Monthly news letter for NoHoFUMC

1. First United Methodist Church of North Hollywood
GOOD NEWS
e-mail: nohofumc@pacbell.net
JULY 2018
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IN THIS ISSUE:
• Welcome Pastor Steve
• Annual Conference
• Summer Events
• Visitation Team
GOOD NEWS is published monthly by
First United Methodist Church of North
Hollywood, California 91601
Phone (818) 763-8231
Rev. Grant Hagiya
Bishop
Rev. James Powell
District Superintendent
Rev. Steve Peralta
Senior Pastor
Congregation
Ministers
Jeff Thomas
Director of Music
Roger Eshleman
Organist
Nylean Rapinac
Administrator
Patty Kelsey
Director, Program Ministries
Tonya Peat
Director, Outreach Ministries
A NOTE FROM STAFF PARISH
North Hollywood FUMC Staff Parish Relations Committee would like
to extend our most sincere thanks and gratitude to Pastor Allison Mark
for all of her hard work over the last six months.
Pastor Allison came appointed as our Interim Pastor in January 2018
under difficult circumstances. She did a fantastic job and added a sense
of needed stability at our church. It has been a pleasure working with
her over this period of time and we wish her all of God's blessings as she
transitions into her new appointment. We are sure that she will be well
received at her new church as she is truly passionate about her ministry
and doing God's work to make the world a better place.
Many Thanks to you Pastor Allison, husband Pastor Andy, Kaira and
Amara. We will miss you all.
We also would like to extend a warm welcome to our new senior pastor,
Steve Peralta! Pastor Steve comes to us with a number of skills that will
help us bolster areas of focus for us, such as building our youth ministry
and reinvigorating our worship. We look forward to advancing our
ministry with Pastor Steve, building on the strong foundation and work
that we have already been doing.
Currently, Pastor Steve is moving from his home in Santa Clarita to
North Hollywood, as well as, moving into his study in the church office.
We request that we give Pastor Steve time to settle in and become
familiar with his new church home. Please be sure to come to worship
and introduce yourself. The church office will be available to take
appointments for meetings with Pastor Steve in the middle of the month.
Pastor Steve, welcome to your new church family. We are excited to
move forward together with you in mission and ministry.
Blessings,
NOHO FUMC SPRC

2. HIGHLIGHTS OF WORSHIP
June 3 - Today was the Second Sunday after Pentecost. Pastor Allison shared the children’s message and
sermon this morning. Both messages were based on Hebrews 6:16-20 and her sermon was titled,
“Restoring Balance,” which was part of her Transitions Sermon Series. We shared in the sacrament of
communion today.
June 10 - This morning we celebrated Choir Recognition Sunday! Charles Minetree donned a suit and
bow tie and accompanied the choir on tuba. Patty asked the kids to assist with handing out gifts to the
choir. Pastor Allison gave thanks to all members of the choir, Jeff & Roger. Each member of the choir
received a bag of goodies and thank you note. Jeff and Libeck shared special music, singing a duet, “The
Prayer.” Sandy Flemming read scripture to represent the choir. Pastor Allison’s sermon, “Beyond The
Unknown,”was based on 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1, which was about things we cannot see beyond the
horizon.
June 17 - Happy Father’s Day and the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. All the gentlemen in attendance
received a special gift. Pastor Allison, Patty Kelsey, Andrew Esposo, David Eshleman, and Daniella Lake,
returned from Annual Conference in time to celebrate Father figures of all kinds with the congregation.
We had a special moment of privilege to witness to the baptism of our sister in Christ, Judy Palmer.
Scripture was read by new Dad, Cole Gerdes, who brought his newborn baby, Wyatt and his wife Tristen
to church today. “Big Things on the Horizon,” was the title of Pastor Allison’s sermon that was based on 2
Corinthians 5:6-10 (11-13), 14-17.
June 24 - It was a big Sunday today! This was Pastor Allison’s last Sunday in the pulpit and the service
was full of many special moments. We enjoyed special music shared by Jodie Bowman and Jeff Thomas,
who sang, “A Living Prayer,” in honor of her son, Sebastien’s baptism. We also welcomed new members,
Jesse Boone, Eddy Faulkner, and Scott & Tonya Peat! Patty Kelsey shared a moment with children about
the meaning of Aloha, not only as “hello and goodbye,” but also as a spirit and a way of life. Patty taught
the kids how to hold a lei when presenting it as a gift and then gave each child a lei and asked the children
to share a aloha, mahalo and hug to Pastor Allison. SPRC shared a word of thanks and presented Pastor
Allison with a card signed by the entire congregation and also presented her with a fresh orchid lei. Patty
Kelsey presented Pastor Allison with a handmade stole, made by Shirley Kurushima. The stole was made
with material from the newly refurbished bride’s room and photos memories of Pastor Allison’s time with
us. Pastor Allison floated off down the sanctuary aisle in her land speeder, down Tujunga to beautiful
luncheon followed outside on our patio courtyard. It was a wonderful time, filled with gratitude and
Aloha. So much love and appreciation was shared by all in attendance.

