We’re starting a new series called Catch Up Wednesdays where one of the ministry teams will catch everybody up on what’s been happening behind the scenes the past several months.
News & Events
Conversations with Pastor Kate
Conversations with Pastor Kate is an opportunity for her to get to know you better and learn what matters most to you about LGUMC.
The Staff Parish Relations Committee would like to invite you to a time of conversation with Pastor Kate. The conversation groups will last for 45 minutes, will be no larger than six individuals, socially distanced, masked, in the shade and outside on the church campus. You can use the link below to register on eventbrite or let the office know and we can register you and can keep a safe group size.
- Thursday September 2, 10-10:45, 11-11:45, 1-1:45
- Saturday September 5, 10-10:45, 11-11:45
- Sunday September 6, 11:15-Noon, 1-1:45
- Tuesday September 8, 10-10:45, 11- 11:45, 1-1:45
- Wednesday September 9, 10-10:45, 11-11:45, 1-1:45
- Saturday September 12, 10-10:45, 11-11:45
If you would prefer to be part of a Zoom group, that can be an option as well. Just let the office know.
News From Pastor Kate
Dear Friends,
Today I find myself with students, their parents and teachers very much on my heart. I have listened to my wonderful next-door neighbors, with a kindergartener and a third grader, trying to make school work at home for their kids, while working as nurses at El Camino Hospital. I listened last night in Guadalupe Oak Grove Park to a freshman in college at Chico State, who has only two teachers out of six teaching by Zoom, the rest just posting assignments. I have listened to several teachers share the challenges of mastering the technology and the sadness of not getting to be in person with their students. Everyone is trying to make the best of a hard and stressful situation.
Last year at this time, I was anticipating my new “gig” as a volunteer in reading and math in a kindergarten classroom in Albany, Oregon. I was delighted to get to be “Miss Kate,” not “Rev. Kate.” Too many of the five and six-year-old children in my classroom were food insecure and at risk for neglect or abuse. School was a safety net for these things. I am grieving for those little ones who are now still at home while entering first grade.
May we all be praying daily for the kids, parents, teachers and administrators in our congregation and community who are struggling with the pandemic “normal.” May we pray especially for those children and youth who are most at risk.
Kate
August 24, 2020 – Materials for Youth
Ways to Help People in Beirut
If you, like many of us, have been touched by the recent explosion and human suffering in Beirut and are looking for ways to help, please consider donating to the Lebanese Red Cross. Here’s some information about them, and if interested, donate here.
Thank you for considering this!
Marcelle M. Dougan, ScD, MPH
Director of Visitation
Los Gatos United Methodist Church
111 Church Street, Los Gatos, CA 95033
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
Phil 4:6
Wordship Sunday August 30, 2020
Come Worship With Us
Join us live at 10:00 AM on our Facebook page or on our website. The service will be recorded and posted on our YouTube Channel afterwards where you may watch it at any time. We will also post the sermon on this page after recording.
Worship August 16, 2020
Join us live at 10:00 AM on our Facebook page or on our website. The service will be recorded and posted on our YouTube Channel afterwards where you may watch it at any time. We will also post the sermon on this page after recording.
Donating
Donating – Not in church physically but would still like to donate? You can either click on the link below or send a check to LGUMC, 111 Church St., Los Gatos, Ca 95030. Any form or amount of donation is appreciated.
Worship August 9, 2020
Join us live at 10:00 AM on our Facebook page or on our website. The service will be recorded and posted on our YouTube Channel afterwards where you may watch it at any time. We will also post the sermon on this page after recording.