This Sunday at Balboa Union Church

10.00 a.m. English Worship Service  Lay leader: Beth Gray. Special speaker: Father Juventino Castillero, from Saint Mary’s Church. Sunday School starts at 10:20 a.m.

Spanish Worship Service Sunday at 11:30 AM Our speaker in the Spanish service this coming Sunday, June 12th will be Joel Guerra

Readings: 1 Kings 21:1-10, (11-14), 15-21a Psalm 5:1-8 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3

We would love to have you sing in our Pick Up Choir.
Practice is at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday morning, and will be lead by Irena Sylya.
Come & join the fun!

In Mourning

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Reverend Luis Veagra, who passed away Thursday morning.  May God give them His peace and security through these difficult times.

Servicio de Accion de Gracias

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Special songs & music:

Our children are learning “Jesus Loves Me” in English & Spanish in Sunday School.  We will be singing this just before Children’s time every Sunday morning in the service.  For those of you who are interested in learning it in Sign Language, here are the signs in American Sign Language:  Jesus Loves Me – with Signs

We will be closing our services in the coming weeks with Hymn #664 – Sent Forth by God’s Blessing

We have also asked the children to learn “Welcome to the Family“, as over the next few weeks we will have a number of baptisms of our young congregational members, and will finish the baptism service with this special song.

Fundraising for the purchase of the Land – Building 773

2 Corinthians 9:8, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.”

We continue our recent fundraising effort to purchase the land under Building 773, across the street from the Church & parsonage.  As many of you know, BUC applied in 2000 for the purchase of the land, according to the terms of the Panama Canal treaty, of all three of our buildings: the church, the parsonage and building 773.  In 2012, thanks to the efforts of past and current members, the purchase of the land under the church and parsonage was finalised, and we were given title to not only our buildings, but also the land. At this time, we have title to building 773 itself, but we do not own the land under and around it.

We are asking all friends and members to collaborate and assist in any and all ways possible, financially, with their skills and time, so that we can make this purchase also a reality.  We ask you to give generously, as you are willing and able.

Please contact Leslie, our church secretary, for details on how you can make donations to this fundraising, or contact one of the Council members for more details if you have any questions.

Volunteers Needed!

We have updated our website to include the code and plugins necessary to publish our entire Church website in Spanish.  Beth & Leslie will be working arduously over the coming days & weeks to translate each of the pages into Spanish, so that it is available for our visitors in either English or Spanish, according to their browser settings.

We would appreciate greatly any volunteers that can assist with either:

• translating or
• proof-reading

in Spanish as we progress on this project.

We would also appreciate feedback and constructive suggestions regarding content of the website which should be updated at this time.  We appreciate any and all assistance that can be given. For volunteering or simply providing feedback about the website, please write to us at the newsletter email address.

Next Week at Balboa Union Church:

Sunday June 19th:  10.00 AM

We are waiting for confirmation on our speaker for this coming week, and will send out a special notice with the details.

Sunday June 19th:  11:30 AM

Our speaker in the Spanish service this coming Sunday, June 19th will be Joel Guerra.

Upcoming Events in Balboa Union Church

THURSDAY JUNE 16 – MISSIONS SALE OF FOOD (FUNDRAISING)

We will be selling lunch, as a fundraiser for our Mission program.  Please  call to the office 314-1004 for the Menu and to make any orders.

SATURDAY JUNE 18- COUNCIL MEETING-1:00 PM

Venue: Church Office.

All members of the congregation are welcome to sit in on council meetings, where they may ask to have a voice to participate in any discussions.
If there is anything special that you consider should be on the agenda, please send an email to councilsec@balboaunionchurch.org in advance, so that the meeting agenda can be sent out in advance to all council members.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25– AAAM, 2.30 P.M. – DELIVERY OF FOOD BASKETS

Special Arrival: July 2

Douglas and Aleta Shepler arrive for their 3 month Sabbatical, joining Balboa Union Church as missionary pastors.

They will be with us until the end of September.

SUNDAY, JULY 3 – 10:00 AM service – Emily’s Baptism

POTLUCK LUNCH – INDEPENDENCE DAY & CELEBRATIONS

11:30 AM – JULY 3

The Spanish service will start a little later on Sunday the 3rd of July, as we jointly celebrate all the goings on and happenings in Balboa Union Church!

UPDATE ON PASTOR BILL WILBUR (THURSDAY JUNE 9)

Pastor Bill is progressing and today he had the results of its last  blood  test and his account of creatine continues to decline but is still above the normal range.

Thank you for praying!