Santee UMC

The 57th episode of our weekly hymn singalong livestream airs on YouTube at 4:30 today. Join us for about a half hour of music and singing with Kyle! This week's planned program contains a variety of praise songs and hymns: God Help the Outcasts... God of Justice A Million Suns Blizzards and Bygones The Garden 2173 Shine Jesus Shine We hope to 'see' you there!

CAMP IS BACK!!!! Yesterday, a few of our high school students traveled up to Camp Cedar Glen in Julian for a week of restoration, bonding, and growing in their faith! Please hold our campers and wonderful leaders in your prayers throughout the week.

There was a flurry of activity on the SUMC campus this past Saturday!! Throughout the pandemic, we've found new and creative ways to serve our neighbors. Our large, accessible parking lot gave us the opportunity to continue to safely minister to and serve our community. As grateful as we are for our parking lot, it felt WONDERFUL being able to open the doors to our facilities once again!... Thank you to all of our volunteers who offered our neighbors a helping hand through Naomi's Closet or our free Community Pancake Breakfast! Thank you to the dedicated folks who gathered immediately thereafter to plan out our upcoming FREE Vacation Bible School... a time to welcome in children from all over the county to share God's message of unconditional love. Naomi's Closet (adjusted hours): 1st and 3rd Saturdays Of each month from 8-10 AM. Want to learn more about Naomi's Closet?? Please check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Naomis-Closet-293865170729190/ Free Community Pancake Breakfast & Men's Clothing Drive: 1st Saturday of each month from 8-10 AM "Treasured" Vacation Bible School: July 19-23, 9 AM- 12 PM. Want to learn more about this free program or register your k-6th grader?? Please visit our website at: http://santeeumc.org/event/vacation-bible-school/

Good morning, church! Once again, we will be offering two sanctuary worship services at our usual times: 8:15am and 10am. At the 815 service, masks are required - this is to ensure that there is an option for anyone who is unable to get a COVID vaccine to worship safely. At the 10:00 service, masks are optional. Starting this week, no reservation is necessary for either service. Of course, if you are unable to worship with us in person, we'll continue to be on YouTube for our usual virtual worship at noon - click below to watch. Pastor Jaime and others in your church family will be there in the chat!

Our VBS Bunco Night is BACK!!!! We hope you'll join us at SUMC for a night of laughter, fun, and fellowship on Friday, July 9th, at 6:00 PM! We'll have snacks, prizes, and all funds raised will go directly to this year's Vacation Bible School, "Treasured"!! Tickets cost $20/person and will be on sale on the church patio this Sunday in between services. ... Please contact Jennifer Scott to reserve your space!! [email protected]

The 56th episode of our weekly hymn singalong livestream airs on YouTube at 4:30 today. Join us for about a half hour of music and singing with Kyle! This week's planned program contains a variety of praise songs and hymns: Oceans... Everywhere I Go Agnus Dei You Are My King UMH 437 This is My Song UMH 627 O the Depth of Love Divine UMH 618 Let Us Break Bread Together We hope to 'see' you there!

Our Youth are doing something new!! For several years now, our young people have been wanting to create a podcast. A platform with which they can shine a light on some of the more difficult questions about God and the church. Where they can interview people within our community and get a better understanding of our neighbors. We are thrilled to announce, in honor of Pastor Jaime's ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY with us, they have wrapped up their FIRST EPISODE of their podcast, "Holy... Hesitance"! We are grateful to have such an extraordinary group of young people guiding us! Stay tuned as we eagerly await the publication of their interview with Pastor Jaime!!

Our Youth "DABs" are back!!!! Every summer, Youth from our ENTIRE South District gather together at La Jolla Shores each Thursday for "Days at the Beach" (affectionately known as "DABs"). Youth Directors take turns delivering a "Morning Message", which sets the stage for a laid-back day of fun, fellowship, and bonding. Do you have a student in 6th-12th grade who would like to join us? Please contact Jennifer Scott at: [email protected] for more details!

The 55th episode of our weekly hymn singalong livestream airs on YouTube at 4:30 today. Join us for about a half hour of music and singing with Kyle! This week's planned program contains a variety of praise songs, hymns, and a new Five Iron Frenzy transcription. We hope to 'see' you there!

Keep alert! For we do not know the time or the hour. Easy enough - but what's this about a bridegroom, and why are ten women standing outside a wedding party? And what exactly does an ancient wedding practice have to teach us about the kingdom of God is today? This week, we get a bit of a history lesson that helps us see that we are not to passively wait for the Kingdom of God on earth, but are called to be beacons for Christ. Once again, worship will premiere at 9am in our new interactive worship-at-home experience LIVE on YouTube. You'll be able to chat with Pastor Jaime, the worship team, and your church family. And if you prefer to watch later, you can still go to YouTube and watch the full service anytime after the premiere!

