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TRINITY VIEW JULY 2015

To the Saints who are in Los Osos, Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I wrote my farewell column for the June Forecast, (the newsletter of the

Lompoc First UMC), last month. Now it is time to write my first column for the View. What you are reading is about my fifth start. Goodbye columns are hard to write – because it is hard to say goodbye. I’ve found that “Hello” columns are even harder. It’s easy and exciting to say, “Hello,” and to meet new friends and build a new church family. My difficulty comes in having to do it in writing before we’ve shared a smile or a cup of coffee. I’m never sure quite how to begin. I want to know all about you and for you to know all about me, but it isn’t possible to even begin in a few column inches. Maybe I’ll risk just telling you some basic biographical information.

My lovely bride and I will celebrate our thirty-eighth anniversary this month. We have one grown daughter, Jennifer, who lives in Tucson Arizona. We have one furry feline daughter who was rescued a year ago. My three girls are the light of my life.

For thirty-four years I have served churches in the Pacific Southwest and California Pacific Annual Conferences. I’ve traversed the conference from a “two-point” charge in rural Arizona to a multi-ethnic church in Kaneohe, Hawaii... and it seems everything in between. This is also the second time I’ve followed Rich Bolin in an appointment, (although the last time there was another appointment in between us).

I could tell you about some of my hobbies, my enthusiasms, and my passions, but it seems so inadequate to type a dry list. Instead I look forward to sharing them with you while you teach me about your hobbies, your enthusiasms, and your passions. Rachel and I are looking forward to joining you in person.

See you in Church,

Trinity’s 2015 Income/Expense Report

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS from Pastor Mike Trinity members and friends, please turn out in good numbers for the July

general meeting of People of Faith for Justice on July 23, 2015 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be held at the SLO United Church of Christ, 11245 Los Osos Valley Road, SLO. Rev. Mike Eggleston and Rev. Rich Kurrash will lead a moderated discussion of “The Ecological Civilization: Report from Claremont.” Both Mike and Rich were among the almost 1500 people from 30 nations who attending the June 4-7 Conference entitled, “Seizing the Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization.” They learned much from world leaders on environmental issues, and have much to share.

A website on which to follow updates from that conference is pandopopolus.com, named after perhaps the largest and oldest living organism in the world, an aspen grove in Utah.

Pope Francis’ world-changing encyclical entitled “Laudato Si,” released on June 18, is available online with study guides. Trinity will have a four-week long study of this document in the Opal Room after worship during September.

In our own county, organizing is gaining momentum to Stop the Oil Trains. Phillips 66 is applying for permits to bring 2.5 million gallons of oil daily to their refinery at Arroyo Grande, on tracks which go through the cities of Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, Atascadero and Paso Robles. These trains originate from the tar sands of the Dakotas and Alberta, Canada. Five million Californians live in the oil train blast zone. The most current information is available from PROTECTSLO.ORG.

May YTD

Income $ 25,196 $ 114,222

Expense $ 22,223 $ 109,900

Net $ 2,973 $ 4,322

July Sermons July 5 - 6th Sunday after Pentecost

“Aloha, Shalom, and Well Met” Pastor Gilbert Stones

July 12 - 7th Sunday after Pentecost “A Dangerous Business”

Pastor Gilbert Stones July 19 - 8th Sunday after Pentecost

“Both And” Pastor Gilbert Stones

July 26 - 9th Sunday after Pentecost “From Little Acorns”

Pastor Gilbert Stones

Meet Pastor G This month we welcome Rev. Gilbert Stones as our new pastor at Trinity. Pastor G and his wife Rachel are relocating from Lompoc and look forward to meeting all of you in the coming weeks. Don’t forget to wear your name tags on Sunday mornings and to meetings. Pastor G wants to meet each of you personally and get to know you. Each Sunday there will be a sign up list in the Narthex for you to schedule a ‘Get to Know You’ meeting during the following week. As always, you are welcome to contact the office to request a meeting at any time.

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Dear Trinity family,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the Retirement Picnic, the generous gifts and the wonderful expressions of kindness and encouragement. Our five years together seems short, and yet they were filled with a lifetime of good memories. Please keep us in your prayers, as we will all of you. We will always treasure your friendship.

Rich and Kay Bolin

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Sign up today for Vacation Bible School. Children ages 5 through 12 are invited to attend this exciting week filled with fun activities and games. Dinner is served at 5:30 and the program begins at 6:00.

http://PROTECTSLO.ORG

http://PROTECTSLO.ORG

Electronic Recycle July 6 - 11

The Los Osos Rotary Club will be at Trinity UMC to collect your electronic waste during the first week in July. The Steve Auslender truck will be parked near the Fellowship Hall from July 6-10, and in the lower parking area on July 11. Drop off times are 5pm-7pm Monday thru Friday and 9am-1pm on Saturday.

