Hollywood United Methodist

July 1, 2009

Find out what's happening this week at HUMC!

CROSSFLIX SERMON SERIES: starting this Sunday with “The Soloist”. Plan on spending your Sunday mornings with us as we take a spiritual journey together through the human (and robot) experience in the following films; ”Sunshine Cleaning” (July 12th), ”The Visitor” (July 19th), ”Milk” (July 26th), ”Gran Torino” (August 2nd), ”Rachel Getting Married” (August 9th), ”To Kill A Mockingbird” (August 16th), ”The Matrix” (August 23rd), ”Wall-E” (August 30th) and ”Saved!” (September 6th). Save the dates and bring a friend!

VACATION: Rev. Kathy will be on vacation June 21-July 4th, and Rev. Dave and Becky will be on vacation June 25-July 5.

OFFICE CLOSED: Monday, July 6th in observance of the 4th of July Holiday.

BOOKIES BOOK CLUB:Bookies will be taking the month of July off. Please join us for our next meeting, August 28th at 7:30 pm. We will be discussing “Curse of the Spellmans” by Lisa Lutz. ‘Publishers Weekly’ says: “The quirky Spellman family is fun, and Graynor's sardonic and sly delivery doesn't attempt to upstage the writing.”

CSW PARADE: You can watch the entire parade streamed from the La Pride website (we appear at the 2:40:50 mark, where we are talked about as the recipients of the Berman-Schaffer award!) and relive the wonderful experience of Pride here in LA!

HUMC 100: As part of our Centennial Celebration, we are collecting stories of what brought you to Hollywood United Methodist Church. Click on HUMC 100 on the homepage and tell us your story!

The many wonders of Worship at HUMC!

SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE: At 11 am Jay Sowell will give a sermon entitled, The Power of Love, based on the first of our Crossflix films "The Soloist".

SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER: Because of summer vacations, and the need to give a break to our wonderful volunteer Sunday School staff, there will be no Tiny Tots or PowerXpress Sunday School during the months of July and August. There will, however, be Nursery Care available for children through 4 years old. The first Sundays of July, August, and September will offer "Children's Church" for K-3rd grade in the Chapel, but for all other Sundays, children kindergarten and older will be invited to stay in the service. Coloring books and crayons will be made available in the Narthex. The Sundays of September will be designated for our kids to complete their contribution to the HUMC Centennial Celebration on September 27th. Our regular Sunday School schedule will resume in October.

JESUS CREED – by Scot McKnight: Sunday morning Growth Group study, at 9:45 am in Grant Hall. For more information, email Jay Sowell.

''JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIBLE'' CLASS: This class, led by Barbara Sloan and Brenda Mattox, meets Sundays at 9:45 am in the Parlor. Visitors are welcome.

A FULL PARKING LOT: ADDITIONAL PARKING is available at the Hollywood Bowl / Milner Rd lot for free, as well as at the Hollywood/ Highland complex for $2.00 with a validation stamp from the Welcome Table. Thank you for helping us continue to grow!!!

See what events are 'on the horizon' here at HUMC!

CHURCH PICNIC AND MOVIE NIGHT: Join us on Sunday July 12th at 6:30pm for dinner and a movie, while we enjoy each other's company and watch "Wall-E" in the courtyard. We will provide Hamburgers and hot dogs and ask that you help us with providing side dishes, snacks and drinks. Please email Laura Hovermale to RSVP with what you will be bringing!

PATHCOOKS: On Sunday, July 19th, help prepare and serve dinner to the residents of the PATH Transitional Housing Shelter in Hollywood. Meet in the HUMC main kitchen after the service, at about 1:00 pm to cook. For more information, or to sign up, visit the Welcome Table or email Laura Hovermale.

AIDSWALK 2009: registration for AIDSwalk is OPEN and the walk will take place Sunday, October 18th! We will once again this year have an HUMC team in the walk, we are registered as ‘The Heart of Hollywood’ (team number 5436). When you register, be sure to join our team and start your fundaraising! For more information about joining us for AIDS walk this year please email Angela Garber.

What would Jesus do? What would YOU do?! We have many ways to serve here at HUMC, see some of our ministry opportunities below.

A FUN SUMMER MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY: HOLLYWOOD BOWL PARKING: Yes, it is that time of year again. Many volunteers are needed for various shifts. Dig out your calendars and schedule your shift in our parking lot. If each one of our regular attendees could take one 3 hour shift this summer, the entire season would be covered. Please see how you can help with our largest fundraiser of the year! Meet new people! Get some fresh air! Help HUMC and the greater Los Angeles community! Visit the Welcome Table to sign up!!! For more information, email Laura Hovermale.

