Join us Monday, December 24th, for a special Christmas Celebration!
Family Service at 5pm
Candle Light service at 11pm
First United Methodist Church of Pasadena
500 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Christmas Eve Service in Pasadena
Join us Monday, December 24th, for a special Christmas Celebration!
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
December Messenger
The December Messenger is here!
Just in time for the holidays, the December Messenger is ready for you to download.
In this issue you will find:
- A Few Holiday words from Rev. DePano
- Results of the 2013 Stewardship Campaign
- Holiday Goings on in and around the church
- Mission Opportunities
- Upcoming Adult Ministries Classes
- Rent A Youth Details
- A few words of Gratitude from the Bishop
- An update on the Appreciative Inquiry Committee
- and lots more…
Rose Parade Pancakes
Everyone
loves a hot breakfast at the Rose Parade!
First
United Methodist Church Pasadena is hosting a Pancake Breakfast on Tuesday,
January 1st, New Years Day, from 5:30 am to 8:30 am just steps away from the Rose Parade.
Located on
the parade route, First Church will be serving two sausages, unlimited
pancakes, a hot beverage and orange juice, all for the low cost of $7.00.
To reserve your hot breakfast, tickets may be purchased in advance from the
church office which is located at 500 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena.
On the day
of the parade, tickets for the breakfast will be available at the door.
Breakfast
will be served from 5:30am to 8:15am from the east side of the church on
Oakland Avenue.
What:
Pancake Breakfast at FUMC Pasadena
Where: FUMC Pasadena, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
How: Advance tickets from the FUMC Office, or the day of the event at the door.
How much: $7.00 for two sausages, unlimited pancakes, a hot beverage and orange juice.
Where: FUMC Pasadena, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
How: Advance tickets from the FUMC Office, or the day of the event at the door.
How much: $7.00 for two sausages, unlimited pancakes, a hot beverage and orange juice.
To purchase
your tickets, please visit or contact the church office.
Questions please contact the church office at 626.796.0157 or by email at office@fumcpasadena.org.
Questions please contact the church office at 626.796.0157 or by email at office@fumcpasadena.org.
Be sure to get your tickets before they
sell out!
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
November Messenger is here!
November 14, 2012: Volume 82: Issue 11. Click the link at left to view, or right click and select 'save as' to save the file to your computer.
In this issue, you'll find...
How to be on a Committee at First Church
A Year of Healing and Wholeness
Haiti Mission Team Returns
Christmas Eclectic
Wonderful Music of Christmas
Christmas Market
Advent Study
FUMC Home Group
Thanksgiving Luncheon
Youth Ministries
Appreciative Inquiry
And More...
Monday, October 22, 2012
Pasadena area Crop Walk
37th Annual Pasadena Area Crop Walk is slated to take place Sunday, October 28th, 2012.
CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church World Service and organized by local volunteers to raise funds to end hunger.
Each year, First UMC Pasadena has participated in the Pasadena/Altadena Crop Walk. Join our youth and families and walk together to bring awareness about hunger in our world community. The Walk is a 5K loop.
This years event will take place in Altadena at
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
1014 E. Altadena Dr,
Altadena CA 91101.
Registration begins at 1:00 pm, with the walk to follow at 1:30 to 3:00 pm.
25% of the funds raised are shared with the following local hunger-fighting agencies including:
• ACTS Food Pantry
• Bad Weather Shelter (ECPAC)
• Holy Family Giving Bank
• St Vincent de Paul at St. Elizabeth
• Friends In Deed
• Foothill Unity Center
CROP Hunger Walks help children and families worldwide - and right here in the U.S. - to have food for today, while building for a better tomorrow. Our local efforts are making a huge difference... and you are part of it!
CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church World Service and organized by local volunteers to raise funds to end hunger.
Each year, First UMC Pasadena has participated in the Pasadena/Altadena Crop Walk. Join our youth and families and walk together to bring awareness about hunger in our world community. The Walk is a 5K loop.
This years event will take place in Altadena at
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
1014 E. Altadena Dr,
Altadena CA 91101.
