The First United Methodist Church of North Hollywood's May 2016 newsletter highlights upcoming events such as Pentecost, a Mother's Day brunch, and community service projects including care kit collections for the homeless. It outlines worship services, messages for the month, and past worship highlights, emphasizing the importance of the Holy Spirit and community engagement. Additionally, the newsletter includes a call for donations to support food pantries and update on the church's mission work in response to the Syrian refugee crisis.

1. First United Methodist Church of North Hollywood
GOOD NEWS
e-mail: nohofumc@pacbell.net
May 2016
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IN THIS ISSUE:
• Big Sunday Time
• Mother’s Day Brunch
• Jimmy Weldon Program
• Care Kit Collection
GOOD NEWS is published monthly by
First United Methodist Church of North
Hollywood, California 91601
Phone (818) 763-8231
Minerva Carcaño
Bishop
Rev. James Powell
District Superintendent
Dr. Joey K. McDonald
Pastor
Congregation
Ministers
Jeff Thomas
Director of Music
Roger Eshleman
Organist
Nylean Rapinac
Administrator
Patty Kelsey
Director, Program Ministries
Jessie Renslow
Director, Outreach Ministries
Sunday, May 15 is Pentecost. The Pentecost season is historically related
to the Festival of Weeks which marked the approximately fifty days in the
growing cycle. On the first Sabbath following the seventh complete week
after Passover, first fruits were dedicated to God. The word comes to us
from the Greek and Latin word for fifty or fiftieth day.
Of course, the most significant meaning of Pentecost comes to us from
Acts 2. For here Luke records the Birthday of the Church. The gathered
community met, and the power of the Holy Spirit came upon them.
They were assumed intoxicated because of ecstatic utterances until Peter
stood and spoke reminding those present of the prophet Joel’s words on
the gift of the Spirit. The text also refers to Genesis, Isaiah and later the
Psalms. In this text Luke records the foundation of Christianity. Jesus
and John the Baptist both had spoken of the coming of the Spirit. Here
we are told the Spirit came to everyone without regard to race, creed or
gender.
There were no committees to give permission. There were no umpires to
say you are in and you are out. There were no instructors to evaluate
who passed and who failed. The Spirit came to those present. It filled
their lives and moved them to discipleship.
Directions for Holy living can be found in 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13. Here
Paul writes in verse 4 that “there are varieties of gifts, but the same
Spirit,” and closes in verse 13 with “we were all made to drink of one
Spirit.”
The early Church argued and the modern Church continues to argue
about the weight and work of the Spirit. Yet, this much remains clear–
When we gather to praise and sing what we know of Christ, we are Spirit
fed. When we take into the world the love and work of God born in
worship, we are Spirit led. When we gaze upon the household of faith
accepting each other for who and Whose we are, we are alive in the
Spirit.
Your Friend and Pastor,
Joey
A NOTE FROM PASTOR JOEY

2. COME AND WORSHIP
The following Bible passages will be the basis for the 10:30 messages in May.
Please take time each week to read the selected passages.
May 1 Muppet Blessing Psalm 67
May 8 Shaken Not Stirred Acts 16:16-34
May 15 The Relative Holy
May 22 Listen With The Ears Of Your Heart
May 29 A Healing Word Luke 7:1-10
HIGHLIGHTS OF WORSHIP
April 3rd - This Second Sunday of Easter and a Communion Sunday. 8:15 worship was led by Pastor
Joey. Norman & Patty Kelsey shared April’s monthly announcements. Pastor Joey shared a message based
on Psalm 150, titled, “Praise x 13.”
April 10th - 8:15 worship was led by Norman Kelsey. This morning Patty Kelsey shared a moment with
children about the disciples who went fishing overnight on the Sea of Galilee. Pastor Joey shared the
Mission Moment about the Epworth Project in Slidell, Louisiana and Native American Sunday. Pastor
Joey’s message was titled, “When To Get Help,” based on Psalm 30.
April 17th - 8:15 worship was led by Patty Kelsey. On this Fourth Sunday of Easter many congregants
who were willing and able-bodied, took a few extra steps, and entered through the front doors of our
sanctuary off of Tujunga Avenue. Ken Ellis shared about his experiences at the Epworth Project in Slidell,
Louisiana. Patty Kelsey shared a moment with children about the various ways to say “I love you...” not
just verbally, but in our actions. Pastor Joey’s sermon was based on John 10:20-30, titled, “To Remove
Doubt.”
April 24th - 8:15 worship was led by Sandra Smith. Today, Bill Varney, sat in the Lectern. Pastor Joey’s
sermon, “A Holy Meal,” was based on Revelation 21:1-6.
Roman 8:14-17
John 10:20-33
STRIVE TO
TITHE 2016
You are invited to join in the
75th Anniversary Celebration
of
Boy Scout Troop 18
Sunday, May 29, 2016
10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service
Special Recognition to the church congregation and
its
Men’s Club for 75 continuous years of service
to the community in supporting
Scouting as part of its outreach to youth.
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Luncheon in the rear patio and time for alumni and
friends to share their Scouting experiences.

