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“Never Worry, Never Hurry!”

This coming July 1 is going to be my first anniversary of San Marcos UMC ministry. As Ireflect, the words that come to mind are “never worry, never hurry.” As a matter of fact, it wasquite 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. Theworries included my limited ability and how much the congregation would accept me. I neededwisdom from the Lord to be able to do His mission. ‘Never worry’ were the constant words whenGod sent his people to a new place. Moses was in fear when he was sent to Egypt. Joshua wasvery worried in front of the Jordan River. “Fear not, I will be with you!” The prophet Isaiah heardthe voice when he was terrified. Apostle Paul was strengthened by the Holy Spirit when he wasweak. The new leaders were filled with God’s assurance when they had worries about their newchallenges. It was clear that San Marcos was the place that God sent me for a new mission. I wassent 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 frustratedwith the church’s financial shortage. Many times I was tempted to plunge into quick changes. Ialso needed wisdom from the Lord to be able to do my new mission. The scripture is filled withexamples of God’s plans delivered according to his schedule. The Israelites were anxious to getinto 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. Inever hurry.‘Never worry, never hurry’ is still the same voice that I continue to hear as I carry out Hisministry 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, oneby one with no hurry. Things are already changing slowly but surely. We will renew the church aswe work together. Never worry, never hurry! We will make it as God planned.Pastor Tae Kim

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FROM THE PASTOR’S STUDY

800 W. Mission Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069-1428(760) 744-0170 (email) missionsanmarcos@dslextreme.comhttp://www.missionsanmarcos.net

JULY 2009Volume 30 Issue 7

KAIROS KAIROS KAIROS KAIROS

“Our mission is to know and ex-“Our mission is to know and ex-“Our mission is to know and ex-“Our mission is to know and ex- perience Jesus Christ and share perience Jesus Christ and share perience Jesus Christ and share perience Jesus Christ and shareHim with all others in the power Him with all others in the power Him with all others in the power Him with all others in the power and love of the Holy Spirit”and love of the Holy Spirit”and love of the Holy Spirit”and love of the Holy Spirit”

Family Faith Festival is a time for allages to come together and learn aboutsomeone from the Bible who decided toteam up with God and Go for It!Our Saturday fun will include: BibleChallenges, Service Projects, Music,Games, Snacks and lots of FUN!!! Go to ourwebsite at: www.missionsanmarcos.net/ FamilyFaithFestival.dsp . You may also viewa video clip.Please come join us as we team up withGod at our Family Faith Festival:

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SATURDAY July 18 from 9-11:30 AM

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SATURDAY August 1—from 9-11:30AM

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SATURDAY August 15—from 9-11:30AM

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SATURDAY August 29—from 9-11:30AM

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SUNDAY Sept. 13—starting at 10 AMduring church

(Registration is $5.00 per family per Saturday.)

See Nicole Jones or email her at :nickijones1979@yahoo.com

FAMILY FAITH FESTIVAL

The Conference on Prayer and Healing spon-sored by our Annual Conference will be held thissummer

July 27-30 at the Rancho CapistranoConference Center

. Registration forms areavailable in the Narthex.This is always a great conference for worship,small groups, speakers, prayer, and the healingpower of the Holy Spirit. Bishop Violet Fisherfrom New York will be one of our main speakers.There will also be 18 excellent workshops for ourgrowth as God's people. If you can only makeone day. . .come on up.If you need information, check with the churchoffice—760-744-0170 or Pastor Dave—760-752-1409.

HAVE

you made your donationof

$1.00 for each pair of shoes

you have in your closet ? Themoney will go to buy mosquitonets for children in Africa. Putyour donation in an envelope(shoe envelopes found in the Narthex) and markit “Missions” and drop it in the collection plate.Let’s help wipe out Malaria!INTERFAITH is asking for

canned meats for July, but anynon-perishable food is appreci-ated

. Donations are down thisyear but the need is increasing.

PRAYER & HEALINGCONFERENCE!MISSIONS

our hearts. Then we will fully engage all oursenses—heart, mind, and soul—and allow Godto speak to us through scripture, through thewitness of others, and through “still smallvoices.” Then will our hearts more truly compre-hend God.

On Wednesday, July 8th at Welk Theater agroup from our church will be attending,“Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat”, a musical, sponsored by UMW LoveCircle.

The Musical "story" of Joseph is VERY goodand very close to the Bible story. The costumes areawesome and the music is excellent . It was written byAndrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice BEFORE they wroteJesus

Christ Superstar.

UMW Love Circle Sponsors a Day at the Theater.

Blai

e Pascal, Mystic and pioneermathematician, made clear that intuition andimagination are the key to life forces that ra-tional thinking can never attain. “The heart hasits reasons.” he wrote, “which reason cannotcomprehend. It is the heart which knows God,not the reason.” As Pascal realized, unless wetap the depths of our intuition and imagination,we may lose sight of the source of all life andknowledge. What star, like that which the Magifollowed, would go unobserved? What miracleswould go unnoticed? What possibilities of Godwould be dismissed?When we venture beyond our sensesand enter into the realm of imagination, weopen up new dimensions of the universe far be-yond the calculations of human reason. Imagi-nation is the stuff of “uncommon sense.” Jesustold us that with God nothing is impossible(Mark 10:27). Imagine that! There are no limitsto how we may expand, transcend, and be freewhen we allow the Holy Spirit to speak—andwhen we listen in faith.When the angel told Mary that she wouldgive birth to the Messiah, the one from Godwho would set her people free, Mary momen-tarily allowed “common sense” to rule. “Howcan this be?” she asked incredulously. Butonce her heart comprehended God in all God’sgrandeur, she saw beyond reason’s limitedboundaries to the possibilities of God and brokeinto song. Holy imagination allowed those pos-sibilities to work within and through her.We too can allow those miraculous pos-sibilities of God to work in our lives. When welet go of the rational limits of our minds, ourimaginations 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 ofpeacemaking among ardent enemies. Whenwe join together in supportive, loving commu-nity, we can share the dreams and yearnings of

Only the Heart Knows God

By James Schwarzlose