Ministerial Staff

Pastor Paige Eaves

Pastorpaige@uumcirvine.org

Director of Music

John W. Carpenter

john@uumcirvine.org

Youth Ministry Director

Alvia Gilbert

alvia@uumcirvine.org

Korean Local Pastor

Brandon Won

hongyun@uumcirvine.org

Organist

Cindy Hanson

Media Technician

Jeff Moretti

jeff@uumcirvine.org

Kingdom’s Kids Director

Tiffany Vantine

Kingdom’s Kids Accompanist

Cathy Bilanchone

VBS Director

Lara Ralston

lara@uumcirvine.org

Nozomi Mission Pastor

Hidemi Ito

Office Administrator

Jane Bernard

jane@uumcirvine.org

Finance Administrator

Marybeth Waniek

marybeth@uumcirvine.org

Child’s World Preschool Director

Cyndi McCormick

www.childsworldpreschool.com

Sunday Morning Custodian

Jerry Colunga

The UUMC Outlook is published monthly by

University United Methodist Church

Outlook Editor: Trish Kells / Barb DeGroot

Materials for consideration should be submitted to:

University United Methodist Church

Att: Newsletter

18422 Culver Drive, Irvine, CA 92612 or

E-mail: newsletter@uumcirvine.org

Articles Due to the Editor: Tuesday, June 24

Next Issue EMAILED: Thursday, June 26

Please keep the following

people in your prayers . . .

We Pray for Our Homebound

Carol Moore. Charles Pitts. Diane Monjay

Anne Ramsay. Alice Sakai. Janice Clark. Betty Quilligan

We Pray for Those Who Are Ill or Having Surgery

John Service. Anne Ramsey

Kay Alfred. Brandon Won’s Mother. Leon Smith. Francis Baity

If you are in need of prayer for yourself, a member of your family or a friend, you

are invited to contact the church office at 949.786.8354 or Diane Masenten,

Prayer Chain Coordinator, at 949.854.2357. To respect the privacy of those in

need, we publish only the names of those who have given us direct permission to

do so.

Dear UUMC Friends,

Thank you all so much for your flowers, meals, cards, phone calls,

and prayers while I heal from my back surgery. My simple surgery

ended up being a second visit to St. Joseph’s Hospital to correct my

spine. I’m still using a walker to help with my balance, and I have Greg

and Allie to keep me from overdoing my activities. I truly appreciate

your prayers as I feel lifted to a stronger and healthier place.

Love,

Karen Rhoads

Dear UUMC,

Robin received 31 cards from

you to celebrate her 50th

birthday!! She opened and

enjoyed every single one.

Her note of appreciation to

each of you includes her

name, the first time she’s

written it since the stroke

and broken neck

three years ago. Pretty good,

huh?? Go girl! (Ps: Pray for Robin, she’s moving May 31st to Lake

Forest, knowing anything about the new setting. She re-read your

cards to lift her spirits.

~ Ann Ownbey

Outlook, the newsletter of UUMC, is now being published monthly. With up-to-

the-minute news emailed weekly. Email office at office@uumcirvine.org to be

added to our email list.

UUMC Outlook The Newsletter of University United Methodist Church in Irvine California May 29, 2014

Worship in June

June 1 Communion

Bishop Minerva Carcaño

June 8 Pentecost

Youth & Graduation

Sunday

Acts 2

June 15 Father’s Day &

Adult Ed Recognition

2 Corinthians 13:5-14

June 22 After the Storm

Mission Team

Witness & Reflection

Galatians 6:7-10

Psalm 102

University United Methodist Church, 18422 Culver Drive, Irvine, CA 92612... 949-786-8354...www.uumcirvine.org

BELONG

BELIEVE

BE LOVE

And Still We Rise

Poet Maya Angelou died this week. Her poetry echoes throughout the

media. I have heard "and still I rise" multiple times these last few days,

an anthem of the persistence of the human spirit against all odds, all

assumptions, and all legacies.

