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”

Volume 31 Issue 9

San Marcos United Methodist Church SEPTEMBER 2010

FROM THE PASTOR’S STUDY

“Back to Church”

We see many commercials for ‘back to school’ sales. September is the month for ‘back to school’.
There is no excuse for students not to go back to school. Likewise, I thought about ‘Back to Church’
Sunday in September. Like the school calendar, I wish I could have a date that everyone should be
back to church. This is the time to come back to church after summer vacation or after a long spiri-
tual vacation.

“Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as ell.” (Matt.
6:33) If we humbly seek God’s kingdom first, God will bring revival to our land, our people and our
church, As a matter of fact, people seek first their own kingdom and their own righteousness. As a
result, nothing will be given to them. We all live with God’s resources such as time, materials and
opportunities. God will give his resources more abundantly upon those who seek His priorities.

Ezekiel was a man of God confronted with a congregation of God’s people who were discouraged,
displaced and spiritually dead. The circumstances were ripe for revival. God took Ezekiel to a moun-
tain top and gave him a visual aid of revival. Read Ezekiel 37:1–14! Revival is the process of bring-
ing to life that which once was alive, but is now at the point of death. “Can these bones live again?”
Ezekiel obeyed God, preached to those dry bones and then God breathed his spirit back into their
bodies, God revived for Himself a mighty army.

How Can We Revive?

1. Recognize the dryness of our bones.
2. Rekindle the spirit for the lost.
3. Rejoice in reaching a\out and bringing them to the Lord.

Robert Robinson, in 1758, wrote the song, “O Thou Fount of Every Blessing” He later fell away from
the faith. He met a young lady singing his song. She, noting his sadness, wanted to share the lyrics
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Happy Birthday!
with him. Robinson responded, “Madam, I wrote
the song and I’d give a thousand worlds to have
that feeling once again.” The psalmist expresses
the same in Psalm 85:6, “Will you not revive us SEPTEMBER
again, that your people may rejoice in you?”

Your people may rejoice in our church. Come and

See! Your fearless acceptance of this invitation Clavel Limpiado 2
will be a life time blessing to your families, friends Noni Essert 10
and neighbors. September is the month to come
‘Back to Church’. When you work for God, God Eugene De Leon, Sr. 15
works for you. Tom Blanche 17
Voltaire De Leon 17
“Back to Church” Sunday:
Florence De Leon 19
Francee Colace 21
Sunday, Sept. 12, 10 am service.
Elaine Limpiado 21
Guest Preachers:
Rev. Paul Dinkel, Rev. Charles Boss
Happy Anniversary!
Special Musicians:
Bell Choir, Vocal Quartet,
Violin Soloist Eugene & Rose De Leon 17
BBQ lunch will follow. Jaime & Ruth Baculanta 28

- Pastor Tae Kim

Giving & Gratitude

“ God has given us two hands, one to re-

ceive with, the other to give with. We are
not cisterns made for hoarding; we are
channels made for sharing.”
- Dr. Billy Graham]

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 THE WELCOME MAT
CALENDAR

♦ Sept. month long Prayer Vigil

We'd like to welcome NEW-
COMERS to our church.
Sunday Worship Service is
at 10:00 am, with Sunday ♦ Sept. 2 at 6:00 pm– Worship
School at 10:15.
♦ 7:00 pm-Finance

All are invited to stay after church for Fellowship

Time (with free coffee and treats at 11:15 in the ♦ Sept. 4 at 8:00 am—UMM Breakfast
Social Hall). Here you'll have opportunities to meet at IHOP
others and become better acquainted.

For everyone who enjoys going out to eat at noon
with others, there is usually a group doing that on
most Sundays. Ask for Carol, Lisa or Jesse if you
want to be included in this "Dutch treat" activity.
♦ Sept. 7– at 2:15— Welcome/Care Team
♦ Sept. 9th at 10 am-Love Circle at
church

All are invited to Love Circle (Women's Group) on

2nd Thursdays at 10:00 am. The meeting place is
announced each month, via Betty Chaffee, at 760- ♦ Begin Sept 12—Sundays at 6:30 pm –
599-0589. This month will meet at the church. Bible Study - 1st Peter

A monthly Men's Group meets for breakfast at

IHOP in San Marcos, the 1st Saturday of the ♦ Wednesdays—9:30—Bible Study
month. The contact person is Dwain Allen, 760-
591-4131.
♦ Sept. 12 Rally Sunday & BBQ—

Bible Studies meet at the church on Sundays at Guest Pastors: Charlie Boss & Paul Dinkel
6:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:30am. Several
other opportunities are available on the monthly
calendar found in each issue of KAIROS.
♦ Sept. 14 –9:30 - Craft Club
Do you wonder what KAIROS means? It
stands for the Greek letters Chi and Roe
(symbolizing the sign of the FISH), drawn by early ♦ Sept. 16- 6:00 Trustees & 7:00– Ch.
Christians when they wanted to identify each Council
other in secret.

