LIVING BREAD MINISTRY AND THE WOMEN'S CENTER
Living Bread Ministry is a program started and supported by local churches and managed by the Salvation Army. The program provides food to the needy in crisis situations in Ridgecrest and the surrounding area. Please give generously and help our community feed the hungry.
The Women's Center is a non-profit organization providing a network of services relating to domestic violence and sexual assault as well as child abuse prevention for Eastern Kern County and surrounding counties to educate the public and community agencies, to heighten awareness regarding domestic violence and sexual assault, and to reduce the risk of victimization. Your generous offering will assure that the Women's Center's work will continue.
Food fOR the Month
This year the Missions Committee has decided to designated a specific food each month to be provided to the Salvation Army. The food item for July is a box of cereal. Of course other items are welcome as well. Some of the items that are always needed for the food pantry are: peanut butter, jelly, crackers, macaroni & cheese, canned vegetables, soup, top ramen, and tuna. Please place your items in the blue bucket in the Narthex, and they will be taken to the Living Bread Ministry food mission.
LITURGISTS NEEDED
Liturgists are always needed to help lead our worship. If you would be interested in serving as a liturgist, please feel free to sign up on the bulletin board in the hall by the church office.
TODAY'S ALTAR FLOWERS: Celebrating the wedding anniversary of Andrew and Rebecca Toll.
NEW CHURCH WEB DOMAIN
Our church web site suffered a malware attack recently. Thanks to John Veazey our website manager our church website has a new domain: www.umcrc.org. Please
make this change in your browser settings. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
SIERRA SERVICE PROJECT
Our high school mission team, 16 youth strong, will be heading down to Vermont Square UMC in South Los Angeles from July 17 to July 23 to work at its very first URBAN Sierra Service Project location repairing homes. Traditionally, our mission team has worked at Native American sites throughout California, Nevada and Arizona with SSP. Our adult leaders this summer are Amy, Alan Bradford, Melanie Branson and Tim Johnson.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
Today July 3, 2011
8:45 am Adult Choir Rehearsal
9:30 am Celebration of Worship with Holy Communion
Pastor Rich's Message: "TOUGH LOVE FOR AMERICA"
UMYF groups will not be meeting this afternoon
Monday July 4, 2011
Church Office Closed for Independence Day
No 4th of July Picnic this year
Wednesday July 6, 2011
7:00 pm Board of Trustees meeting in the Fellowship Room
Next Sunday July 10, 2011
8:45 am Adult Choir Rehearsal
9:30 am Celebration of Worship
Pastor Rich's Message: "SPIRITUAL GIFTS SALSA: MEDIUM"
10:45 am Christian Education Meeting in Room 4
2:00 pm Crop Circle in the Social Hall
3:30 pm Combined UMYF Pool Party at Rocky & Nina Lane's
2011 CONFIRMATION CLASS
Pastor Rich and Amy are working together to provide a Confirmation Class experience beginning on Sunday, August 21 in Room 2 at 9:15 am. There will be 7 class sessions, covering the basics of Christian faith, the authority of scripture, the history of the church and the imperative of mission.
October 9 will be Confirmation Sunday. The class is open to youth who will be 11 years old during the coming school year and older.
PRESENCE, GIFTS, SERVICE
Worship Attendance: 9:30 am Total: 168
Monday Bible Study June 27: Total 8
GIFTS
Stewardship for Sunday, June 26, 2011
General Fund $6,425.00 Loose Plate Offering: $60.00
Heifer Project $50.00 Mara District $35.00
Peace With Justice $11.00 Social Hall $100.00
Patty Maxwell's Memorial $100.00
Total: $6,801.00
SERVICE
ASSISTING TODAY IN WORSHIP
Liturgist: 9:30 am Juanita Morton
Ushers: 9:30 am Wes and Hazel Hensley, John and Page Netzer
Song Leaders: Adult Choir Members
Director of Music: Janice Anderson
Pianist: Patrick Rindt
Nursery Attendants: Parvin Paymanian and Rebecca Shaw
Offering Counters: Patty Bayne, Jim Hoover, Lynn Wade
Creative Expression: Julie Gervais and Kathy LaShure
Communion Servers: Laura Lei Miller and Jim Hoover
Communion Elements: Provided by Juanita Morton and Phyllis Wise
Fellowship Hosts: Julie Gervais, Eleanor Winnemore, Juanita Morton
Fellowship Hosts Next Sunday: Marcia Framsted, Barbara Jayne, Gail Reed
Pastor: Rich LaShure
Pastor Emeritus: Ed Jayne
Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries: Amy Ochoa
Secretary: Diane Wadelin
Custodian: Rex Ratcliff
MUSICAL SETTING FOR HOLY COMMUNION
The words to "Spirit Leading" were written by Jill Coley Robison for the recent Pan Methodist Gathering in Panama City, and were also used in the Memorial Service at the 2011 Cal-Pac Annual Conference.
WEEKLY PRAYER LIST RECIPIENTS
Sharon Biesiadecki The Lehman family
U.S. MILITARY SERVICE PERSONNEL
Victor Aquino David Bird Alan Bradford
Ryan Carmichael Jonathan Cox Musashi Cummings
Jason Desmarais Brandon Deusenberry David Dunaway
James Garwalki Sheldon Greshem Todd Holland
Michael Leveille Ben Marvin Jason McCalf
Rob Merritt Tyler Odell Danny Oestreich
Tyson Price Karl Randall Christina Rueter (Jayne)
James Ryan Andrew Smith Gary Sullivan
Matthew Taylor Maggis Tidwell Andrew Toll
Andrew Valadez Katie Werback Steven Whitmore
Randall Zade
The third candle on the altar, the one with the red, white and blue ribbons, is lighted each Sunday in honor of and in prayerful support for our men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces. They are truly our heroes. Want to do more to show your support? Check out this web site: http://www.ourmilitary.mil/Message.aspx?SectionID=5
FELLOWSHIP TIME
Each Sunday following the worship service, everyone is invited to a time of fellowship in the Social Hall, southward through the campus and over the little arched bridge. Refreshments are provided. Come on over, bring a friend, and share in the fellowship!
For anyone who is hearing impaired, or if you need volume enhancement, hearing assistance is available. Please notify an usher if you would like the use of a headset.
WORSHIP CDS AVAILABLE
Cd's of the 10:30 service, as well as most of the seasonal services, may be obtained for $1.00 each by completing the form in the Narthex. Follow the instructions on the small manila envelopes in the acrylic holder. In most cases they may be picked up the following Sunday in the church office.