Registration begins at 1:00 pm, with the walk to follow at 1:30 to 3:00 pm.
25% of the funds raised are shared with the following local hunger-fighting agencies including:
• ACTS Food Pantry
• Bad Weather Shelter (ECPAC)
• Holy Family Giving Bank
• St Vincent de Paul at St. Elizabeth
• Friends In Deed
• Foothill Unity Center
CROP Hunger Walks help children and families worldwide - and right here in the U.S. - to have food for today, while building for a better tomorrow. Our local efforts are making a huge difference... and you are part of it!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
FUMC Pasadena Arts Committee invites you...
The FUMC Pasadena Arts Committee invites you to enjoy all of the wonderful events coming up at First United Methodist Church of Pasadena.
Family Pageant Prop Workshop November 3rd
The Arts Committee invites families and other FUMC friends are invited to come work under the guidance of Doug Rogers to make props and costume bits for our children’s Christmas pageant. We will begin at 9 am on Saturday 11/3 in Great Hall and work through the morning. Light breakfast will be provided. There should be lots of fun paper mache and other opportunities for kids and parents and friends to help with.
Ernie Ozsvath Art Show November 4th
The Arts Committee invites you to a show of the pen and ink art of Ernie Ozsvath will be shared during coffee hour on Sunday 11/4. Enjoy his detail designs of Porsche vehicles and local Pasadena buildings.
Family Fall Floral Workshop November 11th
The Arts Committee invites you to come make a floral arrangement using dried and fresh flowers to use during the Thanksgiving season. The workshop will be in the Grades 2-4 Sunday School room on Sunday, 11/11 at 12 noon for a cost of $7 per arrangement. Fun for both kids and adults! Sign up during coffee hour.
Christmas Eclectic Concert December 11th
Tuesday, December 11, the Arts Committee and the Drama Committee invite friends and families to a concert and storytelling in the Chapel. Children can wear pjs and enjoy hot chocolate, cookies and a book gift. Handbells, traditional stories including “The Velveteen Rabbit” and more will be on the program.
Children’s Fall Habitat for Humanities Mission Project
Be on the lookout for our Sunday School children bake sales on November 4th and 11th as they raise money to support Habitat for Humanity. They will also be collecting spare change in their Habitat houses.
Art in our Lives - Creche Display
Once again, the Arts Committee will be sponsoring a creche display during Advent on Sunday, December 23, during coffee hour. Please consider sharing a traditional creche that your family enjoys.
Contact pamelamarx@sbcglobal.net for more information on all of the events above.
Family Pageant Prop Workshop November 3rd
The Arts Committee invites families and other FUMC friends are invited to come work under the guidance of Doug Rogers to make props and costume bits for our children’s Christmas pageant. We will begin at 9 am on Saturday 11/3 in Great Hall and work through the morning. Light breakfast will be provided. There should be lots of fun paper mache and other opportunities for kids and parents and friends to help with.
Ernie Ozsvath Art Show November 4th
The Arts Committee invites you to a show of the pen and ink art of Ernie Ozsvath will be shared during coffee hour on Sunday 11/4. Enjoy his detail designs of Porsche vehicles and local Pasadena buildings.
Family Fall Floral Workshop November 11th
The Arts Committee invites you to come make a floral arrangement using dried and fresh flowers to use during the Thanksgiving season. The workshop will be in the Grades 2-4 Sunday School room on Sunday, 11/11 at 12 noon for a cost of $7 per arrangement. Fun for both kids and adults! Sign up during coffee hour.
Christmas Eclectic Concert December 11th
Tuesday, December 11, the Arts Committee and the Drama Committee invite friends and families to a concert and storytelling in the Chapel. Children can wear pjs and enjoy hot chocolate, cookies and a book gift. Handbells, traditional stories including “The Velveteen Rabbit” and more will be on the program.
Children’s Fall Habitat for Humanities Mission Project
Be on the lookout for our Sunday School children bake sales on November 4th and 11th as they raise money to support Habitat for Humanity. They will also be collecting spare change in their Habitat houses.
