Capital Fund Campaign
OUTLOOK Volume 77
GFUMC Calendar 9/12 8 am Eye Opener Bible Study
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF GLENDALE
DISCIPLE – SERVE – ENGAGE
10:30 am Staff Meeting 7 pm Council on Ministry 9/13 10 am Bible Study 7 pm Bible Study 9/14 7:30 pm Cathedral Choir 9/15 10:00 am Abolitionist Task Force 7 pm Faith and Film 8 pm Friday Night Fellowship 9/16 5 pm Badminton 9/17 10:30 am Contemporary Worship 10:30 am Traditional Worship 1 pm Sunday Lunch Program 9/18 6 pm Carillon Ringers 7:30 pm Wesleyan Ringers 8 pm Al Anon Monday - NW 8 pm Alateen 9/19 10:30 am Staff Meeting 5 pm Free Health Clinic 7 pm Finance Committee 9/20 10 am Bible Study 2 pm UMW 7 pm Bible Study 9/21 7:30 pm Cathedral Choir
As of early Friday morning, September 8, 2017, pledges and contributions to the Capital Fund Campaign total $176,910. We are all invited to support this campaign to fund the renovation of the campus including an elevator, handicap restroom, ramps, an open plaza at Broadway and Kenwood, and a scattering garden and columbarium. Please remember that the Foundation is eager to match giving on a 2 to 1 basis; that is for every $2.00 given, the Foundation will add another $1.00 to the total. With this matching grant added, we now have a campaign total of $265,365.00. We currently have a total of 64 Individuals/families either pledging or donating.
9/22 12:30 pm Co-Weds 8 pm Friday Night Fellowship 9/23 5 pm Badminton 9/24 10:30 am Contemporary Worship 10:30 am Traditional Worship 12:15 pm Trustees Meeting 1 pm Sunday Lunch Program 9/25 6 pm Carillon Ringers 7:30 pm Wesleyan Ringers 8 pm Al Anon Monday - NW 8 pm Alateen 9/26 10:30 am Staff Meeting 7:30 pm Foundation
FAITH AND FILM – Friday, September 15, 2017, 7:00 p.m. This month’s Faith and Film offering is the Academy Award’s Best Picture, Moonlight, a chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. How do we build personal identity and who contributes to this maturing? The showing of Moonlight will be offered Friday, September 15, 2017 in Room 151, beginning at 7:00 p.m. A light supper will be served.
September 12, 2017 No. 19
Capital Fund Campaign
OUTLOOK Page 2
September Co-Wed Potluck and Program Save the date of Friday, September 22 for our next potluck luncheon and meeting at 12:30 p.m. in the Carlson. A real treat is in store for us as the Verdugo Hills Showtime Chorus will be performing. They are an extremely talented, professional, widely known and award-winning group of women who sing 4-part harmony in the barbershop style. Everyone is invited!
First United Methodist Memorial Foundation of Glendale Why the John Wesley Society and the Foundation of First UMC Glendale? This seemed like a daunting question and hard to answer when I was first asked to write this. I then began thinking about the mission of the church. To me that really is found in Matthew 28:19 “Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” This is another seemingly unachievable task the church has been given. Most times in life when I am faced with what appears as an impossible task I tend to think of the quote attributed to Lao Tzu, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Like all tasks, the only way to accomplish it is to first begin and then continue making incremental progress. The other thing that makes the impossible achievable is help, and the more help the more achievable the task becomes. This is what the Foundation does; it helps in the church’s task, and continues to do so into the future. Each gift that the foundation receives not only helps in spreading the gospel and making disciples today & tomorrow, but also for generations to come. The number of disciples that have given to the Foundation over the years is still making the task of the First UMC of Glendale easier to this very day. While our gifts to the Lord are always used in the church’s mission, there is something special about legacy gifts. So much of what has nurtured me and then my wife and now my children are thanks to work and gifts of those that came before. I am too young to have helped with the building of the Sanctuary or the Carlson Fellowship Center, but I found love, comfort and instruction within those walls and I was taught and comforted by those disciples of an earlier generation. The Foundation is my chance to not only help the current generation of disciples but the next and then the next and the one after that. This continued giving will ensure there is always a strong vibrant, loving community of believers here at First UMC of Glendale. Sam J. Weissen Chairman of the Foundation
OUTLOOK Page 3
Eye Opener Starting a New Season All are Welcome The class subject will be understanding John Wesley by studying some of his sermons and tracts and hymns. We will begin with a study book A Perfect Love by Steven W. Manskar and Marjorie Suchocki. Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart; Come quickly from above; Write thy new name upon my heart, Thy new, best name of love! Collection, #334 One of the subjects we will take up is Wesley’s The Character of a Methodist Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m. Carlson Fellowship Center Small Dining Room For more information contact: Rosa Chou, Sheldon Haase or Beverly Reynolds
Youth Happenings: The youth program started up for the year on August 27th with a pool party kick off. The kids swam, splashed, dove, and had a generally great time. On Friday, September 1st, we held our very first First Friday Fellowship event. There, the youth participated in hide and seek on a dark second floor, lots of ping pong, and round of the marshmallow face-stuffing game, “Chubby Bunny.” They also spent some time getting to know one another and thinking about what they would like to do this year. Our first regular youth meeting will be Sunday, September 10, where the youth will have the opportunity for more fellowship as well as intentional explorations of faith and study.
