Newsletter - April 2015

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

You’re Invited!

Easter Sunday

April 5th

Worship Services:

9:00am & 10:30am

Special Children’s program during both services

Stations of

the Cross

Now through April 5th, Monday -

Friday, 5pm 8pm, Sunday 9am-2pm,

the Gathering Place will be open to

view the Stations of the Cross. Several

artists within our community, of all

ages, created these artistic expressions

of the traditional stations.

Good Friday Service Join us on April 3rd at 7:00pm

for our Good Friday Worship Service, in the sanctuary

April 23rd-24th

Pasadena Covenant Church will host the

the Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC)!

This is a great opportunity for our congregation to get a bigger view of what God is doing around the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) in the PSWC.

There are several ways to join in this celebration: Volunteer - to help check-in at registration, be a parking attendant, bake cookies, help with root-beer floats, hospitality, and more. Thursday Worship at 7pm - Come hear Paul Wilson preach and then stay for a Wayne-a-thon celebration for his retirement. Friday - Spanglish Worship Service (held at Lake Ave) with a taco blowout party to follow.

Pick-up a brochure at the back of the church! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Doreen [email protected].

Ushers and Greeters Needed for Sunday Mornings This is an easy way to get started in serving. It’s also an easy way to get to know people who

attend Pasadena Covenant Church. We need folks to greet other folks on Sunday morning and

sometimes give directions or information, if needed (that info will be provided). We also need

ushers to hand out Sunday morning bulletins, take attendance and pass the offering plates. If you

can help, please contact Joe Thomas at [email protected].

Everyone: Come to Bunco Night! You are invited to join Koinonia for a potluck dinner and a fun Bunco night on Saturday,

April 18th, 5:30 to 9pm in Fellowship Hall. There will be food, prizes, connection and fun.

All that is needed is the ability to throw dice and laugh. Please RSVP to Judy Pruitt

([email protected]) to coordinate your potluck item.

Adult Spiritual Formation Elective Continues Randy Hill and Anita Sorenson will be co-leading our new Sunday morning adult spiritual

formation elective, "For the Life of the World: Letters to the Exiles", beginning Sunday,

March 1st, at 9am, in the Corner House. In seven weekly 20-minute-ish film episodes, you’ll

learn how our lives lived on earth matter in God’s plan for the world. We will watch the film

clips & have conversations about faith and culture. We will explore how God’s purposes are

woven into every area of our lives!

Adult Bible Class: 9am Sundays Come to the Adult Bible Study Class at 9am Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room, hosted

by the Couriers.

Rummage Sale: April 18th

PCSM will have a rummage sale10am-5pm, in the youth sanctuary to raise funds for the high

school CHIC conference. For more information, contact Dave Rinker

[email protected].

Sarah Circle will meet on Tuesday, April 21st, 9:30am - noon in Fireside. We welcome all women to join us for service projects, fellowship and refreshments. All women are welcome. We have a rolling start so come when you can.

For more information, contact Julie Maljian at (818) 790-5911.

Women’s Book Club The Women’s Book Club meets Tuesday, April 28th, from 7:30-9:00pm in the Corner House. “Crossing to Safety” by Wallace Stegner. Newcomers and one-timers are always welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Mawhorter at [email protected].

The Urban Ministries Team will not meet

at the normal Monday evening time. See

below for joint meeting with the Cross-

Cultural Ministry Team.

The Men's Book Club will meet on

Thursday, April 9th, 7pm at the Corner

House to discuss "THE DOG STARS," by

Peter Heller, a post-apocalypse survival story

about finding meaning in life after a

devastating flu pandemic. For more

information, please contact Rich Doyle at

[email protected].

The next Koinonia Prayer and Praise

potluck will be on Sunday, April 12th at

6pm at the home of Art and Dorothy Patzia.

Art will grill hot dogs and picnic in the back

yard. Plan to bring a lawn chair and sweater/

jacket. Contact Judy Pruitt for the link to

sign up for your potluck item at

[email protected].

Community DinnerCommunity DinnerCommunity Dinner

The Community Dinner has been canceled

for April.

Cross-Cultural Ministry Team &

Urban Ministries Team joint

Potluck Meeting

On Sunday, April 19th, the Cross-Cultural Ministry team and Urban Ministry team will meet together for a potluck lunch and for a special time of connecting and praying together. For more information about location and to co-ordinate your pot luck item, please contact Wayne or Susan Aoki at [email protected].

