Can you believe that it is already the New Year?! So many things are happening, and so quickly. Our church recently became a charter member of the Wesleyan Covenant Association so we will be networking with others in this conference and throughout the connection, watching closely the actions at...
This year New Year’s Day falls on Sunday and we will be experiencing once again the John Wesley Covenant Service of Recommitment. It is traditional for Methodists through the ages to recommit their lives to Jesus Christ at or near the start of a New Year. Since it begins on...
Please click on the link below to access the newsletter, The Source, for January 2017. The Source Newsletter Jan 2017
The church will be totally closed from Monday, December 26th (holiday) through Thursday, December 29th. There will be no meetings and the office will be closed. In an emergency, call Pastor Glen’s cell phone: 909-762-9211.
This year, Christmas Day falls on Sunday! Since it is such a special day, our worship service on Christmas Day will be a little different. First off, there will be no Sunday School during the service, so children are invited to join their families in worship. Second, we will form...
This year, our Christmas Eve service will be a service of Lessons and Carols. The children will be helping to reassemble the Nativity as we read the story leading up to Christ’s birth. Concluding the service will be the traditional candle lighting! The service will be at 6:00 PM in...
Our next “Messy Church” aka “Messy Caroling” this month, will be on Friday December 16th and because of the combining of these two events, we will now end at 9:00 PM instead of 8:00 PM. We will be bagging cookies and going caroling in the neighborhood. A meal will be...
Our preschool children will be presenting their annual “Christmas Sing” event on December 13th and 14th in the Sanctuary at 9:15 AM. All are invited to come and see and hear these delightful children sing both popular songs as well as a well-know hymn or two. What a great way...
Pastor Glen and Cyndy (and Nathan) Haworth invite you to an open house at their home (a.k.a. “The Parsonage”) on Sunday, December 11th. Come by anytime between 4pm and 7pm. Don’t bring anything, just yourselves and your holiday cheer! The Parsonage is located at 9662 Nightingale Ave., Fountain Valley. Call...
One of the most important books that I read in seminary was titled The Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder. In it Yoder dismisses the traditional view that Jesus was totally a-political, that He took no interest in, nor interacted with, political matters. Yoder, in contrast, says that Jesus...