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July 4, 2012
Vol. 29, Issue 14
OFFICE: (818) 886-1555 FAX: (818) 886-9105
WWW.NORTHRIDGEUMC.ORG WEEKDAY PRESCHOOL: (818) 886-4949 SUNDAY WORSHIP AT 9:00 & 11:00 AM
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
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BISHOP MARY ANN SWENSON
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CEDRICK BRIDGEFORTH
REV. STEVE PETTY
KATIE KEVORKIAN, DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH MINISTRIES
Vacation Bible School
Operation Overboard:
Go Deep with God
July 23 to 27, 9 AM to 12 PM
Children in Pre-School through Grade 5
Visit www.NorthridgeUMC.org to register.
Hurry! Registration ends July 9th.
There will be interactive music, art, crafts, games and
science activities. Participants will receive a VBS T-shirt
and music CD! A healthy snack will be provided each day.
Volunteer for VBS Today!
Group leaders and activity specialists are needed most, but we also need volunteers to decorate, set
up and clean up, write thank-you notes and take photos.
VBS volunteers will receive 50% off their children's registration fees.
Email Katie@NorthridgeUMC.org for more information about how you can help!
Donate to VBS
We are in need of ocean-themed decorations. If you have
any under-the-sea items, bring them to the church office.
Your belongings will be returned the week after VBS.
Please bring party decorations, new and gently used art
supplies, yards of blue fabric or anything else that can be
used to create an undersea atmosphere.
Jazz Vespers Presents…
Gary Foster, Putter Smith, Tom Ranier, and Tim Pleasant
July 8 at 6 PM in the Sanctuary
Gary Foster (saxophone) also plays clarinet and flute; he is considered a "crossover" artist who performs in jazz, pop, and classical genres. Putter
Smith (bass) is an American jazz bassist, recording artist, music teacher, author, and retired actor. Tom Ranier (piano) is an American instrumental-ist who primarily plays piano but also saxophone and clarinet. Tim Pleasant (drums) has performed with many of LA’s most noted jazz musicians.
Continued on Page 3
Mission Work Week at NVCS
July 9 through July 14, 8 AM to 5 PM
How Will You Help This Year?
NUMC has supported the mission of North Val-ley Caring Services (NVCS) for many years — in the breakfast program, the youth program, through the Bike-A-Thon and Play-A-Thon fundraisers, through sponsorship of the Children's Christmas Mart, collecting food and money for the food pan-try and breakfast programs, collecting towels and toiletries for the homeless shower program, and through service on the NVCS Board. In 2011 NUMC led a work team in refurbishing the NVCS facilities — new windows, air conditioners and interior painting.
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The Preacher’s Part Our Long-Range Planning Task Force has begun the
task of analysis, which is required prior to working on the
tasks of dreaming and designing the future. There are a
couple of things I would like to share with you all about
this process.
First, I can’t possibly express to you what a great team
of people we have in this task force. As we shared our
stories and our dreams in the first meeting, I felt they had a
deep love for this congregation and its mission in the
world, and the families in this Valley. I looked at each
person around the table and I knew God had blessed us in a
powerful way in each and every one of them.
We began with a classic analytic tool that has a recent
rewrite: 12 Keys to an Effective Church, by Kennon
Callahan. I became familiar with the first edition almost
thirty years ago. I also became a Callahan-trained
consultant, using the 12 Keys to help a variety of local
churches over the years.
Callahan breaks his twelve keys into two separate lists:
Relational Traits and Functional Traits. Each trait
represents skills or strengths that local churches may or
may not possess and then rates each on a scale of 1 to 10,
ten being best. The strongest churches will deliver nine to
ten of them at the level of an 8, 9, or 10.
The first six traits are Relational:
1. One Mission Outreach
2. Shepherding Visitation
3. Stirring, Helpful Worship
4. Significant Relational Groups
5. Strong Leadership Team
6. Solid Decision-Making Process
These six traits are the sources of happiness within a
congregation when they are delivered at a level of 8 or
above. These areas deliver a feeling of compassion,
community, hope and faith. We are happy to be a part of a
church family when it delivers these traits.
