Posts from September 2026
Sermon Note: Growing in Grace
Introduction This is the final week of Knowing Who We Are, six weeks drawn from Rev. Dr. Laceye Warner’s book of the same name. We started with the grace God pours into us, then followed it through connexion, small groups, mission, and scripture. Methodists speak of going on to perfection, growing in grace across a lifetime. People grow in faith slowly, and much of what forms them happens through repetition, in work that seldom feels like formation at the time. In…
Sermon Note: The Texts That Shape Us
Introduction We’re nearing the end of our series, Knowing Who We Are, drawn from the book of the same name by Rev. Dr. Laceye Warner. So far we have explored the grace God pours into us, the connexion we belong to, the small groups of early Methodists, and the neighbors God sends us to serve. This week we turn to the texts that inform and shape us. Wesley called himself a person of one book, writing, “At any price, give me…
Important Meeting for All Women
Calling all women of the La Jolla United Methodist Church. UMW (United Methodist Women), also known as United Women of Faith, are planning to revitalize our unit here at LJUMC. To that end, a meeting has been called for immediately after church on Sunday, September 20. The agenda consists of twoitems—election of board members and a decision to move some of our assets to the Foundation. Who is a member of UMW? “.. .any woman who commits to the purposes…