The Santee United Methodist Reconciling Ministries group is in the process of becoming an official Reconciling Community through the Reconciling Ministries Network. As part of the application process we are required to submit a photo of our group. Those in the congregation who have not been a part of the RM group's regular meetings, but who are supportive of the cause and would like to be included in the photo, please contact Nanette Burrell. A group zoom photo shoot is scheduled for this Wednesday, Nov 11 at 6:30 PM. This isn’t a meeting and should only take about 15 minutes. If you would like your picture included but can’t make the photo shoot, you can send a photo to Nanette. For more information, including the Zoom link, please contact Nanette Burrell at: [email protected]

As we continue on in this year that will forever be emblazoned in history... remembered for its trials and revelations... but also, hopefully, for the incredible love and grace shown between neighbors, we feel this is the perfect opportunity for a community prayer. Please join us as we center ourselves and reflect on our calling: "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;... where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen." ~St. Francis of Assisi~

Please join the Missions Committee in celebrating Thanksgiving & Christmas by providing gifts, food baskets and monetary donations to children, families and groups in need in our local and global communities. Sign up by phone or email for one or more of the following opportunities: Saturday November 7: Holiday non-perishable food drive during pancake breakfast. Drop off cans, boxed goods and gift cards from 8 am to 10 am. Saturday November 14: Drop off your shoebox Christmas... gift to serve children internationally. Sunday November 22: Volunteer to pack and deliver Thanksgiving Food Boxes for local families. Sunday December 5: Holiday non-perishable food drive during pancake breakfast. Drop off cans, boxed goods and gift cards from 8 am to 10 am. Sunday December 13: Shop at Bethlehem Market benefiting local and global organizations. Sunday December 20: Volunteer to pack and deliver Christmas Food Boxes for local families. Sunday January 2: Donate new hand crafted or purchased blankets for children in California & Mexico. Drop off during pancake breakfast from 8 am to 10 am. For more information about Food Boxes, contact Linda Sue Beagle at [email protected] Contact Malcolm Graham about Christmas shoeboxes at [email protected]

Join us for the 31st episode of our music livestream A Joyful Noise today at 4:30pm on YouTube! We'll have about a half hour of hymns and praise music to sing along with, and if you log in you'll be able to talk with Kyle and the rest of your church family in the chat. This week's program, to match our Sunday message "Keep Alert", consists of songs referencing or themed around the Second Coming: UMH 718 Lo He Comes With Clouds Descending... UMH 719 My Lord, What a Morning UMH 720 Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying UMH 722 I Want to Be Ready UMH 725 Arise, Shine Out, Your Light Has Come UMH 730 O Day of God, Draw Nigh FWS 2284 Joy in the Morning We hope to 'see' you there!

Santee United Methodist Church Weekly News November 5, 2020 - https://mailchi.mp//santee-united-methodist-church-weekly-

What a fun, SAFE, family-friendly weekend we had at SUMC! It started with a Youth Halloween Party and an outdoor viewing of "The Addams Family" on Friday night, followed up by a scavenger hunt and party for our elementary group (Parking Lot Prophets) on Saturday afternoon, a bonfire and an outdoor movie marathon of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "Hocus Pocus" in the evening, and we wrapped things up with a WONDERFUL "All Saints Day" Drive-In Worship Service and a showing of "Coco" on Sunday evening! With a little creativity and a lot of teamwork, we're finding amazing new ways to safely come together and celebrate life amidst these "curious" times!

Don't Forget! Our special "All Saints Day" Drive-In Worship Service will begin at 4:30 this afternoon in the SUMC parking lot. The lot will open at 4:15 PM. Please arrive in your masks so that our greeters can safely welcome you and show you to your parking space. To abide by spacing guidelines and to keep everyone safe, we do require RSVPs for this event. https://m.signupgenius.com/... We can't wait to see you all!

Today, we celebrated All Saints Day Zoom-union (Communion over Zoom) during Coffee Chat. If you would like to be there with us live, you are welcome to sign up for our weekly newsletter and get the coffee chat link, and it will always be the first Sunday of the month following our virtual service. In the meantime, feel free to worship with us through this recorded liturgy! https://youtu.be/gaypzd2C3n8

EDIT: the premiere went live early because the YouTube calendar didn’t account for the time change, so unfortunately we won’t have a live chat for the whole service! If you have any prayer requests or people you would like to remember for All Saints’ Day, you can share in the comments here, or send a note to Pastor Jaime to lift up at the drive in service later. Join us as we celebrate the saints that came before on this All Saints' Day and explore how we are witnesses for Christ in the world. As always, worship will premiere on YouTube at 9am. Then, we'll have coffee chat and communion at 10am on Zoom - check your email for details!

It's a BEAUTIFUL night for an outdoor movie!! Looking for something fun and safe to do on this All Hallows Eve?? Come on down and join us! Bring your chairs, blankets, and masks! "Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin" is getting ready to commence!

Last night, our Youth celebrated Halloween with a party... complete with physically distant pie-eating contests, a donut on a string challenge, a movie, and more! Perhaps the best part... surrounded by the young people and families that she loves so very much, Ms. Jen got to ring a very special bell, signifying the end of her aggressive cancer treatments... and on her 40th birthday, at that!! What a perfect way to close the chapter on that portion of her life and move into a... new decade. The SUMC Youth and Leaders want to wish you a Happy (and safe!!) Halloween! Looking for something fun to do tonight?? Join us in the SUMC parking lot at 5:30 for a special showing of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"! All ages are welcome!

Join us for the 30th episode of our music livestream A Joyful Noise today at 4:30pm on YouTube! We'll have about a half hour of hymns and praise music to sing along with, and if you log in you'll be able to talk with Kyle and the rest of your church family in the chat. This week, our theme is All Saint's Day, with hymns mostly selected from those recommended by the UMC for this Sunday: UMH 551 Awake, O Sleeper... UMH 653 Christ the Victorious UMH 654 How Blest Are They Who Trust in Christ UMH 700 Abide With Me I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin UMH 708 - Rejoice in God's Saints UMH 709 Come let Us Join Our Friends Above UMH 723 Shall We Gather At the River We hope to 'see' you there!

We're going live now with episode 30 of A Joyful Noise! Come and sing with us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZSn0YLBBzk&feature=youtu.be