Park Presidio United Methodist Church

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Zoom Coffee Hour @12 noon 8/2! Message us for connection details. Chat & Celebrate Leslie & Josefa as God's gifts to the world!Zoom Coffee Hour @12 noon 8/2! Message us for connection details. Chat & Celebrate Leslie & Josefa as God's gifts to the world!

11am Worship We welcome you to join us for worship at 11am. Hope to see you there... ALL ARE WELCOME! ALL MEANS ALL! Here is the ZOOM information: Pastor Mark Cordes invites you - Worship 6/14 Jun 14, 2020 11:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81127542745 Meeting ID: 811 2754 2745 Password: 604617 One tap mobile +16699009128,,81127542745#,,1#,604617# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,81127542745#,,1#,604617# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

You are invited to experience Pentecost with us. Pentecost Worship May 31, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83129009750 Meeting ID: 831 2900 9750 Password: 819068 One tap mobile +16699009128,,83129009750#,,1#,819068# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,83129009750#,,1#,819068# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 831 2900 9750 Password: 819068

You are invited to join today for our discussion of Acts:1:6-11 Worship May 24th 11am May 24, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89561894570 Meeting ID: 895 6189 4570 Password: 627147 One tap mobile +16699009128,,89561894570#,,1#,627147# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,89561894570#,,1#,627147# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 895 6189 4570 Password: 627147

Zoom Coffee Hour @12 noon 8/2! Message us for connection details. Chat & Celebrate Leslie & Josefa as God's gifts to the world!Zoom Coffee Hour @12 noon 8/2! Message us for connection details. Chat & Celebrate Leslie & Josefa as God's gifts to the world!

11am Worship We welcome you to join us for worship at 11am. Hope to see you there... ALL ARE WELCOME! ALL MEANS ALL! Here is the ZOOM information: Pastor Mark Cordes invites you - Worship 6/14 Jun 14, 2020 11:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81127542745 Meeting ID: 811 2754 2745 Password: 604617 One tap mobile +16699009128,,81127542745#,,1#,604617# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,81127542745#,,1#,604617# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

You are invited to experience Pentecost with us. Pentecost Worship May 31, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83129009750 Meeting ID: 831 2900 9750 Password: 819068 One tap mobile +16699009128,,83129009750#,,1#,819068# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,83129009750#,,1#,819068# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 831 2900 9750 Password: 819068

You are invited to join today for our discussion of Acts:1:6-11 Worship May 24th 11am May 24, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)... Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89561894570 Meeting ID: 895 6189 4570 Password: 627147 One tap mobile +16699009128,,89561894570#,,1#,627147# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,89561894570#,,1#,627147# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 895 6189 4570 Password: 627147

We remember our young musicians that shared their talents for their mothers and the the rest of us on May 4 & 11, 2014.

You are welcome to worship with us today! Worship Sunday Friends I look forward to seeing you for worship tomorrow at 11am. We will be doing something a bit different tomorrow that will involve watching a video together and then a discussion time afterwords.... I am excited to see you all! Peace Pastor Mark Pastor Mark Cordes is inviting to Worship Today at 11am Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82382341274 Meeting ID: 823 8234 1274 Password: 711512 One tap mobile +16699009128,,82382341274#,,#,711512# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,82382341274#,,#,711512# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 823 8234 1274 Password: 711512 Copyright 2020 Rev. Mark C. Cordes, All rights reserved.

You are invited to join us at 11am! Pastor Mark Cordes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Worship April 19th 11am ... Time: 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/98905207454 Meeting ID: 989 0520 7454 Password: 554497 One tap mobile +16699009128,,98905207454#,,#,554497# US (San Jose) Dial by your location (call fee's may apply) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 989 0520 7454 Password: 554497

Easter Blessings! Dear Friends, Deep Blessings to you on this Easter Sunday!... Attached please find the link for the sermon for today it is on YouTube at the following link: Sermon Easter 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHrezrYQF6w I am also including a link to an editorial published today for your consideration. I think it will fit well with the overall tenor of the sermon so perhaps read it after you have listened to the sermon. Article https://www.theguardian.com//the-global-crisis-hammers-hom I hold you folks in prayer today as we all enter the Easter Season of 2020.. We will be called upon to build a new community and in a way a new church for the transformed world we will face together in 2020 and beyond. Please consider today's sermon, the article, and your prayerful meditations on the Easter encounter in 2020 as prelude for our gathering next week for worship. Grace and Peace Pastor Mark

