Please read ALL of the ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Pastoral and Staff Vacation Schedule
Pastor Sunae will be on vacation for the next two weeks from 6/17-6/29. Please call Pastor Dale for any pastoral care during this time. Our Church Administrator, Deacon Ken, will be on vacation from June 24-30th. If you would like to submit any reservation requests or e-blast announcements before the end of June, please reach out to the office by next Thursday, June 20.
No Yoga 6/27 and 7/4
There will be no Yoga class on Thursday, June 27th or July 4th. Class will resume at noon on Thursday, July 11th.
Our Town
June 14th-16th, 21st-23rd
Pinole Community Players presents Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Our Town,” which expresses part of the spiritual essence of Christianity and other religions through the story of a small, fictional New England town in the early 1900’s. LMUMC member Susannah Wood has a leading role in the play. Performances will be held at Pinole Community Playhouse. Visit this link to purchase tickets. Click on the image above to download and share the flyer.
Taylor Memorial UMC New Orleans Extravaganza
5-9pm Saturday, June 29th
You’re invited to join Taylor Memorial UMC for a night of food, fun, and fellowship! A taste of New Orleans in Oakland featuring live Zydeco music by California Blue Runners Band, dancing, New Orleans cuisine, beverages, drawing, auction, and more. Click on the image above to download the flyer and share with friends and family. Tickets can be purchased online at Givelify; please write “tickets” in the message section. Checks may be made payable to Taylor Memorial UMC.
E-blast Submission Guidelines
All submissions are due by Wednesday at noon. The Lead Pastor and Church Administrator maintain discretion regarding e-blast content and timing to ensure overall consistency and best practices in church communication. If you would like to submit an announcement for our weekly e-blast, please adhere to the following guidelines:
- Your event must take place within one month of being published.
- Please provide a headline/title that includes the dates of your event.
- Have a fully prepared description of your event. Generally, administrative staff will not be available to edit your content.
- Please be succinct; try to keep your description to no more than four sentences, providing key facts.
- If you require a longer background, please provide a PDF (so that it may be linked on the events page) in addition to your headline and brief description.
- To support shorter narratives please consider providing a graphic that illustrates your event.
If you would like your announcement read during Sunday worship, please indicate that in your submission and copy Pastor Sunae.
*Please save this to reference for your next event.*
Following Jesus
2024 Annual Conference Session Report
Over 750 clergy and elected lay delegates gathered at the Safe Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento from June 7-10 for the 176th Session of the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. This Sunday, our two lay delegates, Sue and Laurel, and Pastor Sunae will witness how the new spirit moved and blessed everyone as our youth and young adult delegates led worship!
Friends, please do not miss this faithful and important report from the Annual Conference. We will share the General Conference reports and the Core team’s strategic vision as we follow Jesus, thrive in community, and heal the world. Did you know our church’s ministry and mission were highlighted in the Core Team’s report? Congratulations, Lake Merritt UMC!
Our guest preacher was Bishop Gregory Palmer, the longest-serving active United Methodist bishop, who inspired and challenged us about what it means to follow Jesus. Pastor Sunae will be sharing Bishop Palmer’s words preached. Come, friends, join us this Sunday.
Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.
Join us in person in our sanctuary or watch online via Zoom, Facebook or YouTube Live.
Bulletin Link
You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail, or click here to give online.
Watch Online
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85755892415
Meeting ID: 857 5589 2415
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.
May/June Special Sundays
June 16, 2024
Annual Conference Report
“Following Jesus,” Matthew 16:13-17
Sue Dickey, Lay Delegate to the ACS
Laurel Williams, Lay Leader and Lay Delegate to the ACS
Rev. Sunae Cho, Lead Pastor
Please read ALL of the ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Sound Bath
6:45pm Friday, June 14th
Our Sound Bath returns this Friday, June 14th with special guest musician and sound healer Maryzelle Ungo. You may learn more about Maryzelle by checking out her bio on our Eventbrite page.