Easter Offering for 2015 to help Karen prepare for service overseas

Karen Prater is a member of Pasadena Covenant Church who is preparing to move to the NE Asia region in October of this year. Her first year will be focused on language acquisition and adapting to the new culture and community while learning in depth about the organization she will be joining.

Karen will be a member of a team for a non-profit, which has been serving in the region since 2008 providing rural clinics, childcare facilities, and orphan support through the distribution of food and shoes (which they manufacture inside the country).

The latest project has been focused on medical care for spine patients and also for cerebral palsy therapy. In partnership with the

most prestigious medical school in the capital city, they established the country’s first ever Spine Rehabilitation Center (SRC). Construction of the 5-story building began in 2013, and when completed, it will serve to train doctors for spine care and treatment, for housing and treatment of cerebral palsy children, and for medical research and education. Currently they are finishing up the development of a 2-year graduate program for both the spine and cerebral palsy therapy programs, which is also the first professional training course. They will also publish contextualized textbooks for the medical school students to suggest proper standards and modeling medicine in the country. Upon graduation, the trainees will be sent throughout the country to care for patients who are suffering.

The organization plans to introduce advanced medical sciences and medical care to the country. And by various clinical trials and research, they hope to publish research reports to the international medical community, and hopes to hold medical symposiums in collaboration with other countries, becoming a steppingstone for global networking.

Praises: Pasadena Covenant Church for their amazing support! God’s faithful guidance and leading that has led Karen to the team she is joining Donation of a car from church member and friend, which was so needed & much appreciated!

Prayer Requests: Construction of the SRC, for wisdom and guidance for discussions with the nationals to address

issues and to solve problems * Funds to finish the building That family members and children receiving C.P. treatments feel the love of our Father For team members in the country – electricity is scarce and the housing has very little heat Karen’s support to be 100% funded by September A good, Korean caretaker for Karen’s 87-year old mother Karen’s overall health For all of the logistical details involved with moving overseas

Cross Cultural Ministry Funds Available Are you or a family member interested in expanding your vision and participation in God’s work around the world this year? Are you or a family member planning to attend the Urbana Student Mission Conference sponsored by InterVarsity December 27-31, 2015 in St. Louis? If you answer yes to either question, the Cross Cultural Ministry Team would like to help. We have set aside funds for individuals interested in a short term mission project. We have also set aside money for those interested in attending Urbana. Here is the grant application process.

Process for Short Term Project

#1 Contact Steve Stuckey ([email protected]) or Paul Fletcher ([email protected]) immediately to get a copy of the two page application.

#2 Complete the application and mail it to Paul Fletcher by May 1, 2015.

#3 The Cross Cultural Ministry team will process all applications and respond by May 31. (note: Full time missionaries supported by the church will also participate in a similar grant process but with a different deadline.)

Process for Urbana 15

#1 Register for the Urbana Conference at www.urbana.org before June 30 (Price increases July 1)

#2 Contact Steve Stuckey ([email protected]) by June 30 to be considered for a grant.

Thank you for supporting the Bad Weather Shelter The 2014-2015 Bad Weather Shelter (BWS) season began November 28, 2014 and ended March 2, 2015. It was weather activated (either rain was expected or the temperature was dropping to 40°) and was opened 24 nights. During those 24 days, a total of 1,593 beds were filled. There were 225 men and 94 women; some individuals came only once, while others came many nights. Unfortunately, this year we were not able to house families in our gym, but they were directed to other facilities. Of the 24 days the BWS was open, our church hosted 3 of those days, including the Christmas Eve at the Shelter, in which a large part of our congregation participated.

The Urban Ministries Team thanks each person who served or helped with the Christmas Eve at the Shelter, served on one other two Wednesdays, signed up to serve for one of the Wednesday but did not get an opportunity to serve, or was available to be “on-call” when the BWS was weather activated and help was needed. Being willing to serve or actually serving were both necessary to help the BWS ministry function for this past season. Again, thank you for your support of this important ministry.

And a special thanks to Andy Waldner-Gourash and Wayne Walker, who are willing to head up the BWS ministry and put so much time and effort to organize, inform, serve and update us all.