In April 1968, a newly formed United Methodist Church changed its practice of sanctioned discrimination and institutionalized segregation by ending the Central ...Jurisdiction which separated blacks and whites in the Methodist Episcopal Church. This action was taken in part, due to the insistence of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, which proclaimed that it would not merge with Methodists if we held firm in our practice of systemic racism. Fifty years later, the action of the Special Called Session of General Conference to support the Traditional Plan serves as proof that our comfort with sanctioned discrimination and exclusion has never left. The sin of white supremacy which has plagued the Methodist movement from its inception continues to reveal its dominance within both conservative and progressive camps of the Church. My heart grieves for my Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) siblings who experienced the harm of continued rejection, insensitive and bigoted rhetoric, and emotional and spiritual disregard. I acknowledge your dedication to the church in spite of the oppression you face and respect any feelings of anger or betrayal that may lead some of you to walk away. I also grieve for those traditionalists whose willingness to be in authentic dialogue and relationship was overshadowed by forces that corrupted the work of the General Conference. Here’s what I know as a woman of color. Despite the changes of law in 1968, which intended to end the exclusion of blacks and other people of color in the life and witness of the church, systemic racism still plagues us. There are churches in the connection that still resist the appointment of pastors of color and actively reject their leadership. There are still Boards of Ordained Ministry and Cabinets who execute racial double standards in the credentialing of candidates for ordination and appointment. There is still a lack of focused attention in the denomination to reach growing communities of color in the United States and by extension to speak consistently and relevantly to the racial injustices that confront our world. Women are still seeking a change in The United Methodist Constitution to guarantee their inclusion. Simply put, changes in United Methodist law, while an essential first step, have not resulted in full inclusion for people of color and will not result in full inclusion for LGBTQIA+ people either. There were Pharisees in Matthew 22 who sought to build a trap for Jesus using the law. To them, he replied that loving God and loving neighbor were the two greatest commandments on which all other laws and prophets hinged. Using the law as a weapon is an age-old tactic and Jesus reminds us even now that Love IS the law! The struggle to end oppression in all of its forms and to realize the vision of full inclusion must continue. ANDat the end of the day, changing the law is simply a means to an end. Our true mission is to make love real in a church and world that needs it now more than ever. The love that I am talking about is A love that actively honors freedom and won’t allow the Book of Discipline to hold us back from calling justice to roll down like a river and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. A love that actively honors humility and calls us to repent for how we decry some forms of oppression while remaining silent about or participating in others. A love that actively honors community and binds us together as the true church the fellowship of all believers where we hold one another accountable and no one is alienated, excluded, or left behind. A love that actively honors humanity and challenges us to realize that our focus on what happens in the church is not an excuse to ignore what is happening outside of the church. If we cannot be a church present in the world, then we are not the church. A love that actively honors self and invites each of us to do our work. It is time for all people who experience oppression and those who support them, to confront our own biases (implicit and explicit) and get the support we need to heal our traumas, unhealthy need for external validation and addictions to mental, physical, and emotional pain that prevent us from living our best God-ordained lives right now. Our greatest hope for liberation lies in our own unfettered joy, courageous vulnerability, purposeful self-expression, and sacred action. And most importantly a love of God who calls us to move past our superficial interpretations of love to a depth of generosity, unconditional acceptance, and passionate pursuit of wholeness that can only come from abiding in the eternal truth of love that is God. I am committed to doing all that I can as a leader in this church to continue challenging the laws that oppress. In my heart, however, I know that I am called to more. I must make the aim of my living and leadership to make real, in every way possible, a liberating love that transforms the world and every human being in it. The contraction, resistance, and breaking open that is taking place in the denomination right now is so much bigger than The United Methodist Church. What we are experiencing is, in a small way, the messy but inevitable awakening of the human family. Let the birthing continue

Ash Wednesday Service Wednesday, February 26th at 7pm with the imposition of ashes. We welcome you to enter Lent.

Volunteers are welcome to join us and help us spread the word about the day the morning of! No RSVP required, although much appreciated so that we can make sure to have plenty of outreach supplies on hand! Welcome!