San Marino Community Church

Please join us for a town hall and congregational meeting in Fellowship Hall at 11:30 next Sunday 7/18 after worship. We'll hear updates from the recent Listening Sessions andWorship Survey, along with important ministry updates about the church. Everyone is invited!

Our very own Skip Ober Miller was featured in the San Marino Tribune this week. Check out his article "Doing What We Have Been Called To Do".

Help support children through SMCC Mission Partner Friends In Deed during their annual backpack drive. Please drop off items at the church office during regular business hours. Here's a link to their amazon wishlist https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/10NF63U28KKQS Visit friendsindeedpas.org to learn more.

Join our seminary intern, Breann Blumenthal in a celebration of the women of SMCC. She has spent time interviewing members of our congregation as part of her summer project. Come honor these inspiring women with a reception in Fellowship Hall on Sunday July 11 at 4 PM.

Happy Independence Day! We will gather for in-person worship today at 10:00 am. You may also join us on online. Both services premiere at 10:00 am and then are available on YouTube following the service time as well. For in-person worship we have donuts and coffee following services! We also have the recommendation of the county that all of us wear masks indoors. Let's protect the "least of these" from the Delta variant! Here are the links - Traditional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4va1_34K3A Contemporary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUiS0M52fhk

Have you taken the Worship Survey yet? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021-22WorshipTimes Please respond to the 4 minute survey and register your preference on worship times for the fall and let us know if you are planning on returning to in-person worship. Online worship will continue to be live-streamed during the time of the in-person services for the indefinite future.

Welcome back to in-person Traditional Worship! Today BOTH services at the church are both in-person and online. Join us however you can - no registration needed. Livestreaming begins at 10:00 am. Traditional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXQ3qYvau7E Contemporary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGAl7Hf7UDM

Join our seminary intern Yujin Chu in his project to pray for the church throughout this summer. People will gather to pray M, W, F in the courtyard from 6:30-7:00 AM during the month of July. There is so much ahead for our church. Let's continue to seek God's will as we step into the future.

We sang a new song this week! Graves into Gardens What a sweet sound it is to hear your voices singing along in worship. Have a great weekend and we’ll see you in church!

Is that the Hallelujah Chorus I hear? Traditional Worship returns this Sunday at 10 AM in the Sanctuary. Please register on the website.

Children's Spiritual formation resumes in person this Sunday 6/27 at 10 AM. Yesterday was the last children's zoom room. We can't wait to see you on campus!

An important message from Rev. Jan Cook: We are sad to announce that Jan will be retiring in June 2021 but cheering her on as she enters this new chapter of retired life. We are grateful for you, Jan and honor your 43 years of ordained ministry!

Time for another round of Friendly Friday Faces. Tag a friend you miss! #flashbackfriday #churchfamily #sanmarinocalifornia

Youth Ministries presents the annual Faith and Science panel this Sunday following worship! It's an annual part of the confirmation class. We are blessed to have speakers with great minds and great faith. All are welcome. Please register at tinyurl.com/smccFaithandScience

It's an exciting weekend around here! We are installing Reverends Jessica Vaughan Lower and Jeff O'Grady as our co-pastors during worship this Sunday and welcoming our new elders and deacons as well. Be sure you tune in live on Sunday January 31st 10 AM. It will be aired on both the traditional and contemporary YouTube channels.

Today SMCC welcomes two Toms to worship! Rev. Dr. Tom Tewell will preach in Traditional Worship and Rev. Dr. Tom Erickson will preach in Contemporary. Join us as both preachers explore the Hebrew word "Hessed." Traditional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQILzty1uds Contemporary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgPQ3JDXnJs... As always, we love your likes, shares, and thumbs ups. And they help get the word out!

Our former youth director Lindsay Anderson Beck will be ordained this Saturday as an associate pastor at Allentown Presbyterian Church in New Jersey! If you want to watch the service and wish her well you can tune in at https://myapc.online.church/ Saturday 1/23 at 11 AM PST. (You'll see a couple familiar faces )