-Your Urban Ministry Team.

mailto:[email protected]


http://www.urbana.org


Budget Update for – March 25, 2015 We want to give you a first quarter status for our income versus budget ytd. As we “keep up” during the year, we can minimize the December push. Thank you for your support of our ministries. Offerings Rents Giving/Rents ytd = 138,434.93 50,350.30 Year-End Target = 625,000.00 209,600.00 Anticipated ytd = 146,169.35 46,212.92 Surplus/(Shortfall) ytd = (7,734.42) 4,137.38 If you’d like the convenience of giving through on-line banking, you’ll find assistance at http://pasadenacovenant.org/resources/donate/

Another way to support Pasadena Covenant Church

If you shop at Vons or Pavilions, Fresh and Easy or Safeway, you could be easily supporting Pasadena Covenant with each purchase. It is as simple as going to escrip.com and registering to support Pasadena Covenant Church. Pasadena Covenant’s account is Group ID – 140713372. If you could use some help, contact Pastor Jim Tyberg, [email protected]

Mark your calendars: Journey in the Wilderness All-Church Camp-Out at Monrovia Canyon Park Fri-Sat., June 12-14, 2015

This year's camp-out will feature a series of fun- meaningful outdoor adventures that take us on a Journey of Faith from the Slough of Despond, over the Hill of Difficulty, and through The Wicket Gate to the Palace Beautiful, with surprising and thought-provoking stops along the way. Camp is for singles, couples, families of all ages. You can register for the whole weekend, or just one day. ($32/family weekend; $15/person weekend; $8/person Sat. only; $15/family Sat. only; scholarships available). For more info contact Vikki Randall at [email protected].

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

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Club 21 Celebrates their

6th Birthday!!!

Thanks Pasadena Covenant! - CAN-DO Kids Pasadena Covenant Church serves alongside

CAN-DO Kids and houses the largest of

their club sites. Vikki Randall volunteers to

teach Bible Club once per month, and

members of our church are “Cupcake

Ministers” and regular volunteers. The

CAN-DO kids have joined us in serving our

homeless neighbors and put together bags

with supplies and hand-written notes for the

homeless who are served at the BWS.

Pasadena Covenant families and CAN-DO

Kids’ families joined together in a fun time

on Goofy Golf Night last month.

Goofy Golf Game Night

Volunteers needed Easter Sunday: April 5th Special Kids' Program at 9:00 or 10:30: Christ the Passover Lamb

We'll have two services on Easter Sunday, which means two hours of Sunday School at 9:00

and 10:30. We need to double our team to provide coverage for both hours and welcome

visitors! We have a great program planned that will allow you to see Easter through the eyes of

a child.

This year we will celebrate "Christ the Passover lamb" through an interactive experience that

will tie together the Old Testament lessons we're been studying about the Exodus with the

Christian declaration of Jesus as the Passover Lamb. We will eat special foods that will help us

remember both how God delivered Israel in Egypt, and how God through Jesus Christ has

delivered the whole world from slavery to sin and death. We will celebrate with food, song,

crafts and more! Helpers are needed for this special program: you can serve either hour (9:00

or 10:30) with nursery, preschool or gradeschool. Or help behind the scenes setting up the

meal and craft or making haroset (a sort of apple salad) for the Passover celebration. If you can

help one of the two services, please email Vikki at [email protected].

Door of Hope birthday Club—2.0!

Open to all-ages

2nd

Monday • 5:30-6:30pm

Our ministry to Door of Hope has been reconfigured to better meet their needs. We'll now be

partnering with the afterschool program to provide a simple kids-only dinner (think: pizza!)

and cupcakes each month to celebrate the kids' birthdays. Our team members will volunteer to

serve approx. 4 months out of the year, providing either the cupcakes or the pizza/meal. This

fun ministry is open to all ages, including kids, so is one your whole family can participate in

together. Door of Hope is a program for families transitioning out of homelessness. If you'd

like to join this amazing team for a really FUN ministry, contact Vikki Randall at

[email protected].

Journey to the Promised Land

Sunday mornings at 10:30 for Kids:

This year's theme for our Kids' programs is Journey to the Promised Land: Jesus is our Hope. We are focusing on Old Testament stories of the people of God journeying to the promised land. In those stories we find our own journey of hope following Jesus to the promised Kingdom. All grade levels (2 years thru 5th grade) will focus on the same biblical narrative each week, so families can follow up at home with your own conversations about our journey.