July

7/1 Ron Dickey 7/2 Clayton Shong 7/11 Margaret Korisheli 7/13 Ian Kaser 7/16 Dan Belden 7/19 Bruce Hulin 7/22 Thelma Randolph 7/23 Bob Clover 7/25 Jennifer Segura 7/27 Jo Marshall 7/29 Donna Asire 7/30 Bruce Chan

SMC Sunday Morning Class

DATE USHERS GREETER LITURGIST SCRIPTURE FLOWERS

7/5 Susan McMickell Linda B.Donna

McSpaddenJora

LandisThe

Wacker’s

7/12Bill Fairbanks Terri Sidener Mary Dean

Cheryl Dove

Nancy Flanders

Charlotte Dietzel

7/19Donna

McSpadden Donna Asire

TBD Joe AsireElizabeth

CloverDorothy

Gray

7/26 Scott Danielson TBD Alta HallMary Dean TBD

TUMC Party Bridge Join the Fun

July 10th at 7:00pm

JULY BRIDGE will be Friday the 10th at 7 p.m. at Dick & Evelyn Kane’s, 640 Manzanita Drive, Los Osos. Those wanting to learn are welcome, as are those who just want to watch. At church bridge hospitality trumps expertise. We have pretty well perfected sandlot bridge! RSVP to the Kane’s 528-3990.

Music Notes Our Chancel Choir is a very welcoming organization. We especially love it when singers, whose schedules are usually too busy, choose to sing with us during the summer months.

We rehearse on Wednesday evenings, from 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. Consider yourself invited!

United Methodist Women Newcomers are always welcome!

UMW Board Meeting The UMW Executive Board meets on August 31 at 1:00 P.M. in the Social Hall.

Women of the Bible Circle Women of the Bible Circle will not meet in July or August.

Book Club June 18 - 2:00pm

The Book Club will not meet in July or August.

55 Plus Lunch and Program Next Meeting in September

These adult study classes are held each Sunday at 11:30am in the Opal Room. Childcare is provided.

Following our class last year on Jesus in Film, we will expand our view and see how the film industry has treated Biblically based films throughout the decades until now. In The Bible on Film we will look at various clips of many films, discuss the history and productions of those films and compare their themes to the Bible itself. This 8-week class, taught by Jeff Manildi, starts on Sunday, July 12th after morning worship in the Opal Room.

A CELEBRATION!

Friends and members of Trinity are invited to a hosted celebration to celebrate my walk across the United States 2009-2014. The event will be held at the South Bay Community Center, Saturday, July 18th, 4-11 p.m. dinner will be served at 6.

I have invited people I met while on my walk, members of my extended family, as well as a wide variety of people who encouraged and supported me. A number of the quilts Carole created while I was walking will be on display. Hope you can come.

If you can come, let us know. Bill and Carole Fairbanks. [email protected] or just phone 528-0572.

The Sacramento County Line Marker at the west end of the I Street Bridge over the Sacramento River, Sacramento, California.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS:

July 7 - Missions Committee - Pastor’s Office, 12:15pm July 9 - Trustees - Fellowship Hall, 7:00pm July 11 - Church Council - Fellowship Hall, 9:00am July 15 - VCC Advisory Committee - Opal Room, 5:45pm July 19 - Worship Committee - Pastor’s Office, 11:30am July 20 - TRINITY VIEW DEADLINE for August 2015 July 25 - Reconciling Ministries Committee - Upstairs, 10:00am

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEEKLY EVENTS:

SUNDAY Chancel Choir Practice Sundays at 9:15am Fellowship Hall Worship Service Sunday Mornings at 10:00am, Sanctuary Sunday Morning Class (SMC) - Adult Study Sunday Mornings at 11:30, Opal Room 12-Steps Couples Group - 1st & 3rd Sunday at 4:00pm Opal Room

MONDAY Literacy Council Mondays at 6:30pm Classrooms

ANIMATE: Bible - Monday at 5:30pm Manildi Home

Cub Scouts - 1st & 2nd Monday at 6:00pm Fellowship Hall

TUESDAY Tuesday Work Crew Tuesdays at 8:30am Opal Room check in Cub Scouts - 1st & 2nd Tuesday at 6:00pm Opal Room

WEDNESDAY STAFF MEETING Wednesday mornings Pastor’s Office, 9:30am Caring Ministry Prayer Service - Wednesdays at 11:00am Fellowship Hall 4H - 2nd Wednesday at 5:30pm, Opal Room Alcoholics Anonymous - Wednesdays at 7:00pm Fellowship Hall Chancel Choir Practice Wednesdays at 7:30pm Sanctuary

THURSDAY Cub Scouts - Thursdays at 6:00pm Opal Room Literacy Council Thursdays at 6:30pm Classrooms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SPECIAL EVENTS: July 1- Hymn Singing - 9:30am, 1st Wednesday of the month July 2 - CCHE Potluck - 6:30pm, Fellowship Hall July 6-11 - Electronic Recycle - 5-7, M-F & 9-12 Sat Parking Lot July 10 - UMCOR Sewing Project 9:00am, Fellowship Hall

July 10 - TUMC Party Bridge - 7:00pm, Dick & Evelyn Kane's Home June 13-17 - Vacation Bible School - 5:30pm, S/FH/K July 23- People’s Kitchen - 12:00noon, Prado Day Center, SLO

