Ministry
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Back to School Backpacks
CCSA Backpack Program Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) is starting their annual program to provide backpacks for children in need. Information is available at this CCSA website: https://www.ccsasandiego.org/backpack-program Backpacks are prepared for either K to 2nd grade students or 3rd to 9th grade students. You purchase the backpack and then stock it with the supplies on the appropriate list, then drop off the backpacks at the CCSA office in Clairemont, bring them to Sunday service, or deliver them to our…
Katherine Parker Biography
Katherine ParkerUMC Global Missionary to Nepal Katherine is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of TheUnited Methodist Church serving as a Health and Community TransformationAdvisor with the United Mission to Nepal (UMN). The UMN has been supportedby the Methodist Church since its founding 65 years ago. Native to California, Katherine comes from a family with deep roots in UnitedMethodism on the West Coast. Two grandfathers, a great-grandfather, an aunt,and several cousins have served as United Methodist clergy.…
Katherine Parker Visit
MISSIONS & SOCIAL CONCERNSKatherine Parker VisitSupport for Mission to Nepal Missionary Katherine Parker returned to our church last Sunday and presented her sermon: Healing & Joy on Our Journey with God. We learned how the community transformation brought by the United Mission to Nepal has led to improvements in education, health, good governance and sustainable livelihoods. Katherine’s work in Nepal over more than a decade has been especially important for Nepali women and girls, but Nepali men have also benefited from the…
MISSIONS & SOCIAL CONCERNS UPDATESchool Supplies for Migrant Children “Backpack Train” Sunday, October 1st Responding to a request from the Peace with Justice Task Force of the California Pacific Conference, Pastor Tara applied for and was granted an UMCOR Grant in the amount of $2,000 to provide school supplies to children and youth seeking asylum or refugee status at the border. A member of our congregation matched that dollar amount so we ended with $4,000 for this project. The supplies…
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