Powerful poetry rose and fell alongside the bizarre and painful

recordings of Elliott Rodger, who shot, stabbed, and killed six students

and wounded 13 more before killing himself last Friday.

Violence feeds on fear, seen all too clearly in Rodger's manifesto - his

fear of being left out, unloved, left behind. Fear deceives people into

seeing one another as threats; blinds us to the image of God imprinted

on each one of us; and steals the peace the Holy Spirit would offer us.

And still I rise…

With 45 school shootings after Newtown, we will not languish in an

apathy that accepts random killings of students as normative for life in

America. Still we rise to declare that God has better intentions for our

lives, bound together in community.

As legislators promote new bills to rein in gun violence, we will refuse

to stall out in cynicism and despair. Still we rise with words of support

and action, transforming even the halfhearted gestures of an election

year into full-hearted investment in the sanctity of every life.

As we acknowledge with trepidation that there are over 200 million

guns in the hands of private owners in America, still we rise to our

belief that our security lies not in the gun in the palm of our hand, but

in our faith that God holds us in the palm of God's own hand.

"For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your

freedom as an opportunity for the flesh but through love be servants of

one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, 'you shall love

your neighbor as yourself.' But if you bite and devour one another take

heed that you are not consumed by one another." Galatians 5:13–15

Prayerfully yours,

Pat and Alice Angus return for a brief visit…

For the last 10 months, Mission Trip veterans Alice and Pat Angus have

putting their expertise to work halfway around the world as Peace Corps

volunteers in Moldova. They returned to UUMC for a brief visit on Sunday,

May 18.

It was great to see them and hear stories of their adventures. Working with

local partners, Pat is developing websites for small businesses in the town and Alice is involved with

city planning. Although the people are not wealthy, their hospitality is generous, Alice says,

describing celebratory meals featuring a bountiful “masa” or table display.

Alice and Pat are learning the local language, Romanian, with Russian frequently mixed in. Moldova

shares a boarder with Ukraine, which has created some political uneasiness.

A highlight of this visit for them has been meeting their granddaughter Ava for the first time and

spending time with their grown children Kelsey and Tyler, who now live near San Diego. They plan to

return to Moldova the end of May.

Sunday, June 1, 2014 Bishop Minerva Carcaño

Gracing our pulpit with her presence and prophetic words.

Bishop Carcaño was elected to the Episcopacy in 2004, and

has served as Bishop of the California-Pacific Annual

Conference since 2012.

She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Pan American

and Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist

University. Both schools have honored her with their highest

alumni recognitions.

She has served as President of the New Mexico Conference of

Churches which awarded her its Turquoise Award for

exemplary ecumenical leadership, and as the President of the

Arizona Ecumenical Council. She presently serves as an active

member of the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders. She

has worked with the Industrial Areas Foundations projects in the Rio Grande Valley, El Paso, and

Dallas, Texas, as well as in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Portland, Oregon, and most recently with the

IAF projects in Arizona and Southern Nevada.

She serves on the Southwest Industrial Education Fund Board. For her national work in the area of

immigration reform she has been recognized with the Mary Rhodes Award from the Order of the

Sisters of Loretto, and with the Lives of Commitment Award from Auburn School of Theology. The

Arizona Interfaith Movement also recognized her with its Golden Rule Religious Award. She has

served on the World Methodist Council and been a delegate to the World Council of Churches

Assembly.

BE LOVE

M & M Fundraiser 2014

Thank you for being such a generous congregation. We

raised $2136 for the Mission Trip Fund. Without your

support our mission trips would not be possible.

