Pasadena adult Bible Study

Mike Slaughter’s book Change the World: Recovering the Message and Mission of Jesus forms the basis for the six-week DVD and discussion series starting Sunday, October 21.   

Slaughter sees the 21st Century church in active mission to “[be] in radical service to those in need,” redefine what we mean by loving our neighbor, vision ways to make the basic necessities of food and water available to all, answer the call to be healers, respond to disasters and serve together as disciples to change the world.   

This Sunday morning study series is offered in conjunction with SpiritSeekers’ Sunday evening series of speakers and panels “Change the World: Our Call To Serve,” starting October 14.         

Harvest Festival comes to FUMC Pasadena

Families and Friends - FUMC Harvest Festival and ArtWalk Weekend is Around the Corner!

Mark your calendars for some good Fall fun for families and friends of all ages.  

Friday, October 12th, from 7-7:30 pm, family and friends are invited to Pumpkin Tales, a spooky event of treats, crafts and stories on the Colorado Patio.  

At 7:30 pm, venture into our chapel to hear stories by Poe and others presented in a radio theater presentation featuring The Legend of Sleepy Hollow while the youth make chalk art on the patio.

Then Friends and Family, stop by First United Methodist Church of Pasadena on Saturday. October 13th, to enjoy our Harvest Festival and Lunch.  From here, will will fan out to visit our local museums during the Pasadena Art Walk Festival.

Our Harvest Festival opens at 10:30 am with lunch served from 11 am to 12:30 pm.  We will host crafts, decorations, vintage items, baked goods, filled pinatas and much more.  Also on tap for Saturday is a special art project that the church youth will be making on the Colorado Patio with docent tours being offered at 11am.

What a great time to bring friends to celebrate in the life of the church with a visit to local museums for free. Be sure to stop by the youth activity table on El Molina and do a mosaic craft with them!

Harvest Festival sales will continue into coffee hour after worship in the 14th.  .

Disciple Bible Study 2: Into the Word Into the World

In this 32- week course, we will explore what God is saying to each of us through His word and what that means for the way we live our lives. We will delve deeply into the books of Genesis, Exodus, Luke and Acts. Through daily reading and our weekly group discussion, we’ll see familiar passages in fresh ways, and help each other to hear God’s voice. 

Into the Word into the World is the second study in the Disciple program. Completion of Disciple Bible study ‘one’ is helpful, but not required.

This Bible study group begins Monday, September 17, 2012 and runs weekly though June 3, 2013 from 7 to 9 PM.  In the Church Lounge at First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena CA 91101

 Lead by Jane Evans, Rosalie Niemann.

Immeidate Opening for Soprano and Baritone Scholarship Singers

First United Methodist Church  of Pasadena has an immediate opening for

Soprano and Baritone Scholarship Singers

 

The Music Ministry of the FUMC Pasadena has
an opportunity for students to sing in a demanding setting.
 

We are a mostly traditional church, and sing concerts and services with orchestra several times each year.
 

Good citizenship,choral experience and reading skills required

Wednesday rehearsals 7:30-9:30
One Sunday Service at 10am
Special Services at Christmas, Maundy Thursday
Compensation $200/month

Contact: Stephen Gothold, Director of Music Ministries,
for more information.
By telephone at 626-796-0157
or by email at sgothold@fumcpasadena.org    
FAX 626-568-1615
First United Methodist Church of Pasadena

500 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena 91101

Learn about the Methodist Church

The next New Member Inquirer’s Class at First United Methodist Church of Pasadena is coming Sunday, September 30; from 11:30 am.-2:00 pm.

This class is ideal for those considering membership in the Methodist Church or simply seeking more information about the United Methodist Church.

This session is designed to offer opportunity to connect with the pastors and key persons in the church representing our many ministries and fellowship opportunities.  We will review United Methodist beliefs and organization, and the meaning of membership.  All are invited. 

We will join together, beginning with lunch, in the Church Lounge, downstairs in the Education building off of Green Street. There will be signs to guide you. 

Childcare will be available as needed with your RSVP.  Please email Rev. Debbie Gara at dgara@fumcpasadena.org or call the Church Office at 626.796.0157.

Change the World Pasadena Bible Study

CHANGE THE WORLD:  OUR CALL TO SERVE

featuring

Dr. Marjorie Suchocki & Dr. Helene Slessarev-Jamir,

Leaders in Mission at FUMC & Old-Fashioned Methodist Potluck

Sunday Evenings - October 14 through November 11

Starting at 5:30 in the Church Lounge 

 

SpiritSeekers' fall series of speakers and panels could not be more "Methodist."  Each session will begin with an old fashioned potluck and end with a call to service.  Bring a dish to share (can anyone find that recipe for green jello salad?) and stay for an inspiring celebration of what it means to be a Christian disciple in the 21st Century.  Dr. Suchocki and Dr. Slessarev-Jamir will describe the scriptural, theological, and ethical bases for discipleship.  Members of FUMC and the local community will share details of their work in mission here and now.  

Dr. Marjorie Suchocki kicks off the series on Sunday, October 14, with her talk titled "Discipleship:  Inside/Outside."  Dr. Suchocki's professional career brought her to Claremont School of Theology in 1990, where she served as Professor of Theology, and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean.  In 2001, she became a Co-Director of the Center for Process Studies in Claremont, and many of her numerous publications focus on Process Theology.  Dr. Suchocki has also offered her time and talents to the National Council of Churches, Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church, and as a resource for local churches and pastoral groups throughout the United States.