3. Mark Your Calendars!
Sunset Socials
Wednesday, July 11th
Meet at 7:30 in the Lounge
WE ALL SCREAM
FOR ICE CREAM!!
Hawaiian Night
Friday, August 10th
6:30 - 9:00 PM on the Patio
Entree & Beverage Provided
You bring sides and dessert.
Dress in your tropical duds!
Polynesian entertainment!
Concerts in the Park
Saturday, July 28th
7:00 PM
Live Music featuring Luis Oliart,
Director of the North Hollywood
Interfaith Food Pantry
Meet at the Church North Lot
at 6:30 PM to walk to the park.
United Methodist
Dodger Night
Saturday, August 4th
6:10 PM
Hosted by the Methodist Men
Contact David or Roger to sign up
818-988-9313
Deadline: Sunday, July 29th

4. What’s Happening in July?
Wednesday, July 11th - Frozen Treat Social!
Meet at 7:30 PM in the Lounge.
Sunday, July 8th- Mission Sunday! Bring non-
perishable foods for the Food Pantry. Peanut Butter
and Tuna requested. Please bring a few extra
dollars for your offering!
Sunday, July 1st - Welcome BBQ for Pastor
Steve! Following worship! On the Patio Courtyard!
Wear red, white or blue! Entertainment, good food,
and fellowship! BBQ by the Methodist Men!
PB&J PROJECT
Thursday, July 19th
7:00 PM
Lounge
Please join us in making 150
sandwiches for the homeless &
hungry in our community.
Can’t make it but want to help?
Host a PB&J Project!
Sunday, July 1st
Welcome our new Senior Pastor, Steve Peralta!
SPRC will introduce Pastor Steve during 10:30 worship.
Friday, July 20th - Tea Fellowship at Shirley
Kurushima’s Home. Please RSVP.
Monday, July 16th - No Tabitha Circle.
TEA FELLOWSHIP
Friday, July 20th
11:30 AM
At Shirley Kurushima’s home!
Join us for a lovely time of
fellowship and a proper
Afternoon Tea.
Fine China
Tea Sandwiches
Scones & Clotted Cream
Sweets
Quality Loose Leaf Teas
RSVP
Tuesday, July 24th - NO Ruth Circle meeting
this month.
Thursday, July 19th - PB & J Project meets in the
Lounge at 7:00 PM.
Saturday, July 28th - NoHo Summer Nights 7:00
PM NOHO PARK. Concert in the Park.
Adult Sunday School
Meet in Boyer Chapel! 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Led by Sandra Smith on the 3rd, 4th, & 5th Sundays
Wednesday, July 4th - Independence Day
Holiday. Office is closed.
On Sunday, July 22nd
We will be recognizing our
volunteers at 10:30 worship.
If you have given of your time,
physical effort and talent towards
worship, events, or to the church,
you will be recognized. If you’d
like to nominate someone in
particular, email the church office.
Thank you for all you do to serve
Christ in our community!