-Susan Harriss, Mission Team Leader

Families Forward Food Drive

May - June

UUMC will be having our first food drive of the year in May and June at the church on Sundays. The barrel will be

out front, or if you would rather donate money, you can make your check out to the church with the memo:

Families Forward Food Drive. Now that summer is coming, the pantry shelves tend to get empty. The following

foods are some of our most needed:

pasta / pasta sauce peanut butter / jelly soup canned meat

canned fruit canned vegetables beans rice

pasta / rice mixes bottled / boxed juice diapers (4/5/6) crackers / cookies

granola bars coffee / tea canned tomatoes cereal

shampoo/conditioner toothpaste deodorant honey

mayonnaise chips dish soap dishwasher soap

Detergent toilet paper/paper towel

Any of these items are greatly appreciated. Thanks for your continued support of Families Forward. Carol Pukli

June 7

Saturday @ 6:00 p.m. An intergenerational Pentecost gathering for those interested

in shaping a new worship experience.

Fellowship Hall

Promotion Sunday June 8th

Sunday, June 8th is Promotion Sunday. Sunday schoolers will transfer to the class for

the school grade they will be in the Fall. Kindergarteners, 2nd graders and 5th graders

will transfer to a new classroom in the Education Building, 6th graders will transfer to

the junior high class and 9th graders will join the high school class in the Youth

Lounge. Congratulations to all! Your new teachers are ready for you!

Entries must be submitted on Sunday, June 29th ,

to be judged and awarded prizes after worship ser-

vice. Contact Lara for more info at

lara@uumcirvine.org.

It’s a

Contest! (For VBS)

UUMC

Presents

Workshop of Wonders Vacation Bible School

Registration Fees

$ 60 per child

$ 165 per family maximum

For children ages 3yrs - 6th grade

Must be potty trained.

Return Registration Form and payment to the church office:

For more information, contact the church office at

949-786-8354 - OR - Lara@uumcirvine.org

or click here to sign up .

Mon June 30-Thurs July 3

9am to 12:15 pm

Workshop of Wonders Volunteers WANTED !!!

See Lara Ralston if you want to give. Lara@uumcirvine.org

BELONG

Faith & the Politics of Health Care in Southern California

On Sunday, May 18, Margie Wakeham and Pastor Paige offered the first in a series of

workshops connecting faith and current issues. Featuring General Board of Church &

Society point person, the Rev. Cynthia Abrams, and Dr. Bradley Gilbert, CEO of one of

the largest HMOs in the state, the workshop provided participants with a theological

lens on health care issues, along with current statistics. Margie and Dr. Gilbert addi-

tionally provided anecdotal stories from their particular perspectives as service

providers to people who struggle to access adequate health care.

Rev. Abrams led a scripture study that highlighted God’s intentions of Abundance,

Community, Humanity, and Stewardship. Her two-page summary is available in the

office.

Dr. Gilbert’s report of Orange County coverage surprised participants: As of February

28, 2014, 87,170 people have signed up through Covered California, the state health

care exchange. 136,072 people had applied for or transitioned to Medi-Cal. His

overview of the ACA and current statistics are also available to you in the office.

Participants left with new ways to consider and discuss health care as a faith commu-

nity.

Don’t miss out next time!

We invite you to join us for our next Women's Mini-Retreat at 12 noon on Saturday, May 31st, in the

Fellowship Hall for luncheon and a program. Our program topic is a timely one that will educate us about the

exploitation of the world's most helpless, the majority of whom are women, teens, and children. This topic of

trafficking is the focus of the national United Methodist Women this year as well as a topic we read about

every week in our papers here in Orange County and hear about on the news. It is being talked about

nationally through the media and in government and locally through presentations just like this one. We will

all leave with a heightened awareness and empowered by appropriate ways we can respond.

Bonnie Wright, Linda Wabler, Mickey Chase, and Babette Faure are working to ensure a program that will help

us as Christians be thoughtfully engaged on this global problem which is at the same time as close to us as

our neighbors here in Irvine.

Please let us know if you'll be attending the luncheon and program on May 31 so we may have our room

prepared for the correct number of people. You may click here to register. Also, there will be a sign-up sheet

on the patio after church on Sundays in May if you prefer to register that way. Please plan to bring a dish to

share.

