{"id":3075,"date":"2016-04-29T21:32:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T21:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/?p=3075"},"modified":"2016-04-29T22:14:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T22:14:05","slug":"weekly-newsletter-april-29-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/es\/2016\/04\/29\/weekly-newsletter-april-29-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter: April 29, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-es\">Disculpa, pero esta entrada est\u00e1 disponible s\u00f3lo en <a href=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\" class=\"qtranxs-available-language-link qtranxs-available-language-link-en\" title=\"English\">English<\/a>. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.<\/p><p><\/p>\n<h1>This Sunday at Balboa Union Church<\/h1>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\"><a href=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Council-Chair-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1448\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1448\" src=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Council-Chair-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Beth Anne Gray\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Council-Chair-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Council-Chair-1-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Council-Chair-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.00 a.m. English Worship Service\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nLead by Lay Person &#8211; Beth Anne Gray<br \/>\nSunday School starts at 10:20 a.m.<\/td>\n<td width=\"12\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><a href=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Easter.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2919 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Easter-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Easter\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Easter-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Easter.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5:00 p.m. Spanish Worship Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lay Person &#8211; Joel Guerra &#8211; will be leading our Spanish evening service<\/td>\n<td width=\"12\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<h3 class=\"null\">Readings:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Acts 16:9-15\u200e<\/li>\n<li>Psalm 67\u200e<\/li>\n<li>Revelation 21:10,\u00a022-22:5\u200e<\/li>\n<li>John 14:23-\u200e\u200e29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u200e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Membership Classes<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/membership-class.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3041\" src=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/membership-class-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"membership-class\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/membership-class-300x167.jpg 300w, http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/membership-class.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week Joel Guerra will be organising a new members class, as we have had interest from some of our regular new visitors who would like to formally join the church.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in becoming a member &#8211; either as an Active Member or as an Associate Member (maintaining your membership in your \u00abhome church\u00bb) &#8211; please contact Joel or Leslie to organise the time and date for the classes.<\/p>\n<p>We will announce next week in which service we will be formally welcoming our new members into the congregation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>May &#8211; The Month of Pentecost &#8211; Celebration of the Holy Spirit<\/h2>\n<p>In May we will be celebrating Pentecost, and so will be focusing our worship on the presence of the Holy Spirit.<br \/>\nIn our worship, we will be using:<br \/>\nHymn 334 &#8211; Sweet, Sweet Spirit &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0QZZtmhu3kc\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0QZZtmhu3kc<\/a><br \/>\nHymn 347 &#8211; Spirit Song &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KWEDBaFy0SI\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KWEDBaFy0SI<\/a><br \/>\nHymn 475 &#8211; Come Down, O Love Divine &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CLQu6_Tjk9M\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CLQu6_Tjk9M<\/a><br \/>\nHymn 465 &#8211; Holy Spirit, Truth Divine &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d-l3crMBYP8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d-l3crMBYP8<\/a><br \/>\nHymn 543 &#8211; O Breath of LIfe &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9TxIhTJ3VDA\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9TxIhTJ3VDA<\/a><br \/>\nHymn 393 &#8211; Spirit of the Living God &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GK-O5nfL1Mo\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GK-O5nfL1Mo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will also be using some worship songs that are not in the hymnal:<br \/>\nGlorify Thy Name &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QltVKW6wXdo\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QltVKW6wXdo<\/a><br \/>\nCreate in me a Clean Heart &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2fVliokreqE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2fVliokreqE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Fundraising for the purchase of the Land &#8211; Building 773<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>2 Corinthians 9:8, \u201c<em>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<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We continue our recent fundraising effort\u00a0to purchase the land under Building 773, across the street from the Church &amp; parsonage. \u00a0As many of you know, BUC applied in 2000 for the purchase of the land, according to the terms of\u00a0the Panama Canal treaty, of all three of our buildings: the church, the parsonage and building 773. \u00a0In 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.