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COVID Corner
A Note from Amanda to Families
Did you know there is a new Instagram page
dedicated to featuring what's going on with young
people in our community? If you have an
Instagram account make sure to follow along:
@stmarksyp
If you don’t, no worries! We'll post everything on
Facebook, on our webpage (stmarksumcsd.org/
youngpeople) and here too.
Children’s Lenten Offering and Blessing
Thank you to all who offered gifts to BirthLine
during our Lenten season. Although they were
delivered post Easter, the gifts were blessed,
given, and received with grateful hearts.
Check out the electronic Messenger for a
video of the blessing.
Wedding Anniversary
Quarantine Style by Alana Sedgwick
Anniversary in quarantine saved us a lot of
money. No cruise, no airplane ride, no jewelry,
no expensive dinner out.
We celebrated our 47th at Chez Sedgwick with
candlelight, a rose, and a tablecloth on the
table. Dinner was a prime rib pulled from the
freezer left over from Christmas a year ago.
Because we dated for 10 years before we got
married, our dinner’s theme was “A Journey
Back to the Summer of 1963.” We had hours
of Reminiscing thanks to my “Sentimentality
Box.”
How’s THAT for a Sentimental Journey?
Happy Anniversary to Alana and Skip! And
thank you for sharing.
Interfaith National Day of Prayer Videocast on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 6 P.M.
You are invited to join Rev. Jeri, Rev. Lydia, Adam Marshall-Lopez, PB UMC musicians,
and others as together we light candles and combine our prayers.
www.PBUMC.com/Live
Left: Humor
found by Beth
Dugan.
Right: Rev.
Tom Davis
Zooms to
church.
The Kneier
kids model
their masks
and send
their
electronic
thank you
to Pam
Rader.
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Worship as of July 1st: Speaking of the new pastor, she along with the rest of the St. Mark’s
worship team have decided to resume worship back in the St. Mark’s sanctuary, no longer doing
worship with Pacific Beach United Methodist Church as of July 1st. This is because Pacific Beach
United Methodist Church is also receiving a new pastor and it is important for both churches to begin
a new chapter of their lives under the leadership of their new pastors. I suspect St. Mark’s folks will
be ecstatic to see worship in their own sanctuary once again.
The worship will continue to be virtual until further notice from our governing authorities regarding
large gatherings.
May Sermon Series - Creativity: Finally, our sermon series for the next 5 weeks centers around the
themes of art, creativity and imagination. We decided to focus on these themes as they are the anti-
dotes to our suffering and helplessness. Adam Marshall-Lopez, a ministry candidate at Pacific Beach
United Methodist Church and the one who preached at our Good Friday service, will be preaching in
honor of Mother’s Day and how God, our ultimate mother, breathed all of us into creation and is still
creating anew even now. Especially now. She is using the chaos of these present times to create
beauty, hope, and fresh beginnings. I hope you will tune in this Sunday at 9 a.m. to watch.
In this together, Rev. Lydia
Peace with Justice Sunday – May 17 Sunday, May 17 is Peace with Justice Sunday.
Funds are used to enable the UMC to have a
voice in advocating for peace and justice through
a broad spectrum of national and international
ministries. Moved by Christ’s love to pursue
reconciliation and peace, honoring the dignity of
every individual made in God’s image, The UMC
is unwilling to turn a blind eye to injustice.
Because you give:
• Methodists spearhead a peace ministry uniting Arizona
border communities
• Methodists in Liberia are being equipped to implement
the denomination’s Social Principles to address social-
justice issue
• Pennsylvania students are educating their community
about sex-trafficking at home and abroad
• Austin Region Justice for Our Neighbors has the tools
to support refugees and immigrants through advocacy,
education and legal services
These initiatives, and many others, are how your
generosity can help bring peace and justice to a
hurting world. Please consider a donation.
Please keep all those in prayer who are experiencing grief, chronic illness, addiction, loss of direction and disenfranchisement. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Our military personnel:
Brook Bossen, Coast Guard Kris Brendal, Army
Robert S.Chisholm, Navy Craig Clemans, Marines Paul Clemans, Air Force Blake Cross, Navy Nathan Streeter, Navy Lenny Hezelett, Navy Henry Hoadley, Navy Michael Hunter, Navy Milo Riegle, Marines Robert Tarango, Navy Dylan Weitzman, Army
You are invited to participate in the St. Mark's prayer chain via email. Prayer requests will be sent to you via an email account you provide; you will not be asked to do anything other than offer your private prayers for requests you receive. To participate, please email Donna Newby at [email protected].
