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1 THE IVY VINE July 2019 God is Still Speaking Volume 14 Issue 6 United Church of Cloverdale An Open & Affirming Congregation of the United Church Of Christ Scholarship Winner for 2019 By: Your Scholarship Team (Bev Westenberg, Richard Werner, Jules Volper & Jim Nameny) It is a joy to announce our 2019 college scholarship winner, Alison Bernal. In keeping with our criteria Aly is the first in her family to aend college and she strives to apply her educaon to socially im- portant endeavors. On May 30 th Pastor Jack presented the award at the high school awards ceremony. Her proud father was also in aendance. Alison has been accepted at Sacramento State University and plans to major in criminal jusce. As she stated in her applicaon, she wishes to be a part of a change such that “the community as well as the global community feel safe and are able to trust a person in a uni- form.” You may have seen Aly at work at Coppola Winery as well as Diavola, as she helps to finance her college educaon. Aly has many achievements including Senior Class Vice President, league champion varsity soſtball and the parcipaon in numerous volunteer events. She will receive a scholarship of $1,000 per year for the four years of college ($4,000 total ), a real boost to her educaon dreams. Join us in congratu- lang Aly for her many achievements and the promise of many more to come. Pictured Leſt to right: Past Jack Dawson, Marilyn Michelon, Aly’s Father and Aly, and Jim Nameny.
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T H E I VY V I N E
July 2019 God is Still Speaking Volume 14 Issue 6
United Church of Cloverdale
An Open & Affirming Congregation of the United Church Of Christ
Scholarship Winner for 2019 By: Your Scholarship Team (Bev Westenberg, Richard Werner, Jules Volper & Jim Nameny) It is a joy to announce our 2019 college scholarship winner, Alison Bernal. In keeping with our criteria Aly is the first in her family to attend college and she strives to apply her education to socially im-portant endeavors. On May 30th Pastor Jack presented the award at the high school awards ceremony. Her proud father was also in attendance. Alison has been accepted at Sacramento State University and plans to major in criminal justice. As she stated in her application, she wishes to be a part of a change such that “the community as well as the global community feel safe and are able to trust a person in a uni-form.” You may have seen Aly at work at Coppola Winery as well as Diavola, as she helps to finance her college education. Aly has many achievements including Senior Class Vice President, league champion varsity softball and the participation in numerous volunteer events. She will receive a scholarship of $1,000 per year for the four years of college ($4,000 total ), a real boost to her education dreams. Join us in congratu-lating Aly for her many achievements and the promise of many more to come.
Pictured Left to right: Past Jack Dawson, Marilyn Michelon, Aly’s Father and Aly, and Jim Nameny.
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We Hold in Prayer Jack & Pamela Dawson; Alice Sheperla (Mother of Cindy Wolters)
Lori Serrano; Conny Welch; Carl & Bev Westenberg Gale Ladd; Jules & Mary Volper; AmyJo Hendrickson Roy & Mimi Domke; Barbara Goepel ; Louise Graddy
Bill & Ginny Corzine, Chance Willis & Victoria Martineau Jilloni and Jordan Hopkins; Jen Collins and Her parents
The 2019 Pastoral Relations Committee ("PRC")
consists of the following individuals:
Bob Timm (chair), Richard Werner (ex officio),
Linda Clapp, Polly Lile, and Pastor Jack Dawson.
Feel free to communicate with the PRC by
contacting any of these members.
If you wish to meet with the Committee, contact
Bob Timm (phone: 707-972-7985;
email: [email protected]).
Taizé-style Service of Prayer & Meditation – July 21st, August 24th, September 29th, October 27th and November 24th! Have you attended the Taizé- style meditation service yet? What do you think?
We have Taize Services continuing thru November 2019. Please join us
on the above dates.
Photo: Altar from Sunday, April 28, 2019. Sculpture by Richard Werner Altar design by Holly Werner & Janice Timm.