The second six traits are Functional:
7. One Major Program
8. Open Accessibility
9. High Visibility
10. Land, Landscaping, Parking
11. Adequate Space and Facilities
12. Generous Giving
These six traits are sources of unhappiness if they are
not delivered to the congregation at a level of 8 or above.
These things make life easier, but they are not likely to
make us “happy”. When they are present, we assume they
will always be present. When they are not present, we will
become unhappy because life is not easier.
Now the curious thing: There is no correlation
between the two lists.
Note that you can deliver four of the six relational
traits at an 8 or above and people will tend to be happy. If,
at the same time, you don’t deliver any of the functional
traits above an 8, people will not be unhappy because the
relational traits are making them happy.
Conversely, you can deliver all of the functional traits
at an 8, 9 or 10, but if you only deliver the relational traits
at a 4, 5, and 6, you will have a lot of people who are not
unhappy, but they are just not very happy either. Life is
easy, things are good, but nothing is overly satisfying,
nothing fills them with a sense of compassion and
community.
Our first impression –– a shallow analysis to be sure ––
is that we are very much like the second scenario. When
you look at NUMC you see the open accessibility,
visibility, beautiful grounds, more than adequate parking,
superb facilities, well-maintained, staffed and adminis-
tered. Five of the six areas are delivered at 8 or above.
But when you look at our relational traits, we find that
we only deliver one trait above an 8, most are a 4 to a 6.
We are making progress on several fronts, but we have a
long way to go.
As we look at the whole church picture, however, we
are very optimistic. We have the resources. We have the
people. We have the location and facility. We have every-
thing we need to build a strong, vibrant mission center
right here in Northridge.
In future weeks we will be looking with greater depth
at each of the twelve keys. We will try to attend a confer-
ence in the future to help us focus better on the directions
we need to pursue. We hope to have a plan to present to
the congregation by the spring of next year.
Love,
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Upcoming Sermons
The Four Freedoms — The Patriotic Sermon Series
July 8
“Freedom to Worship” –– Micah 6:8
July 15
“Freedom from Want” –– Deuteronomy 15:4
July 22
“Freedom from Fear” –– Psalm 23
July 29
Vacation Bible School Sunday
A
Prayers of healing for:
Freeman Crutchfield; Marion Dugan; Tony
Mayhall; Catharine Phillips; Sal Sciortino;
Marvin Shapel; Richard Summers; Jean
Thompson.
A Memorial Service for Muriel Dahl will be
held on Saturday, July 7 at Noon in the
Sanctuary. A reception will follow in
Fellowship Hall.
Prayers for all those undergoing treatment and
those in pain.
Prayers of safety for all our Service Personnel
serving at home and abroad.
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Sundays at 8 AM in the Library
DVD Study: From Jesus to Constantine: A
History of Early Christianity, by Professor Bart
D. Ehrman, M. Div, Ph. D. This series will
introduce you to lost Christianities and their
sacred writings.
Wednesdays at 6:30 AM in the Library
This Bible Study sets aside time
each week to read and reflect, us-
ing The Upper Room Daily Devo-
tional Guide. Issues of The Upper
Room are available in the Narthex
and online at www.upperroom.org.
Thursdays at 10 AM in the Library
Led by Rev. Petty
On Break until September
Thursday Evening Fellowship
and Bible Study
Singles, couples, teens — All are welcome
2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month,
Rooms 5/6
Dinner Fellowship at 7 PM,
followed by Bible Study at 8 PM
Join an NUMC Bible Study
Jazz Vespers Presents... Gary Foster, Putter Smith, Tom Ranier, and Tim Pleasant
Continued from Page 1
Gary Foster is known for his elegant and laid-back style on both
the alto and tenor saxes, being a devotee of Lennie Tristano, Lee
Konitz and Warne Marsh. He has been prominent in the film, tele-
vision, and music recording industries having played woodwinds on
movie scores and as a member of live and television orchestras. His
career includes recording on numerous
Grammy, Academy Award, Emmy, and
Golden Globe winning media and
soundtracks for artists and composers
such as Carol Burnett, Bob Dylan,
Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, John
Williams, Natalie Cole, and others.