3. What’s Happening in May?
Saturday, May 21st - BIG SUNDAY EVENT with
Tree People. 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Sign up with
Muffett Brinkman.
Sunday, May 8th - Missions Sunday! Please bring
nonperishable proteins to donate to the Food Pantry!
(Tuna, Peanut Butter, Chili)
Friday, May 20th - Tea Fellowship at Tea Elle C
Cafe. 26111 Bouquet Cyn. Santa Clarita. 11:30 AM.
Sunday, May 8th - Mother’s Day. All ladies who
attend church will receive a special gift.
Saturday, May 7th - Our Annual UMW Mother’s
Day Brunch takes place in Lo-Fe-Lo & the Social
Hall. 10:30 am - 12:00 pm. Entertainment by Clan
MacLeod Scottish Country Dancers.
65th Annual National Day of Prayer - May 5th
Today, all people of different faiths in the United States are
asked to pray for the nation and its leaders.
Take extra time to pray today!
Wednesday, May 11th- Ruth Circle meets at the
home of Marijane Settlemeyer. 7:30 PM.
Monday, May 16th - Tabitha Circle Meets at
10:30 AM in the Hand in Hand Room.
Sunday, May 29th - Boy Scout Troop 18: 75th Anniversary
Luncheon. 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Rear Patio. RSVP to Kathi Ellis.
Thursday, May 19th - PB & J Project meets in the
Lounge at 7:00 PM. Come make 150 sandwiches for
the homeless.
Tuesday, May 3rd - Breakfast Club. 9:00 am.
Magnolia Grille. Limit 8ppl. RSVP.
Sunday, May 22nd - Jimmy Weldon program
during coffee fellowship in the Social Hall. Lunch
served by Methodist Men.
Saturday, May 21st
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
We will be caring for over 90
trees recently planted by Tree
People, including the Deodar
Cedar, Catalina Ironwood,
Incense Cedar and Toyon.
It’s gonna be a blast!
For more info contact:
Muffett Brinkman
All Ages Welcome!
Sunday, May 22nd
Following Worship
The lovable...
Jimmy Weldon Presents:
A Pirate Saves America!
Join us in in the Social Hall for
coffee fellowship and this
inspiring program.
Lunch set up
by the Methodist Men
Tuesday, May 3rd
9:00 AM
Magnolia Grill
Limit 8ppl. RSVP.
Tea Fellowship
Friday, May 20th
11:30 AM
Tea Elle C Garden Cafe
Please RSVP

4. The United Methodist Women
Cordially Invite All the Ladies
to the annual
Mother’s Day Brunch
Saturday, May 7th
10:30am
in Lo-Fe-Lo & The Social Hall
Entertainment by:
Clan MacLeod Scottish Country Dancers
The Ruth Circle invites you to the Glendale Center Theater
Deadline to order tickets via Kathi Ellis is Sunday, May 15th
Meet at 6:00 PM for Dinner at Damon's Steak House before the play!
(Uses the same parking lot as the theater)
Let Kathi Ellis know if you will be meeting for dinner
when you reserve your tickets for the play!
It is a fun evening so JOIN US!
Thursday, June 23
8:00 PM
Tickets -$24

5. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Thank you for your support in funding and very importantly your support in prayer - for the team and
for those we went to help!
The North District Recovery Team (VIM) - (15 workers) returned to Epworth Project (housed at
Aldersgate UMC, Slidell, LA) for a week of work and fellowship.
Sunday April 10 (a clear day) found a few of us assessing one of the sites to be worked on. It was about
45 minutes back to eastern New Orleans. Completing the tasks of the week would make the house ready
for inspection - upon passing the power would return and the owner could return. Now in her 80s she
left it during Katrina - MORE THAN 10 YEARS ago!!!
She is one of MANY who had/has "no one to carry her to the pool" (Read John 5). We were told of
another woman held captive in her home for 5 ½ years! She had no one to build a ramp to allow wheel
chair access until found and provided by Epworth Project.
During our week four inches of rain didn't dampen our spirits or much of our work. Just a few weeks ago
640 homes in Slidell had been flooded along with 12,000 in northern Louisiana!
Sheldon Haase in a team of eight worked the visited house. I was with a team of seven working a 30 year
old manufactured home in swamp land. The couple were in residence. AJ at 87 left to work every day, his
wife was a night nurse who put up with us using the bathroom in their room as she slept.
Our tasks included finishing the kitchen counter, installing the sink, and building a moveable island; it
was also necessary to install and paint kitchen and living area baseboard - all giving her a working
kitchen again.
We cleared the second bathroom, installed new sub-floor, tiled, and added a new toilet. Stymied by a
broken waste pipe and much water under the home we were unable to install the new vanity. :-(
The full team included two 1st timers - one was the youngest member at 32. We celebrated four
birthdays (within a month of our work week) we totaled more than 300 years of life experience.
Gary our group coordinator is working to schedule our fourth visit next spring. I encourage others to
look into Epworth Project and how they might help "..carry another to the pool". Perhaps you’ll join us
next year?
Peace & Love,
Ken Ellis

6. Our Mission focus for May will be our Care Kits for the homeless in our comm
Clean out your drawer filled with travel toiletries from various hotels (sha
conditioner, lotion) or maybe you have a collection of pre-packed utensils and n
sets from take-out at restaurants that are taking up space. The key is “TRA
sizes...especially deodorant and shaving cream!
Our goal is to make 200 kits
CARE KITS FOR THE HOMELESS
By Patty Kelsey
DONATION COLLECTION DAYS:
May 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
June 5th
Please drop off donations in front of
Boyer Chapel!
Care Kit Prep Day
Saturday, June 11th
Lounge
Care Kit Assembly Day
Sunday, June 12th
During Coffee Hour
SHOPPING LIST - (We need 200 of each item)
• Travel size shampoo & conditioner
• Travel size body wash or soap bars
• Travel size body lotion
• Small combs
• Q-tips
• Travel size toothpaste & toothbrush
• Travel size mouthwash
• Mini tissue packets
• Mini First Aid Kit or Band Aids
• Travel size deodorant
• Travel size baby wipes or wet-naps
• Travel size shaving cream
• Razors
• Chapstick or Carmex
• Hand Sanitizer
• Feminine hygiene products
• Pens & notepaper
• Granola Bars
• Crackers with cheese or peanut butter
• Fruit snacks
• Pop-top fruit cups or apple sauce
• Individual tuna or chicken salad kits
• Cookies
• 2-gallon ziploc bags
• 1-quart ziploc bags
• Bottled Water
Please remember that all items need to be travel or individual sizes only.
Thank you for helping us create blessings to those in need.

7. To volunteer, please call Steve Cabrillos at 818-760-3575 or email: steve@anthologychurch.com
Provide the following information: your name (and names of additional volunteers), date(s) you are
volunteering for, phone number and email address. Community service credit will be given to students.
The food the pantry receives from this event is critical to keep the shelves stocked through the lean summer
months. Remember to leave your own bag of non-perishable items for your mail carrier on Saturday, May
14th. Or you can bring your donations to church on Sunday, May 15th and we will deliver the bags of food
for you. Thanks for all you do to help needy families in our community.
STAMP OUT HUNGER
By Lynn Yoshizumi
It’s time for the 24th annual USPS Letter Carriers’ Food
Drive to “Stamp Out Hunger!” Come by to unload and
store food for the Food Pantry!
Saturday, May 14th from 3:00 - 6:00 PM
The Mission City Postal Annex
10919 Sepulveda Blvd.
Mission Hills, CA. 91345
Sunday, May 15th from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Temple Beth Hillel
12326 Riverside Drive
Valley Village, CA. 91607
Although the Pantry coalition congregations and the community are very
generous in donating non-perishable food, the Pantry still needs to obtain
large quantities of food for the approximately 17,000 bags that are
distributed each year. Much of that food comes from the Los Angeles
Regional Food Bank (LARFB), some at no cost (nearly 70,000 lbs in
2015), the rest at different price points depending on the source.
Food at LARFB is available on a first come, first served basis. For many
years the Pantry Purchasing Mgr. had use of a truck on an irregular
schedule. As a result, he was often unable to take advantage of some of
the free and lowest cost foods.
After much shopping, in February the Pantry used some reserve funds to purchase a 2012 16’ white
Mitsubishi box truck with a tuckaway liftgate. The truck was purchased from Enterprise Rent-a-Car with
84,000 miles on it. Now the Purchasing Mgr. is able to respond quickly when free and low cost food is
available from LAFRB and other sources.
The Pantry is partnering with Food Forward to obtain fresh fruit. Community members are asked to
register their fruit trees with Food Forward which supplies volunteers and equipment to pick the fruit and
donate it to the Pantry. A new pick leader is desperately needed. If you or someone you know is available,
Food Forward will provide training. With a pick leader assigned to be in charge of picks that would benefit
the Pantry, there would be much more fresh fruit distributed to Pantry clients.

