This year, we were able to purchase 200 backpacks for Lincoln Elementary School at a discount. Now, we need school supplies to fill them for the fifth graders. Needed are packets of ruled notebook paper, looseleaf binders, pens, pencils, colored pencils, scissors, etc. Please bring them to church by Labor Day so we can prepare the backpacks for distribution.
The Bay Shore Friends received six applications for the second year of their scholarship program, and from those, selected four graduating high school seniors as the 2008 recipients of $500 each. They are Justine Armstrong, attending Long Beach City College; Asia Morris, attending Scripps College; Alex Walczak, attending University of Redlands; and Katie Westerfield, also attending University of Redlands. The first three were presented in worship on August 17; Katie will receive her’s on August 24. All four were members of the 2006 Confirmation Class. Congratulations, and best wishes in college!
Attendance August 17 was 176:
156 adults and 20 children.
Upcoming Coffee Hour Hosts:
Aug. 24: David & Lisa Westerfield
Aug. 31: Eric & Nancy Forsberg
Sept. 7 John and Paige Contreras
To add concerns for our Prayer Chain, call Joyce Scott, or drop a note in the Prayer Box in the narthex.
The Carillon is available online. Log-on to www.bayshorechurch.org and click on the Subscribe tab. It’s FREE!
September 7th: Sunday School resumes with individual classes back in the Christian Education wing. Pre-school, Kindergarten, First and Second grades, High School and Middle School classrooms are located upstairs. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom is downstairs.
September 18th: 628 (Middle School Youth Group) resumes. Please join us for food, fun, and friendship each Thursday in the Youth Center from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Contact Traci Reitz with questions or for details.
We will again be selling Long Beach and Orange County Entertainment Books, and all profits support our Christian Education programs. Books will be available beginning September 7 after church. Questions? Call Kathy Walczak.
In order to participate in the Ralphs Community Contribution Program, please register your new Ralphs Rewards Cards before August 31 to be effective on September 1. We received over $3,000 in donations last year from Ralphs through your use of this easy-to-swipe program.
Ralphs gave the following instructions to the church.
For registering your Ralphs Rewards Card, the NPO number for the church is 83255.
SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL
It’s a couple weeks until we start back to our regular Sunday school routine. Watch here for updates. Our Youth Center summer program is in session now for kids aged from preschool to fifth grade: Sit with mom and dad until after children’s time; then we’ll walk to the Youth Center together.
SHALOM to Jerusalem Marketplace Vacation Bible School seemed to offer a warm, relaxed and enjoyable experience for all who attended. Special thanks to all the volunteers who made this year a tremendous success. With our final number of attending kids nearly fifty; our volunteers numbered nearly as many (35+), this event was truly a collective mission and a gift offered in love to the children of Bay Shore Church and our neighborhood.
Gathering Leader: John Brunner
Power Point: Justine Armstrong
Registration: Vall Light and Diane Jensen
Power Point Wrap-Up: Millie Reith
Market Place Vendors: Pat Smith (Crafts), Ray Smith (Carpenter Shop), Hannah Smith (Barnyard), Debby Griffin (Spice Shop), Sierra Caley (Pottery Shop), Faye Haun (Jewelry Shop), Margaret Leake (Weaving Shop), Donna Saari, Jolene Clarke, and Jenny Stuart; Martha and Ana Mercado, and Shannon Knerr (Basket Making Shop), Virginia Cohn (Candy Shop), and Emily Maples (Bakery), Drew Cohn, Max Muehler, Soupie Dethelson, and Kenny Smiley (Village Playground) and our Synagogue School Rabbi, Anthony Nocera.
School Supervisor: Cynthia Day-Elliott.
Tribe Leaders: Sarah Loper, Julia Light, Gioia, Janna and Addie Jensen; Allen Reitz and Tanner Douthit; Jacob Dysart and Kyle Dennis; Shea Davis and Jillian Carpenter; Amanda Light and Torey Tschudin. (Plus: Junior Tribe Leader Assistants in Training!)
Drama Team: Emily Maples, Allen Reitz, Max Muehler, Jacob Dysart, Tanner Douthit, Drew Cohn, Torey Tschudin, Sarah Loper, Shea Davis; and Jenny Stuart, (Wise Woman)
Daily Snack Preparation and Bread Making Team: Taylor Tschudin and Emily Maples. Special Holy Land Bread Preparation & Storyteller: Salwa Morris.
Props Sets and Décor Team: Traci Reitz, John Brunner, Julia and Amanda Light, Brenna Baffert; and Derek: the World’s Best Custodian. Bible Times Costuming: Brenna Baffert
Shopper: Cynthia Day-Elliott. Donations of Volunteer’s Bagels and Donuts: Tracy Maples & Anne Hughes
SOCCER BALL DONATIONS STILL ROLLING IN! Thank you donors!
It is a privilege to participate in creating something to encourage growing faith, fun and fellowship within our church family. It gives me JOY! I pray I remembered everyone who helped to make the week happen. Thank you all. Laura Tschudin.
Bay Shore Church is hosting three weekends of fabulous opera with Verdi’s Rigoletto and Bizet’s Carmen. There will be seven performances over the three weekends. The productions of Rigoletto and Carmen will be performed fully staged with sets and costumes. Here is the schedule of operas:
Rigoletto
Sunday, August 24 – 8 pm
Friday, August 29 – 8 pm
Sunday, August 31 – 8 pm*
Friday, September 5 – 8 pm
Carmen
Saturday, August 23 – 8 pm
Saturday, August 30 – 8 pm*
Sunday, September 7 – 8 pm*
(* Performances with Megan O’Toole)
Tickets are available at the door. For additional information, please call or e-mail Megan O’Toole.
The daily devotional Charlie mentioned in last Sunday’s sermon can be accessed by going to ucc.org, then go to Online Community, then click on tab for Subscribe to free email meditation. It’s free, easy, and they’re short, written by UCC ministers throughout the country.
August 31 is Labor Day weekend, but we usually have an after-worship brunch on Fifth Sundays. And August 31 is definitely a fifth Sunday! So, if you’re in town and at church, join us after worship for brunch. Sign-up Sunday on the kiosk to bring an egg dish, breakfast breads, fruit, etc. Tableware and beverages will be provided. No cost. Just come and fellowship at table together on a holiday weekend.