Community United Methodist Church

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1st Saturday – Engage HB
2nd Saturday – Messy Church
3rd Saturday – CommUNITY Yoga
4th Saturday – Upside Down Church
Sunday Services
8:30am – Chapel and Communion
10:00 – Worship and Sunday School

Wednesday Night Study

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“THE BIBLE WITH AND WITHOUT JESUS: HOW JEWS AND CHRISTIANS READ THE SAME STORIES DIFFERENTLY”

By Amy-Jill Levine & Dr. Marc. Zvi Brettler

September 10 – October 15 7:00 PM

On Zoom. For Zoom meeting information, please subscribe to our emails.

In this Bible study based on their book, The Bible With and Without Jesus, esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler take readers on a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament to show what the texts meant in their original contexts and then how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts. Passages include the creation of the world, the role of Adam and Eve, the Suffering Servant of Isaiah, the book of Jonah, and Psalm 22, whose words, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me,” Jesus quotes as he dies on the cross.

Comparing various interpretations – historical, literary, and theological – of each ancient text, Levine and Brettler offer deeper understandings of the original narratives and their many afterlives. They show how the text speaks to different generations under changed circumstances, illuminating the Bible’s ongoing significance. By understanding the depth and variety by which these passages have been, and can be, understood, The Bible With and Without Jesus does more than enhance our religious understandings; it helps us to see the Bible as a source of inspiration for any and all readers.

The book can be purchased whereever you buy books. Chapter 1 will be discussed at the first class. The class will be based on the Participants Guide book, there is another longer book that you can use if your really want to go in-depth. There is a video component to this class so you do not need to read the book to participate in the class, however reading the book will give you a deeper understanding. This class is lead by Brenda Weikel.

Questions contact Suzanne at Suzanne@cumchb.org

ERT Training

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Saturday, March 29 | Register by March 24

7:00 am to 5:00 pm

Cost $40

Community UMC in Huntington Beach

7:00 Registration, ID Photo, Background Check, Morning Goodies | 8:00 Session begins

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Early Response Team (ERT) training program prepares United Methodists to respond to disasters. The training covers disaster stages, safety procedures, and tech- niques for helping survivors.

About the Class:

This course will be conducted by UMCOR trainer Ken Ellis. The UMCOR mission is to be a caring Christan presence in the wake of disaster. We will learn how to help make the home safe, secure and sanitary.

About the Course: Early Response Teams (ERT) support conference preparedness and immediate response efforts in the aftermath of a disaster. Key activities for conference ERT and other response teams are supplying survivors with food, water, shelter and help with mucking out and cleaning up.
Learning includes:

  • Disaster stages: Learn about the stages of a disaster, including preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
  • Safety procedures: Learn how to work safely on-site
  • Early response techniques: Learn how to tarp roofs, clean out homes, and remove debris
  • Spiritual and emotional care: Learn how to provide hope and compassion to survivors
  • Team protocols: Learn how to work as part of a team
  • The class is open to participants from all districts, but this one will be held in the South District.
  • Attendance is required for the entire length of the class. To register click here.

For more information contact Suzanne Morgan at Suzanne@cumchb.org

Register Here

Lenten Sermon Series

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Modern Sins – Timeless Virtues

One hundred years ago, in March, 1925, Frederic Lewis Donaldson, Canon of Westminster Abbey delivered an address on “Seven Social Sins.” This was something like the “Seven Deadly Sins” updated for the modern age.

On October 22, 1925, a young newspaper publisher named Mohandas K Gandhi republished this list in his newsweekly Young India, commenting, “Naturally, the friend does not want the readers to know these things merely through the intellect but to know them through the heart so as to avoid them.”

On February 1, 1995, Arun Gandhi, profiled in the Christian Science Monitor, “Gandhi grandson pursues peace.” (P.14) shared that “The last time Arun saw his grandfather, the old man slipped the boy a piece of paper with a list of what have come to be known as Gandhi’s ‘Seven Blunders of the World’ that lead to violence.”

In this season of Lent, we will review these manifestations of evil in the world, even more obvious and pronounced now than when they were first listed 100 years ago. At the same time we will lift up seven timeless virtues which resist and lead us away from these blunders into a life of meaning and peace. Join us in worship beginning March 2 as we lift up and celebrate God’s gifts and call to Temperance, Justice, Prudence, Fortitude, Faith, Hope, and Love.

Ash Wednesday – March 5

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Drive Thru Ashes 8:00-8:45 am

We offer prayer, reflection , ashes and a blessing while you are in your car. Stop by as you start day. All are welcome.

Ash Wednesday Service 7:00pm

Through the service of ashes on the first day of Lent, we come before God recognizing our humanity, repenting of our sin, remembering who are, whose we are and who we can be.

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