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Featured Congregation: Santa Barbara

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The Santa Barbara congregation finished the Christmas scripture story with an Epiphany scripture and participating in the gifts from the wise. Our manger was filled with packets of new socks for the Showers of Blessing project for those unhoused in our communities. I blessed the socks for warm feet and warm hearts that they are loved. After church Kathy McGuire decided to type up our gift story with the prayer offered and indiicate who is sending them love for each pair of socks. We have also re-committed to our NA & AA friends for a space for their Higher Power to bring them healing. The Congregation B’Nai B’rith temple, our neighbors, will be vacating their premises next month for a major construction project. Many places of diverse faith traditions are offering space to them for the next 14 months. We are sharing our space for after school Hebrew studies, youth events, and other classes of value for their learning about Judaic culture, religion and Mitzvah service to others. We are being the Good Neighbor engaged in something new!

Featured Congregation: Orange

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This week we are featuring the Orange Congregation!

There were an abundance of gifts for the children at the Orange Friendly Center that Orange works with year- round.  Orange and Gardena members also support CLUE-Orange County and showed up to protest this last year and go to the tables with community bargaining voices.  The success at many levels had them working for justice in the communities they live.  Read the full article by clicking the button below.

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Featured Congregation: Escondido

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This week we are featuring the Escondido Congregation!

Advent Play Day at Escondido on Dec. 4th provided fun, food, listening, learning, creativity, and more fun, for 12 children ages 5 to 13 from different congregations in the San Diego area. Suzy Hawthorne presented 5 stories of Advent and Christ's birth with a craft and game for each, culminating with decorating cupcakes and singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus. Each child also took home an Advent bag filled with a different activity to do each day until Christmas. A joyful time for kids and adult helpers alike!

Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures from our Peanut Butter Sandwich Sunday activities! We already did it last Sunday for this month, so it will be January before we can take pictures. One Sunday a month, after a short worship service, we all gather in the kitchen and fellowship hall to make 150 sack lunches to be delivered to Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith provides breakfast and a sack lunch every day for homeless people, as well as counseling services, housing help, employment help, behavioral health services, and more. We are glad to contribute in a concrete way and have fun and fellowship together in the process.

Merry Christmas!

Bobbi

Featured Congregation: El Cajon

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This week we are featuring the El Cajon Congregation! Here are a few things happening there that might interest you.

  • This last Friday we fed our friends from AA. We served them breakfast following their meeting. After everyone was fed we spent some time with them. We wanted them to know how much their presence means to us. Having them here helps keep problems to a minimum and it helps them to be in a beautiful, pastoral setting.

  • On December 21, 2023, a Wednesday evening, we will have the "Longest Night" service. I think the service will begin at 7 pm. Georg Schild is bringing this special service to us. It is a chance to acknowledge, reflect and remember those who are no longer with us and that includes congregations that are no longer viable. There will be singing and candle lighting and time to share. Everyone is invited to participate and we expect this may be an annual service. I hope you can come to show your love for our special friends and family.

  • We are planning a very special Christmas Day Service. We will begin at the regular time (10:30). Cheryl Sharon is producing and directing a special service that we did several years ago. If you can be part of this service and not be brought to tears, you are way better than me. I know it is hard to break away on Christmas morning but I suggest you open a few gifts, have a bite to eat and then join us in service. The gifts will be even better later in the day. I hope you all can join us.

If you have any questions please let me know. We think of all of you as our special Church Family.

Cheryl Daily
Pastor, El Cajon Congregation

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