What better way to end your week than by slowing down and relaxing, surrounded by meditative vibrations and melodies? Be immersed in flowing sounds as you sit in a chair or lie on the floor with your own mat, blanket, and/or pillow. Admittance for the church community is donation-based; $20 is suggested via cash, check, or Venmo. No RSVP needed. Doors open at 6:30 pm; please arrive by 6:45. Program begins promptly at 7:00pm. Download our flyer and share to invite family and friends!
Pastoral and Staff Vacation Schedule
Pastor Sunae will be on vacation for the next two weeks from 6/17-6/29. Please call Pastor Dale for any pastoral care during this time. Our Church Administrator, Deacon Ken, will be on vacation from June 24-30th. If you would like to submit any reservation requests or e-blast announcements before the end of June, please reach out to the office by next Thursday, June 20.
Our Town
June 14th-16th, 21st-23rd
Pinole Community Players presents Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Our Town,” which expresses part of the spiritual essence of Christianity and other religions through the story of a small, fictional New England town in the early 1900’s. LMUMC member Susannah Wood has a leading role in the play. Performances will be held at Pinole Community Playhouse. Visit this link to purchase tickets. Click on the image above to download and share the flyer.
Coming Fully Alive as You Age
With Rev. Dr. Judith Pruess-Mellow
Mondays, June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15. 10-11:15 AM, 510-747-7500, Mastick Senior Center or on Zoom, 6-7:15 PM. $45. Email judithpm07@gmail.com for details.
Discoveries and new friends are everywhere. Learn about the Blue Zones where people regularly live healthfully to 100+. You’ll learn how to:
–Be fully alive in body, mind, spirit
–Explore aging as a spiritual journey
–Craft your spiritual legacy
–Discover the power of humor
–Create hope for the future
–Share your talents
Judith with T.C, Oatman Burro Sanctuary, Mohave Valley, AZ.
Download and share the flyer here to invite your friends
Bay Area Rainbow Symphony Concert
7:30pm Saturday, June 22nd
If you enjoyed hearing the Musical Chairs Quartet of Oakland perform recently at our church, they will be playing in concert again, this time as members of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (BARS). The concert will be held at 7:30pm on Saturday, June 22 at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave, in San Francisco’s Civic Center and will feature Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with special guest soloists and full chorus, as well as Ethel Smyth’s Overture to The Botswain’s Mate and Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. Tickets, including senior and student tickets, may be purchased at www.bars-sf.org.
Taylor Memorial UMC New Orleans Extravaganza
5-9pm Saturday, June 29th
You’re invited to join Taylor Memorial UMC for a night of food, fun, and fellowship! A taste of New Orleans in Oakland featuring live Zydeco music by California Blue Runners Band, dancing, New Orleans cuisine, beverages, drawing, auction, and more. Click on the image above to download the flyer and share with friends and family. Tickets can be purchased online at Givelify; please write “tickets” in the message section. Checks may be made payable to Taylor Memorial UMC.
E-blast Submission Guidelines
All submissions are due by Wednesday at noon. The Lead Pastor and Church Administrator maintain discretion regarding e-blast content and timing to ensure overall consistency and best practices in church communication. If you would like to submit an announcement for our weekly e-blast, please adhere to the following guidelines:
- Your event must take place within one month of being published.
- Please provide a headline/title that includes the dates of your event.
- Have a fully prepared description of your event. Generally, administrative staff will not be available to edit your content.
- Please be succinct; try to keep your description to no more than four sentences, providing key facts.
- If you require a longer background, please provide a PDF (so that it may be linked on the events page) in addition to your headline and brief description.
- To support shorter narratives please consider providing a graphic that illustrates your event.
If you would like your announcement read during Sunday worship, please indicate that in your submission and copy Pastor Sunae.
*Please save this to reference for your next event.*
The Reign/Rain of God
“I love puns! There’s the Reign of God, as in the reign of a King.
And there’s the Rain of God, as in the grace that falls like water.
