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February, March & April Book Talk Info
For our February 4 meeting, we welcome back Dr. Diane Schneider, who will present a very popular bestseller, The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans. In this wonderful “epistolary novel” (one told through letters), the main character, a spiky retired attorney, reveals her life, conflicts, heartaches and discoveries through the letters she writes to everyone she knows – and many she doesn’t! This book has been a big hit with book clubs. For our March 4 meeting, we have had a change of presenters. …
February and March Book Talk Info
For our February 4 meeting, we welcome back Dr. Diane Schneider, who will present a very popular bestseller, The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans. In this wonderful “epistolary novel” (one told through letters), the main character, a spiky retired attorney, reveals her life, conflicts, heartaches and discoveries through the letters she writes to everyone she knows – and many she doesn’t! This book has been a big hit with book clubs. On March, Cindy Rushing will present the novel The Librarianist, by Patrick DeWitt. In…
La Jolla UMC Joins Pacific Beach UMC for Interfaith Shelter January 17 – January 31
The Interfaith Shelter Network is now providing shelter for the unhoused at churches throughout San Diego County. We are part of the Beaches branch, and we will be supporting the shelter to be held at Pacific Beach UMC beginning January 17th. We will be signing up volunteers for the two-week program. These are the opportunities that will be available: Dinner Host — Prepare a dinner ready to be served by 6 pm. The dinner needsto feed the 12 guests and…
Christian Community Service Association Christmas Baskets
The Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) is collecting Christmas food baskets to be provided to families in need. This is an opportunity for families or groups at La Jolla UMC to provide support for a family during the Christmas season. Information about the program can be downloaded from this link:https://www.ccsasandiego.org/christmas-gift-basket Each food basket may be as festive as you decide, but it should be filled with non-perishable foods and a $50 gift card ($75 for larger families) from Target or…
Shoreline Community Service Emergency Food Drive
Shoreline Community Services has reached out to local churches for assistance during the current suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Although Shoreline’s mission does not include food services, they are seeing first-hand the crisis being faced by our unsheltered neighbors. They have started an Amazon Wishlist that people can order specific items from or use the list as a guideline for shopping and delivering themselves. Use the button below for the Amazon Wishlist, and items will be delivered to…
Nepal Update 2025
You may have heard last week about a serious revolt in Nepal that has led to a change in the country’s leadership, damage to many government buildings and the deaths of more than 70 citizens (most of them young people.). Our church has been supporting Katherine Parker as a UMC missionary in Nepal since 2019. Many of you have had the opportunity to meet Katherine in her visits to our church. Katherine’s work in the past has been focused in three areas:…
Mission Update
CCSA Backpack Program Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) is starting their annual program to provide backpacks for children in need. Information about what is needed is available here. Backpacks are prepared for either K to 2nd grade or 3rd to 9th grade. You purchase the backpack and then stock it with the supplies on the appropriate list. You can drop off the backpacks at the CCSA office in Clairemont, bring them to Sunday service or deliver them to our church…
Mission Update
We started the year with our support of the Interfaith Network Shelter at PBUMC. If you remember, I had pulled back some with respect to my enthusiasm for the program because of the failure to provide sufficient and appropriate guests. It was better this year which made our contributions more valuable and more effective. We were major contributors to setting up and taking down the shelter. Our church provided dinners and overnight hosts during the two-week shelter. Our connection to PBUMC exists…
Our Campus Ministry Supports the Community of La Jolla
Yesterday, I received an email from our custodian, Victor, asking me to order more custodial supplies for our campus. He added a note by the trifold towels we use in the restrooms that said, “We are going through these quickly!” I replied right away, asking if we’re using them faster than we have in the past. Victor confirmed: yes—we are seeing many more people using the church now! Things were much quieter during the years we were dealing with COVID…
Rummage Sale Postponed
Rummage Sale Postponed It is with much consideration and with heavy hearts that because of medical issues we have decided to postpone the March 8 rummage sale. We will keep you posted and will let you know when we have a new date. Many thanks to all of you who were ready and willing to make this wonderful event a reality. Except for having had to close our doors to COVID, the rummage sale has, the second Saturday in March,…
Community Christian Service Agency Christmas Baskets
Missions & Social ConcernsCCSA Christmas Baskets The Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) is collecting Christmas food baskets to be provided to families in need. This is an opportunity for families or groups at our church to provide support for a family during the Christmas season. Information about the program can be downloaded from this link. Each food basket may be as festive as you decide, but it should be filled with non-perishable foods and a $50 gift card from Target…
Get Ready for Book Talk!
Hello, Book Talkers! We are announcing the tentative dates of our 2024-25 meetings and actively searching for presenters from both inside and outside our church family. Please put these dates on your calendars: October 2 (featuring author Scott Mocha), November 6, December 11 (Warwick’s), January 8, February 5, March 12, April 2, and May 7. We kick off the year with a debut book from author Scott Mocha, a friend of Pastor Bob. Scott’s book, A Row with Two Chairs, is currently…