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LI Learnings - Part 2 by Catherine Kavasch

I heard a common core message supported with a variety of specific examples in the sessions that I attended at the Leadership Institute (LI) held at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas with Kolo and Aud-rey Liku, and Tracy Zapata September 27-29. The core message comes from Jesus’ life. Jesus learned and followed the example of his teachers, then he taught and was a role model, then he instructed his disciples to go and do what he had done. These are the steps for building disciples. Build Relationships: - Meet people where they are, in coffee shops, in our community, our neighborhood, government, and schools. Our lives are transformed by participating in experiences not by observation. Our lives are changed when we act and engage. - Pay attention. Look around you, and see people. Interruptions become moments of ministry. - Get to know people as people, not as instruments. - Create intimate, close, honest, loving, trusting community within the teams you are involved with whether in worship or music ministry, classes, or committees. Equip, Teach, Train: - Build a pathway, guide, mentor, lead people in growth. Always lead people to the next thing. Growth is not about numbers it is about growing people. Invest in them by providing training, and model behavior. Set an example by being real, emotional, and honest. Provide experiences that are moving, connectional, and life changing. - Help people identify their gifts, then identify the right people for their leadership gifts. Do they love Jesus? Do they love people? Are they good communicators? Do they have the gift of hospitality? Empower: - When people have grown in their spiritual development. When they have built a relationship with God. Let them go and let them use their gifts. Let them lead singing or speaking, let them use their gifts. Delegate. Give everyone a part. Share responsibility. If there is a vacancy, show it. Let people know there is an open place waiting to be filled. - Healthy teams and leaders have joy – have fun, celebrate, laugh and they have intensity – focused on a mission, a purpose, the promise, the why. Learn and follow, teach and lead, then empower and let go. If this does not happen, the cycle is broken; we do not grow personally, and our neighbors do not grow. These are our missions: “The mission of the church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” “Where your relationship with God will grow through Prayer and Praise, Study, and Service.” What we learned at the Leadership Institute is how to accomplish these missions.

Faith Matters

October 24, 2017

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Please let us know if you know of someone who

could use our prayers of intention so we can include

them on our list.

Continued prayers of healing for our homebound

and/or chronically ill, and those who are recovering

from accidents/illnesses, who include: Charles

Dumm, Dorothy Feick, Barbara Humphrey, Florence

Kersting, Priscilla McIntire, Charlotte McMahon,

Pauline Palmeri, Betty Quadros, Mary Lou Smith,

Mae Stagnaro, Darrell Thomas, and Marie Watson.

After 20 months of great suffering, and even

greater strength, our brother-in-Christ Lynne

Kersting passed away at home last Wednesday

evening, October 18. Condolences for Florence may

be sent to their home: 1200 W. Winton Ave., #164;

Hayward, CA 94545. Lynne’s Memorial Service will

be held at the church on Saturday, November 4, at

11 AM.

Lester Davis, 99, is on Hospice care at Carlton Plaza’s Memory wing.

Mae Stagnaro has moved to the Sierra foothills, close to her daughter Krissy’s home. Mae’s new address: Oak Terrace Memory Care; 20420 Rafferty Court; Soulsbyville, CA 95372. Cards are welcome!

Office: (510)483-0606 9 am—1 pm, Monday—Friday Pastor: Rev. Myrna Bernadel-Huey pastor@fumcsl.org NOTE: Fridays are her day off. Office Manager: Kathy Moore office@fumcsl.org

Music Director: Dr. Ondine Young

youngondine@gmail.com

Accompanist: Marcie Avalon

marciemusic@theavalonfamily.com

Custodian: Nancy Skinner

custodian@fumcsl.org

Facilities Manager: office@fumcsl.org

Prayer Chain (Confidential): Dawne Teske (357-0770)

dawneteske@att.net

Wedding Coordinator: Judi Pitcher

wedding@fumcsl.org

Birthdays

Margaret Boggess Nov.1

Emily Clark Nov.3

Donald Brown Nov. 6

Aaron Meehan Nov. 6

Myrna Bernadel-Huey Nov.8

Sophia Quayle Nov.9

Langi Toto Piukala Nov.13

Donna-Fay Bower Nov.24

Pamela Jensen Nov.24

Bob Tanquary Nov.29

Anniversaries

Nancy & Scott Skinner Nov.22

Caring & Sharing our Prayers, Joys, and Tears

Anniversary & Birthday ‘s for November

… And, speaking of Birthdays and Anniversaries….

If you’d[ like your birthday and/or anniversary to be recognized correctly in the Spire, please send us your special date

(s) if you haven’t yet entered it in the “Birthdays and Anniversary” booklet now located in the back of the Sanctuary.

This would be a BIG help, so that we don’t forget or misstated your Special Day. Thank you!

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Regular monthly meeting days and times:

1st Tues.: UMW , 11am, in the Wesley Rm.

2nd Tues.: Finance Committee, at 6:30 PM, in the Library

2nd Thurs: Lay Leadership Development, 10:00 AM, Wesley Rm

2nd Sun.: Staff-Parish Relations (SPRC), 12:30 PM, in the St. Francis Rm.

4th Sun.: Church Council, 12:30 PM, in the St. Francis Rm.;

Regular weekly Christian Education/ Spiritual Growth/ Health gatherings:

Sundays: Children’s Sunday School, during worship; Adult Sunday School, ~11 AM-~12 PM: Bible

Study, in the Library, and Video Study Apocryphal Jesus in the St. Francis Rm.

Mondays: Gentle Exercise Class, 10:30 AM in Hale Hall. Taught by Nancy Skinner

Wednesdays: Meditative Communion, 12:15 PM (except the Second Wednesday), Chapel

Our Shared Ministry

PART 2 - Behind the Scenes with Trustees: What We Do!

