BCUCC News for Sunday, August 11, 2019

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News and Upcoming Events

  • Saturday, August 10: Meet the Pastoral Candidate!  Stop by the church hall any time between 10am and noon to meet the pastoral candidate.

  • Sunday, August 11:  Worship at 10am. Our Pastoral Candidate will preach! Theme: “I Want to Be Ready”.  Scripture: Luke 12:32-40. Carol This will be performing, “Thankful,” during Our Rainbow of Creativity!            

  • August 11: Congregational Meeting right after worship.  The Pastor Search Committee will answer questions and members will vote on our next Pastor.  The candidate has requested we keep their identity and location confidential until the call is final and they have told their congregation.  Please honor this request.
  • Tuesday, August 13: Lunch Bunch, 11:45am at Coco’s at Imperial and State College. Just fellowship with church friends.  RSVP to Pastor Terry or Sharon Everly so we can save you a seat.

  • Thursday, August 15, 2-3 pm:  Bible Study in the church office. All are welcome.

  • Sunday, August 18: Please join us for a thank you and farewell reception for Pastor Terry LePage on Sunday, August 18.  The reception will be in the church hall immediately following the worship service.  Our theme is Garden Party!  If you have a potted plant (especially succulents and native plants) that you can bring for the day, we will decorate the hall with them.

  • Sunday, August 25:  Family Promise Shelter Training after worship. Cyndee Albertson, director of Family Promise, will present an orientation for our new shelter program.

  • Tuesday, August 27, 7pm: Jessica Cosley and Laura Weiss would like to invite you to attend a French horn and piano recital here at the church. They will be playing some of their favorite pieces from film and classical repertoire. No tickets needed but all donations will benefit the Academy of Music for the Blind, giving students with disabilities access to music education and helping to teach life skills. Hope to see you there! 
  • September 1-8:  Family Promise Shelter in Hall (4 families hosted)
                            Volunteers needed: see Ann Marshall or Carol This for signups.  We are excited to restart our homeless ministry with Family Promise! 

  • Sunday, September 15: Movie, 4 pm. “Happening: A Green Energy Revolution.”

  • Please welcome Daryl and Vic Callirgos to membership in BCC.  They joined last week.  They moved from Bennington, Vermont to Anaheim a little more than a year ago.  Vic works at a steel company as a project manager, and Daryl handles philanthropy for the sporting goods and clothes company Orvis.  Vic’s son Kevin, with family including granddaughter live in Santa Monica; Daryl’s son Kevin and family with three grandkids live in Santa Clarita.  Vic and Daryl had been very involved in their Vermont UCC church and in Global Missions.  They are frequently with grandkids or traveling, but when they’re not, you’ll see them at BCC!

  • Family Promise Shelter is seeking donations of desperately needed essentials:  $25 – $50 Target & Walmart gift cards (for back to school clothing and supplies, ASAP please!), feminine hygiene products, razors, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner.  Look for the decorated box in the church entry (coming soon…)  Thank you for your generosity!

  • Do you know someone in the city of Brea in danger of losing their home?  Officer Terri Hill is Brea’s Homeless Liaison.  She makes it her job to connect people to resources that can help them keep their homes.  Most OC cities now have homeless liaisons—check with your local police department if someone you know needs support.

Ongoing

  • Choir is returning! Enrich your body and soul with music and singing! Afraid of commitment or of trying something new? Don’t worry! Jessica is here to help you learn and grow at your own pace. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings at 7:30PM beginning August 29th. We also sing Sunday mornings with warmups beginning at 9AM. All are welcome! 

For our summer read, the BCUCC Theological Book Club chose a novel, The Overstory, by Richard Powers.  Inspired by the Redwood trees, Powers writes an impassioned work of activism and resistance that is, also, a stunning paean to the natural world.  There is a world alongside ours—vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us.  Come join the discussion Wednesday at 7pm on August 21st at the Hill household.