Church Email: [email protected] Pastor’s Email: [email protected]

Website: www.trinitylososos.org

T U M C EVENTS

Trinity U.M.C. Staff: Bishop:Rev. Minerva G. Carcaño District Superintendent: Rev. James R. Powell Pastor: Gilbert Stones Lay Leader: Dick Kane Pastor of Environmental Ministries: Mike EgglestonDir. of Discipleship: Jeff Manildi Admin Asst: MaryAnn Jakes Praise Band Director: Marian Kaser Music Director/Organist: Barbara Hoff V.C.C. Director: Valerie Voglin Trinity Ringers Director: Ev Whitbeck

July Gatherings: Youth Group does not meet in July

Youth gatherings begin in the kitchen for a common meal and then head upstairs for the remainder of our gathering. Youth Sunday School is held on the first four Sundays of each month.

THIS & THAT Name Tags - Wear your name tag on Sunday. If you do not have a name tag, please request one on the communication card in the Sunday bulletin. Be sure to print your first and last name clearly.

Flowers - The flowers in the sanctuary each Sunday are donated by members of the congregation. A sign up sheet is available in the Fellowship Hall for your convenience.

Greeters - Welcome old friends and new visitors as a greeter on any Sunday. No experience needed. Sign up in the Fellowship Hall.

Ushers - Ushers are needed each Sunday to help during the worship service. Training provided. Contact Susan McMickell for more information.

http://www.trinitylososos.org

http://www.trinitylososos.org

July 2015Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

289:15 AM FH-Chancel Choir Rehearsal10:00 AM S-Worship Ser-vice11:30 AM OR-Church & So-ciety Committee11:30 AM Sunday Morning Class6:00 PM Youth Fellowship

295:30 PM Animate: Bible6:30 PM Literacy Council

309:00 AM OR-Tuesday Crew

19:30 AM PO-Staff Meeting9:30 AM Hymn Singing at Bayside & Casa de Flores11:00 AM PO-Service of Morning Prayer7:00 PM FH-Alcoholics Anonymous7:30 PM S-Chancel Choir Rehearsal

26:30 PM Literacy Council6:30 PM FH-CCHE Potluck

3Independence Day (observed)

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59:15 AM FH-Chancel Choir Rehearsal10:00 AM S-Worship Ser-vice4:00 PM OR-12 Step Cou-ples Group -

65:00 PM Rotary Electronic Recycle5:30 PM Animate: Bible6:30 PM Literacy Council

79:00 AM OR-Tuesday Crew12:15 PM PO-Missions Committee5:00 PM Rotary Electronic Recycle6:00 PM OR- Cub Scouts

89:30 AM PO-Staff Meeting11:00 AM PO-Service of Morning Prayer5:00 PM Rotary Electronic Recycle5:30 PM OR-4H7:00 PM FH-Alcoholics Anonymous7:30 PM S-Chancel Choir Rehearsal

95:00 PM Rotary Electronic Recycle6:30 PM Literacy Council7:00 PM FH-Trustees

109:00 AM FH-UMCOR Sewing5:00 PM Rotary Electronic Recycle7:00 PM TUMC Party Bridge

119:00 AM Church Council9:00 AM Rotary Electronic Recycle

129:15 AM FH-Chancel Choir Rehearsal10:00 AM S-Worship Ser-vice11:30 AM Sunday Morning Class

13Update hour…sheet by 3pm

5:30 PM Animate: Bible5:30 PM VBS6:00 PM OR-Cub Scouts6:30 PM Literacy Council

149:00 AM OR-Tuesday Crew5:30 PM VBS6:00 PM OR- Cub Scouts

159:30 AM PO-Staff Meeting11:00 AM PO-Service of Morning Prayer5:30 PM VBS5:45 PM FH-VCC Advisory Committee7:00 PM FH-Alcoholics Anonymous7:30 PM S-Chancel Choir Rehearsal

165:30 PM VBS6:30 PM Literacy Council

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199:15 AM FH-Chancel Choir Rehearsal10:00 AM S-Worship Ser-vice11:30 AM Sunday Morning Class11:30 AM PO-Worship Committee4:00 PM OR-12 Step Cou-ples Group -

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229:30 AM PO-Staff Meeting11:00 AM PO-Service of Morning Prayer5:45 PM FH-VCC Advisory Committee7:00 PM FH-Alcoholics Anonymous7:30 PM S-Chancel Choir Rehearsal

2312:00 PM People's Kitchen6:30 PM Literacy Council

24 2510:00 AM Reconciling Min-istries Committee3:00 PM Danielle McNama-ra Concert

269:15 AM FH-Chancel Choir Rehearsal10:00 AM S-Worship Ser-vice11:30 AM Sunday Morning Class6:00 PM Youth Fellowship




9:30 AM PO-Staff Meeting11:00 AM PO-Service of Morning Prayer7:00 PM FH-Alcoholics Anonymous7:30 PM S-Chancel Choir Rehearsal

306:30 PM Literacy Council

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