KAIROS

“Our mission is to know and ex-

perience Jesus Christ and share
Him with all others in the power
and love of the Holy Spirit”

800 W. Mission Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069-1428

Volume 30 Issue 7
(760) 744-0170 (email) [email protected]
http://www.missionsanmarcos.net
JULY 2009
FROM THE PASTOR’S STUDY

“Never Worry, Never Hurry!”

This coming July 1 is going to be my first anniversary of San Marcos UMC ministry. As I
reflect, the words that come to mind are “never worry, never hurry.” As a matter of fact, it was
quite a challenge to come to an English speaking church after serving in a Korean speaking immi-
grant church for 15 years. It was a natural response for me to worry about the new challenge. The
worries included my limited ability and how much the congregation would accept me. I needed
wisdom from the Lord to be able to do His mission. ‘Never worry’ were the constant words when
God sent his people to a new place. Moses was in fear when he was sent to Egypt. Joshua was
very worried in front of the Jordan River. “Fear not, I will be with you!” The prophet Isaiah heard
the voice when he was terrified. Apostle Paul was strengthened by the Holy Spirit when he was
weak. The new leaders were filled with God’s assurance when they had worries about their new
challenges. It was clear that San Marcos was the place that God sent me for a new mission. I was
sent here from God. God is with me. I never worry.
There were many things to change as I reviewed my new church. At times I was frustrated
with the church’s financial shortage. Many times I was tempted to plunge into quick changes. I
also needed wisdom from the Lord to be able to do my new mission. The scripture is filled with
examples of God’s plans delivered according to his schedule. The Israelites were anxious to get
into the Promised Land, but God prepared them in the wilderness for forty years. “Never hurry!”
Church ministry is God’s ministry and His plan. I just have to coordinate His time schedule. I
never hurry.
‘Never worry, never hurry’ is still the same voice that I continue to hear as I carry out His
ministry of the coming years. It is also the wisdom that challenges the future of all congregations.
There are many things to change in our church, but we must do it step by step with no worry, one
by one with no hurry. Things are already changing slowly but surely. We will renew the church as
we work together. Never worry, never hurry! We will make it as God planned.

Pastor Tae Kim

 FAMILY FAITH FESTIVAL PRAYER & HEALING
CONFERENCE!

The Conference on Prayer and Healing spon-

sored by our Annual Conference will be held this
summer July 27-30 at the Rancho Capistrano
Conference Center. Registration forms are
available in the Narthex.

This is always a great conference for worship,

small groups, speakers, prayer, and the healing
power of the Holy Spirit. Bishop Violet Fisher
from New York will be one of our main speakers.
There will also be 18 excellent workshops for our
Family Faith Festival is a time for all growth as God's people. If you can only make
ages to come together and learn about one day. . .come on up.
someone from the Bible who decided to
team up with God and Go for It! If you need information, check with the church
office—760-744-0170 or Pastor Dave—760-752-
Our Saturday fun will include: Bible 1409.
Challenges, Service Projects, Music,
Games, Snacks and lots of FUN!!! Go to our
website at: www.missionsanmarcos.net/
FamilyFaithFestival.dsp . You may also view MISSIONS
a video clip.
HAVE you made your donation
Please come join us as we team up with
of $1.00 for each pair of shoes
God at our Family Faith Festival: you have in your closet ? The
♦ SATURDAY July 18 from 9-11:30 AM money will go to buy mosquito
nets for children in Africa. Put
♦ SATURDAY August 1—from 9-11:30 your donation in an envelope
AM (shoe envelopes found in the Narthex) and mark
it “Missions” and drop it in the collection plate.
♦ SATURDAY August 15—from 9-11:30 Let’s help wipe out Malaria!
AM

♦ SATURDAY August 29—from 9-11:30

AM

♦ SUNDAY Sept. 13—starting at 10 AM

during church INTERFAITH is asking for
canned meats for July, but any
(Registration is $5.00 per family per Saturday.) non-perishable food is appreci-
ated. Donations are down this
See Nicole Jones or email her at :
year but the need is increasing.
[email protected]

