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P A S A D E N A C O V E N A N T C H U R C HOctober 2015

ommunity Dinner

ommunity Dinner

ommunity Dinner

We had a GREAT turn out for our last community dinner! Don’t miss out on our next one!

Our Community Dinner will be Tuesday, October 13th. Everyone is welcome! It’s a potluck

format, so bring something to share. We will gather in our beautiful Courtyard from 6-8pm,

with a come and go style we have always had.

2016 Pictorial Directory 2016 Pictorial Directory 2016 Pictorial Directory It’s that time again….Pictorial Directory! Each person or family who is a member or a regular

attendee is invited to participate in our 2016 Pictorial Directory! You should have received a

directory form by now. If you haven’t received a form and you wish to be included in the

directory, please contact Doreen in the main office at [email protected].

Please fill out the form and return to the main office or put it into the offering plate on a Sunday

morning.

W ELCOME NEWCOMERS!If you started coming to Pasadena Covenant within the past year and would like the opportunity

to meet staff and others from our congregation, and to ask questions about our faith community

in an informal setting, please join us for our Newcomers Lunch, Sunday, October 11th from

12:15 - 1:30pm at the Corner House (on the Northwest corner of Santa Barbara and Lake Ave.).

All family members are welcome! In order to plan for the food, your RSVP is greatly appreciated

to Marianne Hill, [email protected] or 626-798-2097. Please let us know if you

have any dietary restrictions, and also if you will be bringing pre-schoolers so that we can plan

food and activities for them.

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If you, or someone your connected with, would be interested in a conversation or gathering

about ‘membership’ with our faith community. Please email Tim Dally at

[email protected], Doreen in the office at [email protected], or let us

know on one of the ‘welcome’ cards in the pew. We would love to answer your questions and

encourage you on your journey.



Adult Bible Class: 9am Sundays (hosted by Couriers)

Come to the Couriers Bible Class, in the Fireside Room, at 9am to hear from our friend Rabbi

Stuart Dauermann continue his teaching through October. In November, our Bible course will

be taught by Dave Rinker, on the book of Deuteronomy. All are welcome; coffee and pastries

will be provided.

Sunday Morning Women’s Bible Study

The Bible Study meets at 9am in the Corner House. Childcare will be available. It will run for 8

weeks through a series, “To Know and Be Known”. We will be engaging passages of scripture and

several practices including contemplative and listening prayer. Please contact Lisa Thackwell at

[email protected] for more information.

Wednesday Evening Adult Small Group

This adult group is open to all for a meal, fellowship and growing in Christ. It meets at the home

of Wayne and Susan Aoki (1002 Dolores Dr., Altadena). Come after 6pm for dinner; the groupconversation is 7-8:30pm.

Upcoming Women’s Bible Study: Begins December 2nd

Kathy Waldner-Gourash will facilitate a group using a new video series from Priscilla Shirer

(Dec. 2, 9, 16, 30 2015 and January 6, 13, 20, 2016). Please contact Judy Pruitt

[email protected]. By November 19 if you are interested in signing-up.

Congregational Business Meeting: Sunday, October 25th

We will have a Congregational Business Meeting on Sunday, October 25, in the Sanctuary

following the worship service to vote on the Nominating Committee. Please pick up your

children from their classes before the meeting begins.



Sarah Circle will meet Tuesday, October20th, from 9:30 am - noon in Fireside. We

welcome all women to join us for service

projects, fellowship and refreshments.

For more info, contact Julie Maljian at (818)

790-5911.

The next meeting of the Men’s Book Club

will be on Thursday , October 8th, at 7pm at

the Corner House. We will discuss MARCH,

by Geraldine Brooks, which follows the path

of the missing father from Louisa May

Alcott’s LITTLE WOMEN to the trials and

moral dilemmas of the Civil War. For more

information, please contact Rich Doyle [email protected].

Pascov Play Club

Play Club is for any kids under 5 and parents

(moms or dads). We will meet on Thursday,

October 15th, from 9:30-11:30am at Tournament

Park in Pasadena (E. California Blvd, Pasadena)

For more info, contact Lisa at

[email protected].