In Our Prayers
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St. Mark’s Messenger
Vol. 47 Issue 18 Keeping In Touch
Pastor’s Bible School Wednesdays @ 1 P.M.
Join Rev. Jeri on Wednesdays at 1P.M. via Zoom as
we explore the Lectionary Passages of the week. A
Zoom link will be sent by email each Wednesday
morning. Here are the passages for Sunday, May 10
• Acts 7:55-60
• Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16
• 1 Peter 2:2-10
• John 14:1-14
As well as Sunday, May 17:
• Acts 17:22-31
• Psalm 66:8-20
• 1 Peter 3:13-22
• John 14:15-21
Dear beloved St. Mark’s community,
There’s a lot of information in this letter, including my moving out date
so please read until the end.
Palm Sunday came and went. Easter Sunday came and went. And
now, Mother’s Day will come and go under this pandemic.
When I initially wrote all of you about ceasing our in-person worship, I
honestly thought it wouldn’t be more than three weeks before we
gathered back together again. We are now approaching our third month
of social distancing.
Before, I wasn’t able to share with you how all of this would unravel
because this pandemic was unprecedented. Medical and political
professionals were trying to understand all of this in real time, as it was
happening. As such, I had to reign in my urge to control and take it one
week at a time. I couldn’t make any promises to you as I didn’t know
what the future held.
Now, after several months of researching, praying, listening, and
observing, I am able to share with more certainty on how the following
months may unfold.
Saying Goodbye: The first matter is my being able to say goodbye. It
breaks my heart that I will not be able to say goodbye to all of you in the
context of a gathered Sunday morning worship service as the ban
against large public gatherings probably won’t be lifted until late
summer or early fall. HOWEVER, I still want to see your faces and say
goodbye! That would mean a lot to me because you have meant a lot to
me. Therefore, I will be in the church parking lot on Tuesday, May 26th
and Thursday, May 28th from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for a drive-thru goodbye!
Come with your cars and face masks and we will share our heartfelt
goodbyes as we maintain a careful social distance.
Our official move out date is Monday, June 8th so that the Board of
Trustees can prepare the parsonage for your next pastor, the Rev.
Darin Arntson, who will begin her appointment here officially on July
1st. Don't worry, virtual worship will continue every Sunday morning
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May 5, 2020
858-273-1480
Rev. Lydia Sohn Senior Minister
St. Mark’s Digital Friendship
Pad Check-ins for May 3:
36 and counting
Sunday, May 3, 2020 9:00 a.m. via Livestream
www.pbumc.org/live
Next Week @ A Glance
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 10:00AM Music Appreciation/Zoom 1:00PM Bible Study with Rev. Jeri/Zoom 4:00PM 6-12 Graders Mindfulness Meetup/Zoom
Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:00AM Coffee Chat w/ Rev. Jeri/Zoom 4:00PM Cherub Hallelujah Choir/Zoom
Sunday, May 10, 2020 9:00AM Worship at pbumc.org/live followed by Zoom fellowship
Monday, May 11, 2020 2:00PM Coffee Chat w/ Rev Lydia/Zoom (New Time)
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:00AM Music Appreciation/Zoom 1:00PM Bible Study with Rev. Jeri/Zoom 4:00PM 6-12 Graders Mindfulness Meetup/Zoom
Thursday, May 14, 2020 10:00AM Coffee Chat w/ Rev. Jeri/Zoom 4:00PM Cherub Hallelujah Choir/Zoom
Nursery School Soft Open & Carnival Becomes On-line Auction
Too excited to rest,
this preschooler is
happy to be back.
The preschool has opened for about 10 chil-
dren of essential workers. In addition, they
are ramping up to open for more students
with new regulations in June. The infant
room is in need of up to 20 crib sheets and
they are gratefully accepting donations for
this.
Since the annual fundraising carnival in April
was canceled, the silent auction is moving
on-line! This is the school’s largest fund-
raiser. Look for details on how you can
participate June 1-5.