Woodside Village Church News

www.wvchurch.org August 14, 2015

Next week's church schedule:

Sunday - 16 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.

Worship + Sunday School Greeters Informational Gathering

Monday - 17 7:00 p.m. Bible Study - Grace

Tuesday - 18 10:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

Leadership Spiritual Support Group Bible Study – Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

Thursday – 20 6:00 p.m. Wedding Rehearsal Chapel – Rivera/Smith

Friday - 21 4:00 p.m. Wedding Chapel - Rivera/Smith

Sunday – 23 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.

Worship + Sunday School Spiritual Growth and Education

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PRAYERS OF CONCERN AND COMFORT

MEMBERS

Natalie Friend – increased mobility; Eric, Jack & Luke Pedersen – resilient health and an excellent team of health care professionals to help them achieve it; Denise Haley – prayer for a new home and continued recovery

from knee surgery; Kristy Rice - for relief from seizures and peace and refreshment for her body.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS

Ginger Hugon - (friend of Sue Alvarez) for healing and strength for cancer and serious heart problems; Dave

Hyman - to find peace and strength in dealing with on-going health issues; C.J. Mammarello – (family member

of Sue Alvarez) healing from lupus; Mike Mickelson – healing for fractured femur; Scott Mickelson –

treatment and healing for cancer; Esther Stone - (mother of our past choir director, Mark Adams) on the

passing of her husband Bob Stone, may she find comfort and strength in family and friends; Francie Stoutamire

- (cousin of Don Pugh) guidance for treatment and healing from ovarian cancer which has metastasized to other

organs; Tom - (friend of Erika Crowley) healing from cancer; Tyler Yamagishi – (12-year-old friend of Sharon

Aissa) healing from cancer.

WVC LEADERSHIP

The Woodside Village Church leadership, that they may discern God’s will.

Please check the names on the prayer list. After one month they will automatically be removed and, if need be, replaced at your request.

PLEASE NOTE: The Church Council will be meeting on

Sunday August 30th at 11:30 a.m.

Pastor Ama’s sermon this Sunday is entitled Ministry or Administration?. The scripture verses she

is using are as follows:

Corinthians 3: 1-6

Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you

or from you?

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts,

known and read by everyone.

You show that you are a letter from Christ,

the result of our ministry,

written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,

not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Such confidence we have through Christ before God.

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves,

but our competence comes from God.

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—

not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Luke 4: 14-21.

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him

spread through the whole countryside. He was teaching in their

synagogues, and everyone praised him. He went to Nazareth, where he

had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the

synagogue, as was his custom.

He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to

him.

Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

The Spirit of the Lord is on me,

because he has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners

and recovery of sight for the blind,

to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat

down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.

He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your

hearing.”

Hello,

Library Renovation Update

The project manager for the library renovation came by last week to introduce himself

and his company, Nova Partners, Inc. His name is Marc Slocum and he let me know that the work will start on Monday, August 24th. That will be the date that the library

parking lot will be fenced off for the duration of the project. Just something to keep in mind when you come to church.

If you, or someone you know, has a pastoral need,

please call Rev. Dorothy Straks at 510-552-4641.

Dorothy is an ordained clergy with the United Methodist Church.

She will be covering Congregational Care

during the interim period.

HURRY, TICKETS ARE SELLING OUT FAST!

Just a reminder that this Saturday, 8/15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

is a joint clean-up/work day with Woodside Parents Nursery

School. If you have some time to give that day come and

help spruce up the campus and meet some of the nursery

school families. Meeting members of our church might open

up a mutual bond between the church and school

communities. So put on your work clothes and help out.

Have a great week and see you in church!

Pastor Ama, Rev. Dorothy and Nancy

Woodside Village Church

Celebrates God's love in worship and music, Proclaims the Gospel in word and deed,

Reaches out to meet the needs of our members, our community and our world.

Congregational Meeting

There will be a Congregational Meeting on September 13, 2015.

At this meeting a list of large and small projects will be presented.

In addition, there will be a session on how we fund the projects.

Stay tuned to your newsletter for more information.

Will you help welcome visitors and friends to our

church? Become a Greeter!

Join Jennifer and Pastor Ama for a Greeters

Gathering in the chapel this Sunday at 11:15 a.m.

Pastor Ama will be away next week (8/17 – 8/21).

She will return on Sunday 8/23.