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Walk to Bethlehem
“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light!” (~Isaiah 9:2)
Join our Being the Church movement this Advent (12/28-12/24) as we "Walk from Long Beach to Bethlehem!" With each mile that we walk, run, bike, hike, skip, swim, jump, we will be growing in our love for Jesus together. You can join us in different ways! Whether you pray for our "Walk to Bethlehem" team daily, join us on our 7,600 mile journey, or make a donation to our "All Church Christmas gift," we will be celebrating this Advent season together. All donations to the "All Church Christmas Gift" will go to support the youth services offered by The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach.
Let's Be the Church together this Advent season!
Join the Walk! Sign up here: www.BeingtheChurchLB.org
• Track your Mileage on Google Sheets
• Walk TOGETHER on Wednesdays, Dec. 8, 15, 22 from 6-6:45 at the Los Altos well-lit, large parking lot; 5950 E. Willow St.
Mobile Houseless Ministry
Supplementing our city’s fixed locations that support houseless persons with provisions and services, the Being the Church Movement churches are working together on a mobile ministry. We deliver food and supplies directly to houseless persons.
We are all incredibly grateful for the donations gathered by the Groundlings campers and our churches this summer! Generosity overflowed, generating over 600 bottles of water, and an abundance of socks, blankets, and pet food.
Our team made two deliveries in July to the tent encampments of the east side of the LA River near downtown delivering care bags consisting of socks, bottles of water, toilet paper, and hygiene kits. Others delivered a hot meal.
Our next date is to take food, jackets, water, blankets, toilet paper towels, and cleaning supplies on December 4. You can help with your time or donations in this growing and ongoing ministry.
For more information about volunteering or needed donations, contact Rebecca, ministry coordinator admin@calheightsumc.org
Bixby Towers Fellowship Ministry
We are excited to be in ministry with the residents of Bixby Towers. Join us every-other Monday for music, devotion, and fellowship. Volunteers are needed simply to be in worship and fellowship with Bixby Towers residents.
1st and 3rd Monday at 2:00 pm in Tower A.
Have questions or want to get involved, email Pastor Doug pastordoug@calheightsumc.org
Help Create a Campership Fund for Youth
Cal Heights in committed to supporting our youth and young people to grow in their faith through camp! This includes SSP, Conference Camps, youth trips, and other ministries. Camperships have long been a tradition at Cal Heights as people sponsor those attending the trips go help make them affordable for all. In the past these funds have been short-term assistance raised on a trip-by-trip basis. This year, as we head into a new future, we are asking for your help in two areas:
- Short-term partial camp sponsorships of $100-$200 per camper
- Help establish a long-term fund that will grow in-time and provide camperships for kids.
Thank you for your generosity in helping our children, youth, and young adults experience the joys and life-transforming spirit of camping here at CHUMC. Contact Pastor Doug for more information.
Current and Future Ministries
Cal Heights Drama Club
Cal Heights Drama Club
Cal Heights Drama Club
The Cal Heights Drama Club has been sharing the joys of musical theater with children ages 4-14 for over 10 years! We've moved to an online format due to COVID and are currently developing a new format, preparing kids for solos and soliloquy! The new format will allow kids to learn more about how to sing, act, and do a little choreography as they work with our director's to create an individualized experience and a group "variety show" later this Fall. Contact us for more information at PastorDoug@calheightsumc.org
Are You Interested???
Cal Heights Drama Club
Cal Heights Drama Club
Many have been expressing a desire to see and connect with people during this time of quarantine. We here at the church can provide a safe and sanitary place for people to gather in a socially-distanced atmosphere for groups under eight people. These groups would have the opportunity to explore areas of faith, history, scripture, and service as they meet on a regular basis for spiritual socializing and discussion. These small groups have been a hallmark of Weslyan churches from the very beginning of the Methodist movement and are so vitally important in today's isolated climate. Click on the button below to sign-up and then we'll help groups coordinate their meeting times and discussions.
Holy Conversations
Cal Heights Drama Club
Holy Conversations
Over the last couple months a small group of CHUMC leaders has been gathering online to discuss and discern the direction that God would have us move in ministry. We believe that God is still active in today's church and that God will guide us to meet the needs of our community as we pray, listen, and reflect together. WE CAN USE YOUR HELP!!!
You can help this group of people discern God's call for our congregation by sharing your thoughts and reflections on the following three questions:
1) Who are we (CHUMC) now? Not who have we been. Not what have we been good at. Who are we right now, today?
2) Who are our neighbors now? This is about who the people around us are--their needs, their likes and dislikes, their age and interests.
3) What is God calling us to do now? This is the most important question for us to move forward as a congregation. If God is calling us to meet the needs of our community and bring the grace of God to them through ministry, what will that look like?
Click on the link below to send us a note of your thoughts and reflections on these three questions. IT WILL REALLY HELP