Sunday, December 20 at 6 p.m. on ZOOM (Due to the shelter-in-place order we have moved it to ZOOM). This time of year (especially this year) can be challenging. All around us we see Christmas joy and holiday cheer and if we’re not feeling that way, we may feel out of place. This 30-minute service […]
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Blue Christmas (Longest Night Service)
From Pastor Kathy
After Labor Day, schools are in full swing (as much as the pandemic allows) and many community groups begin a new year. This year the political season heats up as we prepare for the November elections. Over the years, I have been told that Christians should not be involved in politics and pastors shouldn’t express […]
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Ways Asbury is Helping Our Community to Stay Connected
We have a Task Force on Re-Opening who has prayed, study and met together and reviewed the protocols from the Annual Conference about Re-Opening. After much discussion and study and remembering the General Rules of Methodism that we are first to Do No Harm we have decided not to petition the Annual Conference leadership to […]
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From Kathy…
From Pastor Kathy… Your Asbury staff has been meeting every week on GOTOMEETING since the Shelter in Place Order was given. Normally we met twice a month. However, we felt the need for support and sharing as we try to stumble through our mission, our jobs, our tasks in these unprecedented time. One of our […]
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From Pastor Kathy…
I write this column after our nation has surpassed the grim marker of 100,000 Americans dead from COVID-19. Monday, June 1 has been set apart by religious communities and mayors across the nation as a day of lament and mourning. I invite you to watch this video produced by Sojourners https://sojo.net/media/national-day-mourning-and-lament And I invite you […]
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A Change in District Superintendents
Shinya Goto has been our District Superintendent (D.S.) for 3 years. Effective July 1, he will be appointed the Superintendent of the Los Rios District. Their current D.S. is retiring. Our new District Superintendent effective July 1 is Samuel Hong. Rev. Hong comes to us from the position of Senior Pastor for the Korean United […]
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