Gary has received the Most Valuable
Player Award for woodwind doubling
from the National Academy of Record-
ing Arts and Sciences.
Putter Smith (bass) is perhaps best known for his movie role as
assassin Mr. Kidd, played alongside Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover), in the
James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever, starring Sean Connery
as 007. A life-long jazz bassist, Smith has appeared on numerous
releases throughout his career including the Pat Britt album Jazzman
and the Alan Broadbent Trio album Another Time. Smith has au-
thored various jazz-related instructional books including Improvis-
ing Handbook for Double Bass and Bass Clef Instruments and Jazz
Bass Improvisation: A Guide to Chords, Scales, Arpeggios and
Other Concepts and Techniques for the Advancing Bassist.
Tom Ranier has been prominent in the film, television, and music
recording industries, having played keyboards,
woodwinds and written music for a long list of
assignments to include Grammy, Academy
Award, Emmy, and Golden Globe winning
media and soundtracks for artists such as
Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Christina
Aguilera, Joe Pass, Placido Domingo, Natalie
Cole, and others. Zan Stewart of the LA Times
said about Tom, "His personal approach mixes
aspects of Bud Powell's complexity, Oscar Peterson's ardent swing
and Bill Evans' exploratory harmonies." He's also the keyboardist
and one of the arrangers on the Dancing With the Stars TV show.
Tim Pleasant (drums) has a degree in music from the University
of Iowa and has studied with Harold Jones,
an alumnus of the Count Basie Band. Tim
was a member of the fusion group
Solstice. His tenure with this innovative
collection of musicians provided a great
foundation in various musical styles from
jazz fusion and World music to be-bop.
Tim performed with Warne Marsh, Sal Mosca, Jaki Byard, Johnny
Ray, Charles McPherson, Frank Lowe and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Tim
has become a mainstay of the vibrant LA Jazz scene and has
performed with many of LA’s most noted jazz musicians, including
Alan Pasqua, Anthony Wilson, John Pisano, Charlie Haden and
Larry Goldings.
Gary, left; Putter, right
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Children, Youth, Young Adult, and Family News
Weekly Young Adult Movie Nights
Hey, Young
Adults! It's time
to relax and have
fun!
Join NUMC
Young Adult Ministries as
we celebrate summer with
Weekly Movie Nights in the
YAC at 7 PM on Thursdays!
Complete with free snacks.
Do you have a movie sug-
gestion? Contact Allegra at
allegra@northridgeumc.org
with questions and sugges-
tions!
Summer Hours for MYF MYF will meet at a new time beginning Sunday, July 8. Summer hours for MYF
are Sundays from 11:15 AM to 1 PM. All students entering 6th through 12th grade
are invited to attend!
Sierra Service Project: Young People in Mission to the World
Sierra Service Project (SSP) is all about building: building homes,
building communities, building bridges among people and cultures,
and building a relationship with God.
NUMC youth and adults have participated in SSP for over 25 years, traveling to
such locations as Flagstaff, AZ, Los Angeles, CA and Coarsegold, CA. This year
NUMC will send 10 of our youth and adults to Coarsegold, California, from July 15
through 20, and Fort Hall, Idaho, from July 14 through 22.
Youth are encouraged to raise funds for their own registration fees and travel
costs to SSP. If you would like to make a donation to Youth Missions, please
contact Katie Kevorkian at Katie@northridgeumc.org or the church office. If you
are making a donation toward a specific person's fund, let Katie know.