Women’s Book Club

The Pasadena Women’s Book Club will meet

Tuesday, October 27th, from 7:30 - 9:00pm,

at the Corner House to discuss “Hundred-

foot Journey” by Richard C. Morais. There

are lots of copies in the public library systems

and a film too.

Newcomers and one-timers welcome. Come

check us out. For more information, please

contact Jennifer Mawhorter at

[email protected].

The next Urban Ministries Team meeting

will be on Monday, October 12th, at

6:45pm in the Santa Barbara Room. All

are welcome to join us!

For more information, contact Wayne Aoki

at [email protected].

The next Koinonia Prayer and Praise

potluck will be on Sunday, October 4th, at

6pm in the Corner House. Linda Barrett

will be our host. Please contact Linda

[email protected] to coordinate

your potluck item.

Trustee Meeting

Monday, October 1st

7pm in the Corner House



Budget Update for – October 7, 2015

We want to give you a month-end status for our income versus budget ytd.

As we are able to “keep up” during the summer, we can minimize the year-end push.

Thank you for your support of our ministries.

Offerings Rents Giving/Rents ytd = 418,575.14 175,452.00

Year-End Target = 625,000.00 209,600.00

Anticipated ytd = 480.510.72 163,908.31

Surplus/(Shortfall) ytd = (61,935.58) 11,533.69

If you’d like the convenience of giving through online banking, you’ll find assistance at

http://pasadenacovenant.org/resources/donate/ .

Various items have made their way to the main office as “lost”. It would be nice to have

them “found” by their owners. Items turned in include: Glasses, various types of clothing,

drink containers, phone, keys, accessories, etc. Call the main office at (626) 795-9381 or

email the office at [email protected].



Journey IN the Promised Land: God's Big Welcome

Sunday Mornings at 10:30 am

This year's theme for our Kids' programs is Journey IN the Promised Land: Jesus Welcomes Us. We will be

focusing on stories of God's surprisingly BIG welcome which extends to lots of unexpected people. In those

stories we find our own journey of hope following Jesus to the promised Kingdom.

Preschoolers: In October, preschoolers will review their Old Testament stories from last year's Journey to the

promised land—seeing how God's welcome is beginning to unfold. They will focus on Moses and the exodus.

Ideas for following up at home:

1. Early Israel was constantly on the move—sometimes involuntarily, sometimes voluntarily. Discuss the whole

idea of moving— what would you pack if you were going on a long trip? You might plan a short vacation for thefuture, talk about how you will prepare for your journey.

2. Build a pyramid out of legos and talk about the Israelites' lives as slaves in Egypt. How would they feel? Do

you think it was hard for them to see God was with them in such hard times?

3. In March we had a Passover meal together and talked about what each of the foods represented. This would

be a good time to review with some simple foods: chopped apple salad (haroset) represents the bricks and

mortar used to build the pyramids; parsley dipped in salt water represents the tears and sweat of the slaves as

well as the hope of new life, grape juice represents the sacrifice of the passover lamb. Remind kids that we

learned Jesus is our Passover lamb.

Gradeschoolers: In Logosland, gradeschoolers will begin studying the Beatitudes (Matt. 5). The Beatitudes arereally all about God's Big Welcome: they are a list of sometimes surprising, unexpected sorts of people who are

blessed to be welcomed into God's great kingdom. Through reading and studying the beatitudes, our prayer is

that kids will come to see how they, too, are included in God's Big Welcome.

Ideas for following up at home:

1. Discuss the whole idea of "welcoming". When have you felt welcome? When have you felt unwelcome?

What things make you feel welcome? How does God welcome us?

2. Involve your kids in cleaning or decorating your front door or walkway together to make it welcoming. Kids

might make a sign, wreath or welcome mat.

3. Invite someone to have dinner at your home. Discuss how you can make your guest feel welcome. Involve

kids in decorating the table to welcome your guest.

All ages: For both age groups, this might be a great time to talk about contemporary refugees. What is their

journey like? What is hard? Mark on a world map some of the places that are experiencing displacement now —

where are the refugees coming from? Talk about what people are doing to welcome refugees (especially Syrian

refugees right now). Learn about what your family can do at worldvision.org/Syria.