5. Pastor Steve Peralta has served in ministry for
over 20 years. He graduated from Fuller
Theological Seminary in 1998 and has served
churches in Huntington Beach, Santa Barbara,
Thousand Oaks, and Valencia. He loves to
preach, teach, and help people connect to
God. He has served on the Board of Ordained
Ministry for ten years and currently leads the
Theology Team for Full-Connection. When
he isn’t pastoring, he is an avid cyclist, a lover
of good food, and a semi-capable guitarist and
vocalist. He enjoys the outdoors and
adventurous travel. He also has embraced his
inner nerd and love for the Star Wars
Universe.
As he gets to know NoHo, he hopes to help the
church grow in its faith and hear God’s call to
be in ministry to the surrounding community.
We have Good News to share in a world that is
hungry for love, wholeness, and a sense of
purpose.
Pastor Steve with Pastor Allison, Andrew Esposo, Daniella
Lake, David Eshleman, & Patty Kelsey at Annual Conference.
The Trustees are doing an inventory of
Church keys. If you have an "R" or a "K"
key and still need it, please tell Kathi Ellis. If
you no longer need the key, please return it to
Kathi 818 761-2436. Thanks!
On June 20, 2018, at the UMW Tea, we gave
a Special Mission Recognition Pin to Pastor
Allison Mark. We appreciate her loving time
spent here and the gifts she shared with the
Congregation. Aloha!

6. By Lynn Yoshizumi
The Valley Cultural Center and Councilman
Paul Krekorian are presenting free concerts at
North Hollywood Park, next to the Amelia
Earhart Library, the 5 Saturdays in July as well
as Sat, August 4. The concerts feature a variety
of music with local talent opening each show
and the headliners immediately following.
The music will be enjoyable whether you have
heard of any of the local talent or the
headliners, but you have heard of Luis Oliart.
You know him as Director of the North
Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry, but Luis is
also an entertainer. Luis and the Hinges will be
the opening act on Sat, July 28th, featuring
soulful rock and blues music. The headliner that
night is Lisa Haley & the Zydekats, the world’s
most beloved Americana/Cajun/Zydeco band.
The show begins at 7 pm so that night park
your car at the church north parking lot at 6:30
pm and walk with your friends up Tujunga to
No Ho Park.
You may bring blankets, low chairs (under 3 ft.
in height), tarps and pillows. You may not use
stakes to keep your blankets in place as they are
a safety hazard. No grills or open flames of any
kind are allowed in the park. Food and non-
alcoholic beverages are permitted and a variety
of food trucks will be ready at 6:30 pm. Please
keep animals tethered and respect your
neighbors by being mindful of your space and
the view of others.
By Patty Kelsey
We have formally organized a Visitation Team.
Our Shepards are: Nylean Rapinac, Lynn
Yoshizumi, Jodi Smith, Judy Palmer, Chuck Schafer,
Patty Kelsey, and our Pastor.
The team takes time to visit the homebound, send a
note or card, or phone call. Perhaps it is just to pick
them up and take them to a social gathering. All
contacts are logged to keep track of who is in need
and to make sure we spread the visits out to all who
are in need.
Margaret Dixon
12626 Tiara St., NoHo, 91607
Marion Elkerton
*43694 Trail G, Lake Hughes, CA 93532
Joyce Cummingham
Courtyard Plaza
6951 Lennox Ave., Van Nuys, 91405
Dorothy Tyler
8316 Topeka Drive, Northridge, CA
91324, 747-224-0801.
All Mail for Dorothy:
% Mary Jo Kostelac & Kkim Sauerwein
18204 Soledad Cyn Road #23
Canyon Country, CA 91387
Gladys Woodard
6750 Whitsett Ave. Unit 325, NoHo 91606
Margaret Allen
Villa Scalabrini Special Care Unit
10631 Vinedale St., Sun Valley 91352
Dottie Vick
14706 Blackhawk St., Mission Hills
Bill Varney
Burbank Rehab 1041 S. Main St., Burbank 91506
Irene Graham is in need of weekly visitation on
Wednesdays. Contact the church office for info.