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 our hearts. Then we will fully engage all our
Only the Heart Knows God
senses—heart, mind, and soul—and allow God
By James Schwarzlose to speak to us through scripture, through the
Blaiśe Pascal, Mystic and pioneer witness of others, and through “still small
mathematician, made clear that intuition and voices.” Then will our hearts more truly compre-
imagination are the key to life forces that ra- hend God.
tional thinking can never attain. “The heart has
its reasons.” he wrote, “which reason cannot
comprehend. It is the heart which knows God,
not the reason.” As Pascal realized, unless we (Taken from July/August issue of Alive Now ®, ©, USED BY
tap the depths of our intuition and imagination, PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)
we may lose sight of the source of all life and
knowledge. What star, like that which the Magi
followed, would go unobserved? What miracles
would go unnoticed? What possibilities of God
would be dismissed?
When we venture beyond our senses
and enter into the realm of imagination, we
open up new dimensions of the universe far be-
yond the calculations of human reason. Imagi-
nation is the stuff of “uncommon sense.” Jesus
told us that with God nothing is impossible
(Mark 10:27). Imagine that! There are no limits UMW Love Circle Sponsors a
to how we may expand, transcend, and be free
when we allow the Holy Spirit to speak—and Day at the Theater.
when we listen in faith.
When the angel told Mary that she would On Wednesday, July 8th at Welk Theater a
give birth to the Messiah, the one from God group from our church will be attending,
who would set her people free, Mary momen- “Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dream-
tarily allowed “common sense” to rule. “How coat”, a musical, sponsored by UMW Love
can this be?” she asked incredulously. But Circle. The Musical "story" of Joseph is VERY good
once her heart comprehended God in all God’s and very close to the Bible story. The costumes are
grandeur, she saw beyond reason’s limited awesome and the music is excellent . It was written by
boundaries to the possibilities of God and broke Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice BEFORE they wrote
into song. Holy imagination allowed those pos- Jesus Christ Superstar.
sibilities to work within and through her.
We too can allow those miraculous pos-
sibilities of God to work in our lives. When we
let go of the rational limits of our minds, our
imaginations take us to new levels of commu-
nity and freedom. When we banish doubt in fa-
vor of imagination, we open our lives to mira-
cles of healing of bodies and souls and of
peacemaking among ardent enemies. When
we join together in supportive, loving commu-
nity, we can share the dreams and yearnings of
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 As we thus remove one stone from the channel of
thy love to us, oh God, let us dare to imagine the
creative power of forgiveness sweeping over
men and nations and bringing in thy king-
dom upon earth.

Amen

2010 Trip to Israel

2009 Mission Trip to Korea
October 6, 2009—October 15, 2009 is sched-
uled for a Mission Trip to Korea. Our District
Superintendent , Rev. Myron Wingfield is join-
ing the group trip. The expense will be around
$1,200.00. Please ask Pastor Tae if you are in-
terested in more information.

Prayer

Let us hold up into thy love now, oh God, one

person who has hurt us, frightened us, or dis- Have you thought about how great a
turbed our peace. Remembering Jesus, let us blessing it would be to visit Israel, the
pray, “Father, forgive him; for he knows not land of the Bible? You can travel with
what he does”. friends, old and new, have daily, on-site
Bible studies, and enjoy the fellowship of
In the name of Jesus Christ, send thy love into other believers. The lessons you’ve
this person, and heal those wounds in his own learned from your Bible will come alive
heart that cause him to wound others. Comfort each time you read it after visiting the
him of old sorrows. Melt down by love the crust Holy Land. Read on!
of evil that hides his true nature, for he was
born in thine image and likeness, oh God, and Caesarea (By the Sea—Maritma) is just
he is not truly alive until there shines in him that one of the magnificent sites you’ll see on the
very light that Jesus Christ brought into the “Exploring Israel and Egypt, 2010 Tour” I hope
world for us all. you’ll join me for this trip of a lifetime February 28
-March 11, 2010. One other opportunity we might
Let my forgiving love be at work in him from this be able to have is meeting the Missionary to Je-
time forward, setting him free from a heavy bur- rusalem. There is still space available but time is
den which, whether or not he recognized it, he running out. Reserve your spot now. If you are
has been dragging. And may he be able to interested you can contact me at
stand up straight at last and see that where he [email protected] or call 760-415-0602.
wants to go is where the light of Jesus is draw-
ing him. So let him be changed, redeemed, and Check out the details at my co-leaders website:
transformed by love, as I now see him in my http://web.me.com/pastor.
mind by faith.
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 Prayer Requests United Methodist Family Night at
Jacklyn’s Mom, Dad & Sister Winnie Pointer Dodger Stadium 2009
Francee’s niece-Marla Pat Limpiado Friday, July 17, 2009 @ 7:40 PM
Jim Gower Gay Hamby
Plus Fireworks after the game!
Sandy & Bob Nita Hazeltine
Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
Wayne Beckman Susie’s surgery
Ticket discount price is $20.00
Anne & Louise
($32.00 face value) Parking is
Pat Limpiado $15 and bus parking is $35
Dillon Allen
OUR TICKETS ARE INNER RESERVE
Bill Uhland LEVEL BETWEEN HOME & 3rd BASE
Laurel Plagge $2 per ticket will benefit Cal-Pac Conference
Dwain’s Father Hardship Assistance Fund. DEADLINE for
ticket sales is Thursday, July 3, 2009.
Gay Hamby

