, art,

home decor, bags & luggage, bikes, china and crys-

tal, jewelry, and more. Please, no large, heavy furni-

ture or television sets.

Look for more details as the dates approach.

All-Church Hike

Saturday, July 7

to Wildwood Park in Moorpark. This is a creek-side trail to the base of Paradise Falls. Dogs o.k. 3 miles, elevation gain 500 feet.

Meet at the church parking lot at 8:30 AM to carpool.

Saturday Morning Breakfast

July 21

@ 8 AM in Fellowship Hall

Saturday Morning Break-fast will be held on July 21 at 8 AM in Fellowship Hall.

Join us for the best breakfast

in town.

The Saturday Morning

Breakfast is sponsored by the

NUMC Men’s Club.

Eat Out Monday on July 9th

from 11:30 AM to 9 PM

at

Get a flyer online or in the church office and a percentage of

your receipt will benefit our Family Ministries Program.

9161 Reseda Blvd Northridge

Summer Choir Meets July 8, 15, and 22 at 8 AM

During July join in the joy

of singing in the Summer

Choir. This is open to eve-

ryone who likes to sing.

GIVE IT A TRY!!! Just

come to the Sanctuary on

Sunday morning at 8 AM

to learn an easy introit and

anthem and sing in the wor-

ship service. NO midweek rehearsal. NO long-term

commitment. Join us!

Members Exchange Thoughts The Book Club will meet on Monday,

July 23, at 7 PM, at the home of Nancy

Taylor. We will discuss Here if You Need

Me by Kate Braestrup. Please call the church office if

you would like to join us. The selection for August will

be Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson.

Dessert Bridge

Saturday, July 14 at 6 PM

In Fellowship Hall

Sign up at Coffee Hour or in the Church Office.

For fellowship & fine dining

Wednesday, August 1 @ 6 PM. in Fellowship Hall

Free-will Offering Suggested donation - $6

Great Food, Great Fellowship Sign up after church or call the church office.

August 1

Soul Food

Café

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Regularly Scheduled Meetings

Tuesdays:

Cracker Barrel 10:00 AM Library Sr. Exercise Class 10:45 AM Fellowship Hall Worship Band Rehearsal 7:30 PM Sanctuary

Wednesdays:

Devotional Group 6:30 AM Library Maintenance Volunteers 8:30 AM Church Office WORMS 9:30 AM Kendall Building

Thursdays:

Rev. Steve’s Bible Study 10:00 AM Library On summer break until September

Chancel Choir 7:30 PM Sanctuary On summer break beginning July 5

Summer Choir meets at 8 AM beginning July 8

Bible Study 2nd & 4th Thursdays Singles, couples, teens 7-10 PM Room 5/6 Young Adult Movie Night 7:00 PM YAC

Fridays:

Cracker Barrel 10:00 AM Library T’ai Chi Class 10:00 AM Fellowship Hall

Sundays:

Adult Study 8:00 AM Library Chancel Choir 8:00 AM Sanctuary Sunday School & Nursery 9:00 AM Library Youth Choir 10-11 AM Fireside Room

On summer break

Cherub Choir 10:15 AM Room 5/6 On summer break

Sunday School & Nursery 11:00 AM Ed. Bldg. Preschool to Kindergarten in Nursery Grades 1 to 5 in Room 5/6 Youth (Grades 6-12) in Room 4

MYF 4 to 6 PM YAC Beginning July 8 MYF will meet from 11:15 AM to 1 PM in the YAC

Worship Services @ 9 & 11 AM Exception:

One Service at 10:30 AM on July 29

Childcare available at all services.

United Methodist Women

Contact Person

UMW Pat Small

Prayer Chain Dorine Collins & Ruth Sanders

Hearts & Hands Betty Kinzy

WEEKLY:

Mondays at 9 AM Arts & Crafts Phyllis Nelson

MONTHLY:

July 2012 ACTIVITIES

On summer break Executive Board Kendall Building

On summer break Noon Fellowship Dorine Collins

24 Tuesday at 10 AM Bluejays Bridge Pearl Adams

Ongoing Community Groups

Sundays: Narcotics Anonymous at 7 PM in Fireside Room

Mondays: AA (Women) at 6 PM in Fireside Room

Tuesdays: Alanon at 10 AM & AA Book Study at 8 PM in Fireside Room

Thursdays: AA at 7 PM in Fireside Room

Fridays: Alanon at 12:30 PM in Fireside Room

Boy Scouts - Troop 911: Tuesdays at 7 PM in Fellowship Hall

Call John Orlick at 818-886-6229

Cub Scouts - Call Gary Kuykendall at 818-426-8195

Girl Scouts - Call Tandy Wilson at 818-886-9376

All age levels, various days.

Newsletter Articles Are Due Articles for the next newsletter, dated July 18, 2012, should be submitted before 4 PM, Tuesday, July 10. Please send pictures, articles and/or information to:

[email protected].

Remaining July Events

July 7… All-Church Hike to Wildwood Park in Moorpark Carpool from the church parking lot at 8:30 AM

Memorial Service for Muriel Dahl @ Noon in the Sanctuary Reception following in Fellowship Hall

July 8… Family Ministries Meeting @ Noon in the Kendall Building

Jazz Vespers @ 6 PM in the Sanctuary

July 9 to 14… Mission Work Week @ North Valley Caring Services Monday to Saturday, from 8 AM to 5 PM

Eat Out Mondays @ Maria’s Italian Kitchen from 11:30 AM to 9 PM

Church and Society Meeting @ 7 PM in the Kendall Building

July 10… Membership Committee Meeting @ 9 AM in the Kendall Building

Celebration Team Meeting @ 6 PM in the Library

July 12… Friends of Music @ 7 PM in the Library

July 14… Dessert Bridge @ 6 PM in Fellowship Hall

July 15… Drive begins for School Supplies. Bin in Narthex on Sundays

July 16… Caring Ministries Meeting @ 11:30 AM in the Kendall Building

Lay Ministry Advisory Board Meeting at 12:30 PM in the Library

Long-Range Planning Committee @ 7 PM in the Library

July 17… Ministry Team @ 7 PM in the Library

July 21… Saturday Morning Breakfast @ 8 AM in Fellowship Hall

July 23 to 27… Vacation Bible School Monday to Friday, from 9 AM to 12 PM

July 23… Book Club @ 7 PM at the home of Nancy Taylor

Church and Society Movie @ 7 PM in the Kendall Building

Methodist Money Makers @ 7 PM in the Library

July 24… Finance Committee Meeting @ 5 PM in the Library

July 29… Vacation Bible School Sunday

One Service at 10:30 AM

July 31… Resource Meeting @ 7 PM In the Library

Early August Events

August 1… Soul Food Café @ 6 PM in Fellowship Hall

August 7… Ministry Team @ 7 PM in the Library

August 11… Dessert Bridge @ 6 PM in Fellowship Hall