Women’s Mini Retreat

May 31st - Fellowship Hall

12:00 - Luncheon Potluck

SISTERS June 24th, 7:30 pm

Sisters Group will next meet at the home of Barbara Albers (949-654-1102).

We will be discussing The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart. What

does the Queen of England do with all those animals she is gifted by different

countries? Balthazar is a Beefeater at the London Tower and has been tasked with

setting up an elaborate menagerie of exotic gifted animals. Penquins escape,

giraffes go missing, and the Komodo dragon sends tourists running for their lives.

And that is only half the chaos! The Denver Post says, “Feather light without being

feather brained. Julia Stuart has penned a work that is original and every page

amusing.” This is the perfect summer book read—light and touching.

Sisters is for all women of the church, so grab a copy at the bookstore or the library

and join us June 24th

. Need a ride? Call Linda Dressler (949-786-0271).

See you at Sisters!

All you Lisa See lovers! She will be at the Barnes and Noble in the Market Place

June 4th

at 7pm promoting her new book, China Dolls.

Quarterly Conference

June 22 - 11:00 am

Fellowship Hall

After worship on June 22, we’ll hold our second Quarterly Conference of the year to address ministry

and business decisions for the whole church. Our agenda includes:

* An excellent recommendation from the combined Finance/Stewardship/Endowment teams

concerning the disposition of the Billie Kase bequest

* Updates on our 3 all-church initiatives:

Work in partnership with the DREAM church to develop a Korean outreach ministry.

Pilot programming that establishes UUMC as a center for music and arts education.

Create a new worshipping community for young adults and/or young families.

* A well-researched recommendation from the Finance Committee for the handling of our Education

Building loan. The loan application requires us to call a Charge Conference for this part of the

meeting, which we have done with the permission of our District Superintendent John Farley. He has

duly designated Pastor Paige as the presiding elder.

Please plan to be present for these important decisions. A Quarterly Conference is open to all. All

members have a vote, including youth who have been confirmed.

Finance Update

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May 29

Adult Bible

Study

2 Classes

May 30

May 31

Women’s Mini-

Retreat

June 1

Bishop

Minerva

Carcaño

June 2

Vision

Strategy

June 3 June 4

Choir

June 5

Adult Bible

Study

2 Classes

June 6

June 7

June 8

Broadway Sensation Concert

Youth Graduation

Service

June 9 June 10 June 11

Choir

June 12

Adult Bible

Study

2 Classes

June 13

June 14

June 15

Disciple

Bible

Graduation

June 16 June 17 June 18

Choir

Annual

Conference

June 19

June 20

June 21

Quilters

June 22

Quarter

Charge

Conference

June 23

June 24 June 25

Choir

June 26

June 27

June 28

June 29

June 30

Workshop of

Wonders

VBS

July 1 July 2

Choir

July 3

July 4

July 5

SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT

Office Transitions

Jane Bernard retires this month to a life of travel and leisure (she hopes) with her

husband Ron. We thank Jane for her time as our church’s Office Administrator. With

her in the manager’s office, we have been able to navigate the nuts and bolts of a

pastoral transition and upgrade much of our technology. Jane has loved the

interaction with the office volunteers who serve so reliably. Her parting gift to all of us

is the installation and implementation of Church Helpmate – a new database that will

enable us to communicate better with our church family.

Thank you for your many gifts and skills, Jane, and for your committed service to the

ministries of our church!

We welcome to the staff Trish Kells, who comes to us with extensive executive

administrative work in industry and real estate. As a Christian, she is enthusiastic

about lending her gifts and skills to the work of our church. She’ll be in the office on

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We hope you’ll drop by to meet her.

.

Hello...

& Goodbye

July 12th from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Cost & Admission - $20 per person

Oklahoma Mission Trip - May 2014

Imagine if your home and all your belongings were blown away in an instant. This year’s Mission Trip to Oklahoma City (OKC,

to those in the know) brought our 10-person team face to face with people who experienced that loss just one year ago.