On Sunday, October 21, your friends will describe how to answer the call to serve at FUMC with Adopt-a-Social Worker, the Prayer Quilt Ministry, Shepherds, Sky Meadows Camp, Social Services, Union Station Sunday Meals,  and  in other capacities, including small group leaders.

The program on Sunday, October 28, shifts the focus to how to serve in the Pasadena community, highlighting ECPAC's Women's Room and Cold Weather Shelter, Habitat for Humanity, Learning Works, the Muir High School Farm, the Prison Ministry, and the newly formed Pasadena Mission Area Project.

The Sunday, November 4, panel focuses on how to serve in this country and in the world.  Panel members will highlight numerous opportunities for mission under Volunteers in Mission (VIM) and United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), including Project Tariro in Zimbabwe, Burning Churches, and US Disaster Response.  We'll also welcome home FUMC's mission to Haiti.

Dr. Helene Slessarev-Jamir, professor of Ethics, Politics and Society at Claremont School of Theology, will wrap up the series on Sunday, November 11th with her talk "Acting Prophetically at Home and Abroad."  She worked as a union and community organizer in Washington, D.C., and Chicago before starting graduate work.  Dr. Slessarev-Jamir's recent book Prophetic Activism:  Progressive Religious Justice Movements in Contemporary America (NYU Press, 2011), highlights the scriptural roots of congregational community organizing for worker justice, immigrant rights, peacemaking and reconciliation, and global anti-poverty and debt relief.

Childcare is provided as requested, please contact the church office at 626-796-0157 to request.

Welcome Bishop Carcano

Sunday, September 23, 2012 First United Methodist Church of Pasadena.

Celebrating the Assignment of Bishop Minerva Carcaño to the Los Angeles Area of
The United Methodist Church.

Welcome Bishop Carcaño

Dedicating the ministry of Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the installation,
Scripture reading, and sermon. Bishop Minerva Carcaño, preaching.

"What a joy, and how it touches and moves my heart that you would come."

~ Bishop Minerva Carcaño ~

September Messenger

The September Messenger is here!

You can find the September Messenger online at the FUMC Pasadena website.
In this issue...
Welcome to the new Bishop of Cal-Pac
Family Camp Update
Make a Difference Day
Camp Sky Meadows Work Camp
My Last Wishes...booklet
Change the World : Our Call to Serve
Spiritseekers Enough Series
Disciple Bible Study 2 
New Member Inquirer's Class
and lots more...



 
Download your copy from the First United Methodist Church website.

Save the World - Our Call to Serve

SAVE THE WORLD:  OUR CALL TO SERVE
Sunday Evenings - October 14 through November 11; 5:30 PM in the Church Lounge.
Leaders: Dr. Marjorie Suchocki & Dr. Helene Slessarev-Jamir,
Leaders in Mission at FUMC & Old-fashioned Methodist Potluck.
     What could be more Methodist than service and potlucks? This five-week series sponsored by SpiritSeekers offers both.  Each session will begin with a potluck in the original sense of the term.  Bring a dish to share and stay for an inspiring celebration of what it means to serve.
     Dr. Marjories Suchocki kicks off the series on Sunday, October 14, with reflections on what it means to be a Christian disciple in the 21st Century.   Her professional career brought her to Claremont School of Theology in 1990, where she served as Professor of Theology, and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean.  In 2001, Dr. Suchocki became a Co-Director of the Center for Process Studies in Claremont, and many of her numerous publications focus on Process Theology.  Dr. Suchocki has also offered her time and talents to the National Council of Churches, Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church, and as a resource for local churches and pastoral groups throughout the United States.
     On Sunday, October 21, your friends will describe how to answer the call to serve at FUMC with Adopt-a-Social Worker, the Prayer Quilt Ministry, Shepherds, Sky Meadows Camp, Social Services, Union Station Sunday Meals,  and  in other capacities, including small group leaders.
     The program on Sunday, October 28, shifts the focus to how to serve in the Pasadena community, highlighting ECPAC’s Women’s Room and Cold Weather Shelter, Habitat for Humanity, Learning Works, the Muir High School Farm, the Prison Ministry, and the newly formed Pasadena Mission Area Project.
     The Sunday, November 4, panel focuses on how to serve in this country and in the world.  Panel members will highlight numerous opportunities for mission under Volunteers in Mission (VIM) and United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), including Project Tariro in Zimbabwe, Burning Churches, and US Disaster Response.  We’ll also welcome home FUMC’s mission to Haiti.
     Dr. Helene Slessarev-Jamir, professor of Ethics, Politics and Society at Claremont School of Theology, will wrap up the series on Sunday, November 11th.   She worked as a union and community organizer in Washington, D.C., and Chicago before starting graduate work.  Dr. Slessarev-Jamir’s recent book “Prophetic Activism:  Progressive Religious Justice Movements in Contemporary America” (NYU Press, 2011), highlights the scriptural roots of congregational community organizing for worker justice, immigrant rights, peacemaking and reconciliation, and global anti-poverty and debt relief.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW
 
Childcare is provided when needed.  Please contact the church office at 626-796-0157 to arrange in advance.