Art in our Lives - Creche Display
Once again, the Arts Committee will be sponsoring a creche display during Advent on Sunday, December 23, during coffee hour. Please consider sharing a traditional creche that your family enjoys.
Contact pamelamarx@sbcglobal.net for more information on all of the events above.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
I’m Thankful I’m A Methodist
by Mikala L. Rahn
Lately I have been in a cycle of spiritual re-awakening. I am re-embracing what it means to be Methodist. I grew up Lutheran, but was married at FUMC as I joined the Rahn Family. As a current Lay Leader of the church, I have been drawn to the Book of Discipline and how it may speak to me, and the congregation.
As many of you know I work daily in my life on social justice issues. Creating a school for high school dropouts has put me face to face with issues of poverty. I live with the poor, and it’s an honor and hardship I am blessed to be called to do. Some of my toughest moments have been with the criminal justice system. Our system is very broken. I have sat with many crying mothers as their children rely on public defenders, faced with tough sentencing laws, and little room for forgiveness. Luckily, in the many court cases I have been a part of, I have not experienced a student murdering another (only attempted). I have had to have difficult conversations about consequences, self-forgiveness, and reminding the convicted that they are children of God, no matter what.
At the top of our system of punishment is the death penalty, which affects our approach to sentencing. We are the only industrial nation that continues to have the death penalty. On Sunday, the 300th person on death row in the US was proven innocent by DNA evidence. I believe the hardest task we have as Christians is forgiveness. Forgiveness of ourselves and others. It’s the hard work we are called to do. I am proud that the United Methodist Church for over 50 years has declared its opposition to the retention and use of capital punishment and urges its abolition. In spite of a common assumption to the contrary, “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” does not give justification for the imposing of the penalty of death. Jesus explicitly repudiated retaliation (Matthew 5:38-39).
The Book of Discipline (Par. 164G) states,
I am thankful I am a Methodist. I pray for Policy change.
Lately I have been in a cycle of spiritual re-awakening. I am re-embracing what it means to be Methodist. I grew up Lutheran, but was married at FUMC as I joined the Rahn Family. As a current Lay Leader of the church, I have been drawn to the Book of Discipline and how it may speak to me, and the congregation.
As many of you know I work daily in my life on social justice issues. Creating a school for high school dropouts has put me face to face with issues of poverty. I live with the poor, and it’s an honor and hardship I am blessed to be called to do. Some of my toughest moments have been with the criminal justice system. Our system is very broken. I have sat with many crying mothers as their children rely on public defenders, faced with tough sentencing laws, and little room for forgiveness. Luckily, in the many court cases I have been a part of, I have not experienced a student murdering another (only attempted). I have had to have difficult conversations about consequences, self-forgiveness, and reminding the convicted that they are children of God, no matter what.
At the top of our system of punishment is the death penalty, which affects our approach to sentencing. We are the only industrial nation that continues to have the death penalty. On Sunday, the 300th person on death row in the US was proven innocent by DNA evidence. I believe the hardest task we have as Christians is forgiveness. Forgiveness of ourselves and others. It’s the hard work we are called to do. I am proud that the United Methodist Church for over 50 years has declared its opposition to the retention and use of capital punishment and urges its abolition. In spite of a common assumption to the contrary, “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” does not give justification for the imposing of the penalty of death. Jesus explicitly repudiated retaliation (Matthew 5:38-39).
The Book of Discipline (Par. 164G) states,
“We believe the death penalty denies the power of Christ to redeem, restore and transform all human beings. The United Methodist Church is deeply concerned about crime throughout the world and the value of any life taken by a murder or homicide. We believe all human life is sacred and created by God and therefore, we must see all human life as significant and valuable. When governments implement the death penalty (capital punishment), then the life of the convicted person is devalued and all possibility of change in that person’s life ends. We believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and that the possibility of reconciliation with Christ comes through repentance. This gift of reconciliation is offered to all individuals without exception and gives all life, new dignity and sacredness. For this reason, we oppose the death penalty (capital punishment) and urge its elimination from all criminal codes.”
I am thankful I am a Methodist. I pray for Policy change.
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