NUMC Youth at Interfaith Youth Leadership Initiative
Above: Members of MYF create a collage to describe their faith
at the Interfaith Youth Leadership Initiative at USC.
Above: Members of Methodist Youth
Fellowship participated in the Interfaith
Youth Leadership Initiative at the University
of Southern California. The group is pictured
here with award-winning author, film maker,
legal advocate and interfaith organizer
Valarie Kaur.
On Right: NUMC member Clara Sciortino
leads a discussion about faith and culture at
the Interfaith Youth Leadership Initiative at
USC. She is pictured here with Northridge
MYF members who participated in the three-
day program.
Thanks to Katie Kevorkian for the pictures and the coordination of our MYF’s in-
volvement at this program.
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Mission Work Week at NVCS
Continued from Page 1
This year we will return to do even more
work at NVCS. We will be at the work site
from Monday, July 9th to Saturday, July 14th,
from 8 AM to 5 PM each day. Many hands are
needed for this project!
Come help for a morning, a day or the whole week. We will be
working on a range of projects, from gardening to drywall and
window replacement to help with the continuing project
of refurbishing the NVCS facilities. We are also looking for food/
lunch donations and money donations for supplies.
Sign up by going to the church website and selecting “Missions”
from under the “Outreach” menu. Click on the VolunteerSpot
button to sign up to help with work or food. If you have questions,
contact Ric Wilson at ric@northridgeumc.org.
Church and Society to Screen
Conviction
on Monday, July 23rd,
at 7 PM in the Kendall
Building.
One of the proposi-
tions on November's
ballot will be an initia-
tive to repeal the death
penalty in California.
The Methodist Church, in its Social Principles,
officially opposes capital punishment and urges its
elimination from all criminal codes. As in many oth-
er issues addressed by the UMC, individual mem-
bers hold a wide range of viewpoints. Scientific
studies have failed to show that capital punishment
deters homicide more effectively than imprison-
ment. According to Amnesty International, the coun-
tries performing the most executions are China
(470), Iran (317), Saudi Arabia (143), Pakistan
(135), and the United States of America (42).
Conviction, a 2010 movie, is based on the true
story of Betty Anne Waters, a single mother who
works tirelessly to free her wrongfully convicted
brother Kenny. Convinced that her brother has been
wrongfully convicted of murder and incompetently
defended by court-ordered attorneys, high school
drop-out Betty puts herself through law school in
order to represent him in his appeal. The movie stars
Hillary Swank and is directed by Tony Goldwyn.
Running time is 103 minutes and is rated R for
language and violent images.
School Supplies Are Needed
School starts early this
year and, to prepare for it,
Church and Society and
Missions are sponsoring a
drive for school supplies
for North Valley Caring Services and local
schools.
Items needed are pencils, pencil sharpeners,
paper (lined, construction and tissue), notebooks,
markers, pencils (regular and colored), staplers and
staples, scissors, glue, erasers, backpacks, beads,
yarn, math facts and crayons. A red container will
be found in the Narthex on Sundays and in the
church office during the week, starting July 15th
through Mid-August.
2013 GYTTE Mission Team
$100 Registration Fee Due July 15
GYTTE Training Center
in Tlanqualpican, Mexico
January 4-13, 2013
Details?
Contact Mike or Nancy Easterly
Donations Needed! “Snack Sacks”
This is an ongoing project that the children
help support. Sacks are put together to be
handed out to the homeless who need a little
help.
Next time you go shopping add a couple of extra items to your
list for the Snack Sacks:
- Bottled Water (12-16 oz size) - Applesauce or fruit cups
- Vienna sausages or canned tuna - Granola bars / cookies
- Pudding cups - Crackers with cheese or peanut butter
- Hard candies (Jolly Rancher / Peppermints)
All items should be in individual servings.
Thank you, in advance, for your generosity. All donations may
be left in the church office marked “Snack Sacks”.
SNACK
SACKS
NUM
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NUMC Dodger Night
Cal-Pac / NUMC Dodger Night is Friday, August 3.