7. BEDSIDE ADVENTURE KITS
By Patty Kelsey
Your Missions Team has been supporting
Discovery Arts for 9 years by making
Bedside Adventure Kits!
Discovery Arts brings music, dance, art and drama to
children with cancer, serious blood disorders and life
threatening illness while they are receiving treatment.
For those children who are too ill to participate in the
group program, a Discovery Arts team member brings
the magic directly to their bedside for their very own Arts
Adventure.
Bedside Adventure Kits are custom packaged kits, filled
with a variety of age appropriate art materials and fun
creative projects. Each and every child receives a Bedside
Adventure Kit, additional kits are also provided to the
hospitals for children to enjoy when Discovery Arts is not
on site.
We will be making 100 boxes filled to the brim
with art supplies!
SUPPLIES WISH LIST
(* - means they are in need of this item)
*Safety Scissors
*Crayons
*Elmer’s Glue (bottles & sticks)
Paint Brushes
*Crayola Paint Palettes
Markers (8 ct.)
Coloring Books
Construction Paper
Small Play-doh Tubs
Card Games
Mini Art Projects
Assorted Stick-on items:
Pipe Cleaners, Wood, Foam, Fuzzy balls, googly eyes,
sparkles, sequins, beads, buttons, feathers.
Bring art supplies throughout July & August!
Drop them off on the table next to Boyer Chapel.
We will assemble kits on Sunday, August 26th
Thank you for your support!
SHOP BACK TO SCHOOL SALES NOW!
STAPLES
.50 cent bottles of glue
2-pack of safety scissors for $1.27
OFFICE DEPOT
.50 cent Crayola Crayons (24 ct.)
MOST DIFFICULT ITEM
Crayola Paint Palettes
We request that if you see these 8 color - trays of
washable water colors for $2 or less, to please
purchase them.
Target has them online for $1.99 each.
or the UP&UP brand for $1.79 each.
Please do not buy the dollar store brand
as it does not make color.

8. Podcast:
Our Fellow Church member and acolyte Daniella Lake is starting a podcast and needs your help! The
podcast is titled “Life Told By a Stranger”. In the podcast, Daniella has a chat with strangers and not
so strangers, and asks them all the same four questions about life. The purpose of it is to gain insight
on life from people who have had different walks of life. Sound interesting? Daniella invites all of you
to be on her podcast! Don’t be shy! Tell anyone who you think will be interested as well! See Daniella
Lake for more details and to arrange recording dates.
Annual Conference:
Cal -Pac Annual Conference was an amazing experience! It showed me a whole new side of the United
Methodist Church! It was interesting to see how the church is not just about worship but it is a social,
historical, and even political institution. I was so happy to see how diverse our church is and how many
people it takes to keep it running. We discussed many topics from the budget of annual conference to
making certain churches historical sites. At Annual Conference, we voted on several different matters that
will have an impact on the United Methodist Church as a whole. It was really nice to see this side of the
church.
Another part of Annual Conference I enjoyed was being a youth lay voting member. I got to meet a lot of
youths my age and some even younger. It was fun to spend time with them and hear what they thought
about the conference! I definitely made some great friends and can’t wait to go back to Annual
Conference next year!
By Daniella Lake
I’m almost halfway through my internship at
church and it has been a great three weeks.
From making the weekly inserts to making sure
everything is ready for VBS, being in the
church office has been a fun and new learning
experience. I’ve seen what it’s like to take part
in the church in a bigger way than I usually do
and I’ve enjoyed it so much. I’ve enjoyed
getting to know more people at our church and
working with the staff. It’s been a great way to
spend my summer!