Transgender Flag Monica Helms, a trans woman, designed this flag in
1999, and it was first flown at a Pride Parade in Phoenix a year later. “The light blue is the traditional color for
baby boys, pink is for girls, and the white in the middle is for those who are transitioning, those who feel they
have a neutral gender or no gender, and those who are intersexed,” Helms noted. “The pattern is such that no matter which way you fly it, it will always be correct.
This symbolizes us trying to find correctness in our own
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Stock A Student 2019 Its Time to start gathering supplies and making donations to benefit Washington and Jefferson schools right here in Cloverdale! Each year we gather donated sup-plies and use monies donated to purchase as many school supplies as we can to donate to both the middle and elementary schools. Donations can be dropped off at the church office or monetary donations can be mailed to 439 N Cloverdale Blvd. Cloverdale CA 95425, on the memo line include stock a student. Below is a list of items:
Clipboards, (Masonite style) Composition Books Construction paper Crayola Color pencils -- sets of 12. Crayola Crayons Crayola markers Dry erase erasers Dry erase white board pens, black for students and multicolor packs for teachers Elmers Glue Envelopes 10 X 13 Manila Folders, two pocket, any colors, Glue Sticks high lighters, yellow and other colors Kinder paint brushes Kleenex Post it notes (varies sizes) Poster board, variety of colors, large size approx. 28"x24" Protractors Scissors, (Fiskars) Ticonderoga #2 pencils Water color paper Water colors and water color brushes Ziploc Sandwich & Gallon size
0.5 & 0.7 lead packs clear plastic sheet protectors Crayola Markers skinny and fat Crayola colored pencils Crayola Coloring supplies Composition Books (lots of these) Dry Erase Erasers Dry Erase Markers, some chisel point Folders, two pocket Glue sticks Graph paper packs high lighters, all colors Kleenex Lined Paper, wide & college mechanical pencils Pee-Chee Folders Pencil boxes pencil top erasers pens permanent markers fine tip/regular Pink Pearl erasers Post-it notes rulers Scissors variety of sizes Scotch tape staplers and staples Ticonderoga Pencils White 1 inch binders
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Grace and Peace to you from God, the Creator, Jesus, our Savior and Teacher, and the Holy Spirit that guides you. Amen!
Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God. (Matthew 5:14-16 selected verses)
There is a hymn that usually sung after Christmas called, “I Am the Light of the World,” taken from a Christmas poem written by Howard Thurman. I love this hymn! The words of the first verse say, “When the song of the Angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the magi and shep-herds have found their way home, the work of Christmas is begun.” This reminds us that its not about the celebration of Christmas its about the meaning, purpose and WORK of Christmas that we need to be about. I love that!! However, I really think there needs to be a couple of added verses that talks about Easter and Pente-cost. Something to say when the Easter and Pentecost celebrations are over the “work of faith is begun.” You see for me it is in words of Jesus just before his ascension that are critical to our faith as Christians. Jesus tells the disciples to go into the world and make disciples of all nations!! Jesus doesn’t say to them, “it is finished, go home!” No, instead, what he tells them is to leave home and go and do the work he began. This is still the work for us, Jesus’ followers. We must continue to go out and do what Jesus taught and did. The second verse of that song says: “To find the lost and lonely one, to heal the broken soul with love, to feed the hungry children with warmth and good food, to feel the earth and sky above! And then the chorus: “I am the light of the world! You people come and follow me! If you follow and love you’ll learn the mystery of, what you were meant to do and be!” Powerful words, powerful message, let us go and do likewise! Love and blessings, Jack
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Jack will be available by Cell Phone anytime.
