Happy New Year! 2023 is here! May God’s abundant blessings be with you today and this year.
John Wesley introduced the annual covenant renewal service for use by the Methodist societies in 1755. Every year, on or near January 1, the Methodists gathered to renew their covenant with God. The service is adapted from a Puritan ritual. It is a powerful time of self-examination and confession that culminates in the renewal of commitment to discipleship.
We invite you to join us for the Covenant Renewal service on January 1, 2023. Pastor Sunae and Mike are on vacation and Rev. Dr. Dale Tremper will be leading the Covenant Renewal Service. Thank you Rev. Dr. Dale Tremper for sharing your gracious leadership with LMUMC and LPUMC.
Pray with me:
“I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.”
(A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition, Hymn 607)
Join us as we worship God together. May God bless you richly today and always.
Join us in person or via YouTube or FaceBook Live.
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December 24, 2022
Combined Christmas Eve Candle Light Service at Twin Towers United Methodist Church on December 24th at 5:30PM
Join us for a joint candlelight worship service with Buena Vista UMC, Chinese Community UMC, Embrace Church, Lake Merritt UMC, Lake Park UMC, and Twin Towers UMC. Parking is free after 5PM in the public parking garage. Meet at 1411 Oak Street, Alameda, CA, 94501.
For those joining online, here is the direct link to join the Christmas Eve Candle Light service live. The broadcast will be live a few minutes before 5:30 pm on December 24.
Joint Lake Merritt and Lake Park UMC Christmas Sunday Virtual Service, ALL DAY beginning at 10:15am, Sunday, December 25th
Christmas Sunday service is virtual only and no In-person gathering. We proudly present a Christmas Pageant message directed and created by Susannah Wood.
Join us virtually as we sing Christmas Carols, pray, and reflect on God’s incarnation in Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas! Christ is born!
Many thanks to our children’s Sunday School and our members, choir, our music director Jim, and the Worship Vitality Team for creating our meaningful Christmas Sunday worship. Many thanks to David Tavernier and Michael Cho for creating the virtual worship video.
Join us as we worship God together. May God bless you richly today and always.
Join us in person or via YouTube or FaceBook Live.
Many of us look for signs to help us know what to do, or we wish we could have our own personal angel visit us to let us know the “right” next steps. Uncertainty is a fact of life–this seems ever more true. This week we will remember that there is a Christ within us constantly birthing wisdom and a deep knowing if we will but listen with a contemplative heart. Let us seek out quiet in order to hear the voice that brings peace by gently saying, “do not be afraid.” (Worship Design Studio)
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.” – Isaiah 7: 10-16
“Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” – Matthew 1: 18-25
Join us as we worship God together. May God bless you richly today and always.
You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail or click here.
Worship begins at 10:15 AM. Come early and pick up your hymnals. Fellowship follows worship. We have Children’s Godly Play School with enhanced safety and fun for your children. Everyone over age 2, please wear masks (for everyone’s safety and comfort). We have masks available at the door!
Bulletins will not be handed out in person, you are welcome to bring your own printed bulletin, use your electronic devices, or follow along on the screen as we project the order of service.
The Pregnancy of Mary is connected to the promise of justice and joy in the readings this week. Mary’s womb becomes a sacred space for the gestation of grace that moves into, and is transforming, the world. We will ponder the spaces we inhabit at home, work, and community, asking whether they are feeding, nurturing, and reflecting the freedom and joy that is so desperately needed. (Worship Design Studio)
“…the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” – Isaiah 35: 1-10
“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for the Holy One has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed…” – Luke 1: 46b-55
Dear friends joining us virtually, would you have a candle nearby and something to light with it, we will light the candle of Joy this week. Join us as we worship God together. May God bless you richly today and always.
You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail or click here.
Worship begins at 10:15 AM. Come early and pick up your hymnals. Fellowship follows worship. We have Children’s Godly Play School with enhanced safety and fun for your children. Everyone over age 2, please wear masks (for everyone’s safety and comfort). We have masks available at the door!
Bulletins will not be handed out in person, you are welcome to bring your own printed bulletin, use your electronic devices, or follow along on the screen as we project the order of service.
When we look through the lens of the sacred, we prepare our senses to recognize the holy in all people–to come to know them in a “steadfast and encouraging” way. Our world is crying out for harmony and being able to see the Christ reflected in each other makes a path for this to be accomplished.
We are inspired this week to see our own walk upon this earth as part of the call to be sacred people who usher in the presence of love. (Worship Design Studio)
“This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, ‘The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’“ – Matthew 3: 1-12
“May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus…” – Romans 15: 4-13
Dear friends joining us virtually, would you have a candle nearby and something to light with it, we will light the candle of love this week. Join us as we worship God together. May God bless you richly today and always.
You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail or click here.
Worship begins at 10:15 AM. Come early and pick up your hymnals. Fellowship follows worship. We have Children’s Godly Play School with enhanced safety and fun for your children. Everyone over age 2, please wear masks (for everyone’s safety and comfort). We have masks available at the door!
Bulletins will not be handed out in person, you are welcome to bring your own printed bulletin, use your electronic devices, or follow along on the screen as we project the order of service.
The Christmas season is a time when the juxtaposition of the sacred and secular feels sometimes blatantly opposed, and sometimes quite blurred. The word “sacred” points to something dedicated as “holy” and “set apart.”
This year, we are invited to a spiritual journey of seeing all things pregnant with the Holy. What could our experience of the Advent and Christmas season be like if we lived it imagining that everything is reflecting the sacred? (Worship Design Studio)
“… you know what time it is. The hour has already come for you to wake up from your sleep… the night is far gone, the day is near.” – Romans 13: 11-14
“Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.” – Matthew 24: 36-44
For our online community, have a candle nearby and something to light it with for the beginning of the service.
Come friends! Join me as we begin our time of waiting! We begin our first Advent worship in reflecting on “Sacred Time, Hope”.
You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail or click here.
Worship begins at 10:15 AM. Come early and pick up your hymnals. Fellowship follows worship. We have Children’s Godly Play School with enhanced safety and fun for your children. Everyone over age 2, please wear masks (for everyone’s safety and comfort). We have masks available at the door!
Bulletins will not be handed out in person, you are welcome to bring your own printed bulletin, use your electronic devices, or follow along on the screen as we project the order of service.