Game time is 7:10 PM. Tickets are $17 each.
Ticket holders receive $5 in Dodger Dollars and a free Dodger blanket.
Fireworks Show after the game.
Contact Jim Sanchez for tickets or more information.
Save the Date and
Save Your Stuff
Annual NUMC Yard Sale
Friday and Saturday, September 21-22
How is your spring cleaning coming along? Hold
on to those boxes of still usable items. You can re-
duce the clutter and help our church and others at the
same time. The Annual NUMC Yard Sale is coming,
Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22.
The storage bin will be delivered to the church
parking lot in time for you to bring your boxes of
donated goods on Saturday and Sunday, September
15 and 16. Or you can bring items directly to Fellow-
ship Hall on September 19 to 21.
We welcome your donations of toys, books, music,
small electronics, small/portable furniture,
housewares, kitchenware, children's clothing, art,
home decor, bags & luggage, bikes, china and crys-
tal, jewelry, and more. Please, no large, heavy furni-
ture or television sets.
Look for more details as the dates approach.
All-Church Hike
Saturday, July 7
to Wildwood Park in Moorpark. This is a creek-side trail to the base of Paradise Falls. Dogs o.k. 3 miles, elevation gain 500 feet.
Meet at the church parking lot at 8:30 AM to carpool.
Saturday Morning Breakfast
July 21
@ 8 AM in Fellowship Hall
Saturday Morning Break-fast will be held on July 21 at 8 AM in Fellowship Hall.
Join us for the best breakfast
in town.
The Saturday Morning
Breakfast is sponsored by the
NUMC Men’s Club.
Eat Out Monday on July 9th
from 11:30 AM to 9 PM
at
Get a flyer online or in the church office and a percentage of
your receipt will benefit our Family Ministries Program.
9161 Reseda Blvd Northridge
Summer Choir Meets July 8, 15, and 22 at 8 AM
During July join in the joy
of singing in the Summer
Choir. This is open to eve-
ryone who likes to sing.
GIVE IT A TRY!!! Just
come to the Sanctuary on
Sunday morning at 8 AM
to learn an easy introit and
anthem and sing in the wor-
ship service. NO midweek rehearsal. NO long-term
commitment. Join us!
Members Exchange Thoughts The Book Club will meet on Monday,
July 23, at 7 PM, at the home of Nancy
Taylor. We will discuss Here if You Need
Me by Kate Braestrup. Please call the church office if
you would like to join us. The selection for August will
be Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson.
Dessert Bridge
Saturday, July 14 at 6 PM
In Fellowship Hall
Sign up at Coffee Hour or in the Church Office.
For fellowship & fine dining
Wednesday, August 1 @ 6 PM. in Fellowship Hall
Free-will Offering Suggested donation - $6
Great Food, Great Fellowship Sign up after church or call the church office.
August 1
Soul Food
Café
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Regularly Scheduled Meetings
Tuesdays:
Cracker Barrel 10:00 AM Library Sr. Exercise Class 10:45 AM Fellowship Hall Worship Band Rehearsal 7:30 PM Sanctuary
Wednesdays:
Devotional Group 6:30 AM Library Maintenance Volunteers 8:30 AM Church Office WORMS 9:30 AM Kendall Building
Thursdays:
Rev. Steve’s Bible Study 10:00 AM Library On summer break until September
Chancel Choir 7:30 PM Sanctuary On summer break beginning July 5
Summer Choir meets at 8 AM beginning July 8
Bible Study 2nd & 4th Thursdays Singles, couples, teens 7-10 PM Room 5/6 Young Adult Movie Night 7:00 PM YAC
Fridays:
Cracker Barrel 10:00 AM Library T’ai Chi Class 10:00 AM Fellowship Hall
Sundays:
Adult Study 8:00 AM Library Chancel Choir 8:00 AM Sanctuary Sunday School & Nursery 9:00 AM Library Youth Choir 10-11 AM Fireside Room
On summer break
Cherub Choir 10:15 AM Room 5/6 On summer break
Sunday School & Nursery 11:00 AM Ed. Bldg. Preschool to Kindergarten in Nursery Grades 1 to 5 in Room 5/6 Youth (Grades 6-12) in Room 4
MYF 4 to 6 PM YAC Beginning July 8 MYF will meet from 11:15 AM to 1 PM in the YAC
Worship Services @ 9 & 11 AM Exception:
One Service at 10:30 AM on July 29
Childcare available at all services.
