Event Highlights
(For all events, please see the Church Calendar)
- All Church Retreat! June 1-3, 2012 at a new Location: Monte Toyon. Mark your family calendar now.
Registration is open! Print this SIGN-UP FORM fill it out and mail it in.
- Man Day Retreat - March 10 - For our Cluster churches and beyond! At Los Altos UMC - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Movie, music, talk and good food. Sign-up today at: http://siliconvalleychurch.org/Men/
- Women's Spiritual Retreat - March 16-18 -The El Camino District UMW will hold it's annual Women's Spiritual Retreat at Mission Springs Retreat Center in Scotts Valley. The theme: Everything has a crack in it; that is how the light gets in. Our leaders will be Kathi McShane and Shirley Stephenson. Details about program - registration and scholarships - featured in the talent show will be your very own Good Sam Belly Dancers!
- Project Panda Is Underway -
“The key to connecting with our community, our neighborhood is Stocklmeir School,” according to Mark Teagle, Good Sam’s Director of Engagement. That school, next to Ortega Park in Sunnyvale, is our neighborhood elementary school, the common thread that unites us all regardless of faith, ethnicity, or social status. “And serving together with that school community can help us forge bonds with the families all around Good Sam.”
- English teacher substitutes needed -
Ministry Opportunity! - If you speak English well and are available during weekday afternoons, you are perfectly suited to help in a fantastic ministry working with great students. Fred Kurtz, Vi Kakaio, Mary Chapman and Florence Bergman have been regular conversation teachers on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, but need substitutes or co-teachers to fill in. If you can come a few times as a substitute teacher, or take the class for 4 weeks so teachers can take vacation time, please contact Helen Kung
- Food barrels for 2nd Harvest - We doubled the number we used to have because 2nd Harvest has witnessed a 50% increase in the number of people requesting food. The economy has forced people who never thought they would need assistance to ask for help. As we head into the holidays many shelters and pantries are looking to us to stock their shelves. 2nd Harvest is feeding 1 of every 10 people in Santa Clara County; that's a staggering number.
A little over 2 years ago, my small group suggested we each bring one can a week to help fill the barrels. Let’s see how quickly we can help.
- Regular Sunday Worship Schedule
- 8:45 am: The Source worship service
- 9:00 am: Sunday school for all
- 10:15 am: The Bridge worship service
- Current Series:
“We Are Not That Religious: Apprentices of Jesus”
- Sept. 25: Beyond Religion
- Oct. 2: World Communion Sun. [Combined service at 10:30 am]
- Oct. 9: Be Free of False Security
- Oct. 16: Habitat Walk Is Today
- Youth Group Schedule - The Gate!
- 5 – 6 pm - Dinner
- 6 – 8 pm - Program
- CHILDREN’S MINISTRY: The Gate for Children K to 5
- 5 – 6 pm Dinner
- 6 – 7 pm Program
- 7 – 8 pm Free play
- Every Wednesday: Morning Prayer Chapel, 6:30 am Wednesday
- Good Samaritan UMC is now a Reconciling Congregation - After nearly a year and a half of congregation-wide, intentional discussion and discernment, the Church Council of the Good Samaritan United Methodist Church held an All Church Meeting to vote on a motion to become a reconciling congregation. Click here to see the motion. Here is our church statement: The Good Samaritan United Methodist Church believes all persons are created in God's image and are of sacred worth. We seek to include all God's children in God’s church and vow to respect and intentionally embrace our common belief in the Word and Light embodied by Christ Jesus. We celebrate our diversity and welcome all into the full life of the church regardless of age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental capacity, education, religious background, family configuration, and marital or economic status.
- New SiliconValleyChurch web page for our 7-church circuit. Check out the new web page, just in infancy stages, as it is being developed. The url is iCircuit.org and will have info pointing people to the unique strengths of each United Methodist Church in our circuit.
Youth News -
Sunday Night Celebration: occurs every Sunday evening with dinner at 5:00 pm and tribal council at 6:00 pm. For more information or to register, contact Bill Wagner, Youth Director.
You Director Update - Good Sam’s new Youth Director is Bill Wagner. "I am truly blessed, humbled and excited about having the opportunity of being your Youth Director at Good Sam! As many of you already know, I am the proud father of two beautiful boys, which some of you may have already met, Samuel (5 years old) and Graeson (3 years old). When I am not being chased by or chasing my boys, you could best define me as an avid fan of the Red Sox, the Tar Heels, and the Lord our Father." More Info...
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