8. Since 2011 UMCOR has provided more than $3.5 million in emergency assistance to confront the crises in
Syria and Iraq. It has provided emergency food supplies, health care, shelter, psychosocial support,
education support and even mine removal. The aid includes nearly $900,000 in relief supply kits, including
hygiene, school, layette and birthday kits.
If you would like to provide financial support for this crisis, you can make a donation to the church with
UMCOR Advance 3022144 (Syrian Refugees) on the memo line of your check.
HOW UMCOR HAS AIDED SYRIAN REFUGEES
From 2011-2016, the war in Syria has claimed the lives of more than a
quarter million people. About 4.5 million have fled the country and 7.6
million have been displaced within Syria.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief has worked with a dozen
local and international partners to respond to critical needs of those
affected by this conflict, both within Syria and Iraq and in the nearby
countries, Lebanon, Armenia, Turkey, Greece, Iran and Jordan, to
which they have fled.
Reminder: Keep clipping and submitting Box Tops and Labels for Education. When you clip the
Campbell labels, be sure that the bar code is included. These box tops and labels are sent to Red
Bird Mission in Kentucky, a mission institution supported by the United Methodist Church. Judy
Palmer handles this collection. You may give your box tops and labels to her, leave them in the
church office or put them in an envelope and drop it through the mail slot on the office door.
Children’s laughter bouncing off the walls of play space provided
by UMCOR & the Int’l Blue Crescent. Offers hope in Killis, Turkey.
This young girl is among the
Syrian refugees who visit the
child-friendly space.

9. May your birthday be filled with blessings!
Love, Your Church Family
May 1 Ken Ellis
May 3 Dorothy Tyler
May 4 Jim Doggett
May 4 Kim Miller
May 6 Noah Fetterman
May 6 Jackie Taft
May 10 Shirley Kurushima
May 11 Dottie Vick
May 14 Shaun Vieten
May 16 Jodi Smith
May 18 Phil Roche
May 18 Steven Vick
May 22 Karin Ellis
May 24 Sinjin Doelitzsch
May 24 Melissa Noren
May 25 Ashley Peat
May 30 Phyllis Hannon
May 30 Edward Zung
Tonya Peat underwent reconstructive surgery on Wednesday, April 13th.
Chris Tutak requests prayers for her friend’s 4-year old son, Grayson who was just
diagnosed with leukemia.
Ed Zung needs continued prayers of healing.
Deanne Cox is on the organ transplant list at Keck USC and waiting for her kidney.
Betty Hogarth’s son-in-law is undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Our Congregants that are unable to attend Sunday Services:
Gladys Woodard, Joyce Cunningham, Margaret Dixon
Dong Sup Ye
Father of Hannah Ye-Books
Passed away on April 11th
Tyler Lee Cromer
March 17, 2016
8 lbs. 4 oz./ 20 1/4” long
Parents: Dan and Emily Cromer; Big Bro: Jack;
Proud Grand Parents: Phil and Terry young
Great Grandma: Betty Hogarth
Her sixth great grand child!
Jacqueline Rebecca Jensen
April 13th
7 lbs./ 4oz./ 20.5”
Parents: Michael and Crystal Jensen
Grand Parents: Jon and Becky L. Jensen
Great Grandmother: Betty L. Minetree
Grand Uncles & Grand Aunts:
Charles F. Minetree &Carrie L. Downs-
Minetree, John & Gretchen Elg, David &
Jennifer Orona
Elizabeth Davis
Grand Daughter of Pauline Long
Passed in her sleep at 34 years old
on Friday, April 8th