New Pre-

K/K Playroom An awesome team of volunteers has been hard at work all summer transforming an unused space into

a fun new play area for our PreK/K kids. Stop by the new playroom (on the 2nd floor of the preschool

bldg., down the hall from the main PreK/K classroom) after church to see the results of all their hard

work! Many thanks to Maureen Huang, Lisa Thackwell, Erika Fallin, Deb Hale, Brittany Burian, Jose

Luis Guardado, John Regret, and Doreen Rudder for making this fun new space a reality!

Logosland Jeopardy to review last year’s journey TO the promised land.

The Journey IN the promised land begins October 4th!

Candy Drive: Help Support CAN-DO Kids

Help support Can-Do Kids, one of our ministry partners. Can-Do is an after-school tutoring program

reaching at-risk kids that meets right here on our campus as well as other locations around Pasadena.

Help support them by bringing donations of bags of individually wrapped candy that can be used as

prizes at their fall Halloween carnival. Donations can be left in basket in the narthex (lobby).

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Sunday Mornings

TheStudy: Numbers, Sunday mornings, 9-10:11am (Student Room)

All Wednesdays: LifeGroups, 6:30-8pm (Student Room)

For more information about upcoming events, please contact our Pastor for Youth Ministries,

Dave Rinker, at [email protected] .

Mighty Memorizers Mighty Memorizers is a program to encourage kids to learn one memory verse per month, related to

their Sunday School lessons. At the end of the year we will honor our memorizers in a big

celebration. Our October memory verse is also this year's theme verse: Welcome one another, just as

Christ has welcomed you. –Rom. 15:7. Take time to discuss the verse as a family and what it means.

Challenge the whole family to learn this important message together. Kids can recite their verse to any

of their Sunday School group leaders any time throughout the month.

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Join the Urban Ministries Team!

Do you care about issues of peace and justice? Our UMT seeks to partner with our neighbors in

bringing healing & restoration to our community, and we are seeking 2-4 members to help discern

God's leading in two key areas:

• Homelessness: PasCov sponsors a bad weather shelter (BWS) for the homeless in Pasadena. We

are looking for someone to partner with team leader Wayne Walker to organize, recruit & equip our

enthusiastic volunteers. (Most of the responsibilities will be seasonal: Nov.-Feb).

• Madison elementary/food closet: PasCov has a great history of partnering with our local

elementary school to provide food and tutoring. As the program and needs of the community have

changed, we have taken a step back, with the food closet on hiatus, to discern how best to partner

with these neighbors moving forward. We are seeking 1-2 new team members to join us in this

process.

If you'd like to know more about the Urban Ministries Team and how you can join with us in

community with our neighbors, please contact Wayne Aoki or Vikki Randall.



Pasadena Covenant Church

539 North Lake Avenue

Pasadena California 91101-1217

Return Service Requested

1 Thursday

7:00pm Trustee Meeting 2 Friday

3 Saturday

4 Sunday

9:00am Classes

10:30am Worship Service

11:45am Hospitality

12:00pm Miriam Singers

6:00pm Koinonia Prayer and Praise potluck

5 Monday

6 Tuesday

9:30am Play Club

7 Wednesday

5:45pm Children’s Choir

6:30pm PCSM LifeGroup8 Thursday

7:00pm Men’s Book Club

9 Friday

10 Saturday

11 Sunday

9:00am Classes


11:45am Hospitality


12:15pm Newcomers Lunch

12 Monday

6:45pm Urban Ministries Meeting

7:00pm Cross-Cultural Ministry Meeting

25 Sunday

9:00am Classes10:30am Worship Service

11:45am Congregational Business Meeting

11:45am Hospitality


26 Monday

27 Tuesday

7:00pm Women’s Book Club

28 Wednesday


6:30pm PCSM LifeGroup

29 Thursday

30 Friday

31 Saturday

October 2015

13 Tuesday

6:00pm Community Dinner14 Wednesday



15 Thursday

9:30am Play Club

16 Friday

17 Saturday

18 Sunday

9:00am Classes


11:45am Hospitality


12:00pm UMT/Adult Formation Small

Group Planning Meeting19 Monday

20 Tuesday

9:30am Sarah Circle

21 Wednesday



22 Thursday

23 Friday

24 Saturday

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