HOUSE-BUILDING MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY: On Saturday, July 11th, we are partnering with Habitat for Humanity to build a home in South Los Angeles. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up at the Welcome Table, or email Jay Sowell.

WEEK LONG MISSION TRIP TO WAVELAND, MISSISSIPPI to continue rebuilding homes and lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Mission trip runs from September 19th - 26th. We fly in and out of New Orleans, and stay at the historic Gulfside Assembly United Methodist retreat center. For more information, or to sign up as a participant, please email Mark Stephenson.

Join the Beloved Community at HUMC for these fun fellowship opportunities.

reboot is a space where you are invited to pray, sing, think, share and create. Everything we do at reboot is designed to bring us to a place where we don’t so much seek after God, but learn to wait, expect and discover that God is already in our midst. JOIN US ON JULY 14TH AND AUGUST 11TH at 7:30 pm in the Chapel at HUMC.

JULY: SUMMER FUN AT UNION RESCUE MISSION. Spend an afternoon of games, crafts, and fellowship with the children from Union Rescue Mission. If you are interested in this ministry please email Becky Stambaugh.

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DAY- Sunday, September 27: Save the date and plan to be here for the biggest 100th Birthday Party - for us - HUMC!! Joining us on this momentous occasion is Bishop Mary Ann Swenson, helping us mark 100 years in Hollywood and see us off to another 100! See Rev. Kathy if you want to assist in this great day!

Learn more about our Children & Parent ministries below.

INFANT CARE: Available in our nursery with our bonded caregiver. Sundays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.

SUNDAY SCHOOL: For the months of July and August Sunday school will be closed. For information about Sunday School, please email Becky Stambaugh.

PARENT'S NIGHT OUT: Childcare co-op, on select Saturdays from 5:30 - 9:30 pm. For more info, email Becky Stambaugh.

ANGEL AND CHERUB CHOIRS are ON HIATUS UNTIL FALL. For more information, email Becky Stambaugh.

UMYF will be ON HIATUS UNTIL FALL. For more information, please contact email Becky Stambaugh.

Here are some things you might want to know!

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS: Starting on Tuesday, July 7 (the office will be closed on Monday, July 6 in observance of Fourth of July), the HUMC summer office hours for July and August will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday - Friday. Although office personnel will continue to work their regularly scheduled hours, the 3 p.m. closing will allow the staff to have uninterrupted office hours later in the afternoon to work on projects and deadlines, have quiet, focused work time, as well as enable them to have a designated time for meetings that won't coincide with the "busy" hours of the day generally in the mornings and early afternoons.

NO FELLOWSHIP DINNER: Our Thursday Evening Fellowship dinners are on hiatus for the summer, along with UMYF and the Angel & Cherub Choir rehearsals. If you are coming for Adult Choir rehearsal, don’t forget to grab a bite to eat before you get here.

HUMC ON FACEBOOK: Stay up to date with our events, post photos, write us a comment and connect with your fellow HUMC family members all in one place. All you need is to sign up for a facebook account and follow the link to join the HUMC group! Join us now!

FUNDS NEEDED FOR THE HOMELESS MINISTRY: Every Tuesday, the Homeless Ministry provides over 120 lunches and fresh clothing to needy people in our area. The program needs more funding in order to continue. Please consider if you are able to donate to this important ministry.

GIVING IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE: You can now make online donations to HUMC through our PAYPAL account! Please visit our Giving page to see what you can do to assist us in building the Kingdom here in Hollywood.

LISTEN TO THE SERMONS ONLINE: Missed a Sunday? Don't worry -- AUDIO & TEXT files of all the sermons are on the website.

EMAIL PRAYER LIST: Do you have a prayer request that you would like to share with the church? Would you like to know how to pray for people throughout the week? Then join the Email Prayer List. To be added to the list, please email Rae Sowell.

SHOP AT RALPHS AND EARN MONEY FOR THE CHURCH: HUMC is registered with Ralphs to receive a percentage of every grocery purchase you make! Simply go to the Community Contribution Program page on the Ralphs website and click on "participants". Register your Club Card with HUMC (#84929) by following the easy online directions. Many thanks to all those who have signed up so far!

SHOP THE HUMC BOOKSTORE: Browse the hand-picked selection of books on Christian Spirituality, Social Justice, ''Bookies'' Book Club favorites, Growth Groups and everything else that Amazon sells. A portion of all sales through our bookstore are donated back to the church! VISIT THE BOOKSTORE HERE.