During March we will begin the story of Moses and God's deliverance of His people from slavery in Egypt. The story will culminate on Easter Sunday when we talk about the Lamb of God and connect God's deliverance of Israel with God's great rescue plan to deliver the entire earth from our slavery to sin and death.

Ideas for following up at home:

1. Find Israel and Egypt on a map. Help kids trace the journey Joseph took to help kids connect this story to real, historical places.

2. Pray for peace in the Middle East as the countries there continue to struggle with age-old conflicts.

3. As we prepare for the story of the Passover on Easter Sunday, talk about foods our family uses to celebrate and remember special events: birthday cakes, valentine's candy, etc. Come up with a new food to symbolize something special that only your family will know.

4. Go for a walk around your neighborhood and look for signs of the coming Spring: blades of green grass, flower buds, birds' nests. Talk about finding hope for new life in the middle of winter. Make a nature collage of some of the things you found.

Mighty Memorizers

New to our kids' program this year is Bible memory. Memorizing portions of Scripture is one of the ways we "hide God's word in our hearts", allowing it to sink in and nourish our souls. We encourage families to learn these verses together, with our preschoolers learning a shorter version and our gradeschoolers (Logosland) learning the full text and reference. At the end of the year we will have a special celebration to honor all our memorizers.

The April verse is: Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. - Josh. 24:15 (Continued on next page)

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Pasadena Covenant Play Club Play Club is a group for preschool kids and their moms or dads that meet the first and third Tuesday mornings at Pasadena Covenant Church's nursery from 9:30-11:00am. Play Club is a place for kids to gather and have a great time singing songs, hearing Bible stories and playing while their parents connect with each other as well.

Feel free to invite your friends. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact Lisa Thackwell at [email protected] or Brittany Burian at [email protected].

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

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

Rummage Sale: April 18th As an effort to raise funds for the high school CHIC conference, this year we are hosting a

rummage sale April 18th in the youth sanctuary from 10am—5pm.

Upcoming Camps

CHIC: July 12-16

For more information about upcoming events, please contact our Pastor for Youth Ministries, Dave Rinker, at [email protected].

Recycle outgrown toys!

Are you cleaning out your closets to make room for all those new Christmas toys? PCC Kids Ministries can use the ones your kids have outgrown! We are in need of used toys in good condition for 4-6 year olds, particularly: dress up clothes, legos, hot wheels cars & tracks, and baby dolls.



Pasadena Covenant Church

539 North Lake Avenue

Pasadena, California, 91101-1217

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1 Wednesday 5:00pm Stations of the Cross 2 Thursday 5:00pm Stations of the Cross 3 Friday 5:00pm Stations of the Cross 7:00pm Good Friday Worship Service 4 Saturday 5 Sunday 9:00am Worship Service and special children’s program 10:30am Worship Service and special children’s program 11:45am Hospitality Time 12:00pm Miriam Singers 6 Monday 7:00pm Trustee Meeting 7 Tuesday 9:30am Pas Cov Play Club 8 Wednesday 5:45pm Children’s Choir Rehearsal 9 Thursday 7:00pm Men’s Book Club 10 Friday 11 Saturday 12 Sunday 9:00am Classes 9:00am Journey to the Cross 10:30am Worship Service 11:45am Hospitality

25 Saturday 26 Sunday 9:00am Classes 10:30am Worship Service 11:45am Hospitality 12:00pm Miriam Singers 1:00pm Pas Cov Choir 27 Monday 28 Tuesday 29 Wednesday 5:45pm Children’s Choir Rehearsal 30 Thursday

April 2015 12:00pm Miriam Singers 1:00pm Pas Cov Choir 6:00pm Koinonia Prayer and Praise 13 Monday 14 Tuesday 15 Wednesday 5:45pm Children’s Choir Rehearsal 16 Thursday 17 Friday 18 Saturday 10:00am Rummage Sale 5:30pm Bunco Night (Potluck Dinner) 19 Sunday 9:00am Classes 10:30am Worship Service 11:45am Hospitality 12:00pm Miriam Singers 12:30pm Urban Ministries/Cross-Cultural Ministries potluck lunch 1:00pm Pas Cov Choir 20 Monday 21 Tuesday 9:30pm PasCov Play Club 9:30pm Sarah Circle 22 Wednesday 23Thursday All day: PSWC Celebration 24 Friday All day: PSWC Celebration

Trustee Meeting

Monday, April 6th 7pm in the Corner House

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