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
OUTLOOK
We’re on the web
www.glendalemethodist.org
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF GLENDALE 134 NORTH KENWOOD STREET, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA 91206 OUTLOOK (USPS 775-180) IS PUBLISHED BIWEEKLY BY FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO OUTLOOK, 134 NORTH KENWOOD STREET, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA 91206 PERIODICAL TIME VALUE - September 12, 2017
Prayer Concerns: Polly Berger, Kenneth Branam, Debbie, Corb and Jeri Browne, Rosa Chou, Leonora Vinluan Cruz, Diane and her father, Norbert Flores, Ceasar Mike Florendo, Gemma Fusilero, Fusilero family, Rev. Murray Gibbons, Amelia Gutierrez, Becky Haase, Bambi Hickman, Jim Hissey, Jeffrey, Gail Klappenbach, Thomas Kerry Koronas, Max Marin, John Oh, Tony Phoon, Eva Przybyla, Judy Schultz, Shu-Hwa and children, Nancy Sulahian, Joyce Woodruff.
Fair Trade - UMCOR Fair Trade products may be purchased in the church office. Coffee Regular $6.50 Decaf $7.50 Tea - $3.00 Hot Cocoa - $5.00
Outlook - Volume 77, No 19 Tuesday, September 12, 2017 Deadline for September 26, 2017 issue is Thursday, September 14, 2017 USPS 775-180 Rev. Richard C. Garner, Pastor Phone: (818) 243-2105 Fax: (818) 243-6837 Website: www.glendalemethodist.org Editor: Ardel Christensen
The September - October 2017 issue of THE UPPER ROOM is available in the church office . Editions: Small: $0.60 Large $1.00
GFUMC Calendar 9/12 8 am Eye Opener Bible Study
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF GLENDALE
DISCIPLE – SERVE – ENGAGE
10:30 am Staff Meeting 7 pm Council on Ministry 9/13 10 am Bible Study 7 pm Bible Study 9/14 7:30 pm Cathedral Choir 9/15 10:00 am Abolitionist Task Force 7 pm Faith and Film 8 pm Friday Night Fellowship 9/16 5 pm Badminton 9/17 10:30 am Contemporary Worship 10:30 am Traditional Worship 1 pm Sunday Lunch Program 9/18 6 pm Carillon Ringers 7:30 pm Wesleyan Ringers 8 pm Al Anon Monday - NW 8 pm Alateen 9/19 10:30 am Staff Meeting 5 pm Free Health Clinic 7 pm Finance Committee 9/20 10 am Bible Study 2 pm UMW 7 pm Bible Study 9/21 7:30 pm Cathedral Choir
As of early Friday morning, September 8, 2017, pledges and contributions to the Capital Fund Campaign total $176,910. We are all invited to support this campaign to fund the renovation of the campus including an elevator, handicap restroom, ramps, an open plaza at Broadway and Kenwood, and a scattering garden and columbarium. Please remember that the Foundation is eager to match giving on a 2 to 1 basis; that is for every $2.00 given, the Foundation will add another $1.00 to the total. With this matching grant added, we now have a campaign total of $265,365.00. We currently have a total of 64 Individuals/families either pledging or donating.
9/22 12:30 pm Co-Weds 8 pm Friday Night Fellowship 9/23 5 pm Badminton 9/24 10:30 am Contemporary Worship 10:30 am Traditional Worship 12:15 pm Trustees Meeting 1 pm Sunday Lunch Program 9/25 6 pm Carillon Ringers 7:30 pm Wesleyan Ringers 8 pm Al Anon Monday - NW 8 pm Alateen 9/26 10:30 am Staff Meeting 7:30 pm Foundation
FAITH AND FILM – Friday, September 15, 2017, 7:00 p.m. This month’s Faith and Film offering is the Academy Award’s Best Picture, Moonlight, a chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. How do we build personal identity and who contributes to this maturing? The showing of Moonlight will be offered Friday, September 15, 2017 in Room 151, beginning at 7:00 p.m. A light supper will be served.