Please Feel Free to Call!! Phone #: (209) 329-4971
JACK’S CALENDAR JULY 2019
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
01 02 03 04 05 06 Vacation Vacation Day Off Independence
Day Office Closed
Day Off Day Off
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
Jack Preaching Communion Sunday
Office Office Day Off Day Off Day Off Day Off
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Jack Preaching
Office Office Day Off Day Off Day off Day Off
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Note Change
Taize
Service
Office Office Day Off Day off Day Off Day Off
28 29 30 31 Note Change
Jack Preaching
Office Office Day Off
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STRAIGHT ALLY FLAG
The flag equivalent of "I support LGBT people, but no ho-mo," this makes everyone feel included at Pride marches, even if they're celebrating other people's sexualities.
NON BINARY FLAG Created by 17-year-old Kye Rowan in 2014, this flag was a response to nonbinary people feeling improp-erly represented by the genderqueer flag. This sym-bol was not to replace Roxie's creation but sit beside it as an option. The yellow symbolizes gender out-side a binary. The white, a mix of all colors, repre-sents those with many or all genders. Purple stands in for those who feel both binary male and female or fluid between them. The black is for the agender community, without sexuality or color.
AGENDER FLAG
While genderqueer people bend the rules of gender, agender people reject a gender completely. For their flag, the black and white stripes represent the absence of gender, while green, the inverse of the gender-heavy purple, represents nonbi-nary genders.
PHILIDELPHIA PEOPLE OF COLOR
INCLUSIVE FLAG
Noting that queer people of color are often not fully included in the LGBT community, the city of Philadelphia added two colors — black and brown — to the Pride flag in their honor. The city had previously faced accusations of racial discrimination in its gay bars, which led 11 queer nightlife venues to take antiracism training. Many white men were outraged by the flag, claiming that rainbow includes all skin colors, but with a star like Lena Waithe donning it at the Met Gala, it seems the design is here to stay.
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7/17 Women’s Breakfast 8:30am Hamburger Ranch
Sundays
Morning Worship 10am Sanctuary Casa de Christiana 5-8 pm Sanctuary
NA Meeting 7pm Christian Education Bldg.
Monday
Tai Chi Classes 9:45-11:15am Fellowship Hall
Monday-Friday
“The Flour Girl” Kitchen & Pantry
Tuesday-Friday
Church Office is Open 8:00am-2pm
Tuesdays
NA Meeting 7:30pm Christian Education Bldg.
Wednesdays
Teen Clinic, 2-4pm Fellowship Hall
Thursdays
Thrift Shop Open 10am-3 pm
Fridays
Casa de Christiana Bible Study 7pm Sanctuary
NA Meeting 7:30pm Christian Education Bldg.
Saturdays
Thrift Shop Open 10am-3pm
Regular Building Use
Meetings & Events
Ivy Vine Contact Information
The United Church of Cloverdale
439 N. Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, CA 95425
Phone: 707-894-2039 Fax: 707-894-4015;
Website www.uccloverdale.org
Minister: Rev. Jack Dawson, cell phone 209-329-4971
Minister of Music: Janice Timm, [email protected]
Church Administrator: Jilloni Hopkins, [email protected]
Proof Readers: Jean Craig and Lori Serrano
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7/8 Gus & Cindy Wolter 7/9 Jim & Lavonne Namey 7/15 Gene & Polly Lile 7/17 Don & Louise Graddy 7/26 Carl & Bev Westenberg
7/1 Ethel Muttart 7/1 Sophia O’Gorman 7/1 Janice Timm 7/4 Laurie Kneeland 7/7 Marianne Domke 7/7 David Randolph 7/10 Jenessa Bilbro 7/10 Bill Lambert 7/10 Jules Volper 7/13 Bill Corzine 7/13 Barbara Goepel 7/16 Andy Grose 7/30 Camille Volper 7/31 CoRina Hendrickson 7/31 Jone Wesele
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Inside This Issue
Pg 1 2019 Scholarship Winner Pg 2 FYI Pg 3 Stock a Student Pg 4 message from Pastor Jack Pg 5 Jack’s Calendar Pg 6 Pride flags Pg 7 Church Calendar
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