On Friday, March 30th between 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., there will be a Good Friday Vigil at Crystal Springs UMC. On this solemn day you may remember Jesus’s death on the cross as an everlasting example of how God’s love for us was literally ‘to die for.’ Please sign in when you come and sit in the presence of God at any time suggested and take pre-blessed Communion. Pastor Hee-Soon will be present the whole time.
Easter Eggs-travaganza 3/31/2018
Easter Eggs-travaganza!
Dinner and Egg Decorating Party
Where: Crystal Springs UMC
*Bring your hard boiled eggs to decorate. There will be plenty of dyes.
Articulating the Vision of Crystal Springs UMC 2/28/2018
Golden Gate Radio Orchestra (GGRO) Spring Concert 3/11/2018
The Golden Gate Radio Orchestra (GGRO) presents their Spring Concert on Sunday, March 11th, 2018, at 3:00 PM at Crystal Springs UMC, 2145 Bunker Hill Dr., San Mateo. See flyer.
Maestro Luis Zuniga will lead the orchestra through selections, and vocals will be by Heather Otte and Eric Ribeiro.
Tickets are $15 at the door and there will be free refreshments and a chance to socialize. See flyer for more details or contact the church office.
Donating to Wildfires and Continuous Prayers
October 14, 2017
Brothers and Sisters,
Grace and peace to you in the name of Christ Jesus! I have finally arrived home. I was delayed by almost a day because of airline mechanical problems, but I am home! I am grateful to Laura Roberson and Sandy Royall for their work to get me home, and the travel agency that worked with them.
What I most want to share with you, though, is that the last leg of my flight today was from Atlanta and it was full of Red Cross Volunteers from many places in the country who were coming to help. They wore Red Cross vests and T-Shirts. I went up to each one of them and thanked them for coming our way to share their service.
They were kind and expressed a deep commitment to do whatever they could to be caring of the suffering among us. They were retired business men, nurses, grandmothers, teachers, and plumbers. Most of all, they were a community of compassionate care-givers who by their own account, yearn for the day when compassionate care for each other is the way we always live.
One of the Red Cross volunteers pointed out that there was a FEMA staff person on our flight as well. I went over and introduced myself to him and thanked him too. When I told him I was a United Methodist he said, “You are UMCOR!” He expressed gratitude for the work of our United Methodist Church in response to disasters.
I am so very grateful for those of you who continue to respond in caring ways. Please continue to pray for the families and communities grieving because of so much loss, both of life and property. Living in the uncertainty caused by their loss is hard to fully understand, but we know that the Lord, our Good Shepherd, does understand and is holding them close.
Many of you are wanting to respond in concrete ways. We would ask that you would send monetary donations to the California-Nevada Conference. Mail your checks to our United Methodist Conference Center at P.O. Box 980250, West Sacramento, CA 95798-0250 in care of our Treasurer’s Office. Don’t forget to put “Disaster Response Fund” on the check memo line. Your monetary gifts help us to respond more quickly to the most critical and immediate needs and to leverage other funds.
I will spend the next few days striving to be a pastoral presence for our churches most affected by these fires and their communities. I will send you updates each day. Tomorrow I will begin my pastoral itineration worshipping and praying with those who will be gathering at First UMC in Santa Rosa UMC.
Keep praying, make a monetary donation to our California-Nevada Conference Disaster Response Fund, and reach out to those whom you may know who need a word of support.
Blessings,
Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño
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