Our primary purpose is to enable the vision and ministry of the congregation. We do this in many ways. Good

stewardship, common sense and prudence dictate that the church, parsonage, facilities, property, equipment, fur-

nishings and other physical property be well maintained. This provides a more welcoming, safe, and hospitable

church image. In addition, we oversee the Trustee and other church investment resources.

Note: we encourage all church attendees and staff to help with our responsibilities by letting us knows

your concerns and issues that you notice.

Here is what your church Trustees manage to support the ministry:

Our Church facility at 1600 Bancroft has nearly 33,000 square feet of usable area that provides church services

in Sanctuary and Chapel. Also included are classrooms, offices, meeting rooms, Hale Hall, kitchens, and

Your Child Is Mine Preschool, Inc. (YCIM).

We have 16 others (examples; French African Church, AA type organizations, etc.) that use church facilities.

Our local church owns a parsonage in San Leandro that is 2400 square feet with 3 beds and 2 baths that is

presently rented. That income is presently used to pay housing allowance for our pastor.

We also manage the cash and investments assets held for Trustee oversite and designated Endowments and

Benevolence investments, such as church maintenance funds, Petree Education endowment, memorials

and music endowment.

Finally here are our valued Trustees: Lynn Vann, Chairman, Carolyn Keeney, Vice Chair, Rob Clark, Treasure,

Dennis Borruso, Treasurer, Dawn Teske, Aggie Smith, Kolo Liku, and Loranne Shoptaw.

*********************************************************** Sun., Dec. 3: Welcome Christmas/Advent Pot-Luck. A Coordinator is needed for this festive event! If

interested, please contact the Church Office. Thank you; and Ho! Ho! Ho!

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Need Help? Dial 211 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week for

FREE information about health, housing and social services (including food kitchens), etc.

or visit www.edenir.org

Our Shared Ministry, ctd….

Find us on Facebook

facebook.com/fumcsl

Donna Fay Bower has been a quilter for 8 years. She joined the Amador Valley Quilters Guild

(AVQ) in 2012. As part of the guilds mission they distribute community quilts to nonprofits 3

times a year..All together the Guild produces over 800 quilts to fulfill their goals.

For instance, AVQ annually participates in ,“Quilting In the Garden” which was held in Septem-

ber in the Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore. At the event this year they raffled off a quilt and

raised $700.00 with the proceeds going to UMCOR.

Donna Fay and her group have reserved Hale Hall in November where their objective is to sort

400 quilts which will be donated to 15 nonprofits.! Spreading a little joy!

A Little Humor Goes A Long Way!

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U2’s Bono champions Dreamers in video SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Famed U2 frontman and philanthropist Bono has been an outspoken advocate for im-migrant justice for many years. Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska, part of the United Methodist ministry Na-tional Justice for Our Neighbors, asked him to speak on behalf of Dreamers, unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, and he agreed. Watch 'We Are All Dreamers' video Learn about National Justice for Our Neighbors

Looking Ahead… Sat., Nov. 4th, 11:00AM- Lynn Kersting memo-

rial service. Sun.,November 12— 5 PM, Church Conference & Pot-luck with other

churches of our Rainbow District, in the Sanctuary and Hale Hall.

Thur., Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Dinner in Hale Hall , hosted by April Showers

Fri., Nov. 24 Warming Center Opens- Hale Hall

Sat., Dec. 2nd-Sandwich assembly for April Showers, Hale Hall Kitchen. For more in for-mation, please contact Carolyn Keeney or the Church Office.

Sun., Dec. 3: Welcome Christmas/Advent Pot-Luck. A Coordinator is needed for this fes-tive event! If interested, please contact the Church Office. Thank you; and Ho! Ho! Ho!

Calendar and Up-Coming Events

In The Methodist Connection

Small mission grants, big impact ATLANTA — Small grants totaling $868,170 will allow The United Methodist Church and its mission partners in 52 countries outside of the United States to supplement mission personnel needs next year. The 2018 allocation for the “Nationals in Mission” program was approved by di-rectors of the Board of Global Ministries. Elliott Wright reports. Read story

Bishop: Responding to California wildfires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bishop Minerva Carcaño, who leads the California-Nevada Conference, asks for continuous prayer and suggests other ways to help amid the destruction caused by the northern California wildfires. Read letter United Methodists help, struggle amid wildfires

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First United Methodist Church of San Leandro is a Chris-tian Community which believes that every person is a Child of God. We invite you to grow with us in your rela-tionship with God, through a repeating cycle of Prayer and Praise, Study, and Service.

For more information, please visit us on Facebook while our website is under reconstruction.

Sunday Schedule:

9:30 AM Worship & *Children’s Sunday School

11:00 AM Adult Sunday School & *Children’s Choir

*September—June

Service Ministries and Agencies FUMC Supports: Interfaith Homelessness Network (IHN) “April Showers” on

the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of each month at the Girls’ and Boys’ Club of San Leandro

Red Wagon food collection to benefit Davis Street Family Re-source Center. You may bring in non-perishable food items to share as part of the Offertory on any Sunday Morning—or place items any day of the week in the barrel in the Breeze-way.

Contact the Church Office: (510) 483-0606

Office Manager Hours: Monday-Friday;

9:00 a.m.— 1:00 p.m.

FUMC Office E-mail address:

office@fumcsl.org

The Spire is published on the second and fourth Tuesday of

each month by the First United Methodist Church of San Lean-

dro. Articles may be submitted electronically at

office @fumcsl.org.

All Articles Due by 9:00 am Monday of Spire Week.

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June 13, 2017