-Merry Williams
Welcome/Care Team Chair ♦ Sept. 28– 5:45 am-Soup Kitchen at
Interfaith in Escondido

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September 2010
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

Month Long Prayer 1 2 3 4

Vigil 9:30 Bible Study 1:30 Fitness 8:00 am UMM Men’s

6:00 Worship Breakfast

7:00 Finance

5 9:45 Prayer Time 6 7 8 9 10 11

10:00 Worship 9:30 Bible Study 1:30 Fitness 9:30 Craft Club
10:15 Sunday School

11:15 Coffee Fellowship

12 9:45 Prayer Time 13 14 15 16 17 18

10:00 Worship :15– PM Welcome/ 9:30 Bible Study 1:30 Fitness
10:15 Sunday School Care Team
6:00-Trustees
11:15 Coffee Fellowship

Preaching: Charlie Boss 7:00– Church

& Paul Dinkel Council

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

10:00 Worship 9:30 Bible Study 1:30 Fitness
10:15 Sunday School

11:15 Coffee Fellowship

26 9:45 Prayer Time 27 24 29 30

10:00 Worship 9:30 Bible Study 1:30 Fitness
10:15 Sunday School

11:15 Coffee Fellowship

5:45 AM -Soup
Kitchen at Interfaith
in Escondido
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 Bible Study Groups

There are presently two Bible Study groups

meeting at the church. If you would like to partici-
pate in one, they are on Sunday Evenings at 6:30,
taught by Pastor Dave Walker. They are taking a
break and the next study will be on September
19th. The study is the Prophets. They will study 1st
Peter next.

The second group meets on Wednesday mornings

at 9:00 . They are studying “The Purpose Driven
Life” led by Pastor Tae Kim. There is space avail-
able if you would like to join either group. Contact
Pastor Dave at 760-752-1409 or Pastor Tae at 760
-304-4428.
Brad Wilde Contact Information

Brad Wilde, one of our church members,

has been deployed to Iraq. I’m sure he would be September Prayer Vigil Reminder
grateful for cards & letters or any other thing you
The month of September will be a month
feel you could send. Just to know the people of his
church are thinking and praying for him would be of long prayer vigil. This is coordinated by Pastor
comfort. Here is his address: Dave Walker (760-752-1409 ). He has a sign-up
sheet and you may sign up for a specific date
CW 03 Wilde, Brad
and time, or you may just want to do your prayer
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at home. Just remember that we are making an
Kandahar Air Field extra effort for the month of September to talk to
Unit 41062 our Lord. We may want to pray for our Pastor,
our church, our community, our town and our
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country and our own needs. Pray for the men
Or you can send him an email at: and women of the armed forces and their fami-
Brad.Wilde @AFG.USMC.mil lies for the sacrifices they make for us
all, especially Brad Wilde, who is one
of us.

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 Youth Camp
The kids also had chapel twice a day. Chapel was
based on Dr Seuss books and how to find the
Christian meaning in them. If you want to know the
Six kids went to meaning of your favorite Dr. Seuss Book, find the
church camp this following kids and ask them: Sadie, Garrett, Na-
summer and had a than, Savannah, Alyssa, and Cassie.
great time and looking
forward to going back - by Nicole Jones
next year. The top five
activities that every-
one seemed to enjoy
were: archery, spend-
ing time around the camp fire, making new
friends, swimming and praying.

Each cabin had about 6-10 kids that

were shared with their counselors. The favorite
food from camp was Ribs followed by Biscuits
and gravy. We can't forget dessert! The favor-
ites were ice cream, cake and banana bread.

Summer Concert
Our summer concert on
Aug. 15 was like a 'music festi-
val' with 15 musicians.
The program covered
almost all kinds of music from
contemporary to classical, and included piano
solos, baritone, soprano, violin, cello, piano trio,
barbershop, flute, guitar and gospel songs.
The favorite songs from camp were "Turn
the world around" and "Farroh O Farroh".

One of the highlights was Denise Bravell's testi-

mony and witnessing music. She was blind from
birth and born to a Jewish family.
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She was touched by Jesus and He gave
her spiritual eyes. There wasn’t a dry eye in
the house. She touched everyone there!
The food and fellowship were wonderful.
It was a most delightful summer night,
like a heavenly banquet.
Our next concert will be on Sunday, Dec. 12
at 5pm. You may save this special day for
your family and friends. Please feel free to
invite anyone.
-Pastor Tae Kim
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Bell Ringers Have First
Practice Of The Season!
Our first bell practice
was a joyful, if hectic time. We
gratefully appreciate the faithful
ringers who have returned for an-
other year. Lorene, Janice, Sophia,
Gay and Nita are such a joy to know and give
their time and talents.
The pleasure of the addition of Rose and
Lorna will add to our range of the number of
bells we can ring. A delight for us all is the pos-
sibility of adding children to the choir. This will
be the future of ringing. Alyssa, Savannah,
Jessica and Nathan were really enthusias-
tic. Christina also rang and has a knowledge of
music.
We look forward to ringing for you in the
near future and can play many more bass
bells. It is such a joy and pleasure for me to
have the opportunity to praise God with the mu-
sic that we can create. Thank you,
- Liane Parkes, Director
PLEASE, help me to make the KAIROS
better. Feel free to submit items of inter-
est, prayers, autobiographies, biographies,
or church activities to the office for KAI-
ROS. I would love to print more about our
members and people love to read it.
Remember, by the 15th of the month be-
fore publication. It’s your newsletter, so
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it’s about you. Thanks!—
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Bishop………………………………………………………………………………………….Rev. Mary Ann Swenson

Superintendent…………………………………………………………………………………….Rev. Myron Wingfield
Pastor ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Rev. Dr. Tae K. Kim
Church Secretary……………………….……………………………………………………………………...Jean Isam
Custodian………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Bong Pak
Ministers…………………………………………………..…………………………The People of the Church (YOU!)