United Methodist Women
Contact Person
UMW Pat Small
Prayer Chain Dorine Collins & Ruth Sanders
Hearts & Hands Betty Kinzy
WEEKLY:
Mondays at 9 AM Arts & Crafts Phyllis Nelson
MONTHLY:
July 2012 ACTIVITIES
On summer break Executive Board Kendall Building
On summer break Noon Fellowship Dorine Collins
24 Tuesday at 10 AM Bluejays Bridge Pearl Adams
Ongoing Community Groups
Sundays: Narcotics Anonymous at 7 PM in Fireside Room
Mondays: AA (Women) at 6 PM in Fireside Room
Tuesdays: Alanon at 10 AM & AA Book Study at 8 PM in Fireside Room
Thursdays: AA at 7 PM in Fireside Room
Fridays: Alanon at 12:30 PM in Fireside Room
Boy Scouts - Troop 911: Tuesdays at 7 PM in Fellowship Hall
Call John Orlick at 818-886-6229
Cub Scouts - Call Gary Kuykendall at 818-426-8195
Girl Scouts - Call Tandy Wilson at 818-886-9376
All age levels, various days.
Newsletter Articles Are Due Articles for the next newsletter, dated July 18, 2012, should be submitted before 4 PM, Tuesday, July 10. Please send pictures, articles and/or information to:
announcements@northridgeumc.org.
Remaining July Events
July 7… All-Church Hike to Wildwood Park in Moorpark Carpool from the church parking lot at 8:30 AM
Memorial Service for Muriel Dahl @ Noon in the Sanctuary Reception following in Fellowship Hall
July 8… Family Ministries Meeting @ Noon in the Kendall Building
Jazz Vespers @ 6 PM in the Sanctuary
July 9 to 14… Mission Work Week @ North Valley Caring Services Monday to Saturday, from 8 AM to 5 PM
Eat Out Mondays @ Maria’s Italian Kitchen from 11:30 AM to 9 PM
Church and Society Meeting @ 7 PM in the Kendall Building
July 10… Membership Committee Meeting @ 9 AM in the Kendall Building
Celebration Team Meeting @ 6 PM in the Library
July 12… Friends of Music @ 7 PM in the Library
July 14… Dessert Bridge @ 6 PM in Fellowship Hall
July 15… Drive begins for School Supplies. Bin in Narthex on Sundays
July 16… Caring Ministries Meeting @ 11:30 AM in the Kendall Building
Lay Ministry Advisory Board Meeting at 12:30 PM in the Library
Long-Range Planning Committee @ 7 PM in the Library
July 17… Ministry Team @ 7 PM in the Library
July 21… Saturday Morning Breakfast @ 8 AM in Fellowship Hall
July 23 to 27… Vacation Bible School Monday to Friday, from 9 AM to 12 PM
July 23… Book Club @ 7 PM at the home of Nancy Taylor
Church and Society Movie @ 7 PM in the Kendall Building
Methodist Money Makers @ 7 PM in the Library
July 24… Finance Committee Meeting @ 5 PM in the Library
July 29… Vacation Bible School Sunday
One Service at 10:30 AM
July 31… Resource Meeting @ 7 PM In the Library
Early August Events
August 1… Soul Food Café @ 6 PM in Fellowship Hall
August 7… Ministry Team @ 7 PM in the Library
August 11… Dessert Bridge @ 6 PM in Fellowship Hall
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