9. 2018 CALIFORNIA PACIFIC ANNUAL CONFERENCE
UM Female Clergy call out Jeff Sessions
Cal Pac Task Force Philippines
Daniella & Kyla
Sue McDonald treats us to ice cream!
Fireside worship
Following Memorial Service
Dr. Galloway & Romania
Daniella stands with the Youth

10. Wishing you many blessings on your birthday!
Love, Your Church Family
July 1 Alexander Parnell
July 2 September Sucher
July 4 Betty Hogarth
July 5 Joyce Cunningham
July 9 Heemanshu Bhagat
July 9 Byron Hayes
July 12 Steven Ellis
July 12 Chris Koenigsaecker
July 13 Sage Doelitzsch
July 18 Francis Nyaforh
July 23 DeAnne Hayes
July 26 Wendy Neckels
July 28 Kevin Ellis
July 28 Roger Eshleman
July 28 Gary Solt
July 31 David Cox
Teri Geiger’s terminal cancer responded well to
chemotherapy and the cancer stopped
spreading.
Bill Varney is at Burbank Rehabilitation
Center after a number of health struggles. He
now has three herniated discs and is learning
to walk again. He is in a lot of pain but looking
forward to sit in his spot in the third row pew
soon.
Prayers of comfort for Lisa Cheby's friend,
Jaccqui, who lost two family members in one
week.
Norman Kelsey’s uncle, David Vail, has had an
ongoing fight with bladder cancer.
Prayers for Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Hawaii,
Flint Michigan, our country and our world.
Prayers for the families detained and the
children who are separated from their parents.
Charles Minetree's cousin, Eric "Andy"
Anderson, has found out that his pancreatic
cancer has returned. Unfortunately, he does
not have very long to live.
Tracy Ritter, still needs prayers as she deals
with adenoid cancer, the prognosis is not good
and the doctor's only give her 5 - 10 years. She
hopes to live much longer than their
predictions. Currently, she suffers from
constant head pain and cannot find a
comfortable position to sleep.
Prayers for our nation’s leaders and our world
leaders. Prayers for peace.
Miles Yoho, 23 months old, has been living at
CHOC LA after having heart failure from
cardiomyopathy. Miles is waiting for a heart
and has been listed for 143 days. Inpatient -
151 days-The family is worn and weary. Miles
is having immune system issues that can now
prove problematic for his body accepting a new
heart.

11. LECTIONARY READINGS FOR JULY
July 1 Sixth Sunday After Pentecost. Independence Sunday. Green.
2 Sam. 1:1, 17-27; Ps. 130; 2 Cor. 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43
July 8 Seventh Sunday After Pentecost. Green.
2 Sam. 5:1-5, 9-10; Ps. 48; 2 Cor. 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13
July 15 Eighth Sunday After Pentecost. Green.
2 Sam. 6:1-5, 12b-19; Ps. 24; Eph.1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29
July 22 Ninth Sunday After Pentecost. Green.
2 Sam. 7:1-14a; Ps. 89:20-37; Eph. 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
July 29 Tenth Sunday After Pentecost. Green.
2 Sam. 11:1-15; Ps. 14; Ephe. 3:14-21; John 6:1-21
Sunday Worship Services at 10:30 AM in the Main Sanctuary
Adult Sunday School meets 3rd, 4th & 5th Sunday at 9:00 AM in Boyer Chapel
Children’s Sunday School meets at 10:30 AM in the Community Room/Nursery
Children’s Time every Sunday at 10:30 worship
Communion will be served on Sunday, July 1st
8:15 AM Worship Services in Boyer Chapel
July 1- Pastor Steve *communion July 8 - Norman Kelsey
July 15 - Patty Kelsey July 21 - Sandra Smith July 29 - Sandra Smith
Please have your articles for the Good News to the church office by July 17th for the August 2018 publication
or email them to pattyfumc@gmail.com
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