Newsletter - January 2016

January 2016

Christmas Eve at the Shelter 2015

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

Our goal for Christmas at the Shelter 2015 was to provide one festive holiday meal for our

homeless guests at our Bad Weather Shelter. Instead, through the amazing generosity of our

congregation, we provided not one, but three holiday meals: Christmas Eve dinner,

Christmas morning breakfast, and Boxing Day (Dec. 26th) dinner. Approx. 70 members

contributed, from our young kids who put together 144 gift bags to hand out, to those who

donated, shopped, cooked, set up cots, dished up food, and greeted our guests. Our guests

came back for seconds… or thirds… of the yummy homemade dishes that were provided.

Many, many thanks for all those who were a part of making this special holiday celebration

happen.

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Logosland kids with the 144 gift bags they filled for our guests at Christmas at the Shelter.

2016 Ministry Opportunity: Serving Pasadena's Homeless Through Pasadena’s Bad Weather Shelter (BWS)

Pasadena Covenant helps man the BWS on Wednesday evenings and we still need help for these dates: Jan. 6th, Jan. 27th; Feb. 17th and Feb. 24th.

Each night we need 12 volunteers to help anytime from 6:15-9:00pm, so even if you need to arrive late or need to leave early, there will be opportunities for you to help (the 12 volunteers can be a group, family, and/or individuals). Trained, professional staff will be on site to help direct volunteers.

For those who are unable to volunteer to man the shelter, you can still help by donating cooked food.

To help or for more info, contact Wayne Walker at (626) 429-5120 or email: [email protected] (on the subject line put: BWS).

Adult Bible Class: 9am Sundays (hosted by Couriers)

Come to the Couriers Bible Class, in the Fireside Room, at 9am to hear from John Wipf. All are

welcome; coffee and pastries will be provided.

Time of Prayer and Discernment: Sundays at 9am

Randy Hill will be leading a time of prayers and discernment for our next season of Alpha that

will be in early 2016. Please join him in the Santa Barbara room at 9am Sunday morning.

Annual Business Meeting The Annual Congregational Business meeting will be Sunday, January 31st. Watch bulletin

announcements for more information to come.

Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Allene Fredrickson

We will celebrate the life of long-time member of Pasadena Covenant Church on Saturday,

January 16th, at 11am in the church’s sanctuary. A reception will follow, located in the gym.

Sarah Circle will meet Tuesday, January 19th, from 9:30 am - noon in Fireside. We welcome all women to join us for service projects, fellowship and refreshments. It will be great to see news faces. Joint us - come when you can. For more info, contact Julie Maljian at (818) 790-5911.

The Men’s Book Club will meet on

Thursday, January 14th, at 7pm at the

Corner House. We will discuss THE

MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. Newcomers are

always welcome. Join us for fellowship and

no worries if you have not finished reading

the selection. For more info, contact Rich

Doyle at [email protected].

Women’s Book Club The Pasadena Covenant Women's Book

Club will meet Tuesday, Jan. 26th, 7:30-

9:00pm at the Corner House to discuss Atul

Gawande's Being Mortal: Medicine and What

Matters in the End

Book Kit copies are available by contacting

Judy Tautrim. Newcomers, guests, and one-

timers are always welcome.

A 1-hour video documentary that parallels this book is available at:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/

being-mortal/

For more information, please contact

Jennifer Mawhorter at

[email protected]

The next Koinonia Prayer and Praise Potluck

will take place on Saturday, February 14th,

at the Corner House at 6pm.

Please contact Judy Pruitt for more

information at dapruitt@earthlink.

Trustee Meeting

Thursday, January 5th

7pm in the Corner House

Urban Ministries Team

The Urban Ministries Team will meet

Monday, January 11th, in the Santa Barbara

Room at 6:45pm. Newcomers are always

welcome to attend. For more info, contact

Wayne Aoki at [email protected] or Vikki

Randall at [email protected].

Potluck Luncheons for CrossPotluck Luncheons for CrossPotluck Luncheons for Cross---Cultural WorkersCultural WorkersCultural Workers

We have the opportunity to meet with two of our Cross-cultural worker families this month:

Sunday, January 17th, at 12:15pm in the Corner House, Steve and Kitty Holloway will be

visiting and we will have a potluck lunch with them.

Sunday, January 24th, at 2:15pm in the Corner House, we will have a potluck lunch with Tim

and Wakako Clark and share about their work in Japan.

NEXT NEWCOMERS’ LUNCH - JANUARY 10, 2016! If you started coming to our church in the last year or so and would like more information about

Pasadena Covenant or any of our ministries, please plan to join some of our staff and church

members for a free lunch on Sunday, January 10 after the morning worship service. We will meet

at the Corner House, across the street from our man worship center building. Children are

welcome to come with their parents! Please RSVP to Marianne Hill, 626-798-2097 or

[email protected]. (Please note that there is no lunch planned for the month of

December.)

Budget Update for – December 31, 2015

Thank you for your sacrificial giving to support the ministries of Pasadena Covenant Church in 2015.

Offerings Rents Giving/Rents ytd = 578,323.58 226,484.37 Year-End Target = 625,000.00 209,600.00 Anticipated ytd = 625.000.00 209,600.01 Surplus/(Shortfall) ytd = (46,676.42) 16,884.33

If you’d like the convenience of giving through online banking, you’ll find assistance at http://pasadenacovenant.org/resources/donate/.

Christmas Eve at the Shelter 2015 (continued)

The Intergenerational Choir

The Intergenerational Choir, directed by Mindy Gustafson, blessed us all on the

3rd Sunday in Advent (December 13th).