Ione Head Conference UM night coordinator is Joyce

Zirkle (800) 244-8622-office (626) 796-7297
Elsa– travel
fax and email: [email protected].

Happy Birthday! ■ There will be no Worship,

Prayer or Finance committee
July
meetings in July.

Lisa Abel 9th ■ UMM breakfast will be July

11th instead of the first Sat-
Cassie Allen 10th
urday in July.
Merry Williams 11th
Clifford Eckert 11th
The Young Champions
Dave Walker 14th
organization is offering an
Jesse Pugliese 18th art program at our church
Ray Oakley 18th in the Fellowship Hall
every Wednesday evening
Happy Anniversary!
beginning July 1: 5:30—
6:10 PM for 5-8 year olds and 6:15—6:55 PM
for 9-15 year olds. Registration is at 5 PM and
Ray & Carol Oakley 23rd 6 PM respectively. All children are welcome to
register regardless of church affiliation.

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 HOW TO PLAN YOUR FUTURE IN YOUR WILL

The federal government encourages gifts and bequests to the church

by allowing an unlimited tax-deductible charitable donation.
To make a bequest to San Marcos UMC, the following language will be helpful to your lawyer:
“I give, devise and bequest to San Marcos UMC, located at 800 W. Mission Rd.,
San Marcos, CA 92069 the sum of _________ (or otherwise describe the gift or specify
a percentage of the estate) as a Mission Legacy Gift”

Fixed-Dollar Bequest
Leaving a Percentage
Residual Bequest
Bequest of Property
Designation as Beneficiary of Your Life Insurance or Retirement

We are extremely grateful to our donors who have chosen to support our church with a lasting legacy
through their estates. Through your commitment of support, you reach beyond time and help carry
on the spiritual, cultural, historical, and educational presence of San Marcos UMC for generations to come.
The tax ID number for San Marcos UMC is 95-2465598.

Tae Kim

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7:00 Young Adult 5:00 Young 1:30 Fitness

Bible Study Champions

5 6 7 8 UMW 1:30 at 9 10 11
Welk—Joseph’s
9:45 Prayer Time 8:00 AM UM-
Amazing Techni- 1:30 Fitness Men’s Breakfast
10:00 Worship color Dreamcoat
11:15 Coffee Fel-
lowship 5:00 Young
Champions

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
9:45 Prayer Time 1:30 Fitness 9-11;30 Family
10:00 Worship Faith Festival

11:15 Coffee Fel- 5:00 Young 6:00 Trustees

lowship
Champions 7:00 Ch. Council

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
9:45 Prayer Time 1:30 Fitness

10:00 Worship
11:15 Lunch Bunch 5:00 Young
Champions

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9:45 Prayer Time 5:45 Soup Kitchen 5:00 Young 1:30 Fitness

10:00 Worship
7:00 Preschool Champions
Board
11:15 Coffee Fel-
Prayer & Healing Prayer & Healing Prayer & Healing
lowship
Prayer & Healing Conference Conference
Conference
Conference
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Bishop………………………………………………………………………………………….Rev. Mary Ann Swenson

Superintendent…………………………………………………………………………………….Rev. Myron Wingfield
Pastor ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Rev. Dr. Tae K. Kim
Preschool Director…………………………………………………………………………………………….Jan Gower
Organist……………………………………………………………..……………………..……………..Winifred Pointer
Church Secretary……………………….……………………………………………………………………...Jean Isam
Custodian………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Bong Pak