10. Reflections
Dr. Joey K. McDonald
Reflections are part of the weekly bulletin inserts for worship. This writing is originally from
April 26, 2009 and Deanne Cox shared a message titled, “It Wasn’t A Ghost Story” based on Luke 24:36-48
Luke 24:36b-48 is a post resurrection passage where Jesus comes to his followers and they
struggle with believing who he is. This is not the only challenge in belief for the early Church.
In John 20:19-31 the story of the disciples gathered when Jesus appears to them. Thomas is
not present and will not believe until he can touch Jesus’ wounds. So Jesus appears later that
Thomas may believe. The Bible is replete with such stories. An angel of God tells Abraham
and Sarah that in old age they will become parents, and they laugh in the face of Holiness
itself. Noah doubts that God really wants him to build an Ark. King David doubts the real
power of God and experiences a fall from grace. Peter swears loyalty to Jesus only to deny him.
Paul insists on his righteous condemnation of those who follow Jesus only to find his surety
could not have been more false. Doubt comes because it can and because sometimes it must.
In a Homiletics Magazine article from March 2009 the agnosticism of the late astronomer
Carl Sagan is written. Jerry Adler of Newsweek in March of 1997, states that Sagan was
fascinated by the phenomenon that educated adults, with the wonders of science manifest all
around them, could cling to beliefs based on the unverifiable testimony of observers dead for
2,000 years. He once said to cleric Joan Brown, “You are so smart; why do you believe in
God?’ Of course, Dr. Sagan meant why would you or how could you? Rev. Brown replied
“she found this a surprising question from someone who had no trouble accepting the
existence of black holes, which no one has ever observed. You’re so smart why don’t you
believe in God?” Adler goes on to say that Sagan never had doubts about his agnosticism. His
wife Ann Druyan, told him that “There was no deathbed conversion...no appeals to God, no
hope for an afterlife, no pretending that he and I, who had been inseparable for twenty years,
were not saying goodbye forever.” Didn’t he want to believe? She was asked. “Carl never
wanted to believe,” she replied fiercely. “He wanted to know.”
Therein lies the difficulty. Far too often we need to know rather than simply believe. Be it Dr.
Sagan, or the bank manager, you, me or the postal worker, we forget that God’s existence does
not require our approval. The world we live in, with its flora and fauna, even the bubble gum
we can experience, and the ‘Black Holes’ we cannot are proof that God believes in us. Our
need to know is not a validation of faith, our willingness to believe is.

11. OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORSHIP
May 1 Sixth Sunday of Easter. White or Gold.
Acts 16:9-15; Ps. 67 (UMH 791); Rev. 22:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29
May
8
Seventh Sunday of Easter. Ascension Sunday. Mother’s Day. White or Gold.
Acts 16:16-34; Ps. 97 (UMH 816); Rev. 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26
Ascension Sunday: Acts 1:1-11; Ps. 47 (UMH 781); Eph. 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53
May 15 Day Of Pentecost. Red.
Acts 2:1-21; Ps. 104:24-34, 35b (UMH 826); Rom. 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 (25-27)
May 22 Trinity Sunday. Peace With Justice & Heritage Sunday. First Sunday After Pentecost. White.
Prov. 8:1-4, 22-31; Ps. 8 (UMH 743); Rom. 5:1-5; John 16:12-15
May 29 Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C. Memorial Sunday. Green.
1 Kings 18:20-39; Ps. 96; Gal. 1:1-12; Luke 7:1-10
Sunday Worship Services at 10:30 AM in the Main Sanctuary
Children’s Sunday School meets at 10:30 AM in the Community Room/Nursery
Moment with Children during 2nd & 3rd Sundays at 10:30 Worship
Communion will be served on May 1st at 8:15 & 10:30 Service
8:15 AM Worship Services in Boyer Chapel
May 1 - Pastor Joey May 8 - Sandra Smith May 15 - Norman Kelsey
May 22 - Patty Kelsey May 29 - Sandra Smith
Please have your articles for the Good News to the church office by May 17th for the June 2016 publication
or email them to pattyfumc@gmail.com
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