I have a simple idea to present to you today: God’s rain falls on the mountain of humanity, creating many creeks and streams and rivers. Each stream, each river is from God, heading back down to God. There’s a Muslim river, Sunni and Shia and Sufi, there’s a Jewish river, orthodox, conservative and reform, there’s a Buddhist river… and there’s a Methodist river.“
Join us as we reflect on the “Reign and the Rain of God” this Sunday. – Guest Speaker, Rev. Deacon Mike Friedrich
Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.
Join us in person in our sanctuary or watch online via Zoom, Facebook or YouTube Live.
Bulletin Link
You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail, or click here to give online.
Watch Online
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85755892415
Meeting ID: 857 5589 2415
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.
May/June Special Sundays
June 16, 2024
Annual Conference Report
“Following Jesus,” Matthew 16:13-17
Sue Dickey, Lay Delegate to the ACS
Laurel Williams, Lay Leader and Lay Delegate to the ACS
Rev. Sunae Cho, Pastor
Please read ALL of the ANNOUNCEMENTS!
California Nevada Annual Conference Session
Friday, June 7 – Monday, June 10
The 176th California-Nevada Annual Conference Session begins this Friday, June 7th. Please pray for all the delegates, both laity and clergy, and for the work of the body this week.
The annual conference is the “basic unit” or organizational body in The United Methodist Church. Annual conferences are defined geographically, and each year across the denomination, the clergy members of the conference meet with an equal number of lay members for a session of worship, fellowship, and conducting the business of the conference, which may last three to five days. The area bishop presides over these meetings.
Sessions of the annual conference are historically a time for the people called Methodists to gather and account for the work they have done with the resources God has given them in the past year. Annual conference sessions are a holy time to discern God’s will for the future of the church, a time when persons called to ministry are commissioned, ordained, and recognized, and a time when clergy and lay personnel and financial resources are deployed for ministry. Above all, annual conference sessions are connectional gatherings where those assembled experience the presence of the Holy Spirit and are revived for God’s holy work.
The Annual Conference session will consider legislation, recognize retiring clergy, celebrate a Memorial service to honor clergy and their spouses who have passed during the previous year, and fix the appointments of pastors. Click here to view our Annual Conference Session agenda & legislative items.
Coming Fully Alive as You Age
With Rev. Dr. Judith Pruess-Mellow
Mondays, June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15. 10-11:15 AM, 510-747-7500, Mastick Senior Center or on Zoom, 6-7:15 PM. $45. Email judithpm07@gmail.com for details.
Discoveries and new friends are everywhere. Learn about the Blue Zones where people regularly live healthfully to 100+. You’ll learn how to:
–Be fully alive in body, mind, spirit
–Explore aging as a spiritual journey
–Craft your spiritual legacy
–Discover the power of humor
–Create hope for the future
–Share your talents
Judith with T.C, Oatman Burro Sanctuary, Mohave Valley, AZ.
Download and share the flyer here to invite your friends
Bay Area Rainbow Symphony Concert
7:30pm Saturday, June 22nd
If you enjoyed hearing the Musical Chairs Quartet of Oakland perform recently at our church, they will be playing in concert again, this time as members of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (BARS). The concert will be held at 7:30pm on Saturday, June 22 at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave, in San Francisco’s Civic Center and will feature Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with special guest soloists and full chorus, as well as Ethel Smyth’s Overture to The Botswain’s Mate and Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. Tickets, including senior and student tickets, may be purchased at www.bars-sf.org.
Taylor Memorial UMC New Orleans Extravaganza
5-9pm Saturday, June 29th
You’re invited to join Taylor Memorial UMC for a night of food, fun, and fellowship! A taste of New Orleans in Oakland featuring live Zydeco music by California Blue Runners Band, dancing, New Orleans cuisine, beverages, drawing, auction, and more. Click on the image above to download the flyer and share with friends and family. Tickets can be purchased online at Givelify; please write “tickets” in the message section. Checks may be made payable to Taylor Memorial UMC.