<\/p>\n<p>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. \u00a0We ask you to give generously, as you are willing and able.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact\u00a0Leslie, 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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Next Week at Balboa Union Church:<\/h2>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/84816a36-321a-4761-9117-6bbebc3a08fd.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3081 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/84816a36-321a-4761-9117-6bbebc3a08fd-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"84816a36-321a-4761-9117-6bbebc3a08fd\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/84816a36-321a-4761-9117-6bbebc3a08fd-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/84816a36-321a-4761-9117-6bbebc3a08fd-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/84816a36-321a-4761-9117-6bbebc3a08fd-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Sunday May 8:<\/h4>\n<h5>10.00 AM<\/h5>\n<p>Martha Maduro will be our speaker.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>\u00a04:00 PM<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SaintMarys03.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3088\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3088 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SaintMarys03-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"SaintMarys03\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SaintMarys03-300x254.jpg 300w, http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SaintMarys03.jpg 659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Community Service<\/h5>\n<p>We will be holding a community service, jointly with Saint Mary&#8217;s church, at 4.00 p.m., out in the open by Lot 773 &#8211; thanking God for another year of Community in San Pablo &amp; Tabernilla (our 2 streets around the 2 churches), and also giving thanks for the rain that has finally arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The community has requested that members of Balboa Union Church, not simply those that live in the area, attend and participate in this thanksgiving service.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Reyes will be leading for Balboa Union Church and we are waiting to coordinate all of the details with the Priest from Saint Mary&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>More details will be sent out in next week&#8217;s newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>5:00 PM &#8211; Spanish Service<\/h5>\n<p>Please join us with our new Spanish service.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Upcoming Events in Balboa Union Church<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"null\">MONDAY, MAY 16 \u2013 AAAM\u00a0SALE OF FOOD (FUNDRAISING)<\/h4>\n<p>We will be selling lunch,\u00a0as a fundraiser for our AAAM program. \u00a0Please contact Leslie or Maria Luisa for the Menu and to make any orders.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>SATURDAY MAY 21- COUNCIL MEETING-1:00 PM<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Venue: Church Office.<br \/>\nAll 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.<br \/>\nIf 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.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"null\">SATURDAY, MAY 28\u2013 AAAM, 2.30 P.M. \u2013 DELIVERY OF FOOD BASKETS<\/h4>\n<p>Come &amp; join us on Saturday, as we deliver a short message, prayer and food to our \u201coldies\u201d, in the AAAM program.<\/p>\n<h4>SUNDAY, MAY 29 &#8211; POTLUCK LUNCH<\/h4>\n<p>In celebration of the end of the Northern Hemisphere school year, we will be holding a potluck lunch to say \u00absee you back soon\u00bb to those families who will be going away \u00abfor the holidays\u00bb. \u00a0We invite all members to bring a plate and come join the fellowship &amp; family time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"null\">UPDATE ON PASTOR LUIS VEAGRA (FRIDAY, APRIL 22):<\/h3>\n<p class=\"null\"><a href=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/VolunteerLuis-e1422629454502.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1557 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/VolunteerLuis-e1422629434809-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"Luis\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>Pastor Luis Veagra is quite delicate. His doctors suspended his chemotherapy treatment, as he was not responding well: the side effects were leaving him weak and he has been in considerable pain. He gets some respite, but the pain returns. At this time, he is eating only soft foods, mashed vegetables and soup. He has asked that we keep him in our prayers, that God give him the strength in this latest test.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"null\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"null\"><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3034\" src=\"http:\/\/balboaunionchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/billwilbur.jpg\" alt=\"billwilbur\" width=\"199\" height=\"299\" \/>UPDATE ON PASTOR BILL WILBUR (FRIDAY, APRIL 29)<\/h3>\n<p>We are grateful to all those who are praying for Pastor Bill, he is at home now. \u00a0He is still undergoing medical treatment and is receiving therapy to increase his mobility and muscle strength. Please keep pastor Bill Wilbur and his family in your prayers, that God will continue to strengthen and \u00a0improves his health.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disculpa, pero esta entrada est\u00e1 disponible s\u00f3lo en English. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. 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