September 12, 2017 No. 19
Capital Fund Campaign
OUTLOOK Page 2
September Co-Wed Potluck and Program Save the date of Friday, September 22 for our next potluck luncheon and meeting at 12:30 p.m. in the Carlson. A real treat is in store for us as the Verdugo Hills Showtime Chorus will be performing. They are an extremely talented, professional, widely known and award-winning group of women who sing 4-part harmony in the barbershop style. Everyone is invited!
First United Methodist Memorial Foundation of Glendale Why the John Wesley Society and the Foundation of First UMC Glendale? This seemed like a daunting question and hard to answer when I was first asked to write this. I then began thinking about the mission of the church. To me that really is found in Matthew 28:19 “Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” This is another seemingly unachievable task the church has been given. Most times in life when I am faced with what appears as an impossible task I tend to think of the quote attributed to Lao Tzu, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Like all tasks, the only way to accomplish it is to first begin and then continue making incremental progress. The other thing that makes the impossible achievable is help, and the more help the more achievable the task becomes. This is what the Foundation does; it helps in the church’s task, and continues to do so into the future. Each gift that the foundation receives not only helps in spreading the gospel and making disciples today & tomorrow, but also for generations to come. The number of disciples that have given to the Foundation over the years is still making the task of the First UMC of Glendale easier to this very day. While our gifts to the Lord are always used in the church’s mission, there is something special about legacy gifts. So much of what has nurtured me and then my wife and now my children are thanks to work and gifts of those that came before. I am too young to have helped with the building of the Sanctuary or the Carlson Fellowship Center, but I found love, comfort and instruction within those walls and I was taught and comforted by those disciples of an earlier generation. The Foundation is my chance to not only help the current generation of disciples but the next and then the next and the one after that. This continued giving will ensure there is always a strong vibrant, loving community of believers here at First UMC of Glendale. Sam J. Weissen Chairman of the Foundation
OUTLOOK Page 3
Eye Opener Starting a New Season All are Welcome The class subject will be understanding John Wesley by studying some of his sermons and tracts and hymns. We will begin with a study book A Perfect Love by Steven W. Manskar and Marjorie Suchocki. Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart; Come quickly from above; Write thy new name upon my heart, Thy new, best name of love! Collection, #334 One of the subjects we will take up is Wesley’s The Character of a Methodist Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m. Carlson Fellowship Center Small Dining Room For more information contact: Rosa Chou, Sheldon Haase or Beverly Reynolds
Youth Happenings: The youth program started up for the year on August 27th with a pool party kick off. The kids swam, splashed, dove, and had a generally great time. On Friday, September 1st, we held our very first First Friday Fellowship event. There, the youth participated in hide and seek on a dark second floor, lots of ping pong, and round of the marshmallow face-stuffing game, “Chubby Bunny.” They also spent some time getting to know one another and thinking about what they would like to do this year. Our first regular youth meeting will be Sunday, September 10, where the youth will have the opportunity for more fellowship as well as intentional explorations of faith and study.
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
OUTLOOK
We’re on the web
www.glendalemethodist.org
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF GLENDALE 134 NORTH KENWOOD STREET, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA 91206 OUTLOOK (USPS 775-180) IS PUBLISHED BIWEEKLY BY FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO OUTLOOK, 134 NORTH KENWOOD STREET, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA 91206 PERIODICAL TIME VALUE - September 12, 2017
Prayer Concerns: Polly Berger, Kenneth Branam, Debbie, Corb and Jeri Browne, Rosa Chou, Leonora Vinluan Cruz, Diane and her father, Norbert Flores, Ceasar Mike Florendo, Gemma Fusilero, Fusilero family, Rev. Murray Gibbons, Amelia Gutierrez, Becky Haase, Bambi Hickman, Jim Hissey, Jeffrey, Gail Klappenbach, Thomas Kerry Koronas, Max Marin, John Oh, Tony Phoon, Eva Przybyla, Judy Schultz, Shu-Hwa and children, Nancy Sulahian, Joyce Woodruff.
Fair Trade - UMCOR Fair Trade products may be purchased in the church office. Coffee Regular $6.50 Decaf $7.50 Tea - $3.00 Hot Cocoa - $5.00
Outlook - Volume 77, No 19 Tuesday, September 12, 2017 Deadline for September 26, 2017 issue is Thursday, September 14, 2017 USPS 775-180 Rev. Richard C. Garner, Pastor Phone: (818) 243-2105 Fax: (818) 243-6837 Website: www.glendalemethodist.org Editor: Ardel Christensen
The September - October 2017 issue of THE UPPER ROOM is available in the church office . Editions: Small: $0.60 Large $1.00
