Announcements

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…

2025 Alternative Christmas Giving

The Missions and Concerns Committee is providing an Alternative Christmas Giving opportunity again this year. By donating to these organizations, you can give an “alternative” Christmas gift to someone or you may just give because you want to support that effort. Your gifts will support some great causes that are a part of the mission of our church. Give Online You can contribute online using the button below. Use the Mission Projects section to indicate your donation(s). Give by Mail You may also…

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,…

2024 Alternative Christmas Giving

The Missions and Concerns Committee is providing an Alternative Christmas Giving opportunity again this year. By donating to these organizations, you can give an “alternative” Christmas gift to someone or you may just give because you want to support that effort. Your gifts will support some great causes that are a part of the mission of our church. Give Online You can contribute online using the button below. Use the Mission Projects section to indicate your donation(s). Give by Mail You may also…

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…

Annual Rummage Sale—8:30-2:30 Saturday, March 9

Here is the Rummage Donation Information you have requested! Annual Rummage Sale—8:30-2:30 Saturday, March 9Come join the camaraderie during this special community event! Wanted:  volunteers to set up Mon. 3/4-Fri. 3/8; on Saturday 3/9 to cashier from 8:30-2:30 and to pack up from 2:30-5.  Please contact Sandy:   sreloc@juno.com Donations will be accepted starting 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, through noon Thursday, March 7. Donations needed starting Sunday, March 3 and throughout the week:  Clothes, Linens, Plants, Housewares, Jewelry, Furniture,…

Book Talk Wednesday, February 7 at 2pm

Book Talk presents its next (and newest) speaker, Mark Drozda, on Wednesday, February 7, at 2pm, in the Fireside Library.   Mark will be presenting the book Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. This book is a fascinating combination of seafaring adventure and California history. In Mark’s own words: “Even thought I’ve been sailing in Southern California for 40 years and once toured Dana’s replica ship The Pilgrim at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point (when the ship was still…

Women’s Bible Study

Our newest women’s Bible Study is about to begin!  7-week study for Lent called “When You Pray.”  Prayer is simply talking with God. But oddly, many of us are not very good at it, or very comfortable doing it. We find it difficult to pray regularly, or we feel like our prayers lack passion and power. This special study looks at six prayers in the Bible, and teaches us how to use them as models in our prayers of petition,…

The Colors of Christmas—A Christmas Concert

The La Jolla United Methodist Church Chancel and Dorian Bell Choirs proudlypresent their annual Christmas Concert Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM in the sanctuary. This year’s theme is The Colors of Christmas. The presentation of familiar carols and inspirational anthems will take you on a journey of color and sound. Composers John Rutter, Craig Courtney and Mark Hayes contribute to telling the miraculous birth of the Christ Child. Chamber orchestra and soloists will complement the performance. The concert is open…

Rummage Reimagined

Dear Friends, Margie and I have had a number of people ask about the status of the rummage sale. This annual event of 60+ years is indeed going to happen. However, we need your help to make it happen. The “Rummage Reimagined” Sale of 2024 will be on Saturday, March 9, 2024. This is a gigantic experiment for us. Instead of the normal, year-round preparation, we will be accepting rummage and setting up only the week before. (More details about…