Pastor Sunae’s Silent Retreat & Vacation

July 21st – July 25th Silent Retreat, July 27th – August 3rd Vacation

Pastor Sunae will be spending a week at San Damiano Retreat center for Silent Retreat. Then she and Mike will be on vacation the following week. For any care and support needs during her absence, please reach out to Sue Dickey, our Congregational Nurturing Chair. In case of an emergency requiring pastoral care, Rev. Myrna Bernadel-Huey is available. To connect with Rev. Myrna, please contact Sue Dickey or our Church Administrator during office hours.

      Circuit Wide Collaborative Back-to-School Blessings,  

BBQ/Picnic and Celebration

Theme: God is With You

August 9th, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

All families with children and youth of all ages and all parishioners in the Alameda-Oaklnd UMC circuit are invited to Back-to-School blessings and BBQ Fellowship. Please click below for the flyer and further details.  Please RSVP and also Volunteer sign-ups for this wonderful and fun event: https://twintowersumc.org/ao-circuit-event-volunteer-signup/

Back to School AO Circuit Event

Many Ways to Help Our Food Ministry

Our food ministry program needs more help from the congregation. Please review and complete this survey (here) which includes a list of all the ways you can volunteer. There are many options and some can be done from home. You don’t need to make a long term commitment, just check out the experience and decide from there if and how you want to help.  Contact Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell or Tom Huetteman if you have questions

Church Administrator Out of the Office

Horacio Cervantez will be out of the office from August 1st through August 15th. The office hours will remain the same, 10 am to 2 pm, and will be staffed by our reception volunteers. If you require assistance, you may reach out to any of the Trustees or Pastor Sunae.

Food 4 Thought Extends Summer Break

The Foof 4 Thought small group will be taking one more month of summer break and will gather again the first day Sunday of September.
 If you would like to submit an announcement for our weekly e-blast, please adhere to the guidelines found here. All submissions are due Tuesday by noon.

Inbreaking New Creation – Hope

“Hope that can be seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?” – Romans 8:24

In a village in Papua New Guinea, hope is described as “seeing through the horizon.” It’s a beautiful reminder that hope is not rooted in what we already hold, but in the trust that something more — God’s vision of love, justice, and peace — is drawing near.

Even when life feels heavy with struggle or clouded by uncertainty, God invites us to see with the eyes of faith — to live now as if the new creation is already among us. Wherever compassion is practiced, justice pursued, and welcome extended — there, hope breaks through.

Join us as we hear the video message from Bishop Stefan Zürcher of the Central and Southern Europe Central Conferences of the UMC.

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Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.

Join us in person in our sanctuary or watch online via Zoom, Facebook or YouTube Live.

 

Bulletin & Sermon Transcript Link

July 20, 2025

The Resurrection and in breaking new creation – Hope

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You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail, or click here to give online.

 

Watch Online

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87993979913
Meeting ID: 879 9397 9913
Passcode: 326043
Or dial the following number: 1(669) 900-6833.
When prompted, enter the meeting ID & passcode above.

To join Sunday Worship via Facebook, click here and look for the live video at the top of the page.

To watch the livestream of our service on YouTube, click here.

 

Upcoming Sundays

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July 27, 2025
    Called to Bear Witness – Love
Matthews 28:16-20
Acts 1:8
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August 3, 2025

Embodying the Love of God – A Table Open to All

Luke 14:7-24

All Church Bar-B-Q 

July 20th

Join us for our annual all church Bar-B-Q on Sunday, July 20th, right after Worship. There will be sausages, hotdogs, burgers, and veggie burgers hot off the grill, with all the fixins.

See Laurel Williams if you would like to sign up to bring a side dish to share.

Pastor Sunae’s Silent Retreat & Vacation

July 21st – July 25th Silent Retreat, July 27th – August 3rd Vacation

Pastor Sunae will be spending a week at San Damiano Retreat center for Silent Retreat. Then she and Mike will be on vacation the following week. For any care and support needs during her absence, please reach out to Sue Dickey, our Congregational Nurturing Chair. In case of an emergency requiring pastoral care, Rev. Myrna Bernadel-Huey is available. To connect with Rev. Myrna, please contact Sue Dickey or our Church Administrator during office hours.

      Circuit Wide Collaborative Back-to-School Blessings,  

BBQ/Picnic and Celebration

Theme: God is With You

August 9th, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

All families with children and youth of all ages and all parishioners in the Alameda-Okalnd UMC circuit are invited to Back-to-School blessings and BBQ Fellowship. Please click below for the flyer and further details.  Please RSVP and also Volunteer sign ups for this wonderful and fun event: https://twintowersumc.org/ao-circuit-event-volunteer-signup/

Back to School AO Circuit Event

E-blast Submissions Due Tuesday by Noon

Please note: All e-blast submissions are due Tuesday by noon if you would like to submit an announcement for our weekly e-blast. Please note this is a hard deadline. Please email submissions to office@lakemerrittumc.org

 If you would like to submit an announcement for our weekly e-blast, please adhere to the guidelines found here. All submissions are due Tuesday by noon.

The Resurrection of the Crucified – Faith

Today we begin a new worship series called Pentecost People designed by the Council of Bishop of the United Methodist Church.

Philippians 2 calls us to the way of Christ—who emptied himself in love, not to dominate but to heal. Today, we reflect on faith in the resurrection of the crucified—a faith rooted in cruciform love that surrenders power, embraces humility, and brings new life.

Bishop Schwerin, from the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church, invites us to let go of old stories of dominion and live into Ubuntu—a vision of mutual care and shared flourishing. Even while it is still dark, resurrection breaks in. Let us live with faith, hope, and love as signs of God’s new creation.

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Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.

Join us in person in our sanctuary or watch online via Zoom, Facebook or YouTube Live.

 

Bulletin Link

July 13, 2025

You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail, or click here to give online.

 

Watch Online

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87993979913
Meeting ID: 879 9397 9913
Passcode: 326043
Or dial the following number: 1(669) 900-6833.
When prompted, enter the meeting ID & passcode above.

To join Sunday Worship via Facebook, click here and look for the live video at the top of the page.

To watch the livestream of our service on YouTube, click here.

 

Upcoming Sundays

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July 20, 2025
    The Resurrection and In Breaking New Creation – Hope
Romans 8:18-25
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July 27, 2025

Called to Bear Witness – Love

Matthews 28:16-20

Luke 24:36-49

John 20:19-23

Acts 1:8

Please read ALL of the ANNOUNCEMENTS!

All Church Bar-B-Q 

July 20th

Join us for our annual all church Bar-B-Q on Sunday, July 20th, right after Worship. There will be sausages, hotdogs, burgers, and veggie burgers hot off the grill, with all the fixins.

See Laurel Williams if you would like to sign up to bring a side dish to share.

      Circuit Wide Collaborative Back-to-School Blessings,  

BBQ/Picnic and Celebration

Theme: God is With You

August 9th, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

All families with children and youth of all ages and all parishioners in the Alameda-Okalnd UMC circuit are invited to Back-to-School blessings and BBQ Fellowship. Please click below for the flyer and further details. Back to School AO Circuit Event

E-blast Submissions Due Tuesday by Noon

Please note: All e-blast submissions are due Tuesday by noon if you would like to submit an announcement for our weekly e-blast. Please note this is a hard deadline. Please email submissions to office@lakemerrittumc.org

 If you would like to submit an announcement for our weekly e-blast, please adhere to the guidelines found here. All submissions are due Tuesday by noon.