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Engage HB – January

Engage HB is an opportunity to serve God by serving others. Join us on
the 1st Saturday of each month as we meet off campus for our projects.
Please wear your masks, work gloves and bring water to drink. If you would like to bring some gardening tools that is great, but not necessary.

This month’s service will be at Monarch Nature Trail on Saturday, January 2 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Enter at the Rancho Rd. entrance (near Spa Drive, where you can park)
Activities can include spreading mulch, weeding, watering, picking up trash and planting. You can visit their website to learn more about the trail.

To learn more about Engage HB, click here.

Do Not Be Afraid – Virtual Christmas Pageant

How will it work?

You will record your scene with your family or whoever says, “Yes! Let’s do it! This will be fun!” Nobody is too young or old.

What about costumes?

You can use what you have at home or borrow items from the church. No need to go out and buy anything.

When will the performance be?

All the recorded scenes will be put together and the pageant will air on our online services December 20^th.

Have Fun!

This well written script from Illustrated Ministries weaves together the joy of laughter with the Christmas story. Contact Marty (marty@cumchb.org) ASAP if you would like to participate.

Pray Pray Pray Messy Church

January 11, 5:00 PM

Through crafts, activities, a meal, and worship we’ll explore prayer together at Messy Church this Saturday. We’ll be studying Luke 18:1-8.

Luke 18: 1-8 – The Parable of the Persistent Widow (NIV)

18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. ²He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. ³And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

⁴“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, ⁵yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

⁶And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? ⁸I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

Thank you from OC TIYYA

Thank you from the OC TIYYA Refugee Foundation for your recent donations of school supplies and backpacks!

Together, we were able to supply 23 backpacks to this wonderful organization that supports refugees in Orange County, many of whom arrived in the US with no more than one suitcase per family. Thank you for taking part in this mission to further God’s kingdom on earth.

³⁵For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ Matthew 25:36-36

OC Tiyya Refugee and Immigrant Foundation Backpack Collection

God calls us to minster to the refugee and the immigrant, but we often wonder what is the best way to help.

Here is one way. We are collecting backpacks with school items for OC Tiyya. Tiyya’s mission is to provide community support and educational opportunities for families of refugees, immigrants, and displaced Americans.

We will collect the backpacks and school supplies July 1—July 15.

Young children’s backpacks should include pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks, crayons & markers.

Older children’s backpacks should include pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks and calculators.

Please bring the backpacks to Suzanne’s office.

You can learn more about Tiyya and the wonderful work they do helping refuges and immigrants at Tiyya.org.