Although much rebuilding has been accomplished, there are still many Oklahomans who need help, and always the fear that

new storms this spring could threaten their lives and homes again.

The contact agency for this year’s

Mission Trip was Oklahoma Disaster

Relief Project (ODRP), a collaboration of

helping agencies that includes the

American Red Cross, Salvation Army and

the Oklahoma United Methodist Church.

The young and able staff of ODRP uses

a case method to hear people’s requests

for help, assess their needs, and match

volunteer teams to appropriate projects.

Led by Sue Harriss, who began the

Mission Team program in 2003, the

group included Jack and Kay Lucas, Kyle

Vaught, Linda Dressler, Karen Hartley,

Charie and John Pinches, Barbara

De Groot and Pastor Paige Eaves.

From Monday through Friday the team

worked in rural Newalla, OK, about 45

minutes from OKC, for Shalan and Terry

DeSpain, whose home was lost in a

Category-4 tornado on May 19, 2013.

Although under-insured and recently unemployed, the two have managed to replace their former mobile home with a used,

three-bedroom model, refurnished with items from garage sales and friends’ donations. Next to their home is the below-

ground storm shelter that saved their lives that terrible day.

Terry, a construction worker, has built an imposingly solid covered deck on the front of their trailer home, and a smaller porch

out back. Among our tasks: to stain and seal the deck and porch. The nearly two-acre property also needed fencing, interior

walls patched and exterior painting. We also spent time listening to Shalan, as she mourned the loss of her photos and

treasured keepsakes. Having people

around to talk with and hear her stories

seemed to raise her spirits, which were

at a low point when we arrived on

Monday. As the week went on, we

could see her getting stronger, which

also buoyed our spirits.

Essential to the work was a fully-

equipped construction trailer supplied

by the Ontario Methodist Church and

driven to OKC by the intrepid team of

Jack and Kyle. A steak dinner was their

reward after their two-day, 1,200 mile

trek.

As the week progressed, members of our team were recruited

for two other tasks. With a burst of Woman Power, Sue, Linda,

and Pastor Paige helped three young women from ODRP at the

home of an 83-year old woman whose yard was still clogged

with fallen trees, one year after the storm. With the help of a

chain saw (wielded by the trained ODRP staffer) the women cut

up enough logs and twigs to fill a dumpster. On another day,

Jack, Kyle, Sue and Pastor Paige helped put up a scaffold for a

man trying to reconstruct a damaged garage.

Throughout the week the group was impressed by the can-do

spirit of the people of Oklahoma, their friendliness and offers of

help to find the nearest coffee shop or the right department in

Wal-Mart. From the beginning, the trip seemed to be blessed by

angels. A Christian author, encountered in line at John Wayne

airport, asked if she could say a prayer for the group when she

learned of their mission. Heads bowed they received her bless-

ing and the good wishes of surrounding passengers.

Good eating was provided by Kay’s cook team, which included

Linda’s niece Glenda and her husband Gary, plus their Method-

ist pastor Les and his wife, Gay, who drove five hours from

Hooker, OK.. bringing delicious pulled pork and ribs for sumptu-

ous suppers.

Other blessings included perfect weather and free time to see

the local sites. Our home for the week, First Church of OKC, is

across the street from the Oklahoma Memorial, which movingly

commemorates the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P.

Murrah Federal Building and the lives that were lost that day.

In a more light-hearted outing we were led on a walking tour

downtown OKC by Pastor Paige’s friend Rev. Trina Bose North, a

dedicated Thunder fan who cheered her team’s victory over the

Clippers later that night. Another night, we were treated to din-

ner at the Methodist Church in Shawnee, OK, by a group that

hosts volunteers teams in the area.

The week went quickly, and we all felt blessed by the work we

accomplished and the spiritual growth we shared through

prayer and evening devotions.

You can find out more about the trip on Sunday, June 22, when

the team leads UUMC in worship, and later this summer at a

Saturday morning breakfast.

Oklahoma Mission Trip 2014

Continued...