Lucia Hospitality On Sunday, December

20th we celebrated our

Swedish heritage with

some Lucia treats and a

visit from St. Lucia and

her court. Here they

are visiting the

children.

Cross-Cultural Communication Specialists’ Praise & Prayer Requests

Tim and Wakako Clark serve with SIM in Japan: 1. Church planting with Fuchinobe Community Church, a congregation with vision for

something uncommon in Japan: to see whole

families turning to Jesus. Together. 2. Introducing Alpha International’s marriage and parenting courses to churches throughout Japan, seeking to equip churches to see families and society transformed by Christ.

From Tim and Wakako: We look forward to seeing our Pasadena Covenant friends when we visit California. We’ll be at worship January 17th and 24th and will have “drop-in” times at the Corner House to visit with friends on January 16th, from 10:00am-1:00pm, and on January 22nd, from 1:00-4:00pm.

February 4, 2016 we’ll return to Japan from Nebraska and would appreciate your prayers: 1. To continue finding churches interested in reaching many non-Christians through The Marriage

Course and Alpha outreach. 2. To see our church plant develop strongly in 2016 with many friends responding to Christ. 3. That we'll have many opportunities to pray for friends in ways that will help them experience

God’s love and power (praying with non-Christians when they’re dealing with a health or work crisis, for example). Many friends need some sort of experience of God in order to become interested in learning about Christianity.

4. For our boys’ education. We’re thankful they’ve been learning a lot of English here in the US this fall; we’re now developing a plan to continue their English education while they’re in Japanese schools.

5. As Mac starts first grade in Japan in April 2016 we pray for opportunities to share Christ with many in his school and would love to see this community experience God’s transforming power over the next few years.

Clark family visiting SIM Office in North Carolina

Clarks Fall 2015

Journey IN the Promised Land: We’re Here!

God's Big Welcome

Sunday Mornings at 10:30am

We've arrived!!! Last year we studied the Journey TO the promised land—stories from the Old

Testament of how God led his people. Now the excitement begins: we've arrived in the Promised

Land, and JESUS is here! The staff & kids are eager and ready to begin our Journey IN the

Promised Land: Jesus Welcomes Us. This is an exciting month as we begin the story of Jesus' life

and ministry.

Mighty Memorizers

Mighty Memorizers is a program to encourage kids to learn one memory verse per month, related

to their Sunday School lessons. At the end of the year we will honor our memorizers in a big

celebration. Our January memory verse is "Jesus said, 'Follow me, and I will make you fish for

people.'” -Matt 4:19. Take time to discuss the verse as a family and what it means. Challenge the

whole family to learn this important message together. Kids can recite their verse to any of their

Sunday School group leaders any time throughout the month.

Door of Hope is a local ministry helping families transition out of homelessness. Each month,

PCC hosts a simple party for the kids at Door of Hope to celebrate the month's birthdays. It's an

easy, simple way to support this important ministry and build relationships with the families there,

and one your whole family can do together. If you'd like to be a part of our birthday club team

(providing pizza or cupcakes 3 or 4 times during the year) contact Vikki Randall at

[email protected].

TheStudy: Sunday mornings, 9-10:15am (Student Room) All Wednesdays: LifeGroups, 6:30-8pm (Student Room)

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

Family Advent Breakfast On Sunday, December 6th, we gathered in the gym for a good time starting with a family

breakfast served by our students and then moved on to make an Advent wreath craft. Advent

calendars were provided to help guide family devotions through the Advent season.

Pasadena Covenant Church

539 North Lake Avenue

Pasadena, California, 91101-1217

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1 Friday - Offices & Facilities Closed New Year’s Day 2 Saturday 3 Sunday 9:00am Classes 10:30am Worship Service 11:45am Hospitality 12:00pm Miriam Singers 4 Monday 5 Tuesday 7:00pm Trustee Meeting 6 Wednesday 5:45pm Children’s Choir 6:30pm PCSM LifeGroup 7:00pm Women’s Bible Study 7 Thursday 8 Friday 9 Saturday 10 Sunday 9:00am Classes 10:30am Worship Service 11:45am Hospitality 12:00pm Miriam Singers 12:15pm Newcomers’ Lunch 11 Monday 6:45pm Urban Ministries Team Meeting 12 Tuesday

24 Sunday 9:00am Classes 10:30am Worship Service 11:45am Hospitality 12:00pm Miriam Singers 12:15pm Potluck Luncheon for Clarks 25 Monday 26 Tuesday 7:00pm Women’s Book Club 27 Wednesday 5:45pm Children’s Choir 6:30pm PCSM LifeGroup 28 Thursday 29 Friday 30 Saturday 31 Sunday - Annual Meeting 9:00am Classes 10:30am Worship Service 11:45am Hospitality 12:00pm Miriam Singers

January 2016 13 Wednesday 5:45pm Children’s Choir 6:30pm PCSM LifeGroup 7:00pm Women’s Bible Study 14 Thursday 7:00pm Men’s Book Club 15 Friday 16 Saturday 11:00am Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Allen Frederickson 17 Sunday 9:00am Classes 10:30am Worship Service 11:45am Hospitality 12:00pm Miriam Singers 12:15pm Potluck Luncheon for Holloways 18 Monday 19 Tuesday 9:30am Sarah Circle 20 Wednesday 5:45pm Children’s Choir 6:30pm PCSM LifeGroup 7:00pm Budget Forum 7:00pm Women’s Bible Study 21 Thursday 22 Friday 23 Saturday

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