Core Value: Christ
This week we continue exploring our Core Value of Christ—what it means to truly live and love like Jesus. Drawing from Colossians 1:11-20 and Luke 23:33-38, we’ll reflect on Christ who holds all things together and how He shapes every aspect of our lives. Indeed, our identity is forever transformed when we become His followers, leaving behind our old selves and embracing the new life He offers. Your former pastor, Rev. Renae Extrum-Fernandez is preaching the last session of the Core Value of Christ. Come and join us.
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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.
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November 23, 2025
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Upcoming Sundays
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God With Us Advent 2025 | Embracing the Story of Jesus
(From the United Methodist of Greater New Jersey worship series)
In the season of Advent, we prepare to welcome Jesus, the Messiah in God With Us. This year, as we await our Lord, we will put ourselves in the place of the first people who awaited and celebrated Jesus’ birth. Through their stories, we will learn what it meant for God to be with them, and we will open our eyes to experience God with us, too.
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November 30, 2025
God With Joseph, the Dutiful
Matthew 1:18-25
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December 7, 2025
God With the Shepherds, The Dismissed
Luke 2:8-10
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Core Value: Christ
This Sunday, we continue reflecting on one of our core values — Christ: striving to live and love like Jesus. In a world where self-interest often takes center stage, we turn again to the heart of our faith — the way of humility, compassion, and service revealed in Christ.
Our guest speaker, Chris Logan, will share a message based on Philippians 2:1–11, inviting us to rediscover what it means to “have the same mind that was in Christ Jesus.” Come, be inspired to live and love as Jesus did — with courage, humility, and joy.
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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
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November 16, 2025
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You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail, or click here to give online.
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Meeting ID: 879 9397 9913
Passcode: 326043
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When prompted, enter the meeting ID & passcode above.
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Upcoming Sundays
November 23, 2025
Core Value: Christ
Colossians 1:11-20
Luke 23:33-38
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November 30, 2025
God With Joseph, the Dutiful
Matthew 1:18-25
Core Value: Christ
This Sunday, we continue our series on the core values of Lake Merritt United Methodist Church. Our focus is on Christ — we strive to live and love like Jesus.
Siblings, why do you follow Jesus? What draws you to strive to live and love as he did when our world seems to be living in scarcity and fear as the federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay their bills, healthcare premiums are skyrocketing, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are at risk?
In a time when faith can feel fractured or co-opted by fear, we return to Jesus’ radical compassion and love and how he taps into God’s divinity in him. Come and join us as we seek together the way of Jesus—grounded in love, guided by grace, and open to transformation.
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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
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November 09, 2025
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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.
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Upcoming Sundays
November 16, 2025
Core Value: Christ
Philippians 2:1-11
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November 23, 2025
Core Value: Christ
TBD
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All Saints Sunday
This Sunday, we celebrate All Saints Day, a time to honor the faithful who have gone before us. Deacon Ken Schoon will share a message inspired by his recent and unexpected discovery that Methodists played pivotal roles in supporting the first two generations of his family in the United States during the era of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Together, we’ll consider how we are all called as children of God, connected across generations, and invited to claim the inheritance of grace, love, and faithful witness in our lives today.
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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
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November 02, 2025
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You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail, or click here to give online.
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Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87993979913
Meeting ID: 879 9397 9913
Passcode: 326043
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When prompted, enter the meeting ID & passcode above.
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Upcoming Sundays
November 09, 2025
Core Value: Christ
Matthew 22:37-40
Matthew 28:19-20
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November 16, 2025
Core Value: Christ
Philippians 2:1-11
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Core Value: Cause
We continue reflecting one of our Core Values, Cause—making a difference for the vulnerable among us. Drawing from Matthew 25:34-40, Jesus reminds us that caring for the hungry, the stranger, and the marginalized is caring for him. That faith is more than belief – it’s compassion in action. When we serve the least among us, we encounter Christ himself. Join us as Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell shares a message of love that sees, listens, and responds.
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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
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October 26, 2025
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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
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Upcoming Sundays
November 02, 2025
All Saints Sunday
Hebrews 12:1-2
Colossians 3:15-17
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November 09, 2025
Core Value: Christ
Matthew 22:37-40
Matthew 28:19-20
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Core Value: Cause
This Sunday, we’re continuing our series on the core values of Lake Merritt United Methodist Church. Our focus is on Cause — how we strive to make a difference for the most vulnerable among us.
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In Luke 4:16–21, Jesus declares his mission to bring good news to the poor and freedom to the oppressed — a mission that still calls us today. We are delighted to welcome Jeanette Hanowsky as our speaker. Join us.
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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
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October 19, 2025
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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
October 26, 2025
Core Value: Cause
Mathew 25:34-40
Job 34:23-28
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November 02, 2025
All Saints Sunday
